'Golden' from KPop Demon Hunters reaches No. 1 on UK Singles Chart

'Golden' is the signature song of KPop Demon Hunters, an animated Netflix film released in June 2025. In the story it is performed by HUNTR/X, a fictional K-pop girl group that secretly fights demons. The vocals were provided by singers EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami.

The song climbed steadily after the film's release, helped by heavy streaming and the film's popularity with viewers. In early August 2025 it reached No. 1 on the UK Official Singles Chart, the main weekly ranking compiled by the Official Charts Company from streams and sales.

The achievement mattered because the song came from an animated film rather than a conventional pop release, and it beat the usual chart contenders. It showed how far the film's soundtrack had travelled beyond its core audience and made 'Golden' one of the biggest hits of the summer in Britain. That peak became the starting point for the song's unusually long presence on the chart in the months that followed.