How It’s Done is the explosive opening number of K‑Pop Demon Hunters, soundtracking the film’s first major fight sequence where HUNTR/X take on demons aboard their private jet before stepping into a stadium packed with 50,000 fans.
Released June 20, 2025, as part of the official K‑Pop Demon Hunters soundtrack, How It’s Done is performed by the fictional girl group HUNTR/X, voiced by Ejae, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami.
Behind it are some of K‑Pop’s sharpest hitmakers: producers 24, IDO, Teddy Park, and Ian Eisendrath, with writing credits to Mark Sonnenblick, Danny Chung, and Ejae.
It popped up at no. 42 on the Billboard Hot 100 before climbing to no. 19 within two weeks.
The track is a blend of slick K‑Pop precision with trap‑tinged percussion and adrenaline‑charged vocal swagger.
The opening scene, taken directly from the movie, has the trio being told they are late for a performance in front of 50,000 fans.
Instead of rushing to the stage, they are calmly eating ramen in the middle of a plane full of demons.
It is a visual shorthand for the song’s entire mood: lethal confidence with a wink.
That scene doesn’t just ooze style; it defines who these girls are. As the film’s creative team explained, the “ramen moment” is designed to tell us everything. They don’t panic, don’t rush, and absolutely don’t miss a beat, even in combat.
And they certainly don’t let a demon horde interrupt their snack. It’s less about spectacle, more about identity.
There’s more to How It’s Done than attitude and energy. Within the world of K‑Pop Demon Hunters, it works on two levels: pushing the story forward and making HUNTR/X feel like more than just a fictional act.
Narratively, it introduces the personalities of Zoey, Mira, and Rumi while setting up their bond.
Musically, it’s a flex track; bold, flashy, and tightly executed, but never surface-level.
The production is deceptively layered. Verses lock in with rapid-fire internal rhymes and percussive phrasing that hit like rhythmic drum fills. The cadence softens and swings just before it snaps back into place, making the delivery feel off-the-cuff yet surgically timed.
There’s also a clean back-and-forth between Korean and English, often mid-line. Instead of feeling forced, it mirrors how fans talk, text, and code-switch in real time. This kind of fluidity has become a hallmark of global K‑Pop, and here, it doesn’t just reflect identity, it shapes the momentum of the track.
The rap delivery often mirrors percussive hits in the instrumental, making every syllable land with purpose.
There is a moment in the first verse, “Better come right, better luck tryin’, gettin’ to our level,” where the phrasing loosens just before snapping back, giving the line a swing that stands out from the straight tempo that surrounds it.
This kind of detail gives the song more weight than a typical braggadocio anthem.
Vocally, each member gets a distinct spotlight. Zoey’s verses are crisp and tightly packed.
Mira delivers the now viral “heels, nails, blade, mascara / fit check for my napalm era” in a tone that’s both playful and dangerous. That line has become a meme, a fan chant, and a TikTok caption all in one. You can hear the smile in the delivery, even as the music swells behind her. The phrase “napalm era” doesn’t go unnoticed. Whether it’s cheeky irony or a deeper reference to the character’s history, it lands like a line with layers.
Rumi floats across the bridge with clean melodic lifts. But it’s her background ad-libs that stand out, peppered throughout the final chorus like breathy echoes, they blur the line between pre-recorded polish and raw stage energy. And the high notes somewhat hint at a deeper emotional arc waiting to unfold later in the film. In K‑Pop concert culture, it’s often the crowd who shouts these backing parts live. Here, it’s as if the listener is being invited to take up that role.
The chorus works like an anchor: “How it’s done, done, done,” and it loops like it was made to live rent-free in your head.
That looping is reinforced by crowd interaction. The clap track buried under the hook gives it a subtle live energy, like it was recorded mid-concert. In the lyric video, it’s paired with the trio diving from a wrecked plane in slow motion. The choreography and visuals sync so tightly to the beat that it plays less like a music video and more like a stage moment caught on camera.
Mid-song, the production drops into half-time and the vocals stretch, inviting fans to chant along. That interaction is baked into the beat itself. Every section is choreographed not just for the screen, but for the listener’s imagination…like you’re part of the audience.
Even the structure leans into fan awareness. At one point, Rumi literally says, “this song is three minutes long.” It’s a self-aware nod that breaks the fourth wall without interrupting the rhythm. These meta moments add a layer of charm that keeps the song from taking itself too seriously.
It’s not just about flexing power. It’s about showing personality in motion. The fight choreography in the video mirrors each girl’s style, and their vocal sections do the same. That kind of alignment between visual, musical, and narrative identity is what gives How It’s Done weight beyond its runtime.
According to the filmmakers, every lyric had to serve both purposes: to slap on a playlist and speak to who these girls are. Their directive was clear. The song had to work as great pop, but also quietly advance the characters’ arcs.
Ian Eisendrath, the soundtrack’s executive music producer, explained to Netflix’s Tudum that the goal was to create something that “felt like a K‑Pop hit” and captured the excitement of “when you first heard BLACKPINK,” while also introducing Zoey, Mira, and Rumi in a way that hooked viewers from the first frame.
Fans seem to agree. YouTube comments are filled with breakdowns of each lyric, calls for a tour, and comparisons to real K‑Pop idols. One fan wrote, “I forgot they weren’t real by the second verse.” Another called the ramen scene “peak idol behaviour.”
By the time the outro fades, “We hunt you down, down, down / we got you now, now, now,” How It’s Done has done exactly what it promised: introduced the band, sold their sound, and made you believe in their universe.
And that blurred line between fiction and fandom is the point. As the filmmakers have hinted, they didn’t just want a movie soundtrack. They wanted fans to walk out of the theatre and search HUNTR/X on Spotify like they were real.
How It’s Done doesn’t just accompany the movie; it expands it. And judging by its fan momentum and chart success, HUNTR/X might not stay fictional for long.
So the question isn’t how it’s done. It’s whether this group is ready to jump from the animated screen into the real-world charts.
Would you stream a full HUNTR/X album? Or has the best K‑Pop group of the year already debuted from a plane full of demons?
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Kpop Demon Hunters How It’s Done Lyrics
Intro: Rumi
Ugh, you came at a bad time
But you just crossed the line
You wanna get wild?
Okay, I’ll show you wild
Verse 1: Rumi, Mira, Zoey
Better come right, better luck tryin’, gettin’ to our level
‘Cause you might die, never the time, tryna start a battle
Bleeding isn’t in my blood, 뼈속부터 달라서
Beating you is what I do, do, do, yeah
Body on body, I’m naughty, not even sorry
And when you pull up, I’ll pull up
A little late to the party (La-la-la-la)
Locked and loaded, I was born for this
There ain’t no point in avoiding it
Annoyed? A bit
불을 비춰 다 비켜, 네 앞길을 뺏겨
Pre-Chorus: Rumi, All
Knocking you out like a lullaby
Hear that sound ringing in your mind
Better sit down for the show
‘Cause I’m gonna show you
How it’s done, done, done
Chorus: Zoey, All
(Hey) Huntrix don’t miss
How it’s done, done, done
(Hey) Huntrix don’t quit
How it’s done, done, done
Post-Chorus: All
Run, run, we run the town
Whole world playin’ our sound
Turnin’ up, it’s goin’ down
Huntrix show this, how it’s done, done, done
Verse 2: Rumi, Mira, Zoey
Yeah, something about when you come for the crown
That’s so humbling, huh?
갑자기 왜 그래? 먼저 건드려, 왜?
이제야 포기해, what?
Nothing to us, run up, you’re done up, we come up
From sunup to sundown, so come out to play
Won either way, we’re one in a million
We kill ’em, like, really? You want it? Okay
Heels, nails, blade, mascara
Fit check for my napalm era
Need to beat my face, make it cute and savage
Mirror, mirror on my phone, who’s the baddest? (Us, hello?)
Pre-Chorus: Mira, Zoey, Rumi, All
Knocking you out like a lullaby
Hear that sound ringing in your mind
Better sit down for the show
‘Cause I’m gonna show you (I’m gonna show you)
(I’m gonna show you)
How it’s done, done, done
Verse 3: Mira, All, Zoey
I don’t talk, but I bite, full of venom (Uh)
Spittin’ facts, you know that’s
How it’s done, done, done
Okay, like, I know I ramble
But when shootin’ my words, I goRambo
Took blood, sweat, and tears, to look natural (Uh)
That’s how it’s done, done, done
Bridge: Rumi, All
Hear our voice unwavering
‘Til our song defeats the night
Makin’ fear afraid to breathe
‘Til the dark meets the light (How it’s done, done, done)
Chorus: Mira, Rumi, All, Zoey
Run, run, we run the town (Done, done, done)
Whole world playin’ our sound (Done, done, done)
Turnin’ up, it’s going down (Done, done, done)
Huntrix, show this how it’s done, done, done
Outro: Zoey & Mira, All, Rumi
We hunt you down, down, down (Down)
(Done, done, done)
We got you now, now, now (Got you now)
(Done, done, done)
We show you how, how, how (Show you how)
Huntrix, don’t miss, how it’s done, done, done
