Netflix hit K-Pop Demon Hunters was a big winner at the Golden Globe Awards.
Ahead of the Grammys and Oscars, the Hollywood ceremony at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California recognised the impact of the animated movie with a pair of awards.
As well as winning the Golden Globe for Best Animated Film, K-Pop Demon Hunters triumphed in the Best Original Song category with Golden. The global hit is credited to Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Park Hong Jun, Kim Eun-jae (Ejae) and Mark Sonnenblick.
Host Nikki Glaser sang a parody of the hit but was cut off by former SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher because her "voice was so annoying".
Golden has amassed 1.3 billion streams on Spotify alone. In the UK, it spent 10 weeks at No.1 and remains in the Top 10 with 1,414,630 chart units to date (Official Charts Company).
The K-Pop Demon Hunters soundtrack album has spent 28 out of 29 weeks at No.1 on the compilations chart. The OST release has consumption to date of 462,651 units (19,359 physical copies, 9,439 downloads and 433,853 sales-equivalent streams). It was the most streamed album released in 2025.
In the Best Original Score category at the Golden Globes, there were high hopes for Max Richter’s composition for Hamnet. Amid tough competition, including Jonny Greenwood (One Battle After Another), Alexandre Desplat (Frankenstein), Kangding Ray (Sirat) and Hans Zimmer (F1), the award went to Ludwig Göransson for Sinners.
Subscribers can read our Hitmakers interview with Ejae on Golden from K-Pop Demon Hunters.
PHOTO: Audrey Nuna, Ejae and Rei Ami (Huntr/x) win at the 83rd Annual Golden Globes (Photo by Gilbert Flores/2026GG/Penske Media via Getty Images)
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