Los Angeles, Jan. 5 -- Netflix's animated film KPop Demon Hunters kicked off the 2026 awards season with two major wins at the Critics Choice Awards, securing honours for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The film won Best Song for Golden, with songwriter EJAE, who also served as the singing voice of lead character Rumi, accepting the award alongside co-writer Mark Sonnenblick. Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami, the other singing voices behind the fictional K-pop girl group Huntrix, joined them on stage.

"When writing this song, I found myself living vicariously through my character Rumi," EJAE said while accepting the award. "The song needed to be an expression of hope -- to convince herself that ...