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KPop Demon Hunters with Songwriters Jenna Andrews and Stephen Kirk

X-Ray Vision

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture, Tv & Film

4.51.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

This is what it sounds like! We’re back with another deep dive into the smash hit, KPop Demon Hunters! First, we have an interview with songwriting duo Jenna Andrews and Stephen Kirk, the writers behind “Free” and “What It Sounds Like.” Jenna and Stephen share their inspiration and process behind the songs and how many different iterations they went through for the film’s climax.


Then, stick around for a discussion about the staying power of KPDH, is it a sensation or an instant classic? Plus, what does this mean for the other big musical on our horizons, Wicked: For Good?

 

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0:00.0

This is an IHeart podcast.

0:04.3

Warning, today's episode contains minor spoilers for Netflix's hit movie and likely Oscar pick for best animation.

0:15.4

K-pop demon hunters.

0:17.0

We're going up, up, up, up. It's a moment.

0:33.2

Yes, hello. I am Rosie Knight, and I do love K-pop.

0:37.7

I'm Joel Monique, and I do love K-pop Demon Hunters.

0:41.0

I'm Joelle Monique and I would date all of the Saja Boys.

0:43.0

Hey, correct.

0:45.0

They are all so beautiful.

0:51.3

And welcome back to X-ray Vision, the podcast where we dive deep into your favorite shows, movies, comics, and pop culture.

0:54.9

We are here at IHeart Podcast as always, where we will be bringing you three episodes a week and news on saturdays in today's episode first deep cuts an interview with

1:03.9

jennet andrews and stephen kirk the songwriting team behind two of the hit songs including my

1:08.8

favorite hit song from netflix's K-pop Demon Hunters.

1:13.7

Aaron's going to be sitting down with them. It's a good discussion, y'all. So stay tuned for that.

1:17.4

And then after, Rosie and I will be back for a quick discussion on the staying power of K-pop demon hunters, why the sing-along works.

1:25.3

And why, if you haven't given a chance yet, you totally should.

1:42.9

And now let's dive into Aaron's interview with Jenna Andrews and Stephen Kirk.

1:49.3

All right, we are here with two of the writers from K-pop Demon Hunters who worked on a couple of my favorite songs from it.

1:57.5

We have Jenna Andrews and Stephen Kirk. Thank you guys for joining us. Hello. Hello. Thanks for having me. So I know normally you're in Nashville. You have a big farm with

2:07.0

chickens and goats and all sorts of animals, but right now you're calling us from where?

2:13.3

Seoul. We're in Korea right now. And this is a writing trip. You're working on other pieces of music and stuff?

2:21.0

Yeah. Yeah, it's been crazy. It's so fun. We love it here. It's just, yeah, I mean, we basically come here and every time we're like, we have, we have to get a condo or something because we're basically, we're 80% Korean now.

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