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Inside the Viral Success of ‘KPop Demon Hunters’: ‘Fashion, Weird Girls and Great Pop Music’
The team behind "KPop Demon Hunters" unpacks why the film and its leading ladies, Huntrix, have climbed the charts.
When it came time to create Huntr/x, Kang had just one thought about that previous feedback: “Screw that!” Giggling as she recalls telling her team to animate “cavernous nostrils” on the girls, she adds, “We could see freckles and bags under their eyes and unfilled eyebrows. For executive music producer Ian Eisendrath, getting a co-sign from real-life K-Pop sensations Jeongyeon, Jihyo and Chaeyoung (of the mega-popular girl group Twice) lent the project some much-needed street cred amongst fans of the genre. At a time when countless think pieces have been penned about the downfall of original animation, particularly in the light of recent box office flops from major players like Pixar, Applehans says studios should look to broaden their outlook, instead of relying on tired tropes.
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