Animation Sony's K-pop: Demon Hunters

[Sithborg]

Man, why Fallon. Worst of the late night talk show.

 

[Lily Adler]

Man, why Fallon. Worst of the late night talk show.

I'll wait for the YouTube upload.

 

[Sithborg]

Damnit SNL, why tease me. I really don't want to watch Fallon. I do like how the singing voices are clearly looking like their characters.

 

[Dave McFly]

found this on Instagram it's amazing how well the 2 blend together



oh and this gem

 

[Lily Adler]

found this on Instagram it's amazing how well the 2 blend together



oh and this gem

Either AI voice cloning has gotten better or they got a great sound alike.

 

[Dave McFly]

it's the former

 

[Lily Adler]

it's the former

 

[Lily Adler]

@Shinobi Shaw isn't going to be happy about this.

 

[BlackFox]

 

[Lily Adler]

Now give us Saja Boys performing Your Idol.

 

[Dave McFly]

 

[Dave McFly]

 

[Ninjablade]

Finally got around to watching this today. What a lovely film. Beautifully animated. Both the musical and action set pieces are very well directed and staged. Whole soundtrack is fantastic. Does not shock me that "Golden" has broken out the way it has.

 

[Sithborg]

Lilly is still bitter iy has overtaken Your Idol. But, give EJAE everything.

 

[Dave McFly]

the YEAH clip lives in my brain forever rent free

 

[Dave McFly]

LOVE stuff like this, it's so EPIC no pun intended lol

 

[Still Wynning]

the YEAH clip lives in my brain forever rent free

I think about this one every so often (@ 0:09):



It’s a combination of the fact that it comes out of nowhere and their cartoonishly exaggerated evil gremlin postures/expressions and laughs that does it for me. It’s simultaneously so out of character and yet very much in character. Anytime I watch it, I can’t help but laugh. Like, they suddenly turn into a bunch of Saturday morning cartoon villains for a few seconds. It’s so absurd and I love it.

Also, since we’re on the subject of musical covers, here’s some I found over the past few months that I think you guys would love:

An entire playlist of covers/ remixes/reinterpretations done by this one YouTuber named Lumie:


Some of my personal favorites from her:




A bunch of great standard covers of “Free” by some VTubers/Youtubers:

Spoiler

JUNHEE and AleXa:


Serafina and MizunoAki:


Caleb Hyles and Ironmouse:


Bao the Whale and Johnnyray:


The voice actors of Rumi and Jinu:


“Free”, but it’s gay:


An excellent acoustic version by NateWantsToBattle and his wife Anna Prosser:

An excellent cover of the opening track of the film:


An excellent head-banging heavy metal cover of “How It’s Done” by Lauren Babic:


One Voice Children’s Choir’s cover of “Golden”:


JUNHEE’s cover of “Your Idol”:


There’s so many more I could post, but I’d practically be here all day and I don’t want to flood this page with just a bunch of videos, so I’ll just leave it at that.

Suffice to say, a lot of really musically talented people. Must be still be so mind blowing and surreal to see songs which, you put all of your years of emotions into from not making the cut and years of being mostly behind the scenes, being sung by billions and billions of people around the world. If that were me, I’d be so overwhelmed and overcome with emotion, I wouldn’t know what to do with myself or how to react.

 

[Dave McFly]

as far as covers go these Heavy Metal versions are epic AF


How It's Done


Golden


Takedown


What It Sounds Like

All done by the same guys they are just amazing wow

 

[BlackFox]

Nah 80s Synth Huntrix shouldnt slap this hard....

 

[Dave McFly]

this clip makes me hope we get a score album that eerie vocal track by young Rumi (who I found out is voiced by Rumi Oak who is the director's daughter who she named the KPDH character after) really add to the scene

 

[Sithborg]

Insane. Though I guess that explains her rejection by kpop. NGL, I like the live version of Golden better when they dropped the octave.

 

[Dave McFly]

I worked hard on this but I turned my fave scene into a bad ass avatar pic

 

[Still Wynning]

as far as covers go these Heavy Metal versions are epic AF


How It's Done


Golden


Takedown


What It Sounds Like

All done by the same guys they are just amazing wow

I really love this guy’s covers. Stay true to what made them great while also bringing something new to them.

“What It Sounds Like” retains all of the emotion from the original while giving it a little extra oomph. And, considering that in-universe Mira came up with the beat/instrumental and her musical tastes being what they are, it’s no surprise “Takedown” translates very well as a heavy metal song.

this clip makes me hope we get a score album that eerie vocal track by young Rumi (who I found out is voiced by Rumi Oak who is the director's daughter who she named the KPDH character after) really add to the scene

I love the poetic tragedy of that vocal track of her young self over that part of the film. Young Rumi singing calls back to her being raised and taught to believe that demons are bad and don’t deserve to live, and here she is in the present with her demon half going out of control and asking Celine to do what she “should’ve done a long time ago”. She’s internalized that self-hatred for so long due to what Celine instilled in her, when everything comes crashing down and she reaches her lowest point, she just wants to “end it”. That’s so f**kin’ sad.

And of course, this exchange:

“Why can’t you look at me?! Why couldn’t you love me?!?”

“I do…

“ALL OF ME!!!!!!!!!!!!”

I really relate to this scene so much because, up until early last year, that was me. I basically was Rumi. I grew up being taught and thinking that being gay or anyone on the LGBTQIA+ spectrum was an abomination and didn’t “deserve to live”. And, subconsciously, the part of me that was supposed to hate someone like that and my true self at the time that I didn’t even know existed were in constant war with each other. I internalized it. As time passed, it grew and grew until it reached the point where I hated myself so much and felt like I didn’t “deserve to live” I came very close to wanting to “end it”.

But, also like Rumi, even though “I broke into million pieces and I can’t go back”, I finally saw “all the beauty in the broken glass”, “the scars [were] part of me” and and it was okay for me to “let the jagged edges meet the light instead”. Figuring out who I really was finally helped me find my voice and “what it sounds like”.

F**k, I’m tearing up again. Basically, this movie means so much to me, you have no idea.

Insane. Though I guess that explains her rejection by kpop. NGL, I like the live version of Golden better when they dropped the octave.

“The things that I was insecure about my vocals are actually what makes it more powerful.”

Oh my god, she’s literally just Rumi.

Honestly, her not getting into SM Entertainment is probably the best thing that could’ve happened to her. If she had been accepted into the industry, it would’ve really limited her reach and creative voice. And what a voice!

I love her “husky, gritty” vocal register hitting those low notes. I’ve always loved women with deeper voices. There’s something so sexy and attractive about that quality that I can’t really explain.

I worked hard on this but I turned my fave scene into a bad ass avatar pic

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Do you think you could you by chance make me a .gif of the moment after this where they pause for a few seconds just blankly looking at each other and then resume yelling “YYYEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!”? I would appreciate it so much.

 

[BlackFox]

Insane. Though I guess that explains her rejection by kpop. NGL, I like the live version of Golden better when they dropped the octave.

Its crazy to think how EJAE could have been rejected for her voice, I know the music industry is harsh but damn, thank goodness this has all happened for her plus the other two girls Rei Ami and Audrey Nuna are incredibly talented as well so its great to see all three get the recognition and love they deserve. Who knows how things will pan out going forward but it feels like an incredible moment for them but if the three could get an Oscar performance or Superbowl HT show or just something on that level that would just be the perfect moment they deserve.

EJAE has her first single out the end of this month so will need to check that out for sure.

 

[Still Wynning]

plus the other two girls Rei Ami and Audrey Nuna are incredibly talented as well so its great to see all three get the recognition and love they deserve

Have you seen videos and pics online of them together? They are literally just Rumi, Mira and Zoey.