The songwriters and lyricists behind Kpop Demon Hunters’ global smash hit “Golden”—Ejae, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Park Hong Jun, and Mark Sonnenblick—have won Best Original Song at the 2026 Golden Globe Awards. They beat out Miley Cyrus, Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, and Simon Franglen (Avatar: Fire and Ash’s “Dream as One”); Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Göransson (Sinners’ “I Lied to You”); Stephen Schwartz (Wicked: For Good’s “No Place Like Home” and “The Girl in the Bubble”); and Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner (Train Dreams’ “Train Dreams”). This is their first-ever Golden Globes nomination and win.
“Golden” singer Ejae and her cowriters accepted the award from presenters Charli XCX and Joe Keery. “Thank you so much to Golden Globes for this incredible honor. I’m just so honored to be alongside the other nominees,” Ejae said while fighting back tears and hyperventilating. “When I was a little girl, I worked tirelessly for ten years to fill one dream: to become a K-pop idol. I was rejected and disappointed that my voice wasn’t good enough. So I wrote songs and music to get through it. So now I’m here as a singer and a songwriter and it’s a dream come true to be part of a song that is helping other girls, other boys, and everyone from all ages to get through their hardships and accept themselves. So thank you, Golden Globes, for accepting my voice and our voice.” She took to the mic again at the very end to add one final note: “I can confidently say rejection is redirection.”
The 2025 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score went to Nine Inch Nails musicians Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for their work on Challengers. That same year, Camille and Clément Ducol won Best Original Song for “El Mal” in Emilia Pérez.
