‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Sing ‘Golden’ at Coachella With Katseye
Coachella attendees who turned out to observe Katseye carry out bought a “Golden” deal with when the singers behind Huntr/x — Ejae (Rumi), Audrey Nuna (Mira), and Rei Ami (Zoey) — made a shock look.
Fresh off successful the Oscar for greatest authentic music, the “KPop Demon Hunters” stars joined Katseye (Daniela Avanzini, Lara Raj, Megan Skiendiel, Sophia Laforteza and Yoonchae Jeung) on the Sahara stage to carry out “Golden.”
Katseye kicked off the competition’s opening evening and are set to carry out each weekends. Among the songs they carried out had been “Internet Girl,” “Pinky Up” and “Mean Girls.” The group climbed the ranks as Ok-pop trainees on the 2023 actuality competitors sequence “Dream Academy.” They turned breakout performers following the Netflix docuseries “Popstar Academy: Katseye” together with their aptly-titled first single “Debut.” Earilier this 12 months, they landed a Grammy nomination for greatest new artist. Their music “Gabriela” was nominated for greatest pop duo/group efficiency.
The group has launched two EPs, 2024’s “SIS (Soft Is Strong)” and final 12 months’s “Beautiful Chaos,” in addition to a handful of singles. “Gnarly,” which was co-written by Alice Longyu Gao, turned their first music to hit the Billboard Hot 100 final 12 months. They adopted with “Gabriela,” “Gameboy” and “Internet Girl,” the latter of which debuted at No. 29 on the charts.
Aside from the Oscar, “Golden” scooped up a string of awards together with the Golden Globe and Critics Choice Award for greatest authentic music. It additionally received the Grammy Award for greatest music written for visible media.
“Golden” was written by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, IDO, 24 and Teddy Park, and have become a large hit since debuting on the Billboard Hot 100 in June 2025. It scored eight non-consecutive weeks atop that chart, turning into the longest-leading hit on the tally by an animated act.
Speaking with Variety About the music’s success, Ami described the sensation as “vindicating,” including that there is lastly “validation. It’s long overdue,” she mentioned. “We worked our asses off. We’ve had the door shut in our faces. We were told we were too little, too much.”
Sabrina Carpenter is Friday evening’s headliner. justin bieber will take to the stage on Saturday evening. He’s set to carry out at 11:25 pm on the competition’s hump evening. It’s anticipated that he’ll possible play the 2 “Swag” albums of their 25-song entirety, based mostly on the warmup reveals he has performed at the Roxy and Troubadour.
