Netflix and Sony Pictures Animation’s K-Pop Demon Hunters is currently topping the streamer’s most-watched rankings, and in a funny life-imitating-art moment, the soundtrack’s leading singles from the film’s songwriter EJAE are now battling it out on the Billboard 100.
In the film, the heroic Huntrix, who fight demons by stage light, are fan-favorite K-pop performers who find themselves facing a big threat when a new boy band goes viral. Unfortunately, the handsome and debonair Saja Boys also happen to be demons. Their dark pop music casts a spell on the whole of music fandom within the movie’s universe with “Soda Pop” and “Your Idol,” which threaten to steal souls for the film’s big bad.
Now, according to Billboard, the power of the Saja Boys’ “Your Idol” is charting at 77th place—a few notches above Huntrix’s “Golden,” which is currently slotted at 88. It’s a real-life Huntrix vs. Saja Boys battle, and we’re living for it. For a film that was just released, that’s huge.
In the two weeks since its drop on Netflix, the songs have been going viral on social media, with fans seeking out the soundtrack for the full-length tracks. According to Billboard, “during its first four days of release (June 20-23), the 12 songs on the soundtrack earned a total of 13.3 million official on-demand U.S. streams … one week later (June 27-30), that number more than tripled to 42.8 million streams (up 220%).”
While “Your Idol” and “Golden” are leading the pack right now, other soundtrack earworms, including “What It Sounds Like” and “Free,” are also tracking very well. This could bode well for Netflix and Sony Pictures Animation in the upcoming awards season—especially when it comes to Best Original Song consideration. To see TWICE perform “Takedown” or “Golden” at the Oscars would be incredible.
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