“Golden” resides as much as its identify: The “KPop Demon Hunters” monitor has nabbed 4 Grammy nominations, together with a coveted nod tune of the 12 months. “Golden” — carried out by Huntr/x (EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami) and written by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, DO, 24 and Teddy — additionally seems in the most effective pop duo/group efficiency, greatest tune written for visible media and greatest remixed recording classes.
EJAE, Nuna and Ami spoke with Selection on Friday morning shortly after the nominations have been revealed. “I’m not capable of digest this time. I’m nonetheless in shock,” EJAE stated with emotion in her voice. Ami was additionally visibly tearful, admitting she hadn’t stopped crying: “It feels out of this world.”
Nuna stated the nominations have been an honor, however it was the illustration that was essential: “You’re going to see three Korean faces. To consider the youngsters who’re going to see that, and hopefully for that to form their understanding of what they’ll do on this world, is the stuff that’s giving me chills up my backbone.”
EJAE, who made historical past as the primary Korean-American feminine songwriter to be nominated for tune of the 12 months, admitted she felt some “imposter syndrome.” Ami added: “As Korean girls, we have been usually informed we have now to work twice as arduous, we have now to point out up earlier, we have now to point out out greater than our common counterparts to ensure that us to obtain the identical accolade and even recognition.”
A David Guetta remix of “Golden” can also be nominated for greatest remixed recording (the award would go to Guetta because the remixer), and the complete “KPop Demon Hunters” soundtrack is up for greatest compilation soundtrack for visible media.
The tune of the 12 months class is large in vary as “Golden” competes with “Abracadabra” by Girl Gaga, “Anxiousness” by Doechii, “APT.” by Rosé and Bruno Mars, “DtMF” by Dangerous Bunny, “Luther” by Kendrick Lamar with SZA, “Manchild” by Sabrina Carpenter, and “Wildflower” by Billie Eilish.
“Golden” additionally competes with “Defying Gravity” (Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande), “Gabriela” (Katseye), “Apt.” (Rosé, Bruno Mars) and “30 For 30″ (SZA with Kendrick Lamar)” for greatest pop duo/group efficiency. Within the visible media class, “Golden” is up in opposition to “As Alive As You Want Me To Be” (9 Inch Nails), “I Lied to You” (Miles Caton), “By no means Too Late” (Elton John, Brandi Carlile), “Pale, Pale Moon” (Jayme Lawson) and “Sinners” (Leonard Denisenko, Rodarius Inexperienced, Travis).
As for whom Huntr/x is trying ahead to seeing on the present subsequent 12 months, their response was “the entire above,” to their fellow tune of the 12 months nominees. “And Sabrina Carpenter. I really like Sabrina Carpenter,” added Ami.
Nevertheless, regardless of business expectations and heavy awards buzz, the monitor missed a nod for report of the 12 months, a class many believed it might safe. A nom there would have made historical past, marking Huntr/x as the primary Okay-pop group ever acknowledged in that subject.
Since its debut on Netflix in June, the movie grew to become the streamer’s hottest film of all time. In the meantime, three of its authentic songs — “Golden,” “Your Idol” and “Soda Pop” — have been mainstays on Billboard’s Scorching 100 chart.
“KPop Demon Hunters” has been such a phenomenon that the theatrical-averse Netflix determined to convey a sing-along model of the movie to theaters for fan occasions in August and October. Through the first go-around, “KPop Demon Hunters” topped the field workplace with roughly $18 million over two days. Then round Halloween, the film collected $5 million to $6 million, which is noteworthy contemplating it’s been broadly out there on streaming for months.
