KPop Demon Hunters Singer Kevin Woo Exclusively Reveals His New Dead By Daylight Survivor

KPop Demon Hunters dependable histrion Kevin Woo has exclusively revealed a caller Dead By Daylight Survivor to IGN — for which he'll beryllium providing the voice, if not his singing talents.

If you've watched oregon sung on to the animated Netflix phenomenon, you'll person heard Woo arsenic the singing dependable of Mystery (the boyband subordinate with purple hairsbreadth implicit his eyes).

"I personally deliberation arsenic a Killer, Mystery Saja would thrive connected intelligence manipulation alternatively than brute aggression," Woo said Woo, who's acceptable to prima successful a marque caller section for the fearfulness game, All-Kill:Comeback.

Here, helium plays Kwon Tae-young, a tech decorator Survivor hired to enactment connected a virtual idol. Players volition beryllium capable to cheque him retired successful a Public Test Build that volition spell unrecorded connected Steam tomorrow, connected February 24.

"I focused connected making each breath, each strained scream, and each infinitesimal of fearfulness consciousness grounded"“

Woo antecedently worked connected Dead By Daylight arsenic a advisor connected its erstwhile K-pop storyline, which introduced the sociopathic idol the Trickster.

"Transitioning from advisor to afloat embodying a quality done dependable was some surreal and profoundly fulfilling," Woo said. "As a advisor connected the archetypal chapter, I was progressive successful shaping the Trickster’s affectional individuality — his ego, his obsession with artistry, and the narcissistic rage simmering beneath his polished idol exterior.

"Stepping into Kwon Tae-young’s position successful this caller merchandise allowed maine to attack the satellite of Dead by Daylight from the different broadside of that mythology. Because I understood the Trickster’s lore truthful intimately, his betrayal, his fixation connected control, and his warped cognition of performance. I was capable to furniture that past into Kwon Tae-young’s fearfulness and interior conflict."

K-pop idol and histrion Kevin Woo provided the singing vocals for Mystery, 1 of the demonic Saja Boys successful Netflix's K-Pop Demon Hunters

Woo is the cleanable idiosyncratic to enactment arsenic a advisor connected the satellite of K-pop. He performed arsenic portion of the enactment up for K-pop bands XING and U-KISS, and precocious announced helium was portion of a caller subunit of U-KISS with bandmates Hoon and Kiseop. But however did his bandmates consciousness aft his advisor enactment connected the relation of a slayer K-pop idol?

"The irony is that portion Ji-Woon Hak’s lore successful Dead by Daylight explores betrayal and ego wrong a set dynamic, my real-life set acquisition was built connected camaraderie and growth. That opposition really helped maine recognize the calamity of the Trickster adjacent more," helium revealed.

"They mostly praised maine astir becoming a 'global Hollywood superstar' aft KPop Demon Hunters. It was flattering — but I reminded them that nary of this exists without our shared acquisition arsenic planetary idols that paved the mode for K-pop."

Since Woo archetypal worked connected the crippled successful 2021 the satellite of K-pop has grown to beryllium a overmuch bigger unit successful the satellite of planetary entertainment, successful nary tiny portion acknowledgment to the unthinkable occurrence of the Netflix movie KPop Demon Hunters, which archetypal aired past year. Woo explained however his enactment connected that task helped him embody the quality of Kwon Tae-young successful All-Kill: Comeback.

"Voice acting for KPop Demon Hunters deepened my appreciation for however overmuch storytelling tin beryllium communicated purely done tone, enactment control, and texture. Without carnal show to trust on, your dependable becomes the full affectional instrument. In a crippled similar Dead by Daylight, that work is amplified," helium explained.

"As a consultant, I wanted to guarantee that the taste references remained authentic. As a dependable actor, I focused connected making each breath, each strained scream, and each infinitesimal of fearfulness consciousness grounded wrong the brutal, high-stakes situation of the Entity’s realm."

Kevin Woo antecedently acted arsenic advisor for the Dead By Daylight Killer Ji-Woon Hak AKA The Trickster

He besides revealed that voicing a Dead By Daylight Survivor demanded a batch much of him than conscionable speechmaking a script.

"To authentically seizure that experience, I had to embody exhaustion, adrenaline spikes, and abrupt bursts of panic. I would tally successful spot during takes to elevate my breathing. I rehearsed strained vocalizations that mimic being hooked, injured, oregon chased," helium continued.

"Unlike polished K-pop tracks, which prioritize power and tonal perfection, fearfulness dependable enactment embraces imperfection, cracked screams, unstable breathing, and vocal strain. The chaos is the performance."

And Woo isn't conscionable a advisor oregon a dependable histrion erstwhile it comes to Dead By Daylight, he's a subordinate too.

"I gravitate toward a tactical Survivor play-style, focusing connected stealth loops, cautious representation awareness, and squad synergy," helium said. "I’m usually the 1 prioritizing harmless unhooks, body-blocking erstwhile necessary, and healing teammates successful concealed areas."

Dead By Daylight was archetypal released successful 2016 and since past has introduced a dependable and progressively terrifying fig of Killers and Survivors to the game, including characters from Stranger Things, Attack On Titan, Resident Evil and of course, Nicolas Cage.

Rachel Weber is the Head of Editorial Development astatine IGN and an elder millennial. She's been a nonrecreational nerd since 2006 erstwhile she got her commencement connected Official PlayStation Magazine successful the UK, and has since worked for GamesIndustry.Biz, Rolling Stone and GamesRadar. She loves horror, fearfulness movies, fearfulness games, Red Dead Redemption 2, and her Love and Deepspace boyfriends.