NEED TO KNOW
- EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami are the three artists chargeable for bringing viral track “Golden” to life in Netflix’s hit animated movie KPop Demon Hunters
- The woman group often known as HUNTR/X spoke to ipromiseyoumedia after studying of the music’s Grammy recognition on Nov. 7
- KPop Demon Hunters is on the market to stream now on Netflix
This trio continues to be going up, up, up.
EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami — the three artists chargeable for bringing viral track “Golden” to life in Netflix’s hit animated movie KPop Demon Hunters — are celebrating the music’s slew of Grammy nominations after the nods have been introduced Friday, Nov. 7.
“All of us screamed,” Audrey Nuna tells ipromiseyoumedia how the HUNTR/X woman group, who have been on Zoom collectively for the information, reacted.
“I received chills in my physique,” says EJAE.
Admits Rei Ami, “I blacked out!”
Within the movie, EJAE, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami sing for the roles of Rumi (Arden Cho), Mira (Could Hong), and Zoey (Ji-young Yoo), respectively.
“Golden” scored three nominations: Music of the Yr, Finest Pop Duo/Group Efficiency and Finest Music Written for Visible Media, whereas the complete soundtrack for KPop Demon Hunters was nominated for Finest Compilation Soundtrack For Visible Media.
For EJAE, who is among the cowriters for “Golden” (alongside Mark Sonnenblick), the popularity speaks to a broader dialog round illustration.
“I am simply so proud to be Korean as a result of rising up in America, too, I felt ashamed being Korean at one level. I felt ostracized, and so I am simply completely satisfied to be part of this unbelievable cultural phenomenon to have the ability to exhibit our nation,” she says.
Audrey Nuna echoes her good friend’s sentiment.
“A Grammy nomination means a lot to anybody who’s in music and anybody who creates for a dwelling. It’s totally a culminating second. And I believe that we’re simply not solely fascinated by this movie, however our lives, the cultural context and the historical past, and our dad and mom, and the struggles,” she says.
“It is the consideration of a lifetime to face alongside each [EJAE and Rei Ami] and for us all to do it collectively. The sorority of it’s actually stunning,” Audrey Nuna provides.
Rei Ami is already excited on the considered attending the ceremony, which might be held Feb. 1 in Los Angeles.
“Successful!” Rei Ami says when requested what she’s most trying ahead to. “That will be actually cool.”
HUNTR/X made its real-life efficiency debut on The Tonight Present on Oct. 7, and on Dec. 5, the woman group will carry out dwell in live performance for the primary time at iHeartRadio’s Jingle Ball 2025 live performance in Los Angeles.
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KPop Demon Hunters shortly grew to become the most-watched animated film on Netflix after its debut in June 2025. It is also the platform’s hottest movie of all time with over 236 million views and counting.
The movie’s soundtrack made simply as massive a wave when it debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Soundtracks chart and No. 8 on the all-genre Billboard 200. It additionally grew to become the primary soundtrack with 4 simultaneous Prime 10 songs on the Billboard Scorching 100.
KPop Demon Hunters is on the market now to stream on Netflix. The 2026 Grammys will happen Sunday, Feb. 1, at Crypto.com Enviornment in Los Angeles.