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Episode Date: March 16, 2026

At the 2026 Oscars, EJAE and her team made history with Golden from Kpop Demon Hunters, winning best original song. Despite a cut-short speech, EJAE expressed gratitude for her bandmates and collaborators, highlighting the hard work behind the song. The film also won best animated feature, and EJAE cherished reconnecting with her Korean roots through the rehearsals. Support the show:Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[e-mail] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [e-mail]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/b7693d9118c46470

On this March 16th, here's what's making entertainment headlines. At the 2026 Oscars, the song Golden from the animated film K-pop Demon Hunters made history as the first K-pop track to win best original. Song. Singer-songwriter E.J.A.E. and her collaborators accepted the award on March 15th, but their speech got cut short by the orchestra, just as one of the cow writers started reading thanks. E.J.A.E. later shared that she missed thanking her bandmate. Ray Amin and Audrey Nuna, who provided the singing voices for the film's girl group. She called them incredible and said she loves them dearly. Six others joined her on stage, including Mark Sondinblik,

Junju Kwak, Wu Kwok, Wu Kong Wang, Wung Kwon Seo, and Teddy Park. Fans and viewers buzzed about the abrupt cutoff, but E.J.A.E. stressed how grateful the team felt. She highlighted the hard work and collaboration behind the song, praising the directors for the beautiful film. The wind-capped years of effort for the Korean-American artist. The trio also performed Golden Live at the Conan O'Brien hosted ceremony, which E.J.A.E. called an unreal honor. She got nervous but cherished reconnecting with her Korean roots through the rehearsals,

something she hid growing up in the States. K-pop Demon Hunters took home Best Animated Feature 2, beating out films like Zootopia 2 and Elio. Other big winners included, one-based, battle after another for Best Picture and Paul Thomas Anderson for director. Special thanks to our sponsor for supporting this episode. It is a pillow that plays your podcasts and music without earbuds. Built for Listening in Bed, S-O-L-I-SoulyPillow.com.