Why do non-Monsters love Judas this much?

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My weird, left field theory about why Gen Z seems to gravitate towards Judas:  Judas (to my ears?) really sounds very East-Asian influenced in its production and its chord structure, vs. your typical western top-40 song.  Why is that important? It seems Pop culture exports from Japan and Korea have reached an all time high with Gen Z globally:

https://morningconsult.com/2022/10/11/anime-rise-dragonball-z-crunchyroll/

https://fashiontrustarabia.com/gen-z-loves-k-pop-netizens-from-the-same-metaverse/

Who recalls all the 2011 youtube comments on saying that Judas sounded more like it could be an opening to an Anime OVA or fighting music in SNK VS Capcom?  And others were saying it reminded them more of classic K-pop than anything meant for US radio.  I truly think Judas's relevancy is tied to Gen Z's fondness towards cultural exports like anime, K-Pop, the resurgence of Japanese City Pop.  

Here's 2 songs which are classic examples of the intricate and strong melodies common in that region.  Gen Z is constantly rediscovering these obscure songs and loving them.  Judas has way more in common with this sound, vs. anything from US pop radio in the past 15 years.  My theory is that generation is just more open to this style of production than millenials ever were. (atleast in the west)  They're old songs but these types of catchy hooks are still synonymous with dance-pop being produced in the east.

 

 

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Actually it deserves the attention. Glad this happened now. Back when it was released as single initially, the locals were letting it flops cos it was sacrilegious or whatever. It could've been so much bigger otherwise.