Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami went up, up, up for his or her “Golden” second on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”
The trio, who present the singing voices for the animated “KPop Demon Hunters” central woman group Huntr/x, hit the late-night TV present Tuesday to carry out the Netflix film’s signature track. It marks the primary time they’ve hit the stage collectively for a reside, full-length efficiency of “Golden,” and even Fallon couldn’t include his pleasure.
The primary No. 1 feminine Okay-pop track within the historical past of the Billboard Sizzling 100, “Golden” has helped propel the “KPop Demon Hunters” soundtrack to its latest accolade. Fallon knowledgeable Ejae, Nuna and Ami throughout the present that the report had gone platinum.
When requested about their experiences across the large recognition of “KPop Demon Hunters,” the trio provided phrases together with “surreal,” “scrumptious” “delicious,” “stunning” and “bonkers.”
“We try to come up with new adjectives every time,” mentioned Nuna, who offers the singing voice for Mira.
Their “Tonight Show” look follows their temporary cameo on the Season 51 premiere of “Saturday Night Live.” Throughout their sitdown interview with Fallon, each Nuna and Ami (the singing voice of Zoey) recounted real-life encounters with “Golden” that drove residence the magnitude of “KPop Demon Hunters’” affect.
For Nuna this occurred on a visit to Korea when she noticed an aged avenue performer enjoying “Golden” on a conventional Korean instrument.
“I had to do a double take because in Korean culture, it’s especially impressive if an elderly person is impressed with you,” mentioned Nuna, who defined that Korean elders hardly ever bat a watch at accomplishments like attending an Ivy League faculty or graduating high of your class. “It’s really hard [to impress them]. They have high standards. So for the older generation to embrace it, it’s something different.”
Ami’s encounter was with a a lot youthful fan. She recalled a visit to an H Mart the place she noticed a younger boy singing “Golden” on the high of his lungs whereas holding palms together with his mom.
“I think it’s one thing to hear our song on the radio, but to hear it come out of a child, live?” Ami mentioned. “In H Mart, my favorite place? … I just cried at HMart.”
Ejae, in the meantime, provided an anecdote that means “Golden’s” success might have been preordained.
Prompted by Fallon, the co-writer of “Golden” shared that whereas recording her a part of the track on the studio, she noticed a short glimpse of “a grunge ghost.”
It was “a tall dude with a flannel … and blue jeans,” Ejae mentioned. And this temporary encounter might have been auspicious.
“My mom reminded me later [that] there’s a myth in Korea in the music [business], if you see a ghost or any paranormal activity while recording a song, it’s a hit,” she mentioned.
