{"id":5850,"date":"2025-08-26T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/54.162.83.219\/?p=5850"},"modified":"2025-08-25T22:17:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T05:17:46","slug":"k-pop-demon-hunters-sing-along-busan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guru.today\/?p=5850","title":{"rendered":"K-Pop Demon Hunters Heads to Busan with Special Sing-Along Screening After North American Smash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"721\" src=\"http:\/\/54.162.83.219\/wp-content\/uploads\/\uc81c\ubaa9-\uc5c6\uc74c-1-2-1024x721.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/guru.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/\uc81c\ubaa9-\uc5c6\uc74c-1-2-1024x721.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/guru.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/\uc81c\ubaa9-\uc5c6\uc74c-1-2-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/guru.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/\uc81c\ubaa9-\uc5c6\uc74c-1-2-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/guru.today\/wp-content\/uploads\/\uc81c\ubaa9-\uc5c6\uc74c-1-2.jpg 1533w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo=Neflix, BUSAN International Film Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Netflix\u2019s breakout animated hit K-Pop Demon Hunters\u2014already a pop culture phenomenon in the United States\u2014will get the red-carpet treatment at Asia\u2019s biggest film stage. The Busan International Film Festival announced on Aug. 22 that it will host a special sing-along screening of the film, inviting audiences in South Korea to belt out chart-topping tracks alongside the movie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event will take place at Sohyang Theater Shinhancard Hall at Dongseo University, offering fans a chance to re-experience songs that have already stormed the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Official Singles Chart. Organizers said the goal is to recreate the electric energy of a K-pop concert while immersing fans in the film\u2019s story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sing-along version has already proven a runaway success in North America. According to The Hollywood Reporter, more than 1,700 theaters across the U.S. and Canada have booked the film, with over 1,000 screenings sold out and more being added daily. 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