Sony Pictures Animation and Netflix have a hit on their hands with KPop Demon Hunters, the fantasy action film that’s given us a trio of new heroines who slay evil while singing truly infectious music.

The soundtrack to the Netflix animated film KPop Demon Hunters becomes the highest debuting soundtrack of 2025 on the Billboard 200 chart, bowing at No. 8, while it also enters at No. 1 on the Soundtracks chart (both lists dated July 5). On the latter, the album is the first soundtrack from a Netflix show to reach No. 1 in over two years.

It’s not surprising that KPop Demon Hunters received an overwhelming response from the viewers, considering it's not just another stereotypical take on the magical girl genre. I