The singer-songwriter, who trained to be a K-pop idol before transitioning to songwriting, is finally getting her much-deserved moment in the spotlight thanks to the success of the Netflix animated film and its soundtrack.

Maggie Kang, co-director of "KPop Demon Hunters," said Friday the universal feeling of insecurity is what made Netflix's animated hit resonate globally. At a press conference in Seoul, Kang said she wanted to tell a story centered on shame,

Netflix's K-pop fantasy hit 'KPop Demon Hunters,' on course to be its most-watched original film, is an attempt to tell a universal story about shame and acceptance, its Korean-Canadian director said.