“It’s our moment / You know together we’re glowin’ / Gonna be, gonna be golden.”

The animated Netflix movie OkayPop Demon Hunters has gone viral, turning fictional Okay-pop idols into actual chart-toppers, beating real-life Okay-pop bands BTS and BLACKPINK on U.S. Spotify.

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OkayPop Demon Hunters dropped on Netflix on June 20, 2025 and virtually instantly shattered expectations.

The story follows HUNTR/X, a Okay-pop woman group that moonlights as demon slayers, and their heated rivalry with the all-demon boy band, the Saja Boys. While the idea feels like customary fantasy fare, what occurred subsequent wasn’t.

More than simply viral, OkayPop Demon Hunters could also be Okay-pop’s subsequent huge crossover success. Despite being animated, these idols didn’t simply dominate the charts, they broke boundaries for Korean music internationally. 

Check out 15 information you didn’t find out about OkayPop Demon Hunters under.

1. The first drawing of Rumi was revamped 9 years in the past, on April 21, 2016, based on the movie’s director, Maggie Kang.

She retained her iconic braid from the very starting.

2. Jinu’s pet tiger and magpie had been unofficially named Derpy and Sussy by the movie’s animators. 

3. Rumi, Mira, and Zoey all have their very own private, distinctive conventional accent referred to as the norigae, that are thought-about good luck charms and historically worn with formal hanbok.

4. Saja means each “lion” and “grim reaper,” representing two sides of the Saja Boys’ personalities.

5. Jinu’s huge secret is that he deserted his mom and sister when he made the cope with Gwi-Ma.

But based on TikToker @wigglywobblytimeywimey, he would by no means have been allowed to deliver them with him as a result of solely these invited by the king may dwell on the palace, and as a musician, Jinu was one of many lowest-ranking folks allowed to dwell on the palace.

6. Netflix confirmed that “Golden” will likely be submitted for Oscar consideration in 2026.

If it’s nominated, singer-songwriter EJAE would be the second ever musician of Korean descent to be nominated for the award.

7. All of the Saja Boys share the identical CGI physique apart from Abby Saja, as a consequence of his muscle mass. Director Maggie Kang revealed that they “bulked him up like 20%.”

8. Jinu’s introductory tune, “Jinu’s Lament,” was the one one carried out by voice actor Ahn Hyo Seop.

He was beforehand a trainee in JYP, and educated together with the members of GOT7. His components in “Soda Pop,” “Free,” and “Your Idol” had been carried out by Andrew Choi.

9. Derpy and Sussy symbolize the artwork fashion “kkachi horangi,” a mode of conventional Korean artwork that pairs tigers with magpies.

@kenji_kun Kpop demon hunters tiger and the chicken defined #kpopdemonshunters #korea #korean ♬ unique sound – ᴋᴇɴᴊɪ ᴋᴜᴍᴀɢᴀɪ

In these work, the tiger is intentionally drawn to look silly or comical, incomes it the nickname “idiot tiger,” to mock the aristocratic yangban class. In distinction, the magpie is proven with grace and composure, standing in for the on a regular basis folks. So when Jinu feedback on Sussy always stealing Derpy’s hat, an emblem of his the Aristocracy class standing, he’s saying that the chicken is stealing the facility, as a result of the facility belongs to the folks.

10. The faceless demons that the HUNTR/X women combat on the subway are referred to as “dalgyal gwishin.”

It interprets into egg ghost and is in reference to their egg-like look.

11. Jinu was alive within the 1600s, which was a time of political and cultural upheaval in Korea, earlier than he gave up his soul to the demon lord Gwi-Ma. 

12. The HUNTR/X women are animated “on twos.”

Animator Zach (@no_the_robot) explains as two frames per pose, whereas the Saja Boys demons are animated on ones. Not solely that, as Rumi goes by means of the method of accepting her demon aspect when singing “Free” together with her demon confidant-slash-lo​​ve curiosity, Jinu, she additionally begins to be animated on ones as an alternative of twos to match the demons.

13. The instrument Jinu performed when alive within the 1600s is known as a bipa.

It was a standard court instrument that was introduced over from China within the 4th-Seventh century CE.

14. The solely band member in Saja Boys and HUNTR/X who doesn’t match right into a KPOP archetype is, fittingly, Mystery.

According to Forbes, “When Kang asked her team why he doesn’t have a face, they told her to ‘trust us.’”

15. In the weeks since dropping on Netflix, OkayPop Demon Hunters made music historical past.

Both bands hit No. 1 on U.S. Spotify, with “Golden” by HUNTR/X because the highest-charting feminine Okay-pop group, and “Your Idol” by the Saja Boys because the highest-charting male band. They beat out not simply one another, however real-world titans like BTS and BLACKPINK.

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