Key Takeaways

• Performance Highlight: HUNTR/X captivated the audience at the Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala.
• Billboard Recognition: The trio celebrated their Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit “Golden” during an interview.
• Empowering Themes: Their songs share a strong message about authenticity and self-acceptance.
• Grammy Achievement: “Golden” made history as the first K-pop song to win a Grammy.

Back in January, at the Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala, the singing voices of HUNTR/X were exactly where they were supposed to be when Demi Lovato captured their performance from the star-packed crowd.

During their Billboard Women in Music cover interview, EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI — the singing voices behind the animated KPop Demon Hunters group and our 2026 Women of the Year — recalled performing their eight-week Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit “Golden” to a crowd of industry insiders and music royalty earlier this year.

“My sister saw Demi Lovato taking a video of us at the Clive Davis party,” Nuna told Billboard. “And I was like, ‘Wow, Camp Rock changed my life.’ This is real. This is me.”

After Nuna’s spoken-word version of the chorus of “This Is Me” — the standout Lovato and Joe Jonas duet from the 2008 Disney Channel Original Movie that reached the Hot 100 top 10 — all three women broke into song during the interview. “This is real! This is me! I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be.”

“It kind of has a similar message to ‘Golden,’ honestly,” Nuna remarked about the similarly empowering anthems. In fact, the lyrics are almost eerily on point: In “This Is Me,” Lovato sings, “No more hiding who I want to be,” while “Golden” finds EJAE proclaiming, “No more hiding, I’ll be shinin’ like I’m born to be.”

Nuna added: “To see cultural staples of our generation adore this movie is pretty…”

“Mind-blowing,” EJAE chimed in.

“Surreal, yeah,” Nuna agreed.

And Lovato wasn’t the only one singing to “Golden” that night: “Lana Del Rey apparently at Clive Davis sang [along with ‘Golden’ and Ryan Tedder] recorded it,” EJAE said. “I just saw it online, and she was singing ‘Golden’ with us. So I feel strengthened,” she added with a laugh.

The night after the Clive party, “Golden” won the Grammy for best song written for visual media, making it the first K-pop song to ever win a Grammy.

And the accolades keep piling up for the trio, who will next be honored at the Billboard Women in Music ceremony April 29 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, accepting the coveted Women of the Year prize alongside fellow 2026 honorees Teyana Taylor, Tate McRae, Ella Langley, Kehlani, Laufey, Mariah the Scientist, Thalia and Zara Larsson. As previously announced, the awards will be hosted by Keke Palmer, who will also perform, and the show will stream live on Billboard.com and Billboard‘s YouTube channel.