THE RUNDOWNKPop Demon Hunters’ EJAE, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami performed “Golden” at the Oscars.The performance was elaborate, featuring dancers, light sticks in the crowd, and a prologue leading up to “Golden.”The track won the award for Best Original Song this evening.The singing voices of KPop Demon Hunters’ HUNTR/X—EJAE, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami—brought “Golden” to the Oscars in a truly larger-than-life way. The performance began with a prologue, teasing their characters’ roles in the film. The trio then entered dressed in white ensembles, performing the Best Original Song winner onstage against gold flags and dancers. Members of the audience held up light sticks, giving the number the feel of a K-pop concert.Kevin Winter//Getty ImagesPATRICK T. FALLON//Getty ImagesVideos of their performance spread quickly on social media once it wrapped:View full post on XView full post on XBefore they were even asked to perform, EJAE spoke candidly to The Hollywood Reporter on its Awards Chatter podcast about how surreal the possibility was. “We’re so honored to even be considered to be performing for the Oscars,” she said. “Excuse me? Who can say that?! I’m very nervous. I don’t know what to say. I’m so speechless for that. I just need to work hard to make sure my vocal cords are on point. It’s a hard song, so I have to make sure these vocal cords are good. They’re swollen right now.”She also reflected on why the song has taken off, crediting it to the timing of the film. “The story was a beautiful story, the film was incredible, and I think the lyrics are just something that the world kind of needs to hear right now,” she said. “Before ‘Golden’ and the soundtrack, if you looked at the Hot 100, [the songs topping the charts were] all about love or drinking; you’d rarely see songs about hope. So maybe it was something that people wanted to hear, especially right now. And it’s also a film that’s about a different culture. A friend of mine was talking to his friends, and he has kids, and he said, ‘You know what I realized about this film and the songs? Right now, the world is kind of on fire, and it gave light to a very dark time.’ And so I think that’s kind of why people are grabbing onto it.”