KPop Demon Hunters keeps slaying

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🗓️ 3 October 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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The Netflix animated film KPop Demon Hunters is a mega cultural phenomenon. And the studio that used to own animation, Disney, is watching its dominance be tested...and maybe even fade. This episode was produced by Denise Guerra and Danielle Hewitt, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King. A fan during a KPop Demon Hunters dance and singalong event in Seoul. Photo by Jintak Han/The Washington Post via Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	We're going up on what the bad! All the kids are talking about K-pop demon hunters. Sean, have you seen it? I have not. No, I haven't. Is it good? Ah, if you're a kid, it's great. Oh, if you're a kid. Well, you know, Noelle, I'm going to have a kid. I do know it's why I invited you on the show today to share with listeners some news.
0:21.2	Thanks for having me. Yeah, I'll be gone for five months starting sometime this month and all sorts of great people will be filling in and Noel will be here so the show will still be the show you love. And I'll be back and maybe when I'm back, you know, I can introduce you to my kid who I might name K-pop, demon hunter,
0:39.0	Ramos for him.
0:39.5	I don't know.
0:39.8	We still haven't figured out a name.
0:40.9	All right, you know, I can introduce you to my kid who I might name K-pop demon hunter
0:38.9	Ramosferm. I don't know. We still haven't figured out a name. All right, you heard it here first. Founding Daddy, Sean Ramosferm will be out for five months. Coming up on today, explained, K-pop demon hunters take over the world. What do you think? You did laugh at my joke about naming my kid K-pop demon.
0:57.0	I thought I tried to be funny, but it was. What do you think?
0:56.9	You did laugh at my joke about naming my kid K-pop demon.
0:58.8	I thought I tried to be funny, but it wasn't that funny.
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