EJAE

EJAE entered 2025 after years of essential work that usually remains behind the credits. Born in Seoul and shaped by Korean and American musical environments, she spent roughly a decade training for an idol career before redirecting that experience into songwriting. Credits for Red Velvet, aespa and Twice established a professional command of melody, lyric revision, vocal production and demo singing. Her studies in music and psychology at New York University formed another part of that preparation.

KPop Demon Hunters brought those skills into one unusually concentrated assignment. EJAE co-wrote five of the animated film's seven original songs and performed the singing voice of Rumi, whose spoken dialogue was delivered by Arden Cho. Her demo helped secure the vocal role. In Golden, the climactic chorus rises to A5, so the character's dramatic ascent depends not only on composition but also on EJAE's control of an exacting studio performance.

The work then travelled at exceptional scale. Golden reached number one and became the most-streamed single released in 2025 across the measured global consumption cited in the edition's evidence record. In 2026, it won the Grammy for Best Song Written for Visual Media, recognising EJAE with her fellow songwriters. FigureAsia does not turn a collaborative soundtrack into a solo achievement; it identifies the parts that are demonstrably hers. She helped create most of the original songbook, shaped its lead vocal identity and delivered the voice audiences heard at the story's decisive musical moments. The result made a specialist songwriter newly visible because the project required the full range of her authorship and performance craft.