Kedeheon's 'Golden' Huntrix makes a surprise appearance on Coachella Katzai's stage [K-EYES]

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The lights went off and "Golden" flowed...Coachella Sahara Stage Is Upside Down by K-Pop

K-pop rocked the stage of Coachella, the largest music festival in the United States. On the first day of Coachella 2026, which opened in Indio, California on the 10th (local time), actual vocals from the virtual girl group Huntrix of the Netflix animated film "KPop Demon Hunters" made a surprise appearance on the stage of global girl group KATSEYE and exploded the scene.

The stage lights suddenly turned off while Katzai was performing the new performances "Pinky Up," "Internet Girl" and "Mean Girls" on the Sahara stage. The audience reacted immediately when a familiar melody played in the dark. Ejae, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami — the three actual vocalists of the Huntrix members in the film walked out into the spotlight. The scene was filled with shouts as the harmony of "Golden" broke out with eight voices.

"Golden" is the first song in K-pop history to win the Best Original Song at the Academy Awards in March this year. K-pop Demon Hunters also won the Best Animated Feature Award on the same day, setting the record for the best award in Netflix history. On the day of the awards ceremony, Jay's acceptance speech was suddenly cut off, making headlines. Jay said, "When I was young, I was teased for liking K-pop, but now the whole world sings our songs in Korean. The award is not about success, it's about resilience," he said, but the microphone was cut off right away.

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Katzai performed her first Coachella performance on the same day. Formed through the Netflix reality "Dream Academy" in 2023, the multinational girl group consists of five people from South Korea (Yoon Chae-jung), India (Lara Raj), the Philippines (Daniela Avantezzi), Canada (Sophia Laporteza), and the United States (Meghan Skindiel). "Coachella has always been my number one dream since I became a group," Lara said, while Daniela flashed her eyes, saying, "It's a really special moment."

However, the performance was held in a five-member system without member Manon Bannerman. Manon announced a temporary suspension of its activities in February for health reasons.

The meeting between the two groups was no accident. The commonality of being a K-pop-friendly group that has grown based on Netflix, and the symbolism of the voices who actually sang the Oscar-winning song being on the public stage for the first time are combined. Before the performance, a video of the two groups checking the sound together was leaked on TikTok, and as the actual stage unfolded, SNS was infested with reactions such as "historic moment" and "the birth of a new supergroup." Katzai will also perform in the second week of Coachella on the 17th.

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