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On a stage, the members of Huntrix pose with their signature weapons. They are dressed in their outfits from the beginning of the film. From left to right: Zoey, Rumi, and Mira.
The Huntrix members, from left to right:
Zoey, Rumi, and Mira.
Background information
OriginKPop Demon Hunters
Genres
Years active2025–present
LabelRepublic
Members

Huntrix (/ˈhʌntrɪks/ HUN-triks;[1][2] stylized as Huntr/x in all caps)[3][4] is a virtual K-pop girl group introduced in the 2025 Netflix animated musical film KPop Demon Hunters. The group consists of three members – Rumi, Mira, and Zoey – whose singing voices are provided by Ejae, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami, respectively. Their respective speaking voices are provided by Arden Cho, May Hong, and Ji-young Yoo.

Following the release of KPop Demon Hunters, Huntrix received critical acclaim. The group has received many accolades, such as the 2025 Premios 40 Principales for Best International New Artist, the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Award for Best Duo/Group of the Year, and the 2026 Billboard Women of the Year. Their song "Golden" won the Best Original Song at both the 83rd Golden Globe Awards and the 98th Academy Awards as well as the 2026 Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media.

Conception and creation

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The members of Huntrix are the protagonists of the 2025 Netflix animated film KPop Demon Hunters which was directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans.[5] With-in the film's universe, Huntrix are the latest trio in a long line of female demon hunters, who use their singing and concerts to empower the magic Honmoon barrier and protect humanity from the demon king Gwi-Ma and his minions; their goal is to create the Golden Honmoon which will permanently keep demons out of the world.[6][7] David Tizzard of The Korea Times explained that Huntrix perform "a traditional Korean shamanic gut ritual reimagined in a hypermodern stadium".[7] KPop Demon Hunters was conceived by Kang who wanted to make a film "set in Korean culture"; she "delved into mythology and demonology for something that could be visually unique" compared to "mainstream media".[8] She also called the film her "love letter to K-pop" and her "Korean roots".[5] Kang explained that when developing the history of the demon hunters they decided to play into "the shaman women from Korean culture" as historically these women would "sing and dance to protect their village and their communities".[9]

Sacred knives belonging to shaman Yi Jung-chun were used to model the shinkal throwing knives wielded by Zoey in the film.
Rumi wields a saingeom, a type of Korean sword.

On the character design of Huntrix, Kang highlighted wanting to differentiate from "Marvel female superheroes that were just sexy and cool and badass" and instead have "girls who had potbellies and burped and were crass and silly and fun" leading to the creation of "something that encompassed all of those elements".[10] The three members of Huntrix were modeled after K-pop girl groups like Itzy, Blackpink, and Twice. Kang commented that 2NE1 and Blackpink provided an early reference.[11] Baek Byung-yeul of The Korea Times stated the styling of Huntrix and their rival group the Saja Boys connects to "the past and the present of Korea" – the members of Huntrix "wear 'norigae' pendants integrated into modern K-pop fashion" and the weapons they wield are rooted in "traditional Korean objects".[12] The character of Rumi was originally "created for story artist Radford Sechrist's" comic Plastic Walrus;[13] Sechrist is also Kang's husband[14] and together "they came up with her name and her signature hairstyle together, and Kang later molded the concept into the Huntr/x leader".[13]

For the film's music, Kang and Appelhans considered K-pop as an integral genre for selecting the musical tone.[15][16] They enlisted an array of music producers to work on "chart-worthy K-pop tracks" including Teddy Park, co-founder of The Black Label, along with Grammy-nominated and winning producers Lindgren, Stephen Kirk, and Jenna Andrews, who had worked on music for K-pop artists such as BTS, Twice, and Blackpink amongst others. Ian Eisendrath served as the executive music producer, who noted "I've always thought of K-pop as the most theatrical genre of pop, and so I was just instantly excited by the possibilities of what could happen in a narrative context with the K-pop songs [and] incorporating actual, hit-making K-pop artists. I just felt like everything was really set up to be a special musical and narrative experience."[17] With-in the film's universe, Huntrix is pit against the Saja Boys, a demon boy band.[18][19] When comparing the songs of Huntrix and the Saja Boys, Appelhans explained they "wanted the Saja Boys' songs to be super catchy, but slightly hollow, like there's no real soul underneath" which contrasts with the "emotionally vulnerable and honest" Huntrix songs – "the idea was that the surface-level part of your heart might be obsessed with the boys, but the deeper part is moved by the girls".[11]

Appearances

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An image of the stage taken at a distance so most of the floor crowd is visible. The singers are wearing white and red on a stage with a Christmas theme. A song lyric, "Now I'm Shining", is projected behind them.
From left to right, the Huntrix singers Rei Ami, Ejae, and Audrey Nuna performing "Golden" at the 2025 KIIS-FM Jingle Ball.[20]

Huntrix debuted on June 20, 2025, in the animated film KPop Demon Hunters and on its accompanying soundtrack.[6][21] The Huntrix singers Ejae, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami did not meet until the film's premiere event as each singer recorded separately. Nuna commented that they "were thrown together, basically", and after seeing photos of them together, thought "'Damn, we look like we were perfectly calculated to be in this group.' The balance is nuts. But to think how serendipitous it was that this happened – we didn't audition in rooms or go through multiple rounds of pairings to find each other… It just speaks to the beauty of the universe and how things go and when things just happen".[22] The group made a cameo appearance on the season 51 premiere of Saturday Night Live in a sketch based on the film, reprising their respective roles as Rumi, Mira and Zoey.[23] A few days after, on October 7, 2025, "Golden" was performed live in full for the first time by Ejae, Nuna, and Rei Ami on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.[24][25] In 2025, the group also performed at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade,[26] the KIIS-FM Jingle Ball,[27] and at Snoop's Holiday Halftime Party.[28]

Then on January 8, 2026, they performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live! with the debut of a new symphonic version of "Golden". This version, "Golden (Glowin' Version)", was released the following day.[29][30] Also in January 2026, it was announced that "Golden" would be one of two live musical performances at the 98th Academy Awards (March 2026), following its nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Song.[31]

In April 2026, the group performed an abridged version of "How It's Done" as part of a McDonald's collaboration.[32][33] On May 13, 2026, Netflix announced a partnership with AEG Presents to launch a global KPop Demon Hunters concert tour. However, this announcement did not confirm if the Huntrix singing talent would appear on this tour.[34][35]

Members

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Ejae, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami are the singers for Huntrix's members Rumi, Mira, and Zoey, respectively
Headshot of Arden Cho looking straight at the camera.
Closeup photo of May Hong. She is holding a microphone close to her face and looking off to her right, not directly toward the camera.
Closeup photo of Ji-young Yoo at a panel. She is looking off to her right, not directly toward the camera.
Arden Cho, May Hong, and Ji-young Yoo voice Rumi, Mira, and Zoey, respectively, in the film

The members of Huntrix consist of three characters from the film KPop Demon Hunters (2025):

  • Rumi (voiced by Arden Cho, young Rumi voiced by Rumi Oak, singing voice provided by Ejae): the film's main character, she is the lead vocalist and leader of Huntrix, who wields a saingeom sword in combat.[36][12] Rumi is the daughter of a demon father and her late mother Ryu Mi-yeong, who was a demon hunter and K-pop idol in the group Sunlight Sisters. She was raised by her mother's bandmate and fellow hunter Celine.[37][38] Ejae was originally brought onto the film's production as a songwriter.[39][40] Kang attributed Ejae's demos as one of the reasons the film was greenlit; in an interview with Genius Korea, Ejae explained she had co-written and recorded "most of the demos" for the film when the directors then asked her to be the official singing voice for the character Rumi.[40] She attributed her casting to "the directors [getting] used to hearing [her] voice in the demos".[40] Ejae commented that not only "was it a cool opportunity" but also she had "known the character for a long time" and "resonated so much with her and her storyline" so "it felt natural and confident to emote all Rumi's feelings while singing".[40]
  • Mira (voiced by May Hong, singing voice provided by Audrey Nuna): the visual and main dancer of Huntrix,[38][better source needed] who wields a gokdo polearm in combat.[36][12] Mira comes from a wealthy background and was considered the black sheep of her family due to her rebellious nature.[38] The character of Mira was inspired by Korean model Ahn So Yeon;[41][42][43]
  • Zoey (voiced by Ji-young Yoo, singing voice provided by Rei Ami): the main rapper, lyricist, and maknae of Huntrix,[38] who wields shinkal throwing knives in combat.[36][12] Zoey is Korean American, and was raised in Burbank.[38][44]

Laura Sirikul of the Los Angeles Times explained that prior to film's release, the Huntrix singers were "already established in the industry" – "Nuna and Ami as artists" and the former K-pop trainee Ejae "as a songwriter for K-pop groups".[22] Sirikul commented that the film "propelled" them "into a new intensity of spotlight".[22]

Reception

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Following the October 2025 performance by Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Jennifer Zhan of Vulture wrote that "the more these three perform together, the more they look like a real group with an inspiring backstory, distinct personalities, and harmony onstage and off".[45] Zhan commented that "their harmonies and high notes sound just as stable in real life as they do on the soundtrack".[45] She argued that "with talent like this, it would be a waste to keep Huntr/x on the screen" and that "the longevity of a group this promising shouldn't be tied to Netflix or Sony's development timeline".[45] Academic Dácil Roca Vera, in an analysis of the film's portrayal of both Huntrix and the Saja Boys, argued that the film presents "a gendered opposition" that emphasizes "ensemble action" through its lyrics and vocals.[19] She noted that Huntrix's music "repeatedly" employs plural and affirmative language, as well as "semantics of repair/care" in the chorus sections; while, in contrast, the Saja Boys' music emphasizes power, adoration, and possession.[19] Vera wrote that Huntrix's K-pop performance style, characterized by "precise geometries, cuts riding the beat, and toned-down sensual moves", is tailored to a family audience.[19] Additionally, she explained that the group's members have "an idol body template" adapted for this audience, with distinctions conveyed through features such as hair, outfits, and weapons rather than "sexualised emphasis".[19] Vera wrote that while Huntrix feature this body template, they are presented as physically capable figures, with minimalized sexualization; this supports interpretations centered on "capability and agency rather than objectification".[19]

The Huntrix song "Golden" rose to number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 during the week of August 16, 2025. Billboard reported that this was a milestone in multiple categories as Huntrix is the first to reach number one "for all-women collectives of three or more members" since "Bootylicious" by Destiny's Child in 2001, the first fictional act to reach number one since "We Don't Talk About Bruno" in 2022, and "'Golden' is the ninth song associated with Korean pop to conquer the Hot 100" as well as "the first by female lead vocalists".[46] Vulture highlighted that those eight other K-pop songs were either BTS songs or solos by BTS members.[47] "Golden" also claimed the number one spot on the Billboard Global 200 during the week of July 19, 2025.[48]

Discography

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Soundtrack albums

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Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[49]
AUS
[50]
CAN
[51]
FRA
[52]
NZ
[53]
UK Com.
[54]
UK Sound.
[54]
KPop Demon Hunters
(with Kpop Demon Hunters Cast and Saja Boys)
1112111

Singles

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Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[61]
AUS
[62]
CAN
[63]
KOR
[64]
MLY
[65]
NZ
[66]
PHL
Hot

[67]
SGP
[68]
UK
[69]
WW
[70]
"Golden" 2025 1111112111 KPop Demon Hunters
"How It's Done" 899109812995

Promotional singles

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Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[61]
AUS
[62]
CAN
[63]
KOR
[64]
MLY
[65]
NZ
[66]
PHL
Hot

[67]
SGP
[76]
UK
[69]
WW
[70]
"What It Sounds Like" 2025 15131544710178137 KPop Demon Hunters

Other charted songs

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Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[61]
AUS
[62]
CAN
[63]
KOR
[64]
MLY
[65]
NZ
[66]
PHL
Hot

[67]
SGP
[78]
UK
[69]
WW
[70]
"Takedown" 2025 21172537181824136711 KPop Demon Hunters

Awards and nominations

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Awards and nominations for Huntrix
Year Award Category Work Result Refs.
2025 K-World Dream Awards Best OST "Golden" Won [81][82][83]
MTV Video Music Awards Song of Summer "Golden" Nominated [84][85]
NRJ Music Awards Social Hit "Golden"
(David Guetta Remix)
Won [86]
Korea Grand Music Awards Best Virtual Artist Huntrix Nominated [87]
Los 40 Music Awards Best International New Artist Huntrix Won [88]
Hollywood Music in Media Awards Song – Animated Film "Golden" Won [89][90]
Song – Onscreen Performance (Film) "Golden" Nominated
MAMA Awards Best OST "Golden" Won [91][92]
Song of the Year "Golden" Nominated
Asia Artist Awards Best OST "Golden" Won [93]
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Best Song "Golden" Nominated [94][95]
Melon Music Awards Song of the Year "Golden" Nominated [96][97]
Best OST "Golden" Won
Georgia Film Critics Association Awards Best Original Song "Golden" Runner-up [98]
2026 Critics' Choice Movie Awards Best Song "Golden" Won [99]
Capri Hollywood International Film Festival Best Original Song "Golden" Won [100]
Astra Film Awards Best Original Song "Golden" Won [101]
Golden Globe Awards Best Original Song – Motion Picture "Golden" Won [102]
American Cinematheque Tribute to the Crafts Feature Film Song "Golden" Honored [103]
Houston Film Critics Society Best Original Song "Golden" Won [104]
Grammy Awards Song of the Year "Golden" Nominated [105][106]
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance "Golden" Nominated
Best Song Written for Visual Media "Golden" Won
Best Remixed Recording "Golden"
(David Guetta Remix)
Nominated
Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards Outstanding Original Song for a Comedy or Musical Visual Media Production "Golden" Won [107]
Gold Derby Film Awards Best Original Song "Golden" Won [108]
Brit Awards International Group of the Year Huntrix Nominated [109]
International Song of the Year Huntrix Nominated
Satellite Awards Best Original Song "Golden" Nominated [110][111]
Japan Gold Disc Award Song of the Year by Download (Asia) "Golden" Won [112]
Song of the Year by Streaming (Asia) "Golden" Won
Academy Awards Best Original Song "Golden" Won [113][114]
iHeartRadio Music Awards Best Duo/Group of the Year Huntrix Won [115]
Pop Song of the Year "Golden" Nominated
K-pop Song of the Year "Golden" Won
Best Lyrics "Golden" Nominated
Billboard Women in Music Billboard Women of the Year Huntrix Honored [116]
American Music Awards Song of the Year "Golden" Won [117][118]
Best Pop Song "Golden" Won
Best Vocal Performance "Golden" Won
Music Awards Japan Best Song Asia "Golden" Won [119][120]
Best International Pop Song in Japan "Golden" Nominated
Best of Listeners' Choice: International Song powered by Spotify "Golden" Nominated
MTV Video Music Awards Song of the Year "Golden" Pending [121]
World Soundtrack Awards Best Original Song "Golden" Pending [122][123]

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