Forbes

‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Makes K-Pop History As It Returns To No. 1

KPop Demon Hunters returns to No. 1 on the Billboard 200, becoming the first K-pop album ever to spend more than one week atop the chart and making Billboard history. THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY ...
Forbes

‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Director On Getting K-Pop Culture Down

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Laura Sirikul is a L.A.-based reporter covering film/TV and music. South Korea has been dominating the global pop music scene for ...
The New York Times

Chasing K-Pop Stardom Nearly Destroyed Her. Then Came ‘Demon Hunters.’

Ejae, the movie’s breakout star, was the face of K-pop in 2025. Facing questions of art, national belonging and authenticity, she wants to be much more. Ejae in the Hannam neighborhood of Seoul in ...
CNN

Her agency crushed her K-pop idol dreams. Her reinvention brought them back to life – and won her a Grammy

Her voice defeated soul-eating monsters during the emotional finale of the blockbuster animated film “KPop Demon Hunters.” But for Korean American singer EJAE, the triumph gave her something beyond ...
Christianity Today

‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Helped a Missionary Talk About Jesus

But some believers remain wary of adapting the popular music genre for worship, so Christian K-pop isn’t going up, up, up. One hot afternoon in the city of Malang, Indonesia, Korean missionary Ki-Joon ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

K-pop dance craze is sweeping San Diego campuses, stages and bookshelves

In San Diego, multiple generations and ethnicities are surfing the Korean Wave — or Hallyu, the 21st-century East-meets-West cultural phenomenon — bolstered by the release of the animated Academy ...
The New York Times

Americans Are Learning Korean Because of ‘KPop Demon Hunters’

Across the country, Americans who love K-pop and K-dramas are flocking to Korean language classes. A K-pop dance team at Duke is a sign of the Korean cultural wave.Credit...Video by Jeremy M. Lange ...