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Why Disney CAN'T Learn From KPop Demon Hunters (Patreon)

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Here are ALL the sources I used in my newest video - let me know if it seems like I've forgotten any, because I had them between my script document and my general research document. Thank you for your support!

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The Downfall Of The Disney Movie Musical Source List: https://www.patreon.com/posts/downfall-of-119869821

How ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Created the Year’s Biggest K-Pop Hits: https://www.billboard.com/culture/tv-film/kpop-demon-hunters-music-producer-interview-1236025034/

How KPop Demon Hunters Became Global Hit Explained By Executive Producer: "It Could Have Gone Terribly Awry": https://screenrant.com/kpop-demon-hunters-music-explained-sequel-tease-ian-eisendrath-interview/

How 'K-pop Demon Hunters' became a love letter to K-pop and its fandom: https://mashable.com/article/k-pop-demon-hunters-maggie-kang-chris-appelhans-interview?test_uuid=003aGE6xTMbhuvdzpnH5X4Q&test_variant=a

How a fictional girl group and a demon boy band made 2025's biggest K-pop hits: https://mashable.com/article/k-pop-demon-hunters-music-how-to-write-a-k-pop-song?test_uuid=003aGE6xTMbhuvdzpnH5X4Q&test_variant=a

How Two Songwriters From K-Pop and Musical Theater Built This Summer’s Surprise Chart Smash: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/kpop-demon-hunters-golden-songwriters-streaming-soundtrack-1235397861/

How ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Became Netflix’s ‘Frozen’ | Exclusive: https://www.thewrap.com/kpop-demon-hunters-sequels-franchise-plans-netflix/

KPop Demon Hunters: Inside the Animated Film’s Electrifying Original Songs: https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/kpop-demon-hunters-soundtrack

Inside the Viral Success of ‘KPop Demon Hunters’: ‘Fashion, Weird Girls and Great Pop Music’: https://variety.com/2025/film/news/kpop-demon-hunters-soundtrack-success-1236444840/

‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Songwriter Reveals Music And Song Inspirations: https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurasirikul/2025/07/01/kpop-demon-hunters-songwriter-reveals-music-and-song-inspirations/

KPop Demon Hunters AMA: https://www.reddit.com/r/kpop/comments/1lvk3gu/ama_with_kpop_demon_hunters_maggie_kang_chris/

Pixar Related Sources:

Pixar’s Sexist Boys Club: Beyond his immediate sphere of influence within the company, John’s 2-dimensional perceptions of women no doubt trickled even further down into the fabric of the films he’s directed, produced and overseen over the years. These projects, which reach millions of children and adults worldwide, have consistently failed to give women equal voice on screen and behind the scenes. https://byrslf.co/pixars-sexist-boys-club-9d621567fdc9

Are the “Boys” at Pixar Afraid of Little Girls?: Haseenah Ebrahim, Are the "Boys" at Pixar Afraid of Little Girls?, Journal of Film and Video, Vol. 66, No. 3 (Fall 2014), pp. 43-56.

Pixar Said the Quiet Part Out Loud: https://medium.com/counterarts/pixar-said-the-quiet-part-out-loud-3970748ac4a4

Pixar’s Had a Problem with Women for Decades: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/11/pixar-john-lasseter-boys-club?srsltid=AfmBOoqrmgrkb-NW0zgrm8n1PDm-LFizywpNt2ly3Vn6gabxdNc5MDb9

How Pixar’s Open Sexism Ruined My Dream Job: https://variety.com/2018/film/news/pixar-boys-club-john-lasseter-cassandra-smolcic-1202858982/

Pixar’s “Female” Problem: https://slywit.wordpress.com/2015/07/12/pixars-female-problem/

Pixar's Gender Problem: http://www.vastpublicindifference.com/2008/06/pixars-gender-problem.html

Inspired By Her Daughter: An Interview with the Co-Director of “Brave”: https://msmagazine.com/2012/07/25/inspired-by-her-daughter-an-interview-with-the-co-director-of-brave/

The Side-lined Women of Pixar: https://www.flixist.com/the-sidelined-women-of-pixar/

Disney animation is closing the book on fairytales: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-nov-21-la-et-1121-tangled-20101121-story.html

Disney/ Pixar male execs stop movies starring girls: https://reelgirl.com/2010/11/disney-male-execs-stop-movies-starring-girls/

Dear Pixar, How about a Chick Flick?: https://www.cartoonbrew.com/disney/dear-pixar-how-about-a-chick-flick-14239.html

Pixar was never a masterpiece factory: https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/pixar-was-never-a-masterpiece-factory

Pixar’s gender gap: https://kottke.org/11/05/pixars-gender-gap

Disney’s ‘Inside Out 2’ Could Hold Key to Pixar Restoring Movie Magic :https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-05-30/disney-s-inside-out-2-could-hold-key-to-pixar-restoring-movie-magic

Pixar’s ‘Elemental’ Falls Flat, Adding to Worries About the Brand: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/18/business/pixar-elemental-the-flash-box-office.html

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Why Disney CAN'T Learn from KPop Demon Hunters

Disney and Pixar WILL NOT learn from the success of KPop Demon Hunters... because they can't! Because the secret to KPop Demon Hunters' success is more complicated than you think. With KPop Demon Hunters becoming a global hit, Disney fans are hoping that Disney will learn an important lesson, their excuses about audiences no longer wanting original stories proving to be completely false. But Calxiyn Cares Too Much will reveal why Disney can't, why their own art form of the animated movie musical has been experiencing a slow, soulless, painful downfall, and what KPop Demon Hunters did so differently that goes beyond what we saw on screen. 00:00 - No one is talking about the SECRET to KPDH's Success 01:46 - Why Pixar and Elio are completely Irrelevant 05:32 - Why Disney Cannot Re-Create KPDH's Success 06:57 - Production Hell: Why Disney's Musicals are flopping 16:14 - How Pixar Ruined The Disney Formula 28:02 - KPop Demon Hunters' Production SECRETS 39:12 - What KPop Demon Hunters has that Disney/Pixar DON'T 42:48 - What every Disney Movie NEEDS in order to succeed ♛ Become a Courtier in Calxiyn's Royal Court ♛ ☆ Calxiyn Main Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@calxiyn/videos ☆ ☆ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Calxiyn ☆ ☆ Discord: https://discord.gg/2s5xjdqvH6 ☆ ☆ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/calxiyn ☆ ☆ Twitter: https://twitter.com/calxiyn ☆ ☆ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@calxiyn ☆ ☆ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Calxiyn_Official/ ☆ ☆ Donations / Tips: https://calxiyn.com/ or https://www.paypal.me/CalxiynOfficial ☆ Sources: The Downfall of The Disney Movie Musical Sources: www.patreon.com/posts/downfall-of-119869821 Why Disney Can't Learn from KPop Demon Hunters Sources: Calxiyn Cares Too Much is a professional musical theatre performer and songwriter who makes video essays about Disney Animated Movies. This video talks about movies such as KPop Demon Hunters, Wish, Moana 2, Frozen 2, Frozen, and Tangled, but it also discusses The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame from the Disney Renaissance. This video will cover the soulless death of the Disney movie musical, what is happening to Disney movies in the present day, why Disney songs suck so bad lately, and who is responsible for this downfall. This video will also dive into why KPop Demon Hunters was so successful from the standpoint of creating a good musical, and their creative process compared to Disney's. It goes beyond Disney's musical reluctance or Hollywood's musical problem - it is much worse than you think! And I hope this video will finally be able to expose it all! #Disney #kpopdemonhunters