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Taylor Swiftian feminism, anime stylization, and cutesy animal sidekicks. The surprise global dominance of “KPop Demon Hunters.” Plus:
What color should a hot dog be?
Susan B. Glasser on Trump’s White House renovations
The sensational horror of “Weapons”
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Kyle Chayka
A staff writer who covers technology and Internet culture.
The two K-Pop bands HUNTR/X (“Huntrix”) and Saja Boys currently occupy six of the top fifty spots of the Billboard Hot 100. Each has a song in the top ten, HUNTR/X’s “Golden,” a triumphant ballad about being yourself, at No. 2, and Saja Boys’s “