Fictional K-pop bands beat BTS and Blackpink in US charts

A vastly in style Okay-pop musical animation has seen songs by its fictional bands high US music charts, beating real-life Okay-pop teams.KPop Demon Hunters is at present essentially the most streamed film on Netflix globally, clocking up greater than 33 million views in simply two weeks.On Friday the music Your Idol by a boy band within the movie, Saja Boys, topped the US Spotify chart. This makes them the very best charting male Okay-pop group in US Spotify historical past – surpassing kings of Okay-pop BTS.Golden, a monitor by the movie’s fictional woman group Huntr/x, hit quantity two on the chart, surpassing Blackpink because the highest-charting feminine Okay-pop group.The movie’s soundtrack shot into the highest 10 of the Billboard 200 within the US, making it the very best debut for a soundtrack up to now this yr.Golden is being launched as an official single by Republic Information, and Netflix is submitting it for awards consideration, based on Selection.KPop Demon Hunters follows the adventures of celebrity band Huntr/x.The three members of the all-female group – Rumi, Mira, and Zoey – are secretly “badass demon hunters” who defend their legions of followers from supernatural risks.Throughout Huntr/x live shows, their music is used to guard the human world from the forces of darkness.However rival band the Saja Boys, who’re demons in disguise, are their arch enemies.Jinu, Abbs, Romance, Child, and Thriller have been despatched by demon king Gwi-ma to steal the souls of Huntr/x’s followers.KPop Demon Hunters, which was produced by Sony Photos Animation, was directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans and was primarily based on a narrative by Ms Kang.Its success ought to maybe not be too stunning as high producers together with Teddy Park, who has labored with Blackpink, and BTS collaborator Lindgren had been a part of the group that created the album.The recognition of KPop Demon Hunters comes as South Korean mega-stars BTS are set to make their highly-anticipated comeback.The seven-strong group introduced this week that it’s going to head to the US this month to start out engaged on new music.The band is because of launch a brand new album and go on tour subsequent yr in spite of everything of its members accomplished their obligatory army service.In the meantime, Blackpink is ready to start out its first all-stadium world tour on 5 July.The band, which has not launched an album collectively since 2022’s Born Pink, is because of reveal a brand new music initially of the Deadline World Tour.