Netflix animated phenomena “KPOP Demon Hunters” Breaks a record on more than just the screen. “Golden”, the glittering, high-energy single from the film’s fictional K-pop group Hunt/X, has risen to the top of Billboard Hot 100 and marks a historical first for a female led K-pop act.
Diagram Triumph comes on the back of 31.7 million American currents, a 71% sharp increase in Radio Airplay and 7,000 units sold between August 1-7, according to Billboard. It also extends the reign of the track on the streaming song’s chart to a third week in a row while setting a new record as a threat 100’s biggest winner in streaming for six straight weeks – a performance unmatched since Migos “Bad and Boujee” 2017.
“Golden”, expressed by Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami, is not just another movie sound track-it is a full-fledged K-pop power plant designed with precision, hooks and Polish to stand alongside the genre’s real heavyweight. Co-director Maggie Kang has described the team’s mission as creating music that “legitimately fits into K-pop space”, and the results speak for themselves: this is not a news song that rides on a movie’s coatails, but a legitimate pop challenger that dominates their own merits.
Its success also places Hunt/in rare companies. The Last Fictional Ensemble to Claim The Hot 100’s Top Spot was Encanto’s “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” in 2022, While the Last All-Female Collective of Three or More Members to Do So Was Destiny’s Child With “Booty” In 2001. In 2001. In 2001. In 2001. In 2001. Track tied to the genre to top the chart, joining bts, jung kook, jimin, and psy in the elite club.
The song’s ascent has been steady and dramatic: debuted on No. 81 on July 5, it cracked the top 10 within weeks, driven by fanentusias, social media and viral choreographer challenges. Britain’s fans have embraced it equally hard and pushed it to No. 1 on the official single diagram which makes it only to the second K-pop single to achieve that performance after PSY’s “Gangnam Style” in 2012.
“Golden” is not the only sound track that finds chart success. “Your Idol”, performed by the film’s university group Saja Boys in university, landed on No. 8 on Hot 100 and also topped us Spotify charts in July, and brief Global Juggernauts BTS and Blackpink.
“KPOP Demon Hunters” himself has been a volatile hit for Netflix since its edition in June 2025. Fantasy-action musical, after a K-Pop Girl Group Moonlighing as Demon Slayers, is now the platform’s most guarded animated original and other most watching English-language films through the times. Critics have praised their dazzling animation, infectious soundtrack and genre -bending premise and earned a 97% “certified fresh” score on rotten tomatoes.
With their dual success in streaming and music, industry-ins Netflix speculates “KPOP Demon Hunters” to a multi-film franchise, which echoes the course for Disney’s “Frozen”. But at the moment “Golden” enjoys its moment in the sun and writes about the rules for what a movie-soundtrack song can achieve in the K-pop era.
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