EJAE and Arden talk about how they initially became involved with KPop Demon Hunters. EJAE connected with Rumi's journey and was excited that it was an animated film set in Korea. Arden said originally auditioned for Celine and didn't even consider that playing Rumi was a possibility. EJAE says How It's Done was the first demo back in 2020. It went through at least eight iterations but several of the elements from the original ended up in the final version. She says Your Idol was inspired by cathedrals. Golden was the last song written. Although the film's team gave her a lot of guidelines about what they wanted in each song, her experience as a kpop trainee helped her relate to Rumi's struggles trying to appear perfect and hiding what she was ashamed of.
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