{"id":1947113,"date":"2025-08-07T17:22:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T17:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1947113"},"modified":"2025-08-07T17:22:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T17:22:07","slug":"daniel-dae-kim-reacts-to-kpop-demon-hunters-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/daniel-dae-kim-reacts-to-kpop-demon-hunters-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Dae Kim Reacts to \u2018KPop Demon Hunters\u2019 Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"relative mb-6 aisummary_shadowPulse__HDPrM\">\n<div class=\"box-content rounded-[14px] bg-gradient-to-b from-[#c938e3] to-[#4941fb] p-0.5\" style=\"max-height:5rem\">\n<div class=\"rounded-xl bg-[#fcfbfb] dark:bg-inkwell px-5\">\n<div class=\"relative flex justify-between py-5 text-base font-semibold\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\"><button aria-label=\"Visually show the key takeways description\" class=\"group z-2\" data-ylk=\"elm:card;itc:1;sec:ai-summary;slk:key-takeaways;\"><span class=\"group relative text-left transition-all duration-1000 ease-in-out\"><svg class=\"absolute size-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><lineargradient id=\"svg-ai-icon-gradient\" x1=\"12.5\" x2=\"12.5\" y1=\"2.5\" y2=\"21.5\" gradientunits=\"userSpaceOnUse\"><stop stop-color=\"#3941FD\"\/><stop offset=\"1\" stop-color=\"#D136E0\"\/><\/lineargradient><\/svg><svg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"mr-1\" fill=\"url(#svg-ai-icon-gradient)\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M21.5 6.5a6.77 6.77 0 0 1-4-4 6.77 6.77 0 0 1-4 4 6.77 6.77 0 0 1 4 4 6.77 6.77 0 0 1 4-4M3.5 14A12.69 12.69 0 0 0 11 6.5a12.69 12.69 0 0 0 7.5 7.5 12.69 12.69 0 0 0-7.5 7.5A12.7 12.7 0 0 0 3.5 14m7.5 3.638A14.5 14.5 0 0 0 7.362 14 14.5 14.5 0 0 0 11 10.362 14.5 14.5 0 0 0 14.638 14 14.5 14.5 0 0 0 11 17.638\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"sr-only !absolute !w-[310px] max-w-[80vw] translate-y-full rounded-lg bg-white text-sm font-normal opacity-0 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity ease-in-out group-hover:not-sr-only group-hover:block group-hover:p-4 group-hover:opacity-100 group-hover:delay-300 group-focus-visible:not-sr-only group-focus-visible:block group-focus-visible:p-4 group-focus-visible:opacity-100 dark:border dark:border-charcoal dark:bg-inkwell dark:shadow-dark-elevation-3\" id=\"_R_apckr8lb2mav5ubsddb_\" style=\"bottom:-2px\">Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. 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Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.<\/span><\/span><\/button><span class=\"aisummary_textShimmer__8Tdxq\">Generate Key Takeaways<\/span><\/div>\n<p><button aria-label=\"Expand Key Takeaways\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"_R_1ckr8lb2mav5ubsddbH1_\" class=\"stretched-box text-batcave hover:text-grape-jelly focus:text-grape-jelly dark:text-bob dark:hover:text-thanos dark:focus:text-thanos\" id=\"_R_1ckr8lb2mav5ubsddb_\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:ai-summary;slk:key-takeaways;\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 12 13\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fill-current\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"><path d=\"M6 6.897 3.547 4.443a.5.5 0 0 0-.699.002.493.493 0 0 0-.001.699L6 8.298l3.155-3.155a.497.497 0 0 0-.001-.7.493.493 0 0 0-.7 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Everything\u2019s coming up <i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/kpop-demon-hunters\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:KPop Demon Hunters;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">KPop Demon Hunters<\/a><\/i>. The Netflix animated musical film was released in June and became the sensation of the summer for its array of bops, top-notch animation, comedy, and story strength.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The movie follows Huntr\/x, a group of \u2014 you guessed it \u2014 K-pop-singing demon hunters who use their music to maintain a barrier against the creatures that used to prey on humankind\u2026 until one begins losing her voice due to a dark secret, just as the demon leader forms a boy band group to combat them and unleash his minions upon the world once more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The reception to the film has been overwhelmingly positive, and actor <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/people\/daniel-dae-kim\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Daniel Dae Kim;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Daniel Dae Kim<\/a>, who voiced a character in the film and is also bringing his own bit of Korean storytelling to the small screen soon with the spy thriller <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/show\/butterfly-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Butterfly;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><i>Butterfly<\/i><\/a>, was delighted to see its success.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cAnytime you do a project, when it hits the culture in a way that <i>KPop Demon Hunters<\/i> has, you can\u2019t help but be surprised,\u201d he told TV Insider while discussing <i>Butterfly<\/i> (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/articles\/butterfly-daniel-dae-kim-cast-170955196.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:see more on that right here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">see more on that right here<\/a>). \u201cI never expect my projects to do what that movie has done, and so I\u2019m surprised in the best of ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Continued Kim, \u201cI\u2019m really happy for the directors and the creative team because they worked really hard on it, and I\u2019m also happy that it\u2019s just one more piece of evidence that Korean culture is traveling and that there is now a broader acceptance of who we can see as heroes and what kind of stories that we can tell, and the fact that you have like eight, nine, 10 year olds singing all of the songs tells me that the future looks bright.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><b><i>KPop Demon Hunters<\/i><\/b><b>, Netflix<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><b><i>Butterfly<\/i><\/b><b>, series premiere, August 13, Amazon Prime Video<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the latest entertainment news on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TV Insider;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">TV Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. 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