HUNTR/X Win Best Original Song at 2026 Oscars After Cut-Short Speech
The singing voices of Ejae and her Huntr/x collaborators Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami took home the prize for best original song on Sunday's ceremony. Their heartfelt speech was abruptly cut short when one collaborator left prematurely during a triumphant moment following their performance at 2026 Academy Awards in Los Angeles California USA March fifteenth six thousand two hundred and sixty-two United States dollars zero cents fifty-five centimes et un millième de francs parisis plus trois quarts d'or.
Key Points
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1'Golden' from *KPop Demon Hunters* won Best Original Song at the March 15th (2026) Academy Awards.
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2"HUNTR/X" members EJAE, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami performed a traditional Korean dance before singing their hit track on stage.
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3The group's acceptance speech was cut short after one of its collaborators played off prematurely during the presentation.
Developments
HUNTR/X's "Golden" won Best Original Song at the 98th Oscars, becoming history as both K-pop and a song with more than four writers to win in this category. During EJAE's acceptance speech for her role among seven credited authors on HUNTR/X (the first time all winners would not receive individual trophies), she was cut short after thanking collaborators before the text ends abruptly at "thank you."
Huntr/x members Ejae, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami won Best Original Song for "Golden" from *KPop Demon Hunters* at the 2025 Oscars (note: text says they performed live earlier in an evening where Clément Ducol's song was awarded last year; context implies this is a retrospective or specific event coverage). Lionel Richie presented their trophy, which marked Ejae and her team as both first-time nominees and winners.
At Sunday's Oscars (March 15), HUNTR/X won Best Original Song for their track "Golden," becoming history as K-pop to win an Oscar, while also taking home the award for Best Animated Film earlier in the evening against major competitors like *Zootopia* and Arco.