{"id":306091,"date":"2026-02-23T14:24:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T14:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/306091\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T14:24:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T14:24:07","slug":"watch-kpop-demon-hunters-singers-perform-golden-at-bafta-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/306091\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch &#8216;KPop Demon Hunters&#8217; Singers Perform &#8216;Golden&#8217; at BAFTA Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The performance marked the HUNTR\/X trio&#8217;s first time showcasing the hit song live outside the U.S. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tEJAE, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/audrey-nuna\/\" id=\"auto-tag_audrey-nuna\" data-tag=\"audrey-nuna\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Audrey Nuna<\/a>, and Rei Ami, the singers behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/kpop-demon-hunters\/\" id=\"auto-tag_kpop-demon-hunters\" data-tag=\"kpop-demon-hunters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kpop Demon Hunters<\/a>\u2018 fictional group HUNTR\/X, brought \u201cGolden\u201d overseas for the first time live. The trio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/kpop-demon-hunters-singers-to-perform-at-baftas-1235506754\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">took the stage<\/a> at the 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/bafta-awards\/\" id=\"auto-tag_bafta-awards\" data-tag=\"bafta-awards\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BAFTA Awards<\/a>, held at London\u2019s Royal Festival Hall on Sunday night, to showcase the hit track. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe dynamic rendition, which featured a group of backup dancers, marked the first performance of the sing outside the U.S. \u2014 despite the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/netflix\/\" id=\"auto-tag_netflix\" data-tag=\"netflix\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Netflix<\/a> animated film being ineligible for a BAFTA Award. Although the film was hopeful of a nomination for Best Animated Film, BAFTA ultimately ruled that KPop Demon Hunters did not meet the eligibility criteria for the annual awards because it did not have a qualifying theatrical release.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cPerforming at the EE BAFTA Film Awards is a golden moment that our younger selves could never have imagined,\u201d the trio said in a statement when the performance was announced. \u201cWe\u2019re so proud to represent Netflix\u2019s KPop Demon Hunters and spread the film\u2019s positive message to fans around the globe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cGolden\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/2026-golden-globes-kpop-demon-hunters-best-original-song-1235495927\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> won<\/a>\u00a0a Golden Globe and Critics\u2019 Choice Award, and is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-news\/kpop-demon-hunters-oscars-2026-eligible-1235472471\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">nominated<\/a>\u00a0for Best Original Song at the Oscars. The film follows the fictional superstar Korean girl group HUNTR\/X \u2014\u00a0Rumi, Zoey, and Mira \u2014\u00a0as they secretly use their upbeat music to keep humans safe from evil demons.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIn August, EJAE\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/kpop-demon-hunters-golden-songwriters-streaming-soundtrack-1235397861\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">spoke to\u00a0Rolling Stone<\/a>\u00a0about writing \u201cGolden\u201d alongside co-writer Mark Sonnenblick and reflected on why it has resonated so strongly with fans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cI don\u2019t know if Mark knows this, but when I wrote \u2018Golden,\u2019 I was going through a hard time. I actually cried singing the demo, because it resonated with me so much,\u201d she said. \u201cMaybe that\u2019s why \u2018Golden\u2019 is \u2018going up up up.\u2019 Because everyone\u2019s going through a hard time.\u00a0And they want to feel hope.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The performance marked the HUNTR\/X trio&#8217;s first time showcasing the hit song live outside the U.S. EJAE, Audrey&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306092,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[45674,80419,146,85,46,1729,409,400],"class_list":{"0":"post-306091","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-audrey-nuna","9":"tag-bafta-awards","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-il","12":"tag-israel","13":"tag-kpop-demon-hunters","14":"tag-music","15":"tag-netflix"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}