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It's got K-Pop, it's got demons, and it's got 158 million views—5and counting. That makes it the most-watched animated original film in Netflix history.

"It's been a streaming 6phenomenon where people are watching the movie. They are spreading it 7through word of mouth. So people have really 8united around this movie and its music."

The film follows the Huntrix, a girl group by day, demon hunters by night, as they battle supernatural threats while topping the K-pop charts.

'Golden' is more than 9catchy—it's 10history-making. The fictional girl group from the film is now going up on the real world charts, including the Billboard Hot 100. And the last time a girl group topped the charts was 24 years ago, with Destiny's Child."

"It's pretty wild to think that there has never been a K-pop girl group that has reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 before. The fictional group of Huntrix from "K-Pop Demon Hunters" does so this week with their 11smash single 'Golden.' 'Golden' is number one on the Hot 100, but there are multiple songs in the top 10, in the top 20 of the Hot 100."

It's not just the heroes getting the love—the film's 12villainous boy band, the Saja Boys, are charting too.

The K-Pop 13multiverse is also 14fueling global TikTok challenges, live streams and merchandise sales—proving that even animated idols can 15dominate the real world.