From left: Rei Ami, EJAE, and Audrey Nuna perform 'Golden' from "K-Pop Demon Hunters" during the Oscars on Sunday, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP-Yonhap)
From left: Rei Ami, EJAE, and Audrey Nuna perform 'Golden' from "K-Pop Demon Hunters" during the Oscars on Sunday, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP-Yonhap)
From left: Rei Ami, EJAE, and Audrey Nuna perform 'Golden' from "K-Pop Demon Hunters" during the Oscars on Sunday, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP-Yonhap)
From left: Rei Ami, EJAE, and Audrey Nuna perform 'Golden' from "K-Pop Demon Hunters" during the Oscars on Sunday, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP-Yonhap)

The Academy Awards got a K-pop moment Sunday night.

Ejae, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami -- the real-world voices of Huntrix, the fictional girl group of Netflix's "KPop Demon Hunters" -- performed the nominated song "Golden" at the 98th Academy Awards, the first time a K-pop song has been performed live at the ceremony.

The set opened with dancers in hanbok before the three singers appeared in white. Much of the crowd had lightsticks in hand throughout -- the glow-in-the-dark wands that have been a staple of K-pop concerts worldwide.

The song went on to take home Best Original Song later in the evening.


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