E59 KPop Demon Hunters - "Is this part of my personality now...?

About this episode

The episode discusses the Netflix animated film KPop Demon Hunters with guest Audrey Hall, exploring themes of idoldom and internalized shame through its characters.

Mirror, mirror on my phone, who's the baddest? (Us, hello?) This episode, we are joined by a very special guest, Audrey Hall, to talk about the Netflix animated film, KPop Demon Hunters ! We get into productive intersection of idoldom and demon hunting that allows the film to explore internalized–and externalized–shame, particularly through the romance of Rumi, the leader of KPop group Huntr/x and Jinu, our kpop demon boy. (Because no discussion of KPop Demon Hunters would be complete without a little consideration of sexy demons.) What's Sparking Joy this episode: The Law According to Lidia Poet (Netflix), K-Pop concerts, BTS's return Episode was recorded July 4th, 2025 Show Notes : Support us on Ko-Fi: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/sexlovelitpodcast⁠⁠⁠ Check out Audrey's Poetry!: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7suo4ius6oeyzjt3jttcwjo5 & https://www.instagram.com/audreyy8771/ Listen to our Joy Sparked: SLL Song Recs playlist: ⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/playlist/50MNBI1kYKdJgxh8CzEJF1?si=d9df62854c684557⁠⁠ Concept Art of Rumi's Mom: https://www.tumblr.com/sexlovelitpodcast/788116129167065088 Concept Art of the Saja Boys…

People in this episode

Host: The SLL Team

Guest: Audrey Hall

Topics covered

• KPop
• demon hunting
• romance
• internalized shame
• animated film
• idoldom

Keywords

• KPop
• demon hunters
• Audrey Hall
• Netflix
• romance
• internalized shame
• animated film
• BTS

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: KPop Demon Hunters, The Law According to Lidia Poet, The Mitchells Vs the Machines, Spider-verse, Castlevania, Lost Yo

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