If you were to step into my car or my living room right now, there is a very high probability you would hear the same song on repeat.

My kid cannot get enough of the song "What It Sounds Like" by the fictional group HUNTR/X, from the animated movie KPop Demon Hunters. She adores it. She knows every dance move, and she belts out every high note. But recently, somewhere around the 50th listen, I stopped tuning it out as background noise and actually started listening.

Unexpectedly, this catchy pop track resonated very strongly with me. Beneath the colorful animation and the demon-fighting fantasy, I found a beautiful reminder of what it means to be a leader—and more importantly, a human being.

In the film, the group’s leader, Rumi, spends most of the story trying to be "Golden"—flawless, shiny, and invincible. She hides her "patterns" (the physical proof of her demon side) because she thinks she needs to be perfect to be........

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