Kpop Demon Hunters vocalists perform Golden on SNL premiere

The singers who provide the voices and lead songs for the Netflix animated hit Kpop Demon Hunters made a surprise appearance on the season 51 premiere of Saturday Night Live on Oct. 4, joining host Bad Bunny in a sketch and performing abbreviated live snippets of the film's breakout single Golden and the track Takedown. The cameo by EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami marked the trio's first live televised performance together and came a few days before their scheduled full appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

The sketch, set at a brunch table, featured Bad Bunny as Thomas and fellow cast members Mikey Day, Sarah Sherman and Chloe Fineman as friends debating popular culture. Thomas repeatedly defends his devotion to Kpop Demon Hunters, telling his companions, "It's actually not for kids. It's for smart adults," and daydreams of Huntrx, the film's fictional Kpop girl group. When Bowen Yang appears as the film's villain Jinu and briefly possesses Sherman's character, EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami enter to perform Golden, driving off the threat. The performers also briefly sang Takedown during an earlier beat of the sketch.

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