When my 14-year-old started raving about Netflix sleeper hit “KPop Demon Hunters,” an animated film about a Korean girl band battling demons trying to steal human souls, I didn’t give it a lot of thought.
But after she’d watched it for the fifth time, she insisted that the whole family sit down and watch together. “Ignore the name,” she said. “The movie is really, really good!”
So we did, and I have to admit — it was good. The movie is clever, the music is super catchy, and the themes of resilience and identity are heartfelt and relatable.
Clearly my teen and I are in good company. “KPop Demon Hunters” is now Netflix’s most viewed movie of all time. The movie’s soundtrack landed four of its songs in the top 10 spots of the Billboard Hot 100. And TikTok is packed with videos of people