No Room for “Main Character Energy”: Two Voices, One Harmonious Performance
One of the biggest surprises for me in the KPop Demon Hunters movie is that every principal character was voiced by two different people… one to provide the spoken words […]
The Broken Road Leading to “Golden”: Making Everything Beautiful in it’s Time
The real-life story of the voice behind Rumi’s incredible singing performance in KPop Demon Hunters is as inspirational as the fictional tale told in the movie… Kim Eun-jae trained for […]
KPop Demon Hunters: Finding Freedom From Flawed Ideology
Rumi’s lifelong struggle with the patterns she was hiding started when she was young… all she understood about the marks she carried was what she was told by Celine, her […]
Fallen Stars: Following the Messengers or the Message?
The public breakup of Huntrix on stage wasn’t just devastating for our favorite trio of Hunters… it was equally soul-crushing for their loyal fans. In the confusion, the masses of […]
Comeback: Overcoming the “Shame Spiral”
Huntrix’s award show performance ended with the previously unthinkable revelation that Rumi was not who everyone thought she was. In her most vulnerable moment of pain and humiliation, a completely […]
Golden: Piercing the Darkness By Combining Our Light
The trio of hunters known as “Huntrix” in KPop Demon Hunters are certainly formidable singers and warriors individually, but as a collective unit they are virtually unstoppable on the stage […]
Rumi and Jinu: Helping Others, Healing Ourselves
For a warrior who protects the planet through both her combat prowess as well as her singing skills, losing her voice was a problem Rumi could not afford to have. […]
A Victory that Only Comes Through Surrender
One of the saddest lines of dialogue in KPop Demon Hunters is when Rumi reached the very end of her journey to rid herself of her “patterns”. After being humiliated […]
Mira: A “Wild Child” Turned Warrior
As the self-proclaimed “wild child” of the Huntrix crew, Mira’s brash demeanor concealed her deepest wounds… a pain she revealed in her darkest hour as she repeated the lies of […]
From Disgrace to Grace: Turning our Marks of Shame into our Testimony
While Jinu’s past makes it hard to see him as a fully sympathetic character, the constant voice of Gwi-Ma in his ears reminding him of his failure and making him […]
Finding God in Video Games 