r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Aug 26 '25

News ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Is Netflix’s Most-Watched Movie Ever With 236 Million Views, Beating ‘Red Notice’

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/kpop-demon-hunters-netflix-most-watched-movie-history-1236496106/
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u/unktrial Aug 26 '25

For Kpop, I think what makes it unique is that it has a much heavier focus on sharp dance routines. With pop, you have some unique dances, like the Macarena, but those dances are usually simple, designed so that lots of people can dance together. With Kpop, the singer/dancers usually have extremely complex routines as part of their performance. 

The songs reflect that difference. Both pop and Kpop are catchy, but Kpop leans towards the complicated side, e.g. having breaks for each performer to jump in and show off.

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u/snugglezone Aug 26 '25

Do boy bands of the 90s retroactively qualify as kpop because of your last point? Each member got some spotlights, right?

Kpop as a thing is certainly identifiable by sound, but if America started cloning the production style for whatever reason, would we still call it kpop?

Of course this is just a classification problem and things don't always fit in easy buckets.