{"id":2330439,"date":"2026-03-16T02:53:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T02:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2330439"},"modified":"2026-03-16T02:53:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T02:53:16","slug":"kpop-demon-hunters-nabs-best-original-song-oscar-second-honor-at-this-years-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kpop-demon-hunters-nabs-best-original-song-oscar-second-honor-at-this-years-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Kpop Demon Hunters&#8217; nabs Best Original Song Oscar, second honor at this year&#8217;s awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"ab_photo photo_center ab_zoom\" style=\"width: 820px;\">\n<div class=\"image\">\n  <br \/>\n  <span class=\"mask\"\/>\n <\/div>\n<p class=\"caption\">Rei Ami, left, EJAE, center, and Audrey Nuna perform \u2033Golden\u2033 (2025) from \u2033KPop Demon Hunters\u2033 (2025) during the Oscars on March 15 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. [AP\/YONHAP]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> \u00a0<br \/>\n<br \/> Animated film \u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d (2025) added another accolade to its already decorated awards collection, winning the Best Original Song Oscar for \u201cGolden\u201d (2025) along with becoming the most watched original film in Netflix history.<br \/>\n<br \/> \u00a0<br \/>\n<br \/> The film also won Best Animated Feature at the 98th Academy Awards on Sunday, underscoring its commercial success and growing cultural impact.<br \/>\n<br \/> \u00a0<br \/>\n<br \/> <br \/>\n \u00a0<br \/>\n<br \/> Other nominees released last year for Best Original Song were \u201cDear Me\u201d from \u201cDiane Warren: Relentless\u201d (2024), \u201cI Lied To You\u201d from \u201cSinners\u201d (2025), \u201cTrain Dreams\u201d from \u201cTrain Dreams\u201d (2025) and \u201cSweet Dreams of Joy\u201d from \u201cViva Verdi!\u201d (2024).<br \/>\n<br \/> \u00a0<br \/>\n<br \/> \u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d follows fictional girl group HUNTR\/X, whose members double as demon hunters as they face off against their rival boy band, the Saja Boys.<br \/>\n<br \/> \u00a0<br \/>\n<br \/> \u201cGrowing up, people made fun of me for liking K-pop, but now everyone is singing our songs and all the Korean lyrics,\u201d said singer EJAE, who voices a member of HUNTR\/X and performed during the ceremony. &#8220;I&#8217;m so proud and I realize that the song this award is about not about success but it&#8217;s about resilience.&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/> \u00a0<br \/>\n<br \/> &#8220;And I&#8217;m just so grateful to our team, and I just want to thank my mom, my dad, my brother, my manager for staying with me and I also want to thank, of course, the resilient cast of &#8216;KPop Demon Hunters.'&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/> \u00a0<br \/>\n <\/p>\n<div class=\"ab_photo photo_center ab_zoom\" style=\"width: 820px;\">\n<div class=\"image\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rei Ami, left, EJAE, center, and Audrey Nuna perform \u2033Golden\u2033 (2025) from \u2033KPop Demon Hunters\u2033 (2025) during the Oscars on March 15, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. [AP\/YONHAP]\" src=\"https:\/\/koreajoongangdaily.joins.com\/data\/photo\/2026\/03\/16\/3ac97459-25ce-44a1-9ed5-e28a014b3703.jpg\" data-reuse=\"allowed\"\/><br \/>\n  <span class=\"mask\"\/>\n <\/div>\n<p class=\"caption\">Rei Ami, left, EJAE, center, and Audrey Nuna perform \u2033Golden\u2033 (2025) from \u2033KPop Demon Hunters\u2033 (2025) during the Oscars on March 15, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. [AP\/YONHAP]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ab_photo photo_center ab_zoom\" style=\"width: 820px;\">\n<div class=\"image\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"EJAE cheers in the audience after \u2033KPop Demon Hunters\u2033 (2025) wins the award for best animated feature film during the Oscars on March 15, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. 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[AP\/YONHAP]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>BY KIM MIN-YOUNG [<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/koreajoongangdaily.joins.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection\" class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"3c57555112515552455349525b097c565353525b5d525b125f5312574e\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>]<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/ko_KR\/all.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source koreajoongangdaily.joins.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rei Ami, left, EJAE, center, and Audrey Nuna perform \u2033Golden\u2033 (2025) from \u2033KPop Demon Hunters\u2033 (2025) during the Oscars on March 15 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. 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