The film’s creator, Maggie Kang, tells Glamour how her tween self helped her develop her characters of the smash animated hit and how she intentionally leaned into the goofiness of girlhood.

The sing-along version of the Netflix film topped the box office this weekend, grossing an estimated $18 million to $20 million.

The animated children’s film about a K-pop girl group that moonlights as a team of demon hunters is a phenomenon