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“We dreamin’ hard, we came so far, now I’ll believe… We’re goin’ up, up, up, it’s our moment, you know together we’re glowing, gonna be, gonna be golden.”
Like the Golden lyrics he wrote, Ejae or Kim Eun-jae never thought his career would shine golden after receiving an offer to join the project
KPop Demon Hunters
(2025).
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Moreover, the Korean-American singer and songwriter failed to debut at SM Entertainment after undergoing training for almost 10 years since starting the process at the age of 11.
Ejae expressed his disbelief when he learned that the KPop film Demon Hunters had won four nominations at the 2026 Grammy Awards on Friday (7/11).
Among the nominations, there is Song of the Year for the song Golden, a song co-written by Ejae with Mark Sonnenblick, 24, Ido, and Teddy.
The song that infected many people became one of the first two K-pop songs in history to be included in the prestigious Grammy Awards category for songwriting, along with APT.courtesy of Rose and Bruno Mars.
In an upload on Instagram on Saturday (9/11), the 31-year-old woman expressed her astonishment at receiving such a prestigious nomination at the same time she was entering the Grammy Awards for the first time.
“I don’t even have enough words to describe how I feel. This is beyond anything I could have ever imagined, being nominated for a Grammy is amazing,” he wrote in the post.
“To say that this is my dream is still not enough. All of this would not have been possible without the extraordinary support of the fans of this film,” he continued.
Ejae’s achievement is a prize that has been fought for for more than a decade.After failing to debut on SM as a K-pop idol, Ejae decided to continue his studies.
The woman who was born on December 6 1991 moved to the United States and studied at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, and really
move on
from training in 2015.
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After graduating from art school, he then chose to become a songwriter and producer.Ejae then met musician under SM, Andrew Choi, who later became his mentor.
After completing songwriting training, Ejae was then involved in working on the song Psycho for Red Velvet which opened more doors for Ejae.After that, Ejae produced a number of songs, including the soundtrack for the drama Woman of 9.9 Billion, Drama for aespa, and Birthday for Red Velvet.
Until finally he decided to join the KPop Demon Hunters project.In this animated film, he not only created the phenomenal song Golden, but also provided vocals for the character Rumi, vocalist of the fictional trio HUNTR/X.
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The song Golden, which seemed to contain Ejae’s heartfelt struggle, became phenomenal after KPop Demon Hunters was released in June 2025. This song not only received positive reviews, but reached its golden age as a soundtrack song.
The song reached number one on the Billboard Global 200, and also topped the charts in more than 30 countries, including South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States.The song also topped the top ten charts in more than 20 other countries.
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