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Rei Ami, whose voice helped fuel the hit movie \u201cKPop Demon Hunters,\u201d recently found herself facing plenty of real hunters \u2014 watching from the ocean floor as about 16 reef sharks went on a feeding frenzy.<\/p>\n
She was scared, sure. But more than that, she was brought to tears.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought I\u2019d be a bit more petrified, but I was enamored. I was in awe. It was witnessing nature,\u201d she says. \u201cYou can\u2019t put it into words the emotions and the feelings that you experience.\u201d<\/p>\n
Viewers can watch Rei Ami \u2014 and hear her sing a new K-pop song inspired by her experience with sharks while off the Korean Peninsula<\/a> \u2014 as Discovery Channel\u2019s \u201cShark Week\u201d kicks off Sunday.<\/p>\n Twenty new, hourlong shows leap deep into the world of the ancient predators, from a record-setting dive attempt into shark-infested waters to trying to find out what triggers giant bull sharks to confront humans.<\/p>\n \u201cGrowing up, I always watched \u2018Shark Week,\u2019\u201d says Rei Ami. \u201cYou see those epic commercials, with the great white jumping out and eating the chum and the tuna. That\u2019s ingrained in my brain forever.\u201d<\/p>\n