Stars of ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ to perform at 2026 BRIT Awards

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The singing stars of KPop Demon Hunters have been announced as performing at this month’s BRIT Awards.

This year’s ceremony is being held at Manchester’s Co-op Live on February 28 and ‘Golden’, the breakout hit from the most watched film in Netflix history, has been nominated for Best International Song.

Now, it has been revealed that EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI, who voice the singing trio HUNTR/X HUNTR/X K-POP GROUP HUNTR/X is a fictional K-pop girl group featured in Netflix’s animated film “KPop Demon Hunters”. in the movie and who have also been nominated for Best International Group, will play at the show.

Their performance will be pre-recorded ahead of the ceremony in front of invited fans and will air during the ceremony on ITV1 and YouTube.

The trio have said: “We are beyond thrilled to be nominated for 2 BRIT awards this year celebrating the music of KPop Demon Hunters! We can’t wait to bring a special performance to Manchester. See you soon UK fans!”

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They will be the first K-pop artist ever to perform at the BRITs, and they join Rosalía, Olivia Dean, Harry Styles and Wolf Alice as performers on the night. Jack Whitehall is returning to host for the sixth time, and this year’s trophy, designed by Matthew Williamson, has been unveiled.

Scottish art-folk artist Jacob Alon has been confirmed as the winner of the 2026 BRITs Critics’ Choice Award, and those with the most nominations this year include Olivia Dean, former NME Cover star Lola Young, Sam Fender, Lily Allen and Lewisham rapper Jim Legxacy.

Other artists being honoured at this year’s BRITs include Mark Ronson, who has been awarded for his Outstanding Contribution to Music, and Noel Gallagher, who has been given the ‘Songwriter Of The Year’ award.

You can check out a full list of nominees here.

EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI are also set to perform at the BAFTA Film Awards on February 22, which will be their first live performance together outside of the US. ‘Golden’ also took home the Best Song prize at the Golden Globes last month, and won the Grammy for Best Song Written For Visual Media. It is also nominated for an Oscar for Best Song this year.

‘Golden’ was named as the second best song of 2025 by NME, while KPop Demon Hunters was also included in the films of 2025 list.

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