We acquired a style of Ejae (Rumi), Audrey Nuna (Mira), and Rei Ami (Zoey), the fantastic singers behind KPop Demon Hunters’ fictional Okay-pop band Huntr/x, throughout their temporary stint on Saturday Night time Dwell. There, the women featured as cameos in a sketch that had them combating demons alongside rapper Dangerous Bunny. Entertaining, certain, however solely a small style of their vocal prowess.
Now the trio has taken it one step additional: performing reside on The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon. Fallon’s present has featured many musical acts through the years, however talking as an enthusiastic fan of KPop Demon Hunters, I do not assume I have been as excited to look at a efficiency as I used to be this one.
Whereas SNL technically takes the trophy for being the primary time the band has carried out reside collectively, the group’s efficiency on Fallon will virtually definitely be the one that individuals might be replaying for a very long time to return.
With backing visuals from the film enjoying behind them, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami carried out the hit that has taken them to the highest of Billboard’s Prime 100, “Golden.” It is a music that is damaged information, and one which lead singer Ejae lately defined got here to her whereas she was driving to the dentist, the place she truly ended up getting a gold filling. Coincidence? Destiny? Possibly a little bit of each.
The group was additionally interviewed by Fallon, the place they spoke in regards to the emotional responses they’ve acquired from followers of the movie, how their lives have modified since, and the shock at receiving a Platinum Report, which is awarded after promoting a million models of an album or single.
The recognition and international attain of KPop Demon Hunters solely proceed to develop. With a profitable theatrical launch and a sequel undoubtedly on the best way, the course of the place Huntr/x will go subsequent appears clear: up, up, up.
