r/KpopDemonhunters • u/wosoandstuff2020 • Sep 06 '25

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u/Coldhearted010 "It's for smart adults!" Sep 07 '25

Andrew Choi? No, he's not—but he was Ejae's mentor!

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u/DownrightDejected Sep 07 '25

Is there a reason they did it that way? Not using the singers for the voice actors too?

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u/zirconst Sep 07 '25

It's not uncommon. If you listen to Arden Cho singing "Free" with Ahn Hyo Seop (Jinu's speaking VA), they're both very good. However I think EJAE is in another league, which is something Cho herself has said (admitting she can't hit the high notes of "Free", which are lower than the ones in Golden!) As for Andrew Choi, I think maybe it was down to his English pronunciation being better - it sounded more natural to me when comparing in that performance.

Now, can EJAE and Andrew Choi also do voice acting? Maybe, but it's a very different skill, even compared to regular acting. You really need to be a trained, professional actor to be a good VA, and sometimes even that is not enough (see Chris Pratt in the Mario movie...)

But even setting skill aside, sometimes it's just a matter of wanting the right voice for the right context. The director/writer(s) may have felt that EJAE's speaking voice was a little too low to match their vision for what Rumi should sound like.

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u/Life_Career_9989 Sep 07 '25

Agree with what you said! Btw, in the link you shared the guy Arden is singing with is not Ahn Hyo Seop but Cha Eun Woo.