{"id":229284,"date":"2026-01-12T04:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T04:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/229284\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T04:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T04:51:08","slug":"kpop-demon-hunters-wins-best-animated-feature-song-at-golden-globes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/229284\/","title":{"rendered":"‘KPop Demon Hunters’ wins best animated feature, song at Golden Globes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From left, Rei Ami, EJAE and Audrey Nuna attend the 83rd Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif., Sunday (local time). AFP-Yonhap<\/p>\n

Netflix\u2019s animated hit “KPop Demon Hunters” emerged as a major winner at the 83rd Golden Globe Awards, Sunday (local time), taking home Best Animated Feature alongside Best Original Song for its standout track “Golden,” cementing the K-pop-inspired film\u2019s status as one of the night\u2019s most successful titles. <\/p>\n

The Best Song went to Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Park Hong Jun, Kim Eun-jae \u2014 also known as EJAE \u2014 and Mark Sonnenblick, who are credited for the song’s music and lyrics.<\/p>\n

EJAE reflected on her own journey from K-pop trainee to singer-songwriter.<\/p>\n

“When 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’t good enough. I leaned on songs and music to get through it. So now I’m here as a singer and a songwriter,” EJAE said.<\/p>\n

“It’s a dream come true to be part of a song that’s helping other girls, other boys and everyone of all ages to get through their hardships and to accept themselves.”<\/p>\n

“Golden” beat a slate of high-profile contenders such as “Dream as One” from “Avatar: Fire and Ash” by Miley Cyrus and two “Wicked: For Good” entries by Stephen Schwartz \u2014 “No Place Like Home” and “The Girl in the Bubble.”<\/p>\n

While \u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d is not a Korean studio production, its creative identity leans heavily on K-pop\u2019s performance language and Korean pop culture \u2014 a mix that helped push \u201cGolden\u201d beyond the film itself and into the awards season conversation. <\/p>\n

The movie follows a superstar K-pop group \u2014 Rumi, Mira and Zoey, collectively known as Huntrix \u2014 who juggle stadium shows with a secret second life as demon hunters, facing off against a rival demonic boy band.<\/p>\n

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Lee Byung-hun attends the 83rd Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif., Sunday (local time). AFP-Yonhap<\/p>\n

The film’s victory, however, did not extend to another Korea-related contender.<\/p>\n

Lee Byung-hun, nominated for Best Actor in a Motion Picture \u2014 Musical or Comedy for Park Chan-wook\u2019s “No Other Choice,” did not win. The award went to Timothee Chalamet for \u201cMarty Supreme.\u201d<\/p>\n

The film also came up short in the Best Motion Picture \u2014 Non-English Language category, where the Brazilian film “The Secret Agent” took the top honor. <\/p>\n

Despite not taking home the awards, the film’s nomination was a milestone, underscoring its status as one of the most visible Korean-language titles at this year\u2019s ceremony, with recognition across both film and acting categories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From left, Rei Ami, EJAE and Audrey Nuna attend the 83rd Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,409,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-229284","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-movies","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}