‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Singers Light Up ‘Tonight Show’ Stage With First Live Performance of No. 1 Smash ‘Golden’

Tuesday nighttime (Oct. 7) was afloat of firsts for the real-life singers of the Netflix deed KPop Demon Hunters No. 1 azygous “Golden.” Not lone did EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami get to beryllium connected the sofa with Tonight Show big Jimmy Fallon and speech astir the chaotic thrust they’ve been connected since the animated movie that was released connected June 20 has blown up to go the streamer’s most-watched movie of each time, but they besides got to execute their signature deed unrecorded connected TV for the archetypal time.

Dressed successful each black, the trio, who supply the vocals for fictional radical HUNTR/X successful the film, were introduced by a abbreviated animated video earlier EJAE sang, “I was a ghost, I was alone/ Eoduwojin abgilsog-e/ Given the throne, I didn’t cognize however to believe/ I was the queen that I was meant to be/ I lived 2 lives, tried to play some sides.”

Ami past moved to the beforehand and sang astir surviving “two lives” and trying to play “both sides,” arsenic images from the movie screened down them earlier Nuna stepped up with immoderate soul-sparked vocals astir being a “problem child” who got “too wild.” When the soaring chorus came around, each 3 lined up and busted retired the by-now-iconic “Up, up, up” refrain connected a futuristic acceptable featuring flashing vertical neon stripes and a integer projection floor.

The show came arsenic the soundtrack to the movie is slated to return to No. 1 connected the Billboard 200 albums illustration dated Oct. 11, rolling up its 2nd week atop the tally. “Golden” has spent 8 weeks astatine No. 1 connected the Billboard Hot 100, turning the real-life trio into overnight stars acknowledgment to their vocal enactment successful the movie astir a K-pop supergroup who equilibrium popular stardom with a broadside gig arsenic demon slayers successful which they sing for the roles of Rumi (EJAE), Mira (Nuna) and Zoey (Ami).

Before that, the radical sat connected the sofa with Fallon to speech astir the “surreal,” “scrumptious,” and “delicious” acquisition they’ve had truthful far, with EJAE laughing that their surprise Saturday Night Live cameo past play was “so insane.” Ami added that the “10-year-old successful maine conscionable came to unrecorded being connected set” successful the sketch they shared with the night’s host, 2026 Super Bowl halftime performer Bad Bunny, comparing the acquisition to being astatine “theater camp.”

Fallon past proceeded to stroke their minds with immoderate facts and figures astir the deed soundtrack, which has been connected the Billboard 200 medium charts for 15 weeks truthful far. He besides noted that “Golden” has been No. 1 connected the Billboard Hot 100 for 8 weeks, is the longest-running No. 1 truthful acold this twelvemonth connected the Global 200 Singles chart, is the archetypal No. 1 pistillate K-pop opus successful the past of the Hot 100 and that they are the longest-running No. 1 miss radical of the period successful the Hot 100, besting Destiny’s Child.

All they could bash was screen their faces and exhale astatine the awesome database of accomplishments. Asked what their wildest experiences person been truthful far, EJAE sai...