Final night time, a number of the greatest names in music gathered in Elmont, New York, for the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards. Ariana Grande, Sabrina Carpenter, and Girl Gaga all took residence a number of the greatest awards, however one of many presenting teams on the occasion stole the present: the voices of Huntr/x, the fictional demon-slaying Ok-pop group from KPop Demon Hunters. Ejae, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami, the singing voices for Rumi, Mira, and Zoey within the Netflix animated musical, all got here collectively to current the award for Finest Album. Sadly, the group didn’t carry out any of the bangers from the film, however Nuna did take the chance to pay tribute to her character on the present along with her outfit.
Within the opening of KPop Demon Hunters, we see Huntr/x followers being interviewed on digicam in regards to the group. Just a few Mira followers discuss how she’s not solely the group’s main dancer and the black sheep of her household, however can be a trend icon on and off the stage, with one fan raving about how she wore a black sleeping bag to the Met Gala and it was an iconic second. Nuna didn’t put on a one-to-one recreation of Mira’s sleeping bag outfit to the VMAs, however she did put on a giant puffy jacket that was a transparent homage to the character over the remainder of her outfit. Possibly if she attends the Met Gala subsequent 12 months she will totally commit, however for now, we’ll take the nod.
Who else might put on a sleeping bag to the #VMAs???
Audrey Nuna of KPop Demon Hunters pays tribute to Mira on the pink carpet. | 📸: Getty pic.twitter.com/irG5g2PUzM
— Netflix (@netflix) September 7, 2025
Huntr/x was nominated for one award on the present, with “Golden” being within the operating for “Track of the Summer time,” however dropping out to Tate McRae’s “Simply Preserve Watching.” Even with out the award, the track has been extremely profitable exterior of the film, having topped the charts in over 20 international locations worldwide. Hopefully, in some unspecified time in the future this 12 months we get to listen to a number of the songs from the film carried out dwell throughout awards season. For now, we’ve movies of the women singing them at karaoke bars.
