‘Winning Grammy will be a message to every Asian American girl who’s ever felt impostor syndrome,’ says ‘Golden’ songwriter Ejae

Everyone has a dream. Some see it through. Others are forced to let go. For 33-year-old Korean American singer-songwriter Ejae, born Kim Eun-jae, the dream was to debut as a K-pop idol after spending 10 years training at SM Entertainment. But the call never came. Neither in a group nor as a soloist did the powerhouse label see her fit to debut. Instead of turning her back on music, Ejae found another path — one that would lead her to co-write “Golden,” the soaring anthem from Netflix’s megahit “