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Disclaimer: I have tin ears, and know nothing about Kpop.

Animated film | K-pop Goes the Record; Netflix's most-watched film ever features a girl band battling demons. The Economist, Sept 6, 2025, at page 74.

Note:
(a) " 'We're goin' up, up, up, it's our moment,' sings Rumi, the purple-haired lead vocalist of Huntrix, a girl group, as the crowd roars. Rumi and her two bandmates star in 'KPop Demon Hunters,' an animated musical film in which Huntrix battle their rivals, the Saja Boys * * * Released on Netflix in June, 'KPop Demon Hunters' has become the platform's most-watched film ever"
(i) KPop Demon Hunters
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KPop_Demon_Hunters
(2025; "based on a story [or plot] conceived by [Maggie] Kang [Korean name: Kang Min-ji 강민지 (Kang 康, who has no hanja given name); born in Seoul and grew up in Toronto, making her Korean-Canadian]. Produced by Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix * * * The film follows a K-pop girl group, Huntr/x,[(footnote) a] who lead double lives as demon hunters; they face off against a rival boy band, the Saja Boys, whose members are secretly demons.   KPop Demon Hunters originated from Kang's desire to create a story inspired by her Korean heritage * * * The film was animated by Sony Pictures Imageworks in both its Vancouver and Montreal facilities with Josh Beveridge [from Asheville, North Carolina, and lives in Los Angeles] as the head of character animation.[26]")
(A) The English noun hunter (from Old English hunta) has the female counterpart huntress.
(B)
• There is no English word huntrix -- the above English Wiki page uses Huntr/x. The -trix is a Latin feminine suffix.
• The English noun dominatrix came from Latin noun feminine of the same spelling (from (deponent) verb dominārī [to be lord, to dominate] + suffix -trix [male suffix being -tor; here dominator in both Latin and English])
(ii) It is unclear what Rumi means as a Korean name -- here Rumi is a female given name, not stage name. Rumi is the one on the left (the other two have red and black hair, respectively).
(b) Korean-English dictionary:
* 저승사자 (n; from 저승 (romanization: jeoseung) "the other world") + 사자 (使者, saja, "herald, messenger")
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/저승사자
is "lit. 'messenger from the underworld.' ": from the Web.
   ^ Korean Wiki: 죽음의 신
   https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E ... %EC%9D%98_%EC%8B%A0
   ("죽음의 신, [in Korean also known as]사신(死神), 저승사자(監齋使者)")
       ^ 죽음 (n; romanization: jugeum): "death"
       https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/죽음
       ^ The term 監齋 came from China, where it appears in Taoism or Buddhism (監齋菩薩) -- different in meaning from Korean usage for hell.
       ^ -의 (particle; romanization -ui): functioning like 's in English or 的 in Chinese
       https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-의
       ^ 신  (romanization: sin; hanja 神 (or in other contexts 臣)
       https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/신  
   ^ The same hangul 사자 (romanization: saja) may have hanja 獅子.


(c) "the songs are catchy. Unlike many animated musicals, which feature Broadway-esque show tunes written primarily for children, “Demon Hunters” offers music for adults, with K-pop’s signature hook-heavy style that leaves viewers humming songs for days after watching the film."

A hook in music is something "so catchy that it lingers in the listener's mind long after they've stopped listening. It's a combination of melody, lyrics, rhythm, and/or instrumentation that acts as the song's 'fingerprint' " (unique identifier).
(d) " 'Golden,' Rumi’s song [title] about 'goin' up [the first sentence in Note (a) above],' reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100"

Golden (Huntr/x song)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_(Huntr/x_song)