{"id":69390,"date":"2025-10-12T07:18:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T07:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/69390\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T07:18:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T07:18:14","slug":"the-kpop-demon-hunters-singers-performed-golden-live-for-the-first-time-and-got-a-major-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/69390\/","title":{"rendered":"The \u2018KPop Demon Hunters\u2019 singers performed \u2018Golden\u2019 live for the first time \u2014 and got a major surprise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It\u2019s been a big week for \u201cThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">One night after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/taylor-swift-said-tonight-show-224745458.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ylk=\"slk:Taylor Swift made her highly-anticipated appearance;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\">Taylor Swift made her highly-anticipated appearance<\/a> on the show, another global phenomenon took the stage for a brief interview and performance: The singing voices of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/movies\/articles\/no-words-kpop-demon-hunters-150814749.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ylk=\"slk:KPop Demon Hunters;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\">KPop Demon Hunters<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2018KPop Demon Hunters\u2019 singers perform \u2018Golden\u2019 live<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The audience went wild when EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami \u2014 the soaring vocals behind the roles of Rumi (Arden Cho), Mira (May Hong) and Zoey (Ji-young Yoo), respectively \u2014 came on Fallon\u2019s show Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThis has been a phenomenon,\u201d the late night host said. \u201cI\u2019m so honored to have you here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As he listed the film\u2019s staggering streaming numbers \u2014 it has been streamed more than 362 million times around the world \u2014 the singers seemed genuinely shocked by it all.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The movie about a trio of K-pop superstars who hunt demons hit Netflix in late June and has already become the most-watched film in Netflix history, as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/movies\/articles\/no-words-kpop-demon-hunters-150814749.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-ylk=\"slk:Deseret News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\">Deseret News<\/a> previously reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The hit song \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yebNIHKAC4A&amp;list=RDyebNIHKAC4A&amp;start_radio=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Golden;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Golden<\/a>\u201d \u2014 which EJAE said she co-wrote while on her way to the dentist \u2014 has now held the top spot on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/huntr-x-golden-number-one-hot-100-eighth-week\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Billboard Hot 100 for eight consecutive weeks;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Billboard Hot 100 for eight consecutive weeks<\/a>. A few weeks ago, it became the longest-leading movie soundtrack of the decade as it surpassed the previous record set by the \u201cEncanto\u201d hit \u201cWe Don\u2019t Talk About Bruno,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/huntr-x-golden-number-one-hot-100-sixth-week\/golden-girls\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Billboard;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Billboard<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">And in late August, a staggering four songs from the film simultaneously charted in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-100\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Billboard Hot 100;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Billboard Hot 100<\/a> top 10 \u2014 a first for a film soundtrack, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/music\/news\/golden-billboard-hot-100-kpop-demon-hunters-soundtrack-1236497803\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Variety;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Variety<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThis movie has affected us all so much on an emotional level,\u201d Nuna told Fallon, noting that while it usually takes her a long time to process her emotions, she was bawling her eyes out within five minutes of the film\u2019s premiere as she saw Korean culture represented so strongly \u2014 something she never could have imagined as a child.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ami recalled with some emotion hearing a 5-year-old boy singing \u201cGolden\u201d \u201cat the top of his lungs\u201d while shopping at an H Mart in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI think it\u2019s one thing to hear our song on the radio, but to hear it come out of a child, live &#8230; in H Mart?!\u201d she exclaimed. \u201cI just cried at H Mart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon - Season 13\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/b494c1028067dbefb9a1772e02934e83.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Singers Rei Ami, Audrey Nuna, and EJAE of &#8220;KPop Demon Hunters&#8221; during an interview with host Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. | NBC<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">At the end of the interview, Fallon shared with the audience that the singers brought \u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d merch for everyone in attendance. And then the TV host had his own surprise for his guests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI\u2019m honored to be the first person \u2014 this is real \u2014 to tell you that \u2018KPop Demon Hunters,\u2019 you\u2019ve gone platinum, guys,&#8221; Fallon said as he lifted up a framed record from behind his desk and showed it to the singers, who became emotional. \u201cYou have a platinum record!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Per the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.riaa.com\/gold-platinum\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Recording Industry Association of America;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Recording Industry Association of America<\/a>, an album goes platinum when it has sold at least 1 million units.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The trio of singers later took the stage to perform \u201cGolden\u201d \u2014 their first live, full-length performance of the song, per <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/tv\/news\/kpop-demon-hunters-tonight-show-golden-performance-1236541623\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Variety;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Variety<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018KPop Demon Hunters\u2019 star May Hong on film\u2019s success<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The \u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d appearance on Fallon\u2019s show comes a couple of weeks after May Hong, who voices Mira in the film, appeared at Salt Lake City\u2019s FanX.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hong was visibly shocked by the enthusiastic response she received from the crowd of roughly 5,000.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"FanX May Hong_IH_1417.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/abb744c68a348da52a17da5c2a650a4f.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>May Hong, who voices Mira in Netflix&#8217;s \u201cKPop Demon Hunters,\u201d speaks during a spotlight panel as part of the FanX Salt Lake Pop Culture and Comic Convention held at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025. | Isaac Hale, Deseret News<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThere\u2019s no way I could have possibly imagined that it would be like this,\u201d she said of the film\u2019s success. \u201cI hoped that people would receive it with love and appreciate the script. &#8230; It\u2019s just so surreal. Thank you, everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hong gave the fans a shoutout for adding even more meaning to this significant moment in her career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI know we\u2019re reaching these crazy records for the music and the movie &#8230; but really getting time face to face with people one on one and getting to hear their story and that it\u2019s a comfort movie for them, I just feel so humbled and privileged that I get to be a small part of something that makes people happy,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s been a big week for \u201cThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.\u201d One night after Taylor Swift made&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69391,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[45674,146,85,46,20334,1729,409,45676,2070],"class_list":{"0":"post-69390","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-audrey-nuna","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-jimmy-fallon","13":"tag-kpop-demon-hunters","14":"tag-music","15":"tag-rei-ami","16":"tag-taylor-swift"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69390","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=69390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}