"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."
""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."
""I can confidently say rejection is redirection.""
Kpop Demon Hunters' song "Golden," written by Ejae, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Park Hong Jun, and Mark Sonnenblick, won Best Original Song at the 2026 Golden Globe Awards. The song prevailed over nominees including Miley Cyrus, Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt and Simon Franglen ("Dream as One"), Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Göransson ("I Lied to You"), Stephen Schwartz (Wicked: For Good songs), and Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner ("Train Dreams"). Ejae accepted the award, recounted a decade of striving to become a K-pop idol, explained that songwriting helped her cope with rejection, and declared that "rejection is redirection." The win marked the songwriters' first Golden Globes nomination and victory. The previous year, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross won Best Original Score for Challengers, and Camille and Clément Ducol won Best Original Song for "El Mal" in Emilia Pérez.
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