They\u2019re truly going Up, Up, Up! <\/p>\n
The hit animated feature \u201cK-pop Demon Hunters\u201d has reached its peak, capturing hearts worldwide, especially among K-pop stans. With its unique mix of adventure fantasy, silly animations, and upbeat K-pop-esque soundtracks, it easily gained the attention of over 90 countries. One of its hit songs, \u201cGolden,\u201d recently claimed the number 1 spot in this week\u2019s Billboard Hot 100. <\/p>\n
The animation follows Huntr\/x, a fictional K-pop girl group who, with their songs, protects the Honmoon, a powerful magical barrier that seals away the demons from plaguing the world.<\/p>\n
Throughout the film, we see certain concepts of a K-pop group come to life in animation. Concepts such as weekly music shows, fan meets, music rankings, concerts, and even the playful \u201cshipping\u201d between fandoms. It feels almost like a love letter to the global fan culture surrounding K-pop.<\/p>\n
Now comes the bigger question: does the idea of K-pop in general, fictional or not, pull the masses? Did seeing cultures that K-pop stans know and love on the big screen play a part in the massive pull it has on the masses? <\/p>\n
Whatever the answer is, one thing is certain. K-pop Demon Hunters is truly a hit global obsession, not just for K-pop fans. <\/p>\n
K-pop Demon Hunters is blurring the line between fiction and fandom\u2014and fans are all in. Maybe what truly connects people is the emotion, not the reality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":110,"featured_media":260555,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19569],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-260554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies"],"zyndk8_nxtgen_metadata":{"nxtgen_comments":[{"3672":"maganda yung pagkagawa \ud83d\udc95\r","3673":"\ud83d\udc9c\ud83d\udc9c\ud83d\udc9c\ud83d\udc9c\r","3674":"shipper heart happy \ud83e\udd79\r","3675":"ibang level ang fandom feels \u2728\r","3676":"feels like real concert \ud83e\udd79\r"}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/110"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=260554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/260555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=260554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=260554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=260554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}