HUNTR/X and Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters reached a historic milestone on the Grammys, because the film’s music, “Golden”, secured a significant win.
KPop Demon Hunters was an in a single day sensation. The Netflix animated characteristic turned the most-streamed title of 2025. With the whole viewing minutes being 20.5 billion and the film’s whole working time of 99 minutes, this could equate to 207 million full views.
Singers EJAE, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami earned their first Grammy Award when the music received Finest Track Written for Visible Media. Carried out by the trio and co-written by EJAE alongside Mark Sonnenblick, DO, 24, and Teddy. That is the primary time a Okay-pop music has ever received a Grammy, making their victory all of the extra particular. “Golden” was nominated for 4 Grammys in whole. The hit film has additionally been nominated for an Oscar, in addition to successful awards on the Critics’ Alternative Awards and Golden Globes.
Within the Finest Track Written for Visible Media class, “Golden” was joined by a number of different worthy nominees. Their competitors included Elton John and Brandi Carlile’s “By no means Too Late”, Miles Caton’s “I Lied to You”, Jayme Lawson’s “Pale, Pale Moon”, 9 Inch Nails’ “As Alive As You Want Me To Be“, and “Sinners” by Leonard Denisenko, Rodarius Inexperienced, and Travis.
Though they didn’t sing on the Grammys, Nuna, who portrayed Mira in KPop Demon Hunters, has defined the importance of the nomination up to now, highlighting its potential influence on Okay-pop illustration and the message it sends to the following era of musicians about what is feasible. In line with Selection, she beforehand said:
You’re going to see three Korean faces. To consider the children who’re going to see that, and hopefully for that to form their understanding of what they will do on this world, is the stuff that’s giving me chills up my backbone.
Produced by Sony Footage Animation, KPop Demon Hunters completed on the high of the year-end rankings. Its sturdy streaming efficiency prompted Netflix to permit the movie to have a restricted theatrical launch, because it did with the Stranger Issues finale and Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein.
KPop Demon Hunters is offered to stream on Netflix now.
- Launch Date
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June 20, 2025
- Runtime
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96 minutes
- Director
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Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang
- Writers
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Hannah McMechan, Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang, Danya Jimenez
- Producers
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Michelle Wong
