How KPop Demon Hunters Spawned Smash Singles

The animated film has led the streaming movie chart and racked up Billboard hits thanks to savvy pacts inked by Sony and Republic

- BY ETHAN MILLMAN

It’s difficult to overstate how big a moment Sony Pictures Animation’s KPop Demon Hunters is enjoying. Netflix has its biggest animated original film of all time, and with it, Universal Music Group’s Republic Records has what could go down as the biggest soundtrack of 2025.

Both the film and its songs are on the cusp of an achievement not seen since 2022, when Encanto’s “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” became Disney’s highest-charting song of all time.

And as “Golden,”