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The Mary Sue
Aaron Perine

So what is going on with ‘KPOP Demon Hunters’ and everyone trying to create drama?

KPOP Demon Hunters has found itself at the center of some AI controversy this week. Tthe actual story itself got clouded in a swirl of social media users arguing. This is the case with a lot of stories concerning artificial intelligence in 2025. But, we are here to detangle this thorny business. We’ll let you know that one of KPOP Demon Hunters’ most popular songs is not written by AI. It seems like this entire discourse cycle has been founded on a game of telephone across the Internet.

This whole story begins on Monday September 15, when one of the songwriters for KPOP Demon Hunters attended an event at the OpenAI Korean office. Kotaku reported that Vince, the producer in question, talked about using ChatGPT to help generate ideas for songs like “Soda Pop” from the Netflix smash-hit.

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