{"id":43171,"date":"2026-08-13T13:46:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T08:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=43171"},"modified":"2026-08-13T13:46:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T08:46:39","slug":"ejae-says-leonardo-dicaprio-made-her-nervous-during-bafta-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=43171","title":{"rendered":"EJAE\u00a0Says Leonardo DiCaprio Made Her Nervous During BAFTA Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIt\u2019s understandably hard to focus when an unsmiling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/leonardo-dicaprio\/\" id=\"auto-tag_leonardo-dicaprio\" data-tag=\"leonardo-dicaprio\">Leonardo DiCaprio<\/a> is staring at you. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/kpop-demon-hunters\/\" id=\"auto-tag_kpop-demon-hunters\" data-tag=\"kpop-demon-hunters\">Kpop Demon Hunters<\/a><\/em> singer EJAE reflected on experiencing exactly that while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/kpop-demon-hunters-singers-golden-performance-bafta-awards-1235520868\/\">performing<\/a> the group\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/kpop-demon-hunters-success-netflix-why-1235448146\/\">mega-hit<\/a> \u201cGolden\u201d during the BAFTA Film Awards in February. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cThe BAFTAs haunt me,\u201d EJAE said in a <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/life-style\/celebrity\/article\/ejae-interview-k-pop-demon-hunters-h6h2xxbrr#selection-1763.82-1763.264\" target=\"_blank\">recent interview<\/a> with the <em>Times<\/em>. \u201cI made mistakes. I cracked a little bit on the high notes. Leonardo DiCaprio was [in the audience] right in front of me and he was not smiling.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tShe explained that just before she sang the lyric \u201cborn to be\u201d a high note in the song, she looked right at the actor. \u201cThat\u2019s what put me off,\u201d she said. \u201cHe made me so nervous. It was already so nerve-racking to be in front of all these celebrities, and then I look up and lock eyes with Leonardo DiCaprio? Come on.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tElsewhere in the interview, EJAE recalled crossing paths with one of the music industry\u2019s biggest power couples, Beyonc\u00e9 and Jay-Z. \u201cI was at their afterparty and Jay-Z came up to me and said, \u2018Hi, my name\u2019s Shawn,&#8217;\u201d she said. \u201cI was beyond starstruck. Beyonc\u00e9 is my idol and she said, \u2018You have an incredible voice.&#8217;\u201d She added, I asked her, \u2018Do you know\u00a0\u2018Golden?\u2019 She was like, \u2018Yeah, my girls sing it.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tEJAE wrote \u201cGolden\u201d alongside Mark Sonnenblick along with several other songs that appear in <em>Kpop Demon Hunters<\/em>. She also starred as the singing voice of Rumi, a member of fictional K-pop group HUNTR\/X. The song <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-news\/oscars-kpop-demon-hunters-golden-huntrix-best-original-song-1235528744\/\">won the Oscar<\/a> for Best Original Song, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/2026-golden-globes-kpop-demon-hunters-best-original-song-1235495927\/\">brought the trio<\/a>, which also includes Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami, to the BAFTA Film Awards, Brit Awards, Golden Globes, Grammys, and more. <\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cI know [this kind of success] happens, I just didn\u2019t think it would happen to me,\u201d EJAE told the <em>Times<\/em>. \u201cI had no inkling at all that\u00a0<em>KPop Demon Hunters<\/em>\u00a0would be as big as it became. I did think it might be huge because the story was so cool, but you never know. In the past year I\u2019ve lived five lives. It doesn\u2019t stop. Who does this all in one year?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tShe added, \u201cIt\u2019s still crazy to me. I was a nobody and suddenly I\u2019m a something.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s understandably hard to focus when an unsmiling Leonardo DiCaprio is staring at you. 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