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Why Disney CAN'T Learn From KPop Demon Hunters

Added 2025-08-16 23:27:01 +0000 UTC

Here are ALL the sources I used in my newest video - let me know if it seems like I've forgotten any, because I had them between my script document and my general research document. Thank you for your support!

SOURCES:

The Downfall Of The Disney Movie Musical Source List: https://www.patreon.com/posts/downfall-of-119869821

How ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Created the Year’s Biggest K-Pop Hits: https://www.billboard.com/culture/tv-film/kpop-demon-hunters-music-producer-interview-1236025034/

How KPop Demon Hunters Became Global Hit Explained By Executive Producer: "It Could Have Gone Terribly Awry": https://screenrant.com/kpop-demon-hunters-music-explained-sequel-tease-ian-eisendrath-interview/

How 'K-pop Demon Hunters' became a love letter to K-pop and its fandom: https://mashable.com/article/k-pop-demon-hunters-maggie-kang-chris-appelhans-interview?test_uuid=003aGE6xTMbhuvdzpnH5X4Q&test_variant=a

How a fictional girl group and a demon boy band made 2025's biggest K-pop hits: https://mashable.com/article/k-pop-demon-hunters-music-how-to-write-a-k-pop-song?test_uuid=003aGE6xTMbhuvdzpnH5X4Q&test_variant=a

How Two Songwriters From K-Pop and Musical Theater Built This Summer’s Surprise Chart Smash: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/kpop-demon-hunters-golden-songwriters-streaming-soundtrack-1235397861/

How ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Became Netflix’s ‘Frozen’ | Exclusive: https://www.thewrap.com/kpop-demon-hunters-sequels-franchise-plans-netflix/

KPop Demon Hunters: Inside the Animated Film’s Electrifying Original Songs: https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/kpop-demon-hunters-soundtrack

Inside the Viral Success of ‘KPop Demon Hunters’: ‘Fashion, Weird Girls and Great Pop Music’: https://variety.com/2025/film/news/kpop-demon-hunters-soundtrack-success-1236444840/

‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Songwriter Reveals Music And Song Inspirations: https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurasirikul/2025/07/01/kpop-demon-hunters-songwriter-reveals-music-and-song-inspirations/

KPop Demon Hunters AMA: https://www.reddit.com/r/kpop/comments/1lvk3gu/ama_with_kpop_demon_hunters_maggie_kang_chris/

Pixar Related Sources:

Pixar’s Sexist Boys Club: Beyond his immediate sphere of influence within the company, John’s 2-dimensional perceptions of women no doubt trickled even further down into the fabric of the films he’s directed, produced and overseen over the years. These projects, which reach millions of children and adults worldwide, have consistently failed to give women equal voice on screen and behind the scenes. https://byrslf.co/pixars-sexist-boys-club-9d621567fdc9

Are the “Boys” at Pixar Afraid of Little Girls?: Haseenah Ebrahim, Are the "Boys" at Pixar Afraid of Little Girls?, Journal of Film and Video, Vol. 66, No. 3 (Fall 2014), pp. 43-56.

Pixar Said the Quiet Part Out Loud: https://medium.com/counterarts/pixar-said-the-quiet-part-out-loud-3970748ac4a4

Pixar’s Had a Problem with Women for Decades: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/11/pixar-john-lasseter-boys-club?srsltid=AfmBOoqrmgrkb-NW0zgrm8n1PDm-LFizywpNt2ly3Vn6gabxdNc5MDb9

How Pixar’s Open Sexism Ruined My Dream Job: https://variety.com/2018/film/news/pixar-boys-club-john-lasseter-cassandra-smolcic-1202858982/

Pixar’s “Female” Problem: https://slywit.wordpress.com/2015/07/12/pixars-female-problem/

Pixar's Gender Problem: http://www.vastpublicindifference.com/2008/06/pixars-gender-problem.html

Inspired By Her Daughter: An Interview with the Co-Director of “Brave”: https://msmagazine.com/2012/07/25/inspired-by-her-daughter-an-interview-with-the-co-director-of-brave/

The Side-lined Women of Pixar: https://www.flixist.com/the-sidelined-women-of-pixar/

Disney animation is closing the book on fairytales: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-nov-21-la-et-1121-tangled-20101121-story.html

Disney/ Pixar male execs stop movies starring girls: https://reelgirl.com/2010/11/disney-male-execs-stop-movies-starring-girls/

Dear Pixar, How about a Chick Flick?: https://www.cartoonbrew.com/disney/dear-pixar-how-about-a-chick-flick-14239.html

Pixar was never a masterpiece factory: https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/pixar-was-never-a-masterpiece-factory

Pixar’s gender gap: https://kottke.org/11/05/pixars-gender-gap