'kpop Demon Hunters' Makes Grammys History

“KPop Demon Hunters” made history connected Sunday by giving K-pop its first-ever triumph astatine nan Grammy Awards.

The film’s fame has turned 2 fictional K-pop bands, HUNTR/X and Saja Boys, into overnight stars. Its crippled follows HUNTR/X members Rumi (Arden Cho), Mira (May Hong) and Zoey (Ji-young Yoo), who must support demons retired of nan quality world done their music.

The animated blockbuster, produced by Sony Pictures Animation and released by Netflix successful June, gave nan streaming level its first No. 1 box-office title erstwhile it besides rolled retired to theaters past year. Its people became Billboard’s highest-charting soundtrack of 2025, and deed songs from nan movie — specified arsenic “Golden” and “Your Idol” — likewise topped nan U.S. Spotify charts.

Fan fervor astir “KPop Demon Hunters” was truthful wide that characters from nan movie became a celebrated prime for Halloween costumes. And nan vocalists down characters’ singing voices — including HUNTR/X singers EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI — person gained monolithic fanbases.

“KPop Demon Hunters” was nominated successful 4 categories astatine nan Grammy Awards, including nan coveted opus of nan year.

“Golden” scored an early triumph connected Sunday pinch champion opus written for ocular media astatine nan show’s Premiere Ceremony. Songwriters for nan way included EJAE, Park Hong Jun, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo and Mark Sonnenblick.

The triumph comes aft nan movie kicked disconnected nan Hollywood awards play pinch 2 wins astatine some nan Critics’ Choice Awards (best animated characteristic and champion song) and nan Golden Globes (best animated mobility image and champion original opus successful a mobility picture).

At nan Grammys, nan movie didn’t triumph champion compilation soundtrack for ocular media, but still has a chance to people wins for champion popular duo/group capacity and opus of nan year.