HUNTR/X Singers Talk Destiny’s Child Parallels & Possible ‘Kpop Demon Hunters’ Sequel

It’s just to accidental that the satellite has ne'er seen thing rather similar Kpop Demon Hunters, which has perfectly captivated audiences — to the constituent that fictional set HUNTR/X is present making precise existent moves successful the euphony industry. Its azygous “Golden,” for instance, has spent 5 weeks truthful acold astatine No. 1 connected the Billboard Hot 100, making it the archetypal pistillate K-pop radical to scope the chart’s summit.

That said, the imaginary trio besides has immoderate precise existent philharmonic influences that informed its look and dependable — and successful a speech with Billboard implicit noodles, the singing voices down HUNTR/X spoke astir immoderate of their idiosyncratic favourite K-pop acts. EJAE, who portrays Rumi successful the Kpop Demon Hunters musical numbers, begins, “I similar the OG generation, so, like, G.O.D, shout-out.”

“H.O.T, S.E.S, like, they are the reasons wherefore I fell successful emotion with K-pop,” she continues. “And like, aespa, BLACKPINK, BTS, TWICE.”

“I’m a large 2010s epoch [fan], like, I fainted astatine a Big Bang performance erstwhile I was similar 12,” Audrey Nuna, who sings for Mira, says. “2NE1 was hugely inspirational, due to the fact that I consciousness similar they were conscionable truthful cool. Obviously they’re amazingly beauteous arsenic well, but I deliberation for me, it was similar they led with their coolness, and they led with their benignant of aforesaid empowerment. That was immense to see, like, an Asian pistillate look who was owning their worldly to that degree.”

REI AMI, who voices Zoey, agrees. “They weren’t doing similar the accepted miss group, aesthetic approach, of, like, precise good, frilly, girly,” she says of 2NE1. “No, they were hard, successful your face, afloat of attitude. And I deliberation america being raised successful the West, determination was a portion of america that we saw successful them. Because, you know, we are Korean-American. There’s a full Western broadside to us, and it shows successful our euphony and our artistry.”

The ladies’ outing with Billboard comes arsenic Kpop Demon Hunters is dominating connected the charts pursuing the film’s premiere connected Netflix successful June. In summation to the mini-residency “Golden” has taken up connected the Hot 100, the project’s soundtrack precocious reached No. 1 connected the Billboard 200.

And portion HUNTR/X is the archetypal pistillate K-pop radical to apical the Hot 100, they’re besides the first all-female group, period, to regularisation the illustration since Destiny’s Child did it with “Bootylicious” successful 2001.

“It is truly cool, due to the fact that I consciousness similar they were truthful trailblazing successful their ain mode arsenic well,” says Nuna of the iconic R&B trio comprised of Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams. “It feels similar a akin narrative, successful the consciousness of 3 women of colour conscionable –.”

“Dominating,” REI AMI jumps in.

With each the occurrence Demon Hunters is seeing, fans person been clamoring for different installment. A portion 2 is reportedly successful talks, but arsenic REI AMI reminds Billboard, “The sequel has not been confirmed.”

“We are, you know, looking forward, and we volition cognize erstwhile we get that email,” she continues.

So what bash the voices of HUNTR/X mean to bash successful the meantime? “We should start, like, a tap-dancing radical oregon something,” says Nuna arsenic REI AMI and EJAE laugh. “Or a whistle chorus. An a cappella group.”

Check retired the trio’s afloat interrogation with Billboard above.