KPop Demon Hunters is taking world by storm
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This week's Greatest Pop Stars podcast looks at the animated pop groups HUNTR/X and Saja Boys, whose IRL chart fortunes are rapidly eclipsing most in-the-flesh pop groups.
Saja Boys' track, Your Idol, sat at No 1 on the US Spotify chart and Huntr/x's track, Golden, clinched No 2 on Jul 4.
In KPop Demon Hunters, Lee voices Gwi-Ma, the formidable demon king. Speaking with Dispatch (via AllKpop ), the actor revealed a surprising side to the villain, saying, "Gwi-Ma is set up as a terrifying, charismatic king of darkness, but there's a clumsy, almost endearing aspect to him. I really liked that part."
Songs from fictional bands of Netflix’s new movie top US charts, overtaking BTS and Blackpink with strong streaming.
K-pop soloist WONHO has delighted fans by channeling the high-energy world of KPop Demon Hunters. On July 10, 2025, he released his dance covers of two of the series’ popular tracks, Soda Pop and Your Idol, via his personal YouTube channel, instantly capturing attention across the K-community.
Exploring the meteoric rise of fictional K-pop groups HUNTRX and Saja Boys from Netflix's KPop Demon Hunters, fans are clamoring for real music and a debut, blurring the lines between animation and reality in pop culture.
Huntrix may be fighting FPS aim demons next: according to industry insiders, several game developers have reached out to the K-pop Demon Hunters team attempting to secure collabs.