Netflix’s Haunted Hotel introduces a new scene-stealing cartoon chaos agent in the form of Abaddon (voiced by Jimmi Simpson), a demon trapped in the body of a small Victorian child.
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Throughout the course of Haunted Hotel, Abaddon learns how to use a computer and discovers the power of YouTube. So it was only a matter of time before he stumbled on the cultural juggernaut that is Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters.
But would this ancient entity really root for demon-fighting K-pop band HUNTR/X? Of course not! He’s a demon himself, so he’d obviously stan the villainous Saja Boys.
That’s the premise behind a new Netflix promotional video for Haunted Hotel. The video sees Simpson-as-Abaddon performing the (literal) hell out of the Saja Boys’ sinister banger “Your Idol,” one of many chart-topping hits from KPop Demon Hunters‘ stacked soundtrack. All in a day’s work of trying to indoctrinate people into your cult, right?
Abaddon’s impromptu “Your Idol” music video cuts together several scenes from Haunted Hotel, which I praised in my review as “the perfect watch to get you in the Halloween spirit. More kooky than spooky, it’s a sweet twist on the family sitcom format that’ll have you champing at the bit for October to arrive sooner.”
Which KPop Demon Hunters song should Abaddon perform next? The logical answer is the Saja Boys’ bubbly “Soda Pop,” but based on the way Simpson was hitting those “Your Idol” high notes, I think he could do a sneakily solid “Golden.”
Haunted Hotel is now streaming on Netflix.
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