Overview
- The track "Golden" took Song of the Year at the American Music Awards in Las Vegas on Monday, with Ejae and Rei Ami accepting the prize onstage and Audrey Nuna absent.
- Ejae and Rei Ami used their acceptance remarks to thank fans and the KPop Demon Hunters team, with Ejae specifically crediting the fandom for the song’s success.
- Before the AMAs, "Golden" had already won at the Grammys, Golden Globes and Oscars and fuelled strong commercial performance, including eight nonconsecutive weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 and ten nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 on the U.K. singles chart.
- The AMAs are decided entirely by fan votes, making the award a direct indicator of the project’s organized online and real-world fan support rather than a peer- or industry-selected honor.
- Some outlets and an Instagram post from Ejae report that the KPop Demon Hunters project won multiple AMA categories and that Ejae posed with four trophies, but those specific claims are less widely corroborated in primary reporting.