Chart-topping songs, creative animation and fun K-pop Easter eggs all helped KPop Demon Hunters become the year’s surprising success story.

This Netflix animated movie is becoming as much of a global phenomenon for its musical soundtrack as the film itself.

In the colorful, animated, musical world of “KPop Demon Hunters,” everyone is a fan. The general public rocks T-shirts supporting their favorite idols. They hold light sticks and stare starry-eyed at stadium stages;