6.15:  Rumi's singing voice, the stunning songwriter (who had a hand in writing several of the songs) and singer, has performed 'Golden' live with her co-stars Rei Ami and Audrey Nuna.  

7.46:  James, you're wrong for rating a stunningly good song absurdly low because of your personal taste instead of in a way that reflects the actual quality of it.  It's fine for you to not find it your cup of tea - death metal isn't mine - but insulting them and the talented singers is not fine.  I would not say death metal is crap just because it's not my favoured flavour.  I almost feel like making you listen to 'Soda Pop' is a punishment you deserve.  I absolutely love 'Soda Pop' because it is a far more clever song than either of you have discerned, having three distinct layers of meaning, and also because it helps me move and eases my pain.  This song is like the best thing that ever happened to my shoulders.  10.32:  Looking almost as tormented as you deserve.

11.44:  Why would if feel like anime?  This is a most bizarre complaint; it's not supposed to feel like anime.  The animation style is from the people did the Spiderverse animation, apparently.

You're not wrong to have some issues around the K-Pop industry's practices and the fandom:  Just so you know, the film is not afraid to take aim at that.  The Saja Boys embody toxic aspects of the K-Pop culture and industry.  Baby Saja represents infantilisation, Abby is about sexualisation, Romance stands for parasocial relationships (exactly as mentioned at 13.15), Mystery is about the intrusiveness of fans and media, and the lack of privacy.  Jinu probably represents the perfect image the stars and idols have to present no matter how they feel inside, which is a major theme of the film.  Also, the fickle fan who changes t-shirts every time something happens is personifying (and parodying) the fans' demanding and sometimes irrational behaviour, as is the entirety of 'Your Idol'.  As for the manufacturing, that takes skill as well, so dismissing it as 'pushing a few buttons' is bonkers and incredibly disrespectful.  It also doesn't change that the artists are incredibly talented.  Heck, look up EJAE's story:  The industry told her that her voice wasn't good enough and now, she's become a phenomenon overnight thanks to this film.  It's not a coincidence that one of Zoey's lines in 'How It's Done' is, 'Took blood, sweat, and tears to look natural'.

Should've chosen the full version of 'Your Idol'; the second verse has things to say. 15.56:  That's the idea.

21.08:  Seriously dude, get your head out of your arse and stop talking like 'mAnUfAcTuRiNg' doesn't take skill, or talent, or training, or work.  22.08:  Yeah, you are.  It's like saying that a person wearing make-up doesn't have a real face.  Good make-up isn't about concealment; it's about enhancing what's already there.  No one's demanding you enjoy something that's not you, but trying to claim it's bad because it's not your thing is ridiculous.

35.30:  A bit late to claim you 'appreciate' it now, after spending the entire vid acting like you're being tortured.

FTR, I'm not a K-Pop fan; this film was my first introduction to it.  I actually watched the film because I heard covers of 'Golden' and 'Your Idol' and found out about the film that way.

RIP, Kuma the cat.  I hope you're having fun on the other side of the rainbow bridge with my sweet Rosie, Casper, Caz, Al, Diamond, Cindy, Frankie, Ginger, and Tinkerbell.  I teared up hearing that song, even without being able to hear a word of it, except when James sang/spoke some of it.  Thank you for that, James; the song is getting a damn 10/10 because there's something magical about the love behind the (to me) incomprehensible sound.

I like James, he’s obviously not in his comfort zone but still willing to indulge Charles in going through songs and at least became less critical of the songs over time.

I listen to all types of songs from all genres and language but I can understand liking a specific genres and sticking to it

I'm also a metalhead and close to 50 but K-POP Demon Hunters and its soundtrack has been living rent-free in my head for weeks. I have officially been conquered by the energy and unapologetic fun that is this movie and it's great message.

What It Sounds Like brought tears to my eyes.

I love power and symphonic metal. KPop demon hunters is AWESOME!! Saying this music is just manufactured when you have geniuses like EJAE and Mark Sonnenblick behind it, is frankly ignorant. You can appreciate everything with an open mind 😎

If you're looking for a rock sound in your K-pop, I recommend Dreamcatcher's songs. I recommend Justice and Endless Night from Dreamcatcher.

As for K-death metal bands, I recommend Possession by Dark Mirror ov Tragedy.

Man i am here from your anime openings reactions and they are so great

If you ever do these again i recommend

The idaten deities Opening

Deadman Wonderland Opening

Oshi no ko Opening 2

The Promised Neverland Opening

Kokkoku Opening

Kajiu no 8 Opening

Have to say, watching the music without the movie is hard... The music pushes the movie and when in context the songs are so much better!

I'm not a fan of kpop and I only finally watched this 3 weeks ago just to see what all of the fuss was about.  I didn't expect to like it at all, but I absolutely loved it and surprisingly even the music especially "what it sounds like" which you didn't even do the entire song you cut off a whole 2 minutes.

James was really drinking his hater-aid while watching this😂

i laughed so hard😂😂😂😂

The music isn't everyones cup of tea and that's fine but these songs are big successes most have been in the top 20s world wide for up to 18 weeks on end with golden taking the 1st spot for most of the 18 weeks it's the only movie soundtrack ever made to have 4 songs in the top 10 golden has been nominated for 5 grammy's

No ai was used in.this movie haters spread rumours accusing the film of using ai till the singing voice for zoey tweeted "ejae audrey nuna and I aren't ai are you bitches dumb?" Also i disagree with your animation points the animation in this movie looks far better then anything pixar or Disney could make especially the fight animation

EJAE or (Kim Eun Jae) was the sing voice for rumi she was 26 when she was rejected from SM ENTERTAINMENT for being "too old" despite training for 10 years with them and they didn't allow her to debut because they thought her voice was too gritty too husky and not good and not feminine enough this led to her having insecurities about her voice and she almost rejected the offer to be rumi singing voice thinking she wasn't good enough her dream was to be a kpop star and singer she is now 33 and for kpop demon hunters movie she wrote the songs how It's Done, Golden and Your Idol and co wrote the other songs in the movie and she also wrote songs for other bands who got incredibly big because her songs were so successful When she was singing demos for the songs they loved her voice so much they just asked her to be rumi's singing voice her dream now is to win a grammy to inspire more young korean girls to follow their dreams

The singing voice of mira The pink haired girl is Audrey Nuna

The singing voice of zoey is Rei Ami

The song how it's done was the hardest to make it took 57 tries to make this is actually referenced in the movie

Free is one of my favourite songs the high notes the lyrics the vocals and more and Andrew choi is jinu the guy in free he was ejae's mentor and encouraged her to do songwriting and not give up on her dreams and was the one who got her to help with kpop demon hunters so this song means alot to ejae because EJAE refers to "Free" as a personal thank you to Choi for his support after her initial idol dreams were shattered.

What it sounds like and your idol are short there's still a minute left in both songs and takedown has 2 versions hintrix version and a twice version done by the group twice i perfer the huntrix one because they convey more hatred in their lyrics

James’s expression😂😂
I like Kpop!!and of course Jpop and bands too:)
Next time, I want you to make a video featuring famous Jpop songs that aren’t from anime;))

Can you react to Straykids please

It's completely fine to critique a music genre that you don't particularly like. And while it is admirable that you sat here and somewhat listened, although obviously against your will, maybe next time stick to the professional criticisms and refrain from spending the entire video cringing and guffawing and mentioning how you are being tortured. You asked in the beginning for people in the comments to tell you how you are wrong. Well, in the words of The Dude: you're not wrong, you're just an asshole.

Maybe be less annoying with your mate who's clearly forced into watching this and give him less reasons to be annoyed.

One word. Just watch the movie.