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- The song also won Best Original Song at the 98th Academy Awards in March and at the 83rd Golden Globe Awards in January, and took the Grammy for Best Song Written for Visual Media earlier in 2026, according to Music Times.
- At the January Golden Globes, EJAE thanked the audience by saying "rejection is redirection" and quoted a line from the song, per ABC Audio carried by Music Times.
- The track topped the Billboard Hot 100 for eight weeks and reached No. 1 in more than 30 countries, according to Netflix figures reported by Music Times.
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"Golden," the breakout song from Netflix's "KPop Demon Hunters," won Best Original Song at the 2026 World Soundtrack Awards on Oct. 10 during the WSA Ceremony & Concert at Film Fest Gent in Ghent, Belgium, completing a sweep across the year's major screen-music honors. The song also won Best Original Song at the 98th Academy Awards in March and at the 83rd Golden Globe Awards in January, and took the Grammy for Best Song Written for Visual Media earlier in 2026, according to Music Times.
Performers and writers
"Golden" was written by Kim Eun-jae, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo and Teddy Park and is performed by HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI, the fictional K-pop group Huntrix's real-world voice cast, Music Times reports. At the January Golden Globes, EJAE thanked the audience by saying "rejection is redirection" and quoted a line from the song, per ABC Audio carried by Music Times.
Commercial reach
The track topped the Billboard Hot 100 for eight weeks and reached No. 1 in more than 30 countries, according to Netflix figures reported by Music Times. The full "KPop Demon Hunters" soundtrack placed eight songs on the Hot 100, described by Music Times as a record for any animated feature.
Other 2026 World Soundtrack Awards winners
British composer Daniel Pemberton was named Film Composer of the Year for "Project Hail Mary," "The Drama," "The Bad Guys 2" and "Masters of the Universe," Music Times reports. Jeff Russo received Television Composer of the Year for "Alien: Earth," "Cape Fear" and "Citadel" (Season 2). Hannah Peel won Discovery of the Year, and Kevin Smithers' score for "Soy Frankelda" took the Public Choice Award.
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