[Kulture Issue] The "Golden" era of "KPop Demon Hunters" what's behind the animated film's success?

Huntrix and Saja Boys are not only battling for the top spot as the most popular idol group in the animated musical fantasy film "KPop Demon Hunters" on Netflix, nope, the fictional girl and boy groups' popularity has grown beyond the screen, to not only reach the top of viewers charts in many countries, but to take over music charts like Billboard.

For more on the "KDH phenomenon" we are now joined by our culture critic, Professor Chie Hye-won at Kyung Hee University. Welcome back Professor Chie!

Q1. Who would have thought, that an American production would make a whole movie on KPop, demons and Korean mythology and it would take the world by storm? What did you think of 'KPop Demon Hunters' Professor Chie and what's behind the success?

Q2. What's the most unique attempt you're seeing in this production?

Q3. The producers of the movie have emphasized that they wanted to incorporate many elements of Korean culture. In what kind of way was this expressed in the film?

Q4. So, we're seeing more and Koreans (or people with Korean background) creating K-content on major global platforms. How significant is that and what does this mean for K-content in the future?

Q5. Songs from the movie soundtrack have made it on Billboard ("Golden" by Huntrix makes it to No.1 on the Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S.), MONSTA X, Cha Eun-woo and other "real" idols have shown cover dances of Saja Boys, etc. How is this all affecting the K-pop industry?

Q6. The influence of 'KPop Demon Hunters' goes so far, that it has been mentioned at a recent foreign ministers' meeting between South Korea, the U.S. and Japan. What can we make of that?

Q7. This shows how far the impact of this movie is reaching into how big do you see the potential for K-content?

Thank you very much Professor Chie for your insights, have a great weekend.

Bella, thank you as always. See you next week.