Golden Globes 2026: EJAE's Golden wins Best Original Song, beats Wicked For Good

Fresh off taking over the Critics Choice Awards KPop Demon Hunters has now won big at the 83rd Golden Globe AwardsThe Netflix musical adventure took home the Golden Globe for Best Animated Motion Picture followed by Best Original Song for its signature track GoldenKPop Demon Hunters triumphed over the likes of Arco Demon Slayer Infinity Castle Elio Little Amelie or the Character of Rain and Zootopia 2 to pick up the coveted trophy making director Maggie Kang the first Asian woman to win in the categoryIn her speech Kang expressed deep gratitude and said Through this film we really wanted to depict female characters the way that we know women which is really strong and bold really silly and weird and really hungry for food and sometimes a little thirstyIn a double treat the films song Golden emerged as the first Kpop song to win a Golden Globe for Best Original Song Performed by HUNTRX EJAE Audrey Nuna amp REI AMI the song competed against Dream as One Avatar Fire and Ash I Lied to You Sinners No Place Like Home and The Girl in the Bubble Wicked For Good and Train Dreams Train DreamsAn emotional EJAE in her acceptance speech reflected on facing rejections and struggles in finding a purposeWhen I was a little girl I worked tirelessly for 10 years to fill one dream to become a Kpop idol and I was rejected and disappointed that my voice wasnt good enough And so I had leaned on songs and music to get through it So now Im here as a singer and a songwriter Its a dreamcometrue to be part of a song that is helping other girls other queens and everyone of all ages to get through their hardship to accept themselves she saidShe went on to dedicate the award to everyone who has their doors closed at them and that I can confidently say rejection is redirection and so never give upThe Golden Globe feat arrived just a week after KPop Demon Hunters won the Best Animated Feature and another prize for Golden at the Critics Choice AwardsKPop Demon Hunters a collaboration between Netflix and Sony Pictures Animation follows the adventures of Huntrix a Kpop girl group that secretly battles monsters from the underworld as per the outletThe film has emerged as Netflixs most popular title to date Its soundtrack spent several weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart while Golden reached the top spot on Billboards Hot 100 according to The Hollywood ReporterThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever