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They’re Golden: Fictional Band From K-Pop Demon Hunters Tops the Charts

The song "Golden" has amassed 118.2 million streams and 13,000 sales worldwide in the week ending Aug. 7, driven by its link to the animated film KPop Demon Hunters.

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The fictional band Huntr/x, from K-Pop Demon Hunters, has a real-world hit with "Golden." Netflix has a summer megahit on its hands with its animated musical feature film, K-Pop Demon Hunters. Since its June release, the critically acclaimed film has won fans of all ages, fueled by a killer Korean pop soundtrack featuring one earworm after another. The biggest hit is "Golden," which just hit No. 1 on Billboard's Top 100 chart. (The last time a f…

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Science fiction is overcoming reality, as HUNTR/X is making history by becoming the first fictional band to get to the top of Billboard’s Hot 100 thanks to its song “Golden”. The song is part of “The Warriors of the K-Pop” an animated film that has the three band members as protagonists. Rumi, Mira and Zoey are famous singers all over the world, with thousands of fans and able to fill stadiums, but they have a secret task: they are demon hunters…

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