The Reel Rejects - K-POP DEMON HUNTERS | Meeting the Huntrix Cast!! (They Got Real)

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Starting point is 00:00:35 but it's not going to corner to plan because my heartbeat just started picking up right now. You know, I have the subconscious thought that just kicked in. I'm half Asian, too. My whole Filipino side lives in Glendale. And now I feel like I'm sitting across to my cousins who are all about to scold me, right? For what?

Starting point is 00:00:53 That's the vibe I get with my family where I'm like, you guys mad at me here for any reason at all right now? Are we like scary aunties to you? Just a collective. We're here with Arden Cho, Mahong, G. Young You, who are the Huntrix group from K-pop Demon Hunters, the sensation. We got a limited time with you guys, so I want to swing into it. The first thing that surprised me when I was doing a little bit of research was that you guys actually did not record together. And the dynamics that you guys have in there, it sounds like you guys are in the same recording booth.

Starting point is 00:01:25 But now you've been doing this whole like press tour together. how does your dynamic in real life reflect hontricks and in what ways are you guys different i think it's actually quite well yeah somewhat similar i think a little i i don't think i like haze jiung in any way but i feel like that's happening sometimes no just just like oh really oh you know like honestly if you did that that's such a Korean way to show affection so i'd probably be like yeah yeah but i don't think i i do that but i do think that we it was it was perfect casting and it's like nice to

Starting point is 00:02:00 have the contrast that exists as Huntrix too. Yeah. And I definitely do feel like like the oni, aka the leader, I suppose. I've never heard that in a sentence and a dynamic. I feel like I'm the leader between the three of us for now.

Starting point is 00:02:17 No, because you know how like in K-pop groups they have like the leader or they have like the visual or the dancer or the rapper and so Rumi is the leader And I feel like in our sense, in real life, I feel like, you know, the unnie, which is like a big sister. And the sort of comparison, somebody at a convention just this past weekend gave gifted me a print of the Powerpuff Girls, but us. Oh, awesome. And it's amazing and so accurate.

Starting point is 00:02:45 Obviously, Zoe has bubbles, rumy as blossom, Mira as Buttercup, which I feel so flattered by. How an install. Yeah, you can kind of take these characters and put them in a lot of. nostalgia. Like, Sailor Moon, you could put them in and a lot of different. I'm a Jupiter girl. Oh, yeah. Yes, yes, yes. Well, speaking of nostalgia, one of my favorite elements of this is the fan dynamic with the

Starting point is 00:03:07 musicians. And I'm curious to know from each of you, who was, like, the first musical artist or band that you were obsessed with when you were young? Oh, man. And why? Oh. So it's funny. I feel like when I was a kid, a lot of my first, like, crushes, were like K-pop groups. So it was like H-O-T and Jek's Kiss. And then I really liked Finkel and

Starting point is 00:03:31 S-E-S. But then at the time, K-Pop wasn't like as known. And kids at school would like make fun of us. So I was like a little bit embarrassed. But my first concert I ever went to was H-O-T. And that was like the in-sync backstreet boys of the day. And so. But I also loved in-sync and backstrip boys. I love the spice girls for obvious reasons. So cool. but my cousin moved to the States

Starting point is 00:03:56 when I was 10 and so she introduced me to K-pop yeah and that was cool obviously Who was your first K-pop back then? I mean it was probably Finkel and SES but yeah I virtually met Pada

Starting point is 00:04:11 Oh my God Yeah so I like had a fan girl moment because you know SES Pada We well she covered the song and I like reposted it And then she DM'd me and I was like And then she was like, I saw your covers. So I had actually covered one of her songs like 15 years ago.

Starting point is 00:04:31 Oh, what? On her, your YouTube channel? Yeah, it's a full circle moment. I know. And so I told her and she's like, I know. And I was like, thank you, Sambeniam. And she was so nice. What about you?

Starting point is 00:04:42 I didn't, I grew up in Colorado and we didn't really, I didn't have access to K-pop until I was in high school. So K-pop was not like my first. music obsession. And what I remember being my first music obsession was happened at the same time, like jazz and pop punk. Oh, cool. Cool. There was a period where I was like listening to Fall Out Boy and Averillivine, but also Billy Holiday and like Benny Goodman. I was obsessed with Admiral Levine in high school. But that happened like at the same time. So my playlist were insane. Yeah, yeah. Sounds like it. There were very different vibes all happening.

Starting point is 00:05:22 at the same time. That's, I think, my first music obsession. It kind of fits. I do still really love jazz. My first concert was The Black Keys. Oh, nice. Good band call. I also got, like, so spoiled

Starting point is 00:05:36 because they're so incredible live. So I really fell in love with concerts from that point on. How does it feel with the way K-pop is so popular now? And now you've been, like, indoctrinated into the K-pop world. And you guys have this experience when you were younger, especially, of like when it was more underground and not many people knew about it. What is the emotional resonance

Starting point is 00:05:57 that you guys are feeling with it now? Is it like a little overwhelming? Is it just something you can easily take in? I'm just like, what is it about K-pop that just like seeps into everyone that makes people obsessed with it? I mean, I think the music is just so good. Yeah, yeah.

Starting point is 00:06:17 They have the catchiest hooks. And I feel like people just fall in, love with k-pop groups and their stories like i also grew up loving country because i love the stories and these songs but i kind of feel like when i think about the song writing aspect of it like all the songs in our movie they're so essential for part of the storytelling as well and i feel like that's there but it's still so k-pop and i don't know it's it's like magical i definitely think I look I came up from like a performer's perspective and I think the level of difficulty of what they're doing in terms of singing and dancing and all of the performance aspects

Starting point is 00:06:58 are so unbelievably challenging. So I find it really exciting to see the amount of effort they put in to look effortless is so obvious and so inspiring to me. But it's funny because I remember when I was a kid, like people would ask me if I was Chinese or Japanese and they didn't think there weren't any other countries in Asia. They would be almost like bamboozled. They were like, well, what else could you be? So to go from that to like this and K-pop Demon Hunters being the number one watched animated film ever on Netflix.

Starting point is 00:07:30 Yeah. It just feels like that's so much change in just a partial lifetime. It almost does make sense, but it's wild to watch. The success of this movie just feels like a little meta in a way. Yeah. A little bit of a cool reflection. Like, honestly, before watching it, I was a little bit like, is this going to be like a gimmick, you know?

Starting point is 00:07:53 I didn't really know too much about K-pop. And then I watched it, I was moved. I was moved to tears by the end of the movie, too. Like, it was such a great, surprising film. And one of the aspects that I was so surprised by, and I'm picking up on it from some of stuff we're talking about right now, is the challenging of preconceived notions and how that can actually affect one's,

Starting point is 00:08:15 own level of self-acceptance. And that's something that I feel like I've been in battle with kind of a lot this year. So with the time you get to the final song, I'm like, that's when I start bawling. Because I'm like, oh, my God, she's accepting herself. Navigating this industry, where do you guys feel like you've had preconceived notions that you've had to battle up against that you've then had to lead to accepting yourself more into where you are right now? I think I was just asked a moment ago, like,

Starting point is 00:08:45 how I, like, oh, this press tour is insane, right? Like, that was me. Okay, that was you and I said it's pretty chill. Yeah. Actually. Sorry.

Starting point is 00:08:58 I'm like, it's obviously not chill because I'm dissociating when people are talking to me. But I feel like the first time we did it, I was like, I was really anxious because I'm not used to doing stuff like that.

Starting point is 00:09:15 And I feel like just even since it's come out and we did the first, like, bit of press and then doing it today and tomorrow and whatever this week, I feel really different. And I think there's something, I don't know, like, I think the first time around I was really thinking about, like, what people wanted me to be like, you know? Like, the character is the character. And then, like, my performance is my performance. but then when it's actually coming down to being interviewed as a person, I'm like, am I supposed to be smiling constantly? Or like, you know, and like that kind of made me really anxious. And this time, I don't know, I feel a lot more grounded.

Starting point is 00:09:56 But I think I could only have learned that by sort of like pushing myself the first time to like be something and what that made me feel like in my body afterwards. Yeah. So, yeah, I don't know. Get into a place of not being performative when you're talking. Yeah, yeah. Like, this feels really. That's amazing, though, that, like, it's only been, like, what, a month?

Starting point is 00:10:18 Yeah. You feel so much more. You grow so fast. Her character growth was quick and productive. I know, I'm like, I was here about to share, like, you know, 20 years, the journey. And then May's like, yeah, just pretty much accomplished it in the month. It's cool. No big deal.

Starting point is 00:10:38 No, but, yeah. And I think for me, you know, this industry, obviously as an Asian American actor in America, there's always been struggles and obstacles. And everyone's journey is so different. I think for myself, I was pretty clear early on that I really wanted to use, you know, my opportunity in this industry to show a different type of Asian girl or a different type of character or like a person. I, you know, I grew up feeling like the only Asians I saw on TV were always super cool. cool, super sexy, super badass, and I just didn't really relate to that. I related to like,

Starting point is 00:11:14 I don't know, not that. Wait, but like, what TV shows were you watching because I won't watch this? No, but actually, like, I think I just wanted to see more, you know, Asian Americans represented as people, right? Like, three-dimensional people that were main characters that were living in their stories, not guests in someone else's stories, but their stories, right, having presence and being at a dinner table as the main character. And I think when I look back at, you know, 20-some years of my career, there weren't as many opportunities. And yes, there were stories here and there, but we really had to fight for it. And I think I struggled a lot where I always felt like, oh, it's, maybe it's just still too soon. You know, a lot of my mentors

Starting point is 00:12:05 along the way would be like, yeah, we've been paving the way. we're paving the way you know all my mentors they're always paving the way and I'm like everybody's paving the way why are we still paving the way and then I meet young people that say you paved the way and I'm like we're still paving the way but now now I feel like we're finally hitting this moment where you know there might have been a part of me that growing up I was ashamed of being Asian American or I was ashamed of the way I looked or my eyes or my you know hair color or my face. But now I feel like, you know, people see us more. You know, like Chiang said, people know where Korea is. You know, I grew up in Texas and Minnesota, so I get that.

Starting point is 00:12:47 And, you know, our food is being loved and received. And our culture, people are curious to hear our stories. And our film was so unapologetic about our culture and just showing it and being so proud. And I love that, you know, our creators and writers and animators, everyone put so much thought and love and care into showing Korea as authentically as they could. And that was so beautifully received. And again, starting all these great conversations about, you know, you said it yourself, like people just being so curious about Korean culture and K-pop and everything. And so I feel like, one, it's just so exciting to still be a part of this industry at that time, in this time. And to be like, we get to be these main characters that are Korean girls and also superheroes and also like number one idols, top of the charts.

Starting point is 00:13:40 Hell yeah. Hell yeah. Hell yeah. Kind of cool. That's beautiful. That's beautiful. I mean, I grew up dealing with, it's something I realized this year about like, oh, I was surrounded by a lot of racism on my Asian side too. And I didn't realize until earlier this year, like, I think around February, I was like, oh, I have like this self-racism thing in the back of my head. And the shame that you're talking about. So seeing some of this, like, seeing the acceptance of this in such a national level or worldwide level has been, like, really moving. And even though I'm not Korean, there's something so cool about seeing, like, the Asian acceptance. Because you feel that, right. You know, I feel like that's what it is.

Starting point is 00:14:15 The demons represent whatever it may be that holds you back, right? It could be shame. It could be guilt. It could be that imposter syndrome or fear, whatever it is. And again, almost like facing it and accepting it and saying, you know what? Yeah. Like, get in here. Let's do this.

Starting point is 00:14:34 That's why it makes me fucking cry. Let's go. Yes. We're all crying together. And then we'll all seal the whole moon together. What about yourself? Preconceived notions. Yeah, the things that you felt that you've had to overcome to get to a more level of self-acceptance with yourself.

Starting point is 00:14:52 I think there's the, you know, this, the entertainment industry is so insular. that I think there's all sorts of preconceived notions about just how it works. And it's such a difficult industry to break into. So I think a lot of preconceived notions were about how you even got a job, you know, that there's so many steps along the way that I think people don't necessarily think about. But I think there's also the preconceived notions of who you are as an artist and then how other people view you. I think sometimes those line up and sometimes those are different. And it's been interesting to find the common ground and the gaps between that.

Starting point is 00:15:33 But I mean, I think I'm lucky in so many ways, like being able to act with a name Chiang Yu. Like I think we've hopefully reached a point where we don't have to, I think in previous years, I may have been asked to change my name to something, quote unquote, easier for people. Or, you know, I might have been asked to lessen who I am in some way. And I think what's really exciting about projects like K-pop Demon Hunters is it is so itself. It's not concerned about appealing. It's just being what it is. It's trying to be a great piece of art.

Starting point is 00:16:13 And I think that the wave of K-pop and other global culture movements that are happening is proof that the human experience is shared. and great art is great art no matter where it comes from. So I hope that we're reaching a point in America and in the culture at large that we see beauty everywhere. That's why I love hearing about the personal side that you guys have been going through because it's so thematic and emblematic

Starting point is 00:16:37 of the movie itself. And of course, like the songs are a big talking point with this film, rightfully so. They're incredible. And I know a lot of people probably ask, like, what's your favorite song and stuff? But I'm more curious to know something more specific. Is there a particular lyric?

Starting point is 00:16:51 in any of the songs in this movie that resonates the most with you or just the one that you find to be the coolest. I broke into a million pieces and I can't go back. So you're going to make me cry again. I feel like... Because then I saw the character when you said it. I hear your voice in my ear.

Starting point is 00:17:07 I mean, you know, like Chiang said, there's so much preconceived notion that, you know, people out there, they get to see the highlight reel. They get to see the projects we work on. You know, they don't know about the hundreds of auditions that don't work out or the hundreds of times we hear no or the projects we fall in love with and we lose

Starting point is 00:17:26 or the times we're told we're not good enough or that we're not right. And yeah, I feel like this industry can break you. And so I think for me, I related so much with that where, but that's okay. We just get back and we do it. We keep going because we love it, right? Yeah.

Starting point is 00:17:45 We can't live without it. I always, you know, my artist friends were always talking about how we're like, man we're all so crazy we keep doing this hard job that's so crazy why do we keep going back and then you realize you just can't live without it right like i'd rather do this even though it might be like the hardest thing because it's brings me the greatest joy and this movie has been so rewarding because we get to see so much you know like fruit there's so much response where you see all these like incredible people and children and adults

Starting point is 00:18:20 just like sharing how much this movie has affected their lives and then you're like wow something I'm doing matters and then it makes up for it makes up for all the pain it makes up for all the the rocky roads in a sense that's really moving thank you for sharing that right line after that it's we broke in two million pieces and can't go back. And now we're seeing all the beauty

Starting point is 00:18:48 and the broken glass. Yay. Why that line? Because that's like the part that actually matters. I don't know. That's what... I actually talked about this recently.

Starting point is 00:19:02 My therapist... My therapist has his mirror in his office that's like a bunch of mirrors combined together into one mirror, but they're all at different angles. Cool. And he always uses that. as you know like a metaphor for like it's like remember the mirror where there's um you know you're like

Starting point is 00:19:21 i i love this but i hate this and he was like it's and and not but yeah like all of those things exist but negates yeah and then through thinking of it that way there's you know less sort of internal conflict where it's okay to hold both or five or ten feelings at once and um yeah so that that line similarly is like, you know, all of that together combined, even if they're disjointed or whatever, it's really beautiful. And what makes you, you? Yeah, the palate. Ah, love that. No, it's true. I feel like that's something I find so interesting hearing from young people already seeing it and learning that in the movie, that brokenness or scars can be beautiful.

Starting point is 00:20:06 I feel like that took me over 30-some years to learn. And I'm having like seven-year-olds come up to me telling me, I love that roomy scars and her patterns are. beautiful like she's beautiful even though she's not perfect and I'm like yeah you're right like our imperfections make us beautiful but you know sometimes it takes us a really long time to learn and I feel like it took me until my mid 30s to feel comfortable in my skin and bones and to accept me as like a human right instead of always wanting to be different or to be someone else in a sense right sometimes I feel like oh I became an actor because I just wasn't comfortable being me and I like being somebody else where I feel more comfortable telling stories in other people's

Starting point is 00:20:48 shoes. So it's like, I totally get you when you say like, press stuff is hard because we're us. But you're like, oh no, do I want to like put me out there? It's hard, right? And but I guess, you know, in light of the movie, I mean, you did it. You're doing it. We're doing it right now. I'm like, what am I doing? Opening ourselves out there and being like, yeah, I'm cool. Like, I'm fine. Everything's good. It's easy. I'm always like, no, I just need a script, give me a script, so much easier with the script, we're actors. It's cool, like, hearing how, like, the movie's inspiring, but then hearing your guys' stories just adding on to that inspirational aspect to it. So I appreciate the vulnerability in these answers.

Starting point is 00:21:31 Gyeong, what about you? What lyric? It's really hard for me to pick. I also really love what it sounds like. I think it's just such an incredibly written song. I've also, though, I think I really love for you. And I really like Juno's verse in it. I also think we have to shout out all of the singers and performers who worked on the soundtrack because I think their vocal performance really takes the songs to a new level, but also the characters and the meaning of the story to a new level.

Starting point is 00:22:01 And kind of what you were saying with kids is, I feel like there's this misconception that kids can't handle difficult topics. But kids are very intelligent and they understand a lot of things. And I think that they completely understand the metaphor of the film of these demons being the demons that are in our head and our worst critics. And I love the, I love the lyrics of free because it's all about like when you feel trapped. And I think it's what makes Chinu and Rumi's relationship so compelling because they're not just like falling in love. They're also seeing each other with their flaws and accepting each other for who they are. And that's like, that's real love right there.

Starting point is 00:22:41 That's what it's all about. It's real love. Regina for life. That's fine. My favorite line, actually. Let the past be the past until it's weightless. Oh, my God. I love that.

Starting point is 00:22:50 It's such a good line. And the way Andrew and EJ sing it is just so good. So good. They're so great. And your process of working on this, you know, when you're working in the booth, you have maybe some. I imagine you got a little bit of concept art beforehand or anything? Yeah, they would, our directors would show us a bit of what they're working on. what they have.

Starting point is 00:23:12 You know, early on, it was a lot of sketches. They play us a little bit. And then as we progressed, we would see more and more. And I feel like by my fourth or so session, I was seeing a lot of the movie. It was incredible. So in the process of recording, working on this, then actually seeing it, was there a moment in the movie when you first saw it that played out totally different than you anticipated or hit you so different in a way that you would not have anticipated?

Starting point is 00:23:41 Oh, I have won for sure. I mean, I had heard some of the music, but when I watched it in the context of the film, from like going from us to our beautiful singing voices of Huntrix from E.J., Riyami, and Aji Nuna, I was like blown away because the animation is just next level. It is so magical and beautiful, and they just captured so perfect. how incredible K-pop concerts are, just how colorful and beautiful it is with, like, the fandom, all of the fans, like the faces, everything, the lights. And then obviously the performance.

Starting point is 00:24:25 That's when I was like, oh, snaps. Huntrix is like, Huntricks really is the number one K-pop group. And that's not us, right? Like, we couldn't see that or do that. That was like, again, what makes me love this movie so much is it's such a beautiful collective effort that really no one person could do. I mean, everyone really got to touch it a little bit to make it what it is. And wow, like the animators, the singers, writers, directors, everyone just crushed it.

Starting point is 00:24:57 Yeah, the visual storytelling is so moving. Yeah. I didn't expect to sob is what I would say. Like especially, I think, when what it sounds like happens. Because I'm like, I know the script, I know what I said, I know what they said, I've seen some of the, you know, some portions of the animation already finished and whatever, but then seeing it from beginning to end and like really getting caught up in the narrative and like letting it take me, even if it's really distracting that I'm like,

Starting point is 00:25:35 that's my voice on that character. even through that it's like we even with that distraction I was sobbing at the end you know like that's insane I'm like I know every how the sausage is made and I'm still sobbing and that was so startling to me and so I should have known then that it was going to be insanely successful I was like oh I'm like really I'm such a skeptic and like I don't know not impressed by much so it's kind of I was shocked The fact that you're able to get

Starting point is 00:26:09 transported is a testament to how effective it is even though you can hear your own voice Yeah yeah Like I got lost and yeah That's really cool I totally agree with both points I think like one of the most exciting things About watching movies that you're in

Starting point is 00:26:22 is seeing all the scenes you weren't a part of Because you are you know You read it on page but you always wonder what it was like I wonder what it was like I think two funny parts that I didn't expect that just made me laugh so hard was the first pose that the demon boy bands hit.

Starting point is 00:26:38 Like, or they're like a demon boy band that made me laugh so hard that caught me so by surprise. And then May and I were talking earlier, the snowflakes line. I like, all snowflakes are special, but one is probably the best. It's my favorite line. It doesn't matter how many times I hear it. I laugh every single time.

Starting point is 00:26:54 And I really wasn't expecting that at all. That whole awards show sequence is so funny. Yeah. Oh, that's great. Great answers. This is really good answers. We only got a couple minutes left, and I love the way this conversation is going. I think it would be nice to end on a little bit of a fun note and react to some fan theories that I found. Oh, lovely.

Starting point is 00:27:15 Now, I imagine that you might know some sequel stuff. So, of course, if you already know the answer. We actually don't. Oh, sweet. We are in the dark with all of you guys, but we are all hoping. So I got four, and I want to kind of gauge your reactions here on what you think, since you guys don't know anything in here. First one, Gino is still alive or lives on within Roomy.

Starting point is 00:27:40 Oh, for sure. You believe that. I believe that. Or we're going to go find him and save him and bring back his, I guess, dead body and put his soul back in. His dead body. We're going to reanimated. He's going to pop it. We're going to bring them all back.

Starting point is 00:27:58 Zombie, Genu. I'll give him back the soul. It's a totally different movie. We'll bring, we'll make them. beautiful again I'm so torn on the Jinu thing because like I think I think tragic love

Starting point is 00:28:12 is so compelling. You just want her to be tragedy. It's a Korean. She is so Korean. I am. But I do think like Chinu's arc is so beautiful because he learns how to be selfless and he like he it's not I personally don't think he gets his

Starting point is 00:28:28 humanity back because of Rumi but I think he believes in himself as a good person again because of me. And I think that's so beautiful. And I don't want to run that. But at the same time, I want them to be in love and together forever. So I don't know. I change my mind every day. I know it's hard because sometimes I'm like, or we find his twin. That's a interesting past. I was kidding. I'm very K-drama. I mean, it's basically a K-drama then, right? No, I don't know.

Starting point is 00:29:00 I just, I'm not a writer, so who knows? But, man. They just did it so perfect. It's heartbreaking, but that's what makes it so good. Yeah. The next one I have here, Gwee ma might be Rumi's father. Do you believe that name? That's what I've been saying. Yeah, I've been saying that.

Starting point is 00:29:18 That's what I've been saying. But I don't know anything. How? Well, I mean. And like, oh, my God. Like, Rumi's mom being like, you're so red and purple. You're so fiery and faceless. There is purple in his flames.

Starting point is 00:29:39 Maybe he was like a body at one point. Maybe he does become a body like in the Wizard of Oz. No, it could be like a facade, you know? I do wonder if he has like a human form. Yeah, I think he has a human form. We just haven't seen it. It's like Darth Vader. I feel like that's why Rumi isn't influenced by Gwima.

Starting point is 00:29:57 Like everybody else. Everybody else was influenced. Remember at the end? No, no, no, I know. Pima's an influencer Do you remember the movie? We didn't make I know, I know

Starting point is 00:30:08 I know, I don't know Cheong's like no I'm not convinced She's like no I'm like guys I just think it's like I think it's like compelling either way

Starting point is 00:30:16 I do definitely want to backstory on Rumi's parents I want that real bad Me too No but when I did ask our directors They were like I don't know It didn't seem convincing

Starting point is 00:30:27 I was like All right just getting I was wrong But that's what I thought of when I was recording So my bad The last one I have here. The white tiger is a celestial guardian, not a demon.

Starting point is 00:30:38 That makes sense, I think. Because he, like, jumps into the statue at one point. Like, it doesn't seem like he follows the rules of demons or hunters. They're the guardians of, or they exist on all planes. And they're, you know, the threshold doesn't matter for them. They're like angels. All right. Then this one's not a theory.

Starting point is 00:31:01 just a quick question of one genre and then we'll end it. One of the things I've loved is of course how it is broading the horizons of people getting interested in K-pop and the culture of that. So if there was another genre of music, even in Western culture,

Starting point is 00:31:18 to infuse in a sequel, what genre do you think would be a good addition to this world? I will say I have been pretty obsessed with the fact that like two of the biggest musical-driven movies this year have been K-pop Demon Hunters and sinners I think that's been

Starting point is 00:31:34 such a fun thing and you go up on blues too and I love the blues I really really do so that movie was so up my alley but I think both of those are coming from really like

Starting point is 00:31:45 cultures for people of color and like really strong female characters and like so I would love to see like a sinners K-pop Demon Hunter smash up just because like

Starting point is 00:31:54 that's just like two of my favorite movies out of this year and actually would I just want to see them together fighting against mythical creatures and like

Starting point is 00:32:03 learning how to embrace who you are which strangely makes a lot of thematically they really right they really let up

Starting point is 00:32:10 also the the lead actor whose name I'm blanking on it I'm so sorry he has such a magical voice and so I would love

Starting point is 00:32:16 to hear him sing anything ever oh man I have no idea I mean I feel like I've been seeing a lot of

Starting point is 00:32:28 like EDM remixes and, like, DJ's playing the music. And I don't know. Like, I'm not really into that kind of club music. I'm literally totally a couch, couch, couch, girls. I don't even do that. But from my couch, I'm watching these videos and totally rocking out.

Starting point is 00:32:43 And I'm like, I kind of dig this. I'm a firm believer you don't need to club to, like, club music. Right? So, okay, so I wasn't, I just didn't really know it. Yeah. But now I'm, like, I'm knowing it. Like, I'm these remixes of Golden and, like, seeing these, like, amazing DJs

Starting point is 00:33:01 playing that in these huge concerts I'm like wait I'm so here for it it's kind of like K-pop on I don't even know what to say like crack yeah can we say that I'll say it so you don't get in trouble right I was like I don't know if we could say that

Starting point is 00:33:18 but yeah I think I'm thinking less about the actual anthems of the movie and more like it would be cool if there was more like ambient and maybe like down tempo stuff in the other spaces you know like that would be it would be cool if yeah if there were more um just like no lyrics just more yeah more beats and vibes i have a joke answer i think it'd be incredible if we popularize trot worldwide oh my god wait that's not even a joke do you know what trot is please elaborate Like Korean trot.

Starting point is 00:33:59 It's this Korean genre that, like, musically sounds almost like a polka, but is sung in like a ballady rock way. It truly is like a whole thing that is unique to itself. And I find trot super catchy. Yeah. But it's incredibly difficult to describe if you haven't heard it. So I encourage you to just, like, look it up if you're curious. But I feel like if we did us.

Starting point is 00:34:27 I mean, I hope that there's a sequel and I hope we get to see some backstory and they go back in time into that era. Yes, I'm down for that. They're listening. If you're listening. And, you know, and our characters are just wearing like humboldks and doing traditional dances and all of that. I'm so here for it. I just, I love, I love the old traditional.

Starting point is 00:34:49 I love that we got to end this off and actually see a genuine side that you guys are also fans as well. Oh, totally. Yeah. It's really cool to witness. It's really cool a witness. Arna Mae G. Young, it's an honor. Thank you so, so much.

Starting point is 00:35:03 K-pop Demon Hunter's number one movie, anime movie on Netflix. Go watch it if you haven't. Thank you guys so much. Thank you. Thank you so much. Bye.

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