Last night, some of the biggest names in music gathered in Elmont, New York, for the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards. Ariana Grande, Sabrina Carpenter, and Lady Gaga all took home some of the biggest awards, but one of the presenting groups at the event stole the show: the voices of Huntr/x, the fictional demon-slaying K-pop group from KPop Demon Hunters. Ejae, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami, the singing voices for Rumi, Mira, and Zoey in the Netflix animated musical, all came together to present the award for Best Album. Sadly, the group didn’t perform any of the bangers from the movie, but Nuna did take the opportunity to pay tribute to her character at the show with her outfit.
In the opening of KPop Demon Hunters, we see Huntr/x fans being interviewed on camera about the group. A few Mira fans talk about how she’s not only the group’s leading dancer and the black sheep of her family, but is also a fashion icon on and off the stage, with one fan raving about how she wore a black sleeping bag to the Met Gala and it was an iconic moment. Nuna didn’t wear a one-to-one recreation of Mira’s sleeping bag outfit to the VMAs, but she did wear a big puffy jacket that was a clear homage to the character over the rest of her outfit. Maybe if she attends the Met Gala next year she can fully commit, but for now, we’ll take the nod.
Who else could wear a sleeping bag to the #VMAs???
Audrey Nuna of KPop Demon Hunters pays tribute to Mira on the red carpet. | 📸: Getty pic.twitter.com/irG5g2PUzM
— Netflix (@netflix) September 7, 2025
Huntr/x was nominated for one award at the show, with “Golden” being in the running for “Song of the Summer,” but losing out to Tate McRae’s “Just Keep Watching.” Even without the award, the song has been incredibly successful outside of the movie, having topped the charts in over 20 countries worldwide. Hopefully, at some point this year we get to hear some of the songs from the movie performed live during awards season. For now, we have videos of the girls singing them at karaoke bars.