The singing stars behind KPop Demon Hunters’ greatest hit are set to carry out on the BAFTAs later this month – their first reside efficiency outdoors the US.
Ejae (Rumi), Audrey Nuna (Mira), and Rei Ami (Zoey), the singing voices behind the fictional band HUNTR/X, will carry out the record-breaking hit Golden from the movie’s soundtrack, organisers have introduced.
The tune made historical past on the weekend because it grew to become the primary ever Ok-pop tune to win a Grammy, following earlier wins for greatest animated movie and greatest authentic tune on the Golden Globes in January.
Nonetheless, regardless of its success at US awards ceremonies – together with nominations for greatest animated movie and greatest authentic tune on the Oscars subsequent month – the movie was ineligible for awards on the BAFTAs because it was first launched on Netflix and never in UK cinemas.
“Performing on the EE BAFTA Movie Awards is a golden second that our youthful selves might by no means have imagined!,” the singers mentioned in an announcement.
“We’re so proud to symbolize Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters and unfold the movie’s optimistic message to followers across the globe.”
Audrey Nuna, from left, Ejae and Rei Ami on the Grammy Awards on Sunday. Pic: AP
Inside two months of its launch in June, KPop Demon Hunters grew to become Netflix’s most watched movie of all time, and has now had greater than 500 million streams.
Golden, the headline monitor from the movie’s soundtrack, topped the Billboard chart within the US for eight consecutive weeks and the UK charts for 10 non-consecutive weeks, and made Spotify’s prime 10 of songs streamed globally in 2025.
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Emma Baehr, BAFTA government director of awards and content material, mentioned the movie had had a “phenomenal affect on the hearts and minds of audiences of all ages around the globe” and that she was “thrilled” to welcome the singers bringing “Ok-pop vitality” to the ceremony.
“Not solely are we right here to have fun distinctive movies and the individuals who make them, we additionally need to create an unmissable evening of leisure, and we will not wait to roll out the EE BAFTA Movie Awards purple carpet for such an iconic trio,” she mentioned.
The singers have been the voices behind the movie’s soundtrack however the spoken phrases have been voiced by three completely different actresses, Arden Cho (Rumi), Could Hong (Mira) and Ji-young Yoo (Zoey).
The BAFTAs ceremony will happen at London’s Royal Competition Corridor on Sunday 22 February, with stars together with Timothee Chalamet, Jessie Buckley, Leonardo DiCaprio, Emma Stone, Michael B Jordan, Kate Hudson, Teyana Taylor and Paul Mescal within the operating for awards.
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