The fictional band Huntr/x, from Ok-Pop Demon Hunters, has a real-world hit with “Golden.”
Netflix has a summer season megahit on its arms with its animated musical function movie, Ok-Pop Demon Hunters. Since its June launch, the critically acclaimed movie has received followers of all ages, fueled by a killer Korean pop soundtrack that includes one earworm after one other. The largest hit is “Golden,” which simply hit No. 1 on Billboard’s High 100 chart. (The final time a fictional ensemble topped the charts was in 2022 with Encanto’s “We Do not Speak About Bruno.”)
Ok-Pop Demon Hunters is now Netflix’s most-watched animated movie of all time, and that is not simply due to the infectious music. The Sony Animation crew delivers daring visuals that evoke the appear and feel of anime, the plot is briskly paced, and the script strikes a tremendous stability between humor and coronary heart.
(Spoilers beneath.)
The movie deftly lays out the central premise within the first couple of minutes. In historic occasions, demons roamed the Earth freely and preyed upon human souls, till a trio of girls—gifted singers and demon hunters—created a magical protecting barrier with their voices referred to as the Honmoon, trapping the demons behind it. The Honmoon has been maintained ever since by subsequent musical trios/demon hunters from every era. The dream is that someday, the Honmoon will grow to be so robust it’s going to flip “golden” and seal away the demons perpetually.
Naturally the demons, led by their king Gwi-Ma (Lee Byung-hun), don’t need that to occur, however the newest incarnation of demon hunters—a Ok-Pop band referred to as Huntr/x—is near undertaking the Golden Honmoon. Rumi (Arden Cho) is the lead singer, Mira (Could Hong) is the group’s dancer/choreographer, and American-born Zoey (Ji-young Yoo) is the rapper and lyricist. However Rumi harbors a secret: her father was a demon, and he or she is marked by the telltale purple “patterns,” which she retains hidden from her bandmates.
Hoping to destroy the Honmoon as soon as and for all, Gwi-Ma sends 5 of his demons to kind a Ok-pop boy band, the Saja Boys, led by Jinu (Ahn Hyo-seop). Their reputation quickly rivals that of Huntr/x and threatens the Honmoon—simply as Rumi’s patterns unfold to her throat and weaken her singing voice.
The way it’s finished, finished, finished
Mira, Rumi, and Zoey take a timeout from preventing demons to carb-load with ramen.
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Mira, Rumi, and Zoey take a timeout from preventing demons to carb-load with ramen.
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Rumi reveals us the way it’s finished.
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Rumi reveals us the way it’s finished.
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Heartthrob Jinu is a demon in disguise who heads the Ok-pop boy band Saja Boys.
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Heartthrob Jinu is a demon in disguise who heads the Ok-pop boy band Saja Boys.
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Rumi reveals us the way it’s finished.
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Heartthrob Jinu is a demon in disguise who heads the Ok-pop boy band Saja Boys.
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The Saja Boys tackle the standard garb of the jeuseung saja, aka the grim reaper.
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Huntr/x is prepared for a battle.
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That is a giant downside as a result of their new hit single, “Golden” (carried out by South Korean singer/songwriter Ejae), spans a powerful three-octave vary, finally hitting an A-5 on the refrain—a excessive word often reserved for classically educated operatic sopranos. (Ejae’s efficiency on this track has impressed loads of YouTube vocal coaches.) And the primary dwell world efficiency of “Golden” is meant to be the occasion that ushers within the Golden Honmoon. It is a hovering, impeccably constructed “I Need” tune typical of Disney princesses.
