When it comes to my family’s media tastes, I thought I knew my place as the oldest sibling: the influencer, never the influenced. But recently, two of my younger siblings became particularly fond of the new hit Netflix movie, K-Pop Demon Hunters. My instinct was to say “no way” to watching this — neither K-Pop nor anime are of my general liking, but in the spirit of spending time with my siblings before school started up again, I said yes.
Now, I’ve watched the movie and listened to the soundtrack more times than I can count. The art style was fun, the story was compelling, the characters had depth, and the songs stuck in my head. I have to admit — I really enjoyed the movie. After years of pushing my tastes on my siblings, they have graduated to imposing their tastes on me, and sometimes (only sometimes) they’ve got a point.
