Huntr/x took over Jimmy Fallon’s “The Tonight Show,” with the singing stars of Netflix’s smash “KPop Demon Hunters” making their late-night debut Tuesday for their first full live performance of the chart-topping single “Golden.”
EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami sing for the roles of Rumi (Arden Cho), Mira (May Hong) and Zoey (Ji-young Yoo), respectively, in “KPop Demon Hunters.” The animated film was released on June 20, and by late August, it was the streamer’s most-watched movie of all time, beating the previous title holder, “Red Notice,” with 236 million views. Directed by Chris Appelhans and Maggie Kang, the film follows a K-pop supergroup who must balance their lives as world-famous pop stars with their secret side hustle as demon slayers.
In their sit-down interview with Fallon, the late-night host broke news to the trio that the film’s soundtrack had gone platinum, referencing the most recent Billboard 200 albums chart. “The KPop Demon Hunters” soundtrack logged a second non-consecutive week at No. 1 in the latest tracking week. Of the 102,000 equivalent album units earned in the latest tracking week, the record accumulated 117 million on-demand official streams.
In September, “Golden” made history by leading the Hot 100 for a fifth consecutive week, making it the longest-running No. 1 song by an animated act in the chart’s history.
Additionally, the “KPop Demon Hunters” soundtrack has notched four total tracks on the Hot 100’s top ten. Outside of “Golden,” fan favorite tracks “Your Idol,” “Soda Pop,” and “How It’s Done” reached No. 4, No. 5, and No. 8, respectively.
On Oct. 4, Huntr/x stopped by another late-night TV staple, “Saturday Night Live.” Appearing as themselves alongside host and musical guest Bad Bunny, they performed an abbreviated version of “Golden” for the three-time Grammy winner, who played a dorky superfan of the fictional girl group.
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