\u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d continues slaying the competition, going \u201cup, up, up\u201d from streaming success to awards-season recognition.<\/p>\n
At the 83rd annual Golden Globe Awards, the film won best motion picture \u2014 animated and best original song \u2014 motion picture for \u201cGolden.\u201d It was also nominated for outstanding cinematic and box office achievement, as Deseret News<\/a> previously reported.<\/p>\n Best motion picture \u2014 animated<\/p>\n Directors Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans accepted the Golden Globe alongside the film\u2019s producer, Michelle Wong.<\/p>\n \u201cThrough this film, we really wanted to depict female characters the way that we know women, which is really strong and bold, really silly and weird, and really hungry for food and sometimes a little thirsty,\u201d Kang shared in the trio\u2019s acceptance speech.<\/p>\n When later asked about a potential sequel, the group didn\u2019t share any details. However, when asked what they would like to carry into the second film, Appelhans shared, \u201cA lot of times we made a movie that was filled with everything we wrote; it was a very personal subject matter. I don\u2019t know if you can control much else as a filmmaker; hopefully we\u2019ll do it again,\u201d per Deadline<\/a>.<\/p>\n Backstage, Kang added, \u201cWe\u2019re hoping that this film can open more doors for other filmmakers who have unique stories to tell from a different perspective,\u201d according to Deadline.<\/p>\n Best original song \u2014 motion picture<\/p>\n The songwriters behind \u201cGolden,\u201d EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Ido, 24 and Teddy, won the Golden Globe for best original song \u2014 motion picture.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I was a little girl, I worked tirelessly for 10 years to fulfill one dream, to become a K-pop idol, and I was rejected and disappointed that my voice wasn\u2019t good enough,\u201d EJAE said in her acceptance speech. \u201cSo, I leaned on songs and music to get through it. So now I\u2019m here as a singer and a songwriter.\u201d<\/p>\n Commenters on X<\/a> voiced support for the singer-songwriter, with one saying, \u201ckarma hits different when hard work finally pays off huh,\u201d and another adding, \u201cSo happy this queen never gave up!\u201d<\/p>\n The film previously won the same two categories at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards last week, according to The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>.<\/p>\n Fan reactions<\/p>\n Some fans celebrated the films successful night at the award ceremony while others<\/a> mourned the losses of other deserving films.<\/p>\n One commenter<\/a> defended the \u201cGolden\u201d win, sharing, \u201cGolden won best song because it transcends film. My grandma hasn\u2019t seen the movie and sings the song all the time. It won because it got over a billion streams in 6 months and has been sitting on billboard 100 since it dropped.\u201d<\/p>\n Comments also poured in on Netflix\u2019s post<\/a> about the win, with one user calling the win \u201cwell deserved. great movie that even Netflix wasn\u2019t expecting to blow up,\u201d and another giving a simple nod of support: \u201cyeah deserved.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2018KPop Demon Hunters\u2019 had a successful run<\/p>\n The supernatural K-pop fantasy had a meteoric rise after its release last June, skyrocketing to the top of Netflix\u2019s Top 10 Most Popular Movies. After its first 91 days streaming, it had 352.1 million views, equaling 541.8 million hours watched, as previously reported by the Deseret News<\/a>.<\/p>\n The story follows the adventures of demon-hunting K-pop trio HUNTR\/X, Rumi, Mira and Zoey, voiced by Arden Cho, May Hong and Ji-young, respectively, with the singing performances from EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami.<\/p>\n The team behind the screen is no stranger to awards attention. The film recently earned a 2026 Grammy nomination, becoming only the second K-pop group to receive the honor, setting them up to become the first K-pop group to take home the award, as the Deseret News previously reported.<\/p>\n \u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d also dominated the box office during its two-day theatrical release in August. By September, it became the longest-running title on Netflix\u2019s Top 10 on the English-language films chart. The musical fantasy also sits atop the global list of Netflix\u2019 Top 10 Most Popular Movies, as previously reported by Deseret News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d continues slaying the competition, going \u201cup, up, up\u201d from streaming success to awards-season recognition. 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