K-Pop Demon Hunters

Netflix's new KIDS movie, "K-Pop Demon Hunters," just textbook exposed the spirit realm behind musical idols and their demonic influence on their fans and wrapped it in a fiction candy wrapper. And when you live in the end times where the new rising generations are obsessed with the supernatural (and unfortunately the demonic), it’s no surprise it’s become, not only the #1 film in Netflix history, but also one of the top soundtracks, first as the album of a fictional animated band.

I watched it twice, once by myself, and the last with friends. I too was excited to see the film, but upon its release, I felt that it wouldn't be what I thought it was. I'm not into K-pop and I don't really listen to secular music (especially since I got baptized in the Spirit). I am known to "watch what I watch," to keep from accidentally opening portals in my home, but I am a sucker for good animation, especially one with a super-hero type trope; and at least they're killing demons and not accepting/joining/using for good/ etc. like most everything else I see these days. So, when they took the term "demon hunters" literally with parallel allegories to Satan, demons, the spirit realm, and exposed a major truth in today's world, I was taken back...and not in a good way.

Let’s review the spiritual tidbits of this film:

Satan himself "Gwa-mi" personified as a blazing wall of purple fire and his demons in hell are the antagonists. Jinu, one of the demons and lead star of his boy band in the physical realm, "Saja Boys," used to be a human who listened to the lies of the devil and sold his soul for himself, while casting out his family in the process. His reward? Eternal punishment in hell as well as becoming a demon himself who does Satan's bidding. The rest of the Saja Boys are also demons who disguise themselves as irresistibly cute/handsome/hot K-pop boys in the physical realm. Meanwhile, the main character Rumi (female), is half demon on her father's side, just like the Bible predicted where demons would procreate with humans. Her and her two best friends, Zoey and Mira have their own female band, "Huntrix". Ironically, they're "demon hunters," as the title entails. Her and her BFFs’ jobs are to kill demons and keep them from eating people's souls, mainly, their fans (gee I wonder why). Unironically, this is exactly what Satan does through musical artists. He gets people to IDOLIZE their favorite artists and their music until they start listening to the demons their music comes with. He gets them to meditate it and always go to their music as a sanctuary to their troubles instead of going to God and His Word. This causes them to willingly make their spirits vulnerable for Satan to pounce just as 1 Peter 5:8 warns. And the demon Saja Boy band's logo? A lion.

1 Peter 5:8- Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.

At the end of the movie, Jinu sings an equally demonic song with the rest of the demon "Saja Boys," who's lyrics are textbook Satan speaking, while their stage atmosphere resembles hell and a Korean-style male coven levitating on the stage amongst thousands of worshipping fans who were seen listening to Gwa-mi (Satan) just moments before. And the song's title? "Idol." Here are the lyrics (Korean lyrics not included):

(Intro)

Pray for me now

I'll be your idol

(Verse 1)

Keeping you in check, keeping you obsessed, play me on repeat in your head. Anytime it hurts, play another verse, I can be your sanctuary. Know I'm the only one right now. I will love you more when it burns all down. More than power, more than gold, Yeah, you gave me your heart, now I'm here for your soul.

(Pre-chorus)

I'm the only one who'll love your sins. Feel the way my voice gets underneath your skin.

(Chorus)

Listen, cause I'm preaching to the choir. Can I get the mic a little higher? Gimme your desire. I can be the star you rely on. You can't look away. Don't you know I'm here to save you. Now we running wild. Yeah, I'm all you need, Imma be your idol.

(Verse 2)

Fame, I'm your idol. Thank you for the pain, cause it got me goin viral. Fever, making you a believer. Don't let it show, keep it all inside. The pain and the shame, keep it outta sight. Your obsessed feeds our connection. Give me all your attention.

(Pre-chorus)

I'm the only one who'll love your sins. Feel the way my voice gets underneath your skin.

(Bridge)

Living in your mind now. Too late, cause you're mine now. I'll make you free when you're all a part of me.

(Chorus)

Listen, cause I'm preaching to the choir. Can I get the mic a little higher? Gimme your desire. Watch me set your world on fire. You can't look away, no one is coming to save you. Now we running wild. You're down on your knees, Imma be your idol.

Scary, isn't it?

During this scene (the final boss fight), the demon Saja Boys band is performing without their human disguises in their demon forms, preparing to steal everyone's souls who have sold them, listened to Gwa-mi (Satan) and are currently worshipping them under demonic control of their flesh. Even Rumi's best friends are there under control after finding out she is half demon; and have let their own insecurities and Satan’s lies in the form of SHAME, DOUBT, and ANXIETY lure them to the concert.

The thing is, Zoe, Mira, and Rumi (who walks in at the last second) are the only ones who can technically see into the spirit realm. Everyone else only sees a music concert performed by their musical idols and have no idea what's happening, much less what's about to. Satan and his demons are in everyone's face preparing to attack their souls, while they believe it is simply the special effects of a hype and harmless Pop concert. They even hold up their hands to be taken as if they are worshipping them! And what else? Gwa-mi himself in a giant blazing wall of fire, not only makes his appearance on the stage, preparing to feast on thousands of human souls who are willingly selling themselves to him, but he opens portals on the stage, allowing a hoard of demons into the arena to collect the souls, while everyone is fixed on their idols and their textbook idol-worship song. I can't make this stuff up!

At last, Rumi, the half demon and lead of the female band (who’s just gone through a personal spiritual crisis with her demonic identity and family trauma), storms in, gets her friends' attention, and flips the music from demonic to...half demonic? But somehow, it turns all the darkness into light, even claiming it to be light in her own lyrics??? Long story short, the demon-hunter female K-pop band do their duty. Satan "Gwa-mi" and his demons (Saja Boys included) are banished back into the spirit realm with a shield created by Rumi and her friends' music, and all is right with the world. And as a believer in the spirit realm, lemme tell you that's not how that works; Two humans and one demon fighting other demons, implying there are good and bad demons and the good demon wins??? Even their clothes turn from black to white and night becomes day upon their victory. Rumi and her friends are just as much musical idols with fans who worship them just like the demon boy band who were actual demons from hell. But they've still implied that there is good idol worship and bad idol worship. And because Rumi is half demon, her voice has the same visible captivating effect on her fans' souls just like the bad demons. The only thing she doesn't do is direct them to Gwa-mi and instead, uses the energy from their souls to power the shield to keep the demons away by way of her singing voice. Let me deviate for a second and let you know that is EXACTLY what witches do. They practice witchcraft to supposedly repel demons and replace the dark with "light," when in reality, the demons are acting like they are leaving to deceive them; they always come right back. And with the witches who see demons as good, the demons will act like they are the ones bringing the light (that is, of their flesh) and helping them. This is the textbook demon deception Jesus talks about in Matthew 12:43-45: “When an evil spirit leaves a person, it goes into the desert, seeking rest but finding none. Then it says, ‘I will return to the person I came from.’ So, it returns and finds its former home empty, swept, and in order. Then the spirit finds seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they all enter the person and live there. And so that person is worse off than before. That will be the experience of this evil generation.”

When witchcraft convinces its own brother to cease its oppression, it is only temporary but purposeful in deceiving the victim; for if and when the victim continues its practice under them, their oppression will return even worse than when it stopped. This is exactly what’s happening to the new rising generations. They use idolization and/or new age spirituality to keep evil from oppressing them. Demons can see expression and they will head to the person’s practice in order to deceive them into believing it works; but eventually, they will begin oppressing again so that their master, Satan, can receive more worship, and the victim is trapped in an endless cycle of counterfeit peace and true oppression.

SHAME and GUILT are heavy antagonizing themes in this movie. Y'know, the two things Satan uses to manipulate us with our sin and identity...which unironically, is what Rumi's storyline is. Her identity as half demon brings confusion, fear, and shame, which is what causes her demon side to surface anyway after years of hiding it from everyone. At first, she tries to be free from it, but after meeting Jinu and hearing his story of how he became a demon, she is instead persuaded to embrace her demon side and instead, use it as a force for good. This is another thing witches do. Some believe that they are "good witches," who want to help people, when deep in the back of their mind, their actions are to benefit themselves in the endgame. Which is great to know, because we find out later that this is exactly what we find out about Jinu. He uses Rumi, makes it seem like there's romantic chemistry, and makes it seem like he is helping her to the point of sacrifice, when in reality, he was fulfilling a deal he made with Gwa-mi to gain something for himself when it was all over. The endgame results in the same betrayal actions that condemned him to demonhood in the first place with his family, just as Judas did to Jesus.

The movie visualizes what happens in the spirit realm to people who idolize musical artists and the demonic effects which go on during live performances, but instead of good defeating evil, they defeated evil with...half evil and called it good, just like Isaiah 5:20 predicted. They had demon Rumi and her friends become "angels of light" (2 Corinthians 7:14) upon their victory over Gwa-mi and his demons to make sure they didn't lose their fans. They even expose what happens to the artists themselves behind closed doors as they "battle demons," but from a literal standpoint. The three of them also go through personal mental tribulations unique to their character and storyline: Shame, anxiety, and identity confusion.

In the end, they didn't "save the day" as the demon slayer superhero trope tries to entail. They simply enchanted their affected fans from idols of darkness back to themselves as idols of light (but still idols). They redirected the victims from the obvious demonic back to the hidden demonic and played the rescue card, just like what Satan is doing to people today. What's worse is, some music artists genuinely believe they are for their fans and are trying to make people happy and make the world a better place, which is the case for Zoey and Mira, Rumi's human BFFs and co-artists. When in reality, they could be leading people to hell without even realizing it, because they are blinded by the exaltation the money, and the counterfeit happiness attached to it. Such influence is the case for Rumi. Not only is she half demon, but she is the leader of the group, and part of the main plot line of the film was that her demon side was kept secret and not even her BFFs knew about it. Her friends didn't know who they were being led by. They had been believing they were protecting people from demons, when they had been faithfully working alongside one the whole time, even though she claimed to be "not like them" that is, the other demons. She is the perfect representation of an angel of light the Bible warns against.

The movie's takeaway: So long as you fight your demons and win, you can still worship idols in the form of music and live a happy liberating life. Feel shame? Depression? Anxiety? Having trouble knowing your identity? Go listen to your music. Meditate on your favorite secular song. Worship idols of light and stay away from idols of darkness. Let your favorite music and your favorite artist be your sanctuary. Make yourself vulnerable so the lyrics can speak to you, so the artist can speak to you...even if the artist is obviously a demon in your ears. Don't worry, she's a good demon. She's here to whisper only positivity in your ears, not negativity; only your truth, not lies. There's that danger of relative truth again.

Satan isn't hiding anymore. He could literally show up in the physical realm without any alterations to his form, tell people that he was here to help, and 90% of the world's population would believe him! It's movies like these that are preparing Satan for his final move. Cinema fiction is not fiction. They are portraying the spirit realm in your face.

James 3:6 says, “The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.” This verse specifies the tongue, but in Matthew 15:18, Jesus Himself teaches, “But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.” What you meditate on in your mind will eventually come from your mouth whether you want it to or not. Speech is a form of expression, which is what Jesus was also trying to convey. Expression is not just speech, but creativity; speech is the verbal form of creativity, such as things like songs and books. So then, other forms of creativity (whose process involves mostly of speech and communication) are the creation of films and art, or visual creativity. Today’s creativity is directly inspired by hell and a master of manipulator to what sounds like truth and spiritual safety. The majority of today’s cinema is real in the spirit realm, but labeled with fiction, because even the producers don’t know who they are led by, just like Zoey and Mira, the characters they created.

A Quick Highlight on “Idol”

There's a rumor going around that the song "Idol" in Netflix's new K-Pop Demon Hunters was a Christian inspired song whose lyrics were meant to purposely expose what happens in the spirit realm when you idolize musical artists. Although this could be true, (and they nailed it) let me inform you of a very real situation regarding ANY "Christian inspiration," in a secular setting.

When you expose the works of darkness, if you don't circle the exposition back to God and give the ultimate solution of Truth, aka, Jesus, Scripture, and the counsel of God, your effort is going to backfire. It is proof your inspiration came from hell and not heaven. Satan is a master theologian. He knows the Bible. He even tried to use it against Christ Himself. He knows your interests, and he knows where you’re weak. This is all he needs to inspire you to create something that will benefit himself instead of God, which can happen to both Christians and non-Christians alike.

This movie is NOT a Christian movie. In fact, it's quite demonic (duh). Even the "good guys" take on the same idolization as the demons, and once they exposed the truth in the song, they never showed the viewers who to turn to after turning away from the demonic stronghold. In fact, they instead, had the viewers turn to a "lesser counterfeit" that looked and sounded good, but was no lesser idolization than the demons (and one of the good guys is half-demon! Sounds exactly like something Satan would do, since he is the king of counterfeits, huh!). When you decide to create something based on the supernatural, if its intent does not draw people to God, it will always produce the wrong intent. Unfortunately, you can see this as the result of this movie. Everything this film has produced is far from God despite its spiritual truth, and you can see it all over social media. Rather than realizing the dangers of music, they are obsessing over the characters and the soundtracks; and some have even gone as far as sexualizing the characters into their own personal fantasies and visual creations. Just as the film exposed the darkness, rather than turn from it, its viewers are worshipping it. The song “Idol” is used as just another secular song to meditate on as they would with anything else aside from God. And as a result, rather than repelling demons, they are inviting them in (some on purpose).

If the producers were trying to expose how Satan traps people in idolizing music and their artists, they didn't help. They made it worse! The addressed the spiritual issue without giving them the real solution. They simply traded one evil for another and called it "good,” just what the book of Isaiah prophesied in the last days, which we are in.

Here are some loving reminders of what God says about idols (idolatry).

Exodus 20:3-6 (ESV) You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

1 John 5:21 (ESV) Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

1 Corinthians 10:14 (ESV) Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.