{"id":173662,"date":"2026-08-13T13:54:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T20:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=173662"},"modified":"2026-08-13T13:54:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T20:54:32","slug":"this-is-the-reason-why-leonardo-dicaprio-made-kpop-demon-hunters-ejae-nervous-at-the-2026-baftas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/this-is-the-reason-why-leonardo-dicaprio-made-kpop-demon-hunters-ejae-nervous-at-the-2026-baftas\/","title":{"rendered":"This is the reason why Leonardo DiCaprio made KPop Demon Hunters\u2019 EJAE nervous at the 2026 BAFTAs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>EJAE<\/strong>, the singing voice behind <strong>Rumi<\/strong> on <strong>KPop Demon Hunters<\/strong>, revealed that<strong> Leonardo DiCaprio<\/strong> made her especially nervous while she performed \u201cGolden\u201d at the 2026 BAFTA Awards. In a new interview with The Times in the United Kingdom, the vocalist admitted that she still thinks about mistakes she made during the performance, including a small voice crack on one of the song\u2019s difficult high notes. EJAE said the pressure became even stronger when she looked into the audience, made eye contact with DiCaprio, and noticed that the actor was not smiling.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"HUNTR\/X perform \u2018Golden\u2019 LIVE at the BAFTAs \ud83c\udfa4\u2728 (EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI) - BBC\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-tdLYsc-KBY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The moment took place shortly before EJAE sang the lyric \u201cborn to be\u201d and prepared for one of the most difficult parts of the well-known hit song. She explained that performing in front of a room full of major celebrities was already stressful, but seeing DiCaprio directly in front of her distracted her and made her more nervous. EJAE, known for being Rumi\u2019s singing voice in the film as part of HUNTR\/X, also helped write the hit song.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>\u201cHe made me so nervous. It was already so nerve-wracking to be in front of all these celebrities, and then I look up and lock eyes with Leonardo DiCaprio? Come on,\u201d she said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ejae reveals Beyonc\u00e9 praised her voice as \u201cincredible\u201d after her BAFTA performance:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was beyond starstruck. Beyonc\u00e9 is my idol and she said, \u2018You have an incredible voice.\u2019 I asked her, \u2018Do you know\u00a0\u2018Golden?\u2019 She was like, \u2018Yeah, my girls sing it.\u2019\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hEn8d70l9S\">pic.twitter.com\/hEn8d70l9S<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pop Base (@PopBase) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PopBase\/status\/2087963339909419517?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 13, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Despite her concerns about the BAFTA performance, \u201cGolden\u201d became a major success. The song reached #1 on most major music charts, including the Billboard Hot 100, and later won the Oscar for Best Original Song and a Grammy for Best Song Written for Visual Media. The singer also said her new fame has created unexpected moments as well. At an afterparty, Jay-Z introduced himself to her with his real name, Shawn, while Beyonc\u00e9 praised her voice and told EJAE that her daughters listened to \u201cGolden\u201d all the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EJAE, the singing voice behind Rumi on KPop Demon Hunters, revealed that Leonardo DiCaprio made her especially nervous while she performed \u201cGolden\u201d at the 2026 BAFTA Awards. In a new interview with The Times in the United Kingdom, the vocalist admitted that she still thinks about mistakes she made during the performance, including a small [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":173663,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16,7],"tags":[3460],"class_list":["post-173662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-kpop","category-news","tag-kpop-demon-hunters"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173662"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":173666,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173662\/revisions\/173666"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}