By Jennifer Zhan

Last week, EJAE was posing on the carpet for the Academy Museum Gala in Los Angeles. The week before, after surviving bouts of bronchitis, then COVID, then a cold, she’d performed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in New York, alongside Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami. In between her bicoastal appearances, she flew to Korea and said on a radio show that she’s been so busy that she’s only had time to sleep for three to four hours a night. All because she’s one of three singing voices behind the fictional girl group Huntr/x, the protagonists of Netflix’s most watched film of all time, KPop Demon Hunters — as well as a main songwriter for the soundtrack that has hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 twice.

By the time we spoke, the 33-year-old Brooklyn-based artist, born Eunjae Kim in Seoul, was back at home in Prospect Heights, fresh off 15 hours of sleep. “I’ve never experienced anything like this in my life,” she said. “I’m fine for now, but I feel just … numb.” The mania is far from over. The KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack is currently only behind Taylor Swift on the “Billboard” albums chart, and the film is expected to vie for nominations at both the Grammys and the Oscars. As of Wednesday, EJAE is officially signed to talent agency WME, and the singing voices of Huntr/x are booked for their first live concert appearance.

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