Co-wrote ‘K-Pop Demon Hunters’ and Black Label’s ‘Golden’

“K-Pop Demon Hunter“And that song”golden” continues to dominate the music world seven months after the film’s release.

Earlier this week, the song added to its record-breaking achievement, achieving 5x platinum status.

It took a strong group of songwriters to deliver “Golden.” The group included EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick and South Korea’s Hit Factory, who also provide Rumi’s singing voice. the black label – IDO (Lee Yu-han, Nam Hee-dong, Zhun.

Regarding collaboration, Zhun said through an interpreter: manifold“The production team wanted to work on a drum loop. They wanted it to be a very specific BPM, between 100 and 120, so we developed the drum loop first and went from there.”

While developing the first demo, Nam explained that the song follows a very traditional structure for KPop songs. “We had two voices, two verses and a bridge.”

They also received a note from filmmakers Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans with a very specific request that the song include high notes. “This was a very important element to the song itself,” Zhun said.

That note was A5 and was intentionally composed by EJAE. EJAE also had to perform when recording vocals. When IDO first heard about it, Zhun said he was awed by their reaction. “I didn’t expect it to include such high notes because there is a limit to note height. It was amazing to see her hit those notes.”

In addition to collaborating on the score for “Golden” and the song sung by the film’s female group Huntr/x, IDO also composed the score for Saja Boys.

In writing that score, Zhun explains that the film’s music producer, Ian Eisendrath, was instrumental in creating two unique sounds for the film’s band. “It was relatively easy to approach it in different ways because they play different roles in the story itself. Lionboyz is a group that is actually evil, pretending to be good, while Huntr/x is a group that expresses frustration and is the heroine of the story itself. That was able to lead us to the development of the music.” He went on to say that his experience as a music producer helped him combine the music into the visual imagery of composing music for films, and that it was Eisendrath who was dedicated to providing feedback to help the songs come together. Zhun said, “We came from KPop and didn’t have much experience working with scores for visual media. He played a role in directing and guiding us in creating these two sounds. You can feel his influence and direction, the music combining with the visual images, because it feels completely different from independent music.”

Regarding the most touching lyrics, Lee expressed Rumi’s inner growth with the lyrics, “What was hidden is now shining.” “I was really moved at that moment.”

For Nam and Jun, a song with Korean lyrics became a global hit. “It brings me great pride, and seeing people singing along to the Korean lyrics is a very touching moment for me.”