“What It Sounds Like” in KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (2025) works because it’s not just a finale song. It’s the moment Rumi stops hiding. The entire movie builds toward that performance, turning a stadium anthem into a declaration of who she really is.
I wonder if Kalim’s younger siblings closer in age to him ever resent him for being the big important heir without understanding how dangerous that role is for him (or maybe they do understand). He always happily shares stories of his youngest baby/toddler siblings…
“Strangers Like Me” in TARZAN (1999) is Phil Collins at full power. The song takes a simple montage of Tarzan discovering the human world and turns it into one of the most exhilarating sequences in Disney animation.