'KPop Demon Hunters' wins big at Golden Globes with best Animated film, song

Netflix’s animated hit "KPop Demon Hunters" emerged as a major winner at the 83rd Golden Globe Awards, Sunday (local time), taking home Best Animated Feature alongside Best Original Song for its standout track "Golden." The double win cemented the K-pop-inspired film’s status as one of the night’s most successful titles. Directors Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans, along with producer Michelle Wong, accepted the award for Best Animated Feature on behalf of the team. Kang expressed gratitude to the Golden Globes and to everyone who believed a film so deeply rooted in Korean culture could resonate globally. "Through this film we really wanted to depict female characters the way that we know women, which is really strong and bold, really silly and weird and really hungry for food, and sometimes a little thirsty," Kang said. Appelhans called the project "a love letter to music and the power it has to connect us, to make us see some kind of shared humanity, which we could use in the world these days." "We have to thank the fans for embracing the film, it meant everything, keeping the honm