Description
When K-pop superstars Rumi, Mira and Zoey aren't selling out stadiums, they're using their secret powers to protect their fans from supernatural threats.
They sing. They dance. They battle demons.
2025-06-20
N/A
96 min
When K-pop superstars Rumi, Mira and Zoey aren't selling out stadiums, they're using their secret powers to protect their fans from supernatural threats.
I enjoyed this movie, but boy do I have issues with the storytelling and the glamorizing of K-pop idols' lives.
SPOILERS AHEAD:
The last one is my biggest issue with the plot.
As for my issues with the representation of K-pop idols; their lives are only glamorous on the surface. K-pop idols are not born, they're made.
These kids go through hell, for lack of a better way to describe it. It's not so much an issue with the K-pop industry itself, as it's a "cultural" issue. Koreans push themselves and each other to the brink, and it can and does lead to suicide.
South Korea has one of the highest suicide rates in the world.
The movie shows our K-pop protagonists snacking out and enjoying life, when in reality, these kids are on a strict diet and are allegedly not allowed these things.
I like the movie, but I've read too much about the real lives of K-pop idols to overlook the glamorized misrepresentation shown here.