“KPop Demon Hunters” is on track to be Netflix’s most-watched movie of all time. CNN spoke to superfans to hear what they love about the animated film and why they can’t stop watching it. Warning: Spoilers ahead!

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K-Pop Demon Hunters, an animated film available on Netflix, is rapidly gaining popularity among children and is on track to become the platform's most-watched movie. The film follows three girls—Rumi, Mira, and Zoe—who are pop stars by day and demon fighters by night, offering a unique blend of K-pop culture and supernatural action.

Young fans attribute the film's appeal to its fresh combination of genres, engaging storyline, and highly successful soundtrack. Three songs from the movie have reached the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, with 'Golden' peaking at number one. The film's music and energetic narrative have made it a frequent topic of conversation among children and a favorite for repeated viewings.

Why kids can’t get enough of ‘KPop Demon Hunters’

I think I probably watched it over 50 times. I've seen it a hundred times. Countless. I love movies so much. It's not really similar to anything else I've ever seen in my 10 years' lifetime. The animated film K-Pop Demon Hunters is on track to be Netflix's most-watched movie of all time. The world will know you as pop stars, but you will be much more than that. So CNN talked to some of the film's superfans to hear what the movie is actually about, and why it's dominating cafeteria chatter across the country. I would describe that there are these three girls. Their names are Rumi, Mira, and Zoe. The entire world sees them as pop stars, but behind the screen they're actually fighting demons. But then there was like this demon boy band. And at the end they defeat the demon boys. It's kind of sad, but still, it's a really good movie. I think what's different about it is that it's a demon movie and like a K-Pop movie mixed together. And usually it's like just K-Pop or just demons. It's like a kid movie, but it has a tiny bit of violence. Kids normally don't like watching violence. Some kids do, like me. Before K-Pop Demon Hunters came out, we were doing like a mile-one run during P.E. And we were singing Defying Gravity. But like this year, we were like running new recess and we just started singing Golden to them. So that was fun. One of the reasons the movie is so popular is the music. Three songs from the soundtrack cracked the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, including Golden, which peaked at number one. I'm gonna be, gonna be golden, oh. No more hiding, now I'm shining. Look for me. There's like a little spark of it that like set off my heart whenever I watched it. And it was just like different than what I've seen. If you go to like Coney Island or something, you're happy. And that's like how I feel. I just feel like I'm on a joyride.

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