Peace in the Storm: A Table in the Presence of our Enemies
While it is played for laughs, one of my favorite moments in the “K-Pop Demon Hunters” movie is when the Huntrix crew pauses in the middle of a dangerous battle […]
Takedown: The Folly of Fighting Fire with Fire
While trying to craft the perfect song to compete with their new opponents, the “Saja Boys,” the Huntrix crew landed on “Takedown” … a “diss track” that focused on attacking […]
From Hopeless to Huntrix: Wounded Souls Seeking a Place to Belong
One of the most relatable parts of the group that came together to form Huntrix is their incredibly different backgrounds… on their own, each had been rejected for different reasons […]
Rumi’s Private Pain and Secret Shame: Concealing Never Leads to Healing
Despite all her success as the lead singer and warrior of Huntrix, Rumi held a secret that she was hiding from the world as well as those closest to her… […]
Much Ado About Jinu: Cancel Culture vs. Mercy and Grace
In our final reflection on Kpop Demon Hunters, the most challenging part of the movie is how we reconcile the truth about who Jinu has been (a clearly flawed human […]
The Song She Couldn’t Write… Until the Time was Right
In Rumi’s darkest hour, all of her greatest fears came to pass at the same time. Unable to hide her patterns and the secrets about her past anymore, abandoned by […]
Huntrix: Hunters Hidden in Plain Sight
We are first introduced to the heroines of KPop Demon Hunters with the words, “The world will know you as pop stars, but you will be much more than that. […]
Sealing the Honmoon: When the Going Gets Tough
The closer that Huntrix came to finally sealing the honmoon and setting the entire world free from demonic oppression, the more desperate and persistent their opposition became. The path forward […]
Rumi and Jinu: On Some Showing Compassion, Making a Difference
The entire narrative weight of the KPop Demon Hunters movie hinged on one important decision that Rumi made midway through the story… the decision to stop looking at Jinu as […]
