Can KPop Heal Us All? w/ Songwriter Mark Sonnenblick
The Sam Sanders Show
KCRW & Sam Sanders
4.9 • 709 Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Maybe there actually was a song of the summer? At least if you’ve seen the hit movie KPop Demon Hunters. The film’s hottest song, Golden, has been dominating the Billboard Hot 100 charts since August. And it’s the most popular film to ever hit Netflix.
Songwriter Mark Sonnenblick helped create the soundtrack’s major pop anthems. He talks about bringing them to life, his songwriting process, and why music is vital to great storytelling. Plus, he shares his hot take, all about another flashy musical…
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| 0:27.6 | Hey, y'all, it's the Sam Sanders show from KCRW with big questions and hot takes on the pop culture we love. |
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| 0:36.5 | Did you watch Saturday Night Live this past weekend? |
| 0:40.3 | It's back for a new season and there was a lot to take in. But the one thing I paid the most attention to were three special guests who showed up unannounced during a bad bunny sketch. |
| 0:49.3 | Three young women who were not the musical guests perform snippets of a song that is currently number one in the country. |
| 0:58.0 | I cannot help you, idiots. |
| 1:01.0 | But they can. |
| 1:03.0 | We're going up for the, bud with our moment. |
| 1:12.2 | You together we're blowing. |
| 1:14.1 | Gonna be, gonna be golden. |
| 1:16.0 | Oh, oh, go, wow with our voices. |
| 1:20.0 | Going together's swimming. |
| 1:21.9 | Gonna be, gonna be going to be going. |
| 1:25.4 | Take that. |
| 1:27.3 | That's E.J. Ray Ami and Audrey Nuna. |
| 1:34.0 | They're the voices behind the biggest songs of the summer |
| 1:36.3 | and the biggest movie in Netflix history. |
| 1:39.3 | I'm talking about K-pop Demon Hunters, |
| 1:41.6 | the animated film in which K-pop stars |
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