Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami went up, up, up for his or her “Golden” second on “The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon.”
The trio, who present the singing voices for the animated “KPop Demon Hunters” central lady group Huntr/x, hit the late-night TV present Tuesday to carry out the Netflix film’s signature music. It marks the primary time they’ve hit the stage collectively for a reside, full-length efficiency of “Golden,” and even Fallon couldn’t comprise his pleasure.
The primary No. 1 feminine Okay-pop music 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 through the present that the document had gone platinum.
When requested about their experiences across the large reputation of “KPop Demon Hunters,” the trio supplied phrases together with “surreal,” “delicious” “scrumptious,” “gorgeous” and “bonkers.”
“We attempt to give you new adjectives each time,” stated Nuna, who offers the singing voice for Mira.
Their “Tonight Present” look follows their transient cameo on the Season 51 premiere of “Saturday Night time Stay.” 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’” impression.
For Nuna this occurred on a visit to Korea when she noticed an aged road performer taking part in “Golden” on a conventional Korean instrument.
“I needed to do a double take as a result of in Korean tradition, it’s particularly spectacular if an aged particular person is impressed with you,” stated Nuna, who defined that Korean elders hardly ever bat a watch at accomplishments like attending an Ivy League school or graduating high of your class. “It’s actually arduous [to impress them]. They’ve excessive requirements. So for the older era to embrace it, it’s one thing completely 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 believe it’s one factor to listen to our music on the radio, however to listen to it come out of a kid, reside?” Ami stated. “In H Mart, my favourite place? … I simply cried at HMart.”
Ejae, in the meantime, supplied an anecdote that means “Golden’s” success could have been preordained.
Prompted by Fallon, the co-writer of “Golden” shared that whereas recording her a part of the music on the studio, she noticed a quick glimpse of “a grunge ghost.”
It was “a tall dude with a flannel … and blue denims,” Ejae stated. And this transient encounter could have been auspicious.
“My mother jogged my memory later [that] there’s a delusion in Korea within the music [business], should you see a ghost or any paranormal exercise whereas recording a music, it’s successful,” she stated.
