Both ”Golden“And”KPOP Demon Hunters“Has become a global phenomenon.
In a nutshell, “KPOP Demon Hunters” dropped on Netflix in June, and it exploded. It is the biggest movie ever to stream on the platform. Four songs from the film’s soundtrack sit on Billboard’s top 10, and the film landed the top place at the domestic cash register – a first for Streamer.
The film’s “I Want” song “Golden” sang by the fictional K -Pop Girl Band Hunt/X sits on top of Billboard Top 10 and is undoubtedly the summer song. Countless videos on social media show that parents who play the song on repetition for their children, and adults have no shame to share their sing-long moments for the world to see.
There is no escape “Golden.”
“KPOP Demon Hunters” follows Hunt/X, the fictional K-Pop Girl Group whose members double as a demon hunter. When they do not fight against demons and save the world, they light up the scene with captivating songs like “Golden.” But they meet their toughest enemy yet, says Boys, a demon boy band who is looking to steal the Hunt/X’s fans and their souls. Through everything, Rumi, which is half demon, must meet another demon, one of the self -acceptance. Arden Cho, May Hong and Ji-Young Yoo give the speaking voices for Rumi, Mira and Zoey respectively. EjaRei Ami and Audrey Nuna give the respective vocals.
Ejae, a K-pop singer, is used to hearing her voice on demo tracks; To hear her voice and the songs played everywhere is to get used to. “To hear it on H Mart on the radio. It’s weird,” she says.
The film’s popularity “has not completely put in” for Cho. During a new screening, she had a waiting list for her young siblings and nephews. She understands her mass appeal regardless of age. Cho says, “It allows all people or people to feel that they can behave. It is as they feel seen.”
The song is written by: Ejae, Mark Sonnenblick, Ido, 24 and Teddy. Ido, 24, Teddy and Ian Eisendrath are the producers of the song.
In the film, “Golden” sets up the idea of Rumi, Zoey and Mira who work to protect the world from demons and seal Honmoon, a barrier that separates demons from the real world.
The song mixes both English and Korean seamlessly into their texts.
Talk to Amount, Ejae said: “One of the biggest assets I brought to the movie, or when I wrote the songs, was bilingual. It was important for our co -director, Maggie Kang, to have Korean in the texts, and I just love that it is not the verses; it was in the actual song too.”
She went on to say that cracking of the actual song took a while. While they had a general idea of what the scene needed, the filmmakers gave a guideline: “It needed the word gold in it and the feeling of what Rumi went through.” It also needed to introduce fighters for each member of the verses. She says: “It needed a PEP call and the idea that we can do this together.”
Thematically, it also needed to be powerful and follow the hero’s journey to feel like an outsider.
In the song, Rumi’s vulnerabilities are revealed – “She is extremely hard working and has that leadership. She puts her best foot forward, but she tries to hide her flaws and shortcomings.”
Ejae admits that the melody was one of the first things she came up with for the song. “That was the first thing I came up with.” She admits, “I actually wrote the melody on my way to the dentist.”
The idea of ”Gonna be Golden” texts soon came after. She took it to Sonnen glance and had mumbled these words to him on the rough tags. His reaction? “Oh my God!” Ejae says the inspiration continued, and they wrote it “super fast.”
Ejae not just related to Rumi’s fight; She related to the words she wrote. As a former K-pop trainee, that experience and pressure was something she tried to let into the song’s bridge. When she had it, she says that the bridge also came with ease. “Going through that experience helped very written and against the melody and lyrics.”
