Live Oscar Updates: "Golden" from 'K-Pop Demon Hunters' Wins the 2026 Best Original Song Oscar

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At the 98th Academy Awards in 2026, the Oscar for Best Original Song was won by “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters, marking a historic moment as the first K‑pop song to ever take home the Academy Award in this category. The song was written by a team including EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, and Teddy Park, and is performed in the film by EJAE, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami. Golden had already enjoyed an unprecedented awards season — winning at the Golden Globes and taking home a Grammy for Best Song Written for Visual Media — and its Academy win celebrated not just its catchy, genre‑blending composition but also its global cultural impact, from topping charts around the world to spotlighting K‑pop on cinema’s biggest stage.