Songs like Golden or Soda Pop from the movie KPop Demon Hunters are currently playing on the radio and streaming services non-stop. Also, MeinMMO editor Jasmin is a big fan of the music from the film – but there is another fictional K-Pop band she will probably never forget.
The HUNTR/X trio from KPop Demon Hunters has broken one record after another. The movie is still holding a spot in the top 10 most-watched films on Netflix several weeks after its release, partly because of the music.
The songs from the film all have great earworm potential. Especially Golden has been hard to forget from the charts for a long time. In it, protagonist Rumi closes her secret double life and finally starts enjoying life and shining.
Also, the other songs like How It’s Done and Free are just lovely to sing along to. My personal favorite is Takedown, as the song is a bit more upbeat than the rest and has more rap parts.
But such songs have existed for several years from a girl group from Korea that also isn’t real but only has their voices lent by real singers. And when I compare the two bands, I must say: The girls from back then appealed to me more.
I hate League of Legends, but the girl group K/DA has captivated me
In 2018, the girl group K/DA was “founded”. It consists of several singers who are actually champions from League of Legends and were intended as advertising for skins. I can’t do much with the game itself – in my first round, I was told to go and delete myself, and I complied with that request immediately.
The following singers lend their voices to a character:
- Ahri is sung by Miyeon, who is part of the K-Pop band I-dle
- Bandmate Soyeon lends her voice to Akali
- Madison Beer is a successful solo artist and responsible for the vocals of Evelynn
- If you like listening to Kai’Sa, you’ll enjoy the voice of Jaira Burns
- Later, the Chinese singer Lexie Liu also appeared as Seraphine in the song More, which reached 2.2 million listeners immediately
The band made its debut with the song Pop/Stars and it was love at first sight for me. I’ve probably watched the music video in the hundreds, because I found the part where Akali raps in the neon light so cool.
You can find the mentioned scene in the following YouTube video starting at 1:22:
At first glance, the two bands have many similarities: They are not real, they are sung by Korean idols, and they have great success with their songs. K/DA was indeed the first fictional K-Pop girl group to reach platinum with a song.
Even the color scheme of the girls is quite similar, at least when comparing KPop Demon Hunters with the song Pop/Stars. Many gold and purple tones can be found here. However, there are also differences, which is why I would personally rank K/DA ahead of HUNTR/X.
In general, the songs from K/DA are darker and more mature than those from the film KPop Demon Hunters. This is partly due to the arrogant attitude of the girl group, which sees itself as the baddies:
- In Pop/Stars, the girls sing that they always win and no one can beat them
- In The Baddest, they openly admit that they break hearts and rules
- The song Villain already reveals in its name that it’s about villains
The aggressive songs from K/DA simply appeal to me more than the poppy sound of Golden. The variety of music genres in HUNTR/X is greater, but K/DA gives me more of what I already listen to.
Even the appearance of the champions already shows how much murderous intent they have. That the HUNTR/X demons can slaughter is proven in KPop Demon Hunters – but I can simply see more quickly that nasty opponents are no problem for the girls of K/DA. One reason for this is the avoidance of overly large round eyes.
Don’t get me wrong with this article: I love both bands, but K/DA simply has the edge for me. I own merchandise from both bands and who knows, maybe I’ll wear my KPop Demon Hunters shirt with my K/DA sweatpants for the next meeting – thanks to home office!
Which band do you think is better and do you have a favorite song from both bands? Feel free to write it in the comments!
The girls of HUNTR/X also have something to offer, after all, they prevented a takeover by the demons. This raises the question of which of the girls contributed the most to that. In a separate article, we rank the K-Pop band by their strength: KPop Demon Hunters: Which member of HUNTR/X is the strongest?
