During the Season 51 opener of Saturday Night Live on Oct. 4, 2025, Bad Bunny made an unexpected appearance in a sketch that summoned the fictional K‑Pop trio HUNTR/X from the hit animated film.

The six‑minute parody, presented as “KPop Demon Hunters,” found Bad Bunny — who hosted while Doja Cat served as musical guest — playing Thomas, a brunch companion fervently defending the movie’s mature tone. He argues that the film is aimed at discerning adults and that its music functions as more than entertainment — it’s a weapon against supernatural threats.

The sketch takes a chaotic turn when Bowen Yang appears as a demonic presence and briefly possesses Sarah Sherman, using the film’s earworm “Soda Pop” as his conduit. Just in time, HUNTR/X — whose vocals in the film are provided by EJAE, Rei Ami and Audrey Nuna — burst onto the scene to perform their chart-topping single “Golden” and vanquish the menace.

That televised moment marked the first time “Golden” was performed live on broadcast television; the single previously spent seven weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. HUNTR/X are scheduled to give the song its full live debut and join an interview on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Oct. 7, 2025.

The cameo arrives roughly three months after the Netflix release of KPop Demon Hunters, which quickly evolved into a cultural sensation. Alongside “Golden,” three additional soundtrack cuts — “How It’s Done,” “What It Sounds Like” and “Takedown” — have penetrated the Hot 100’s top 40, and the soundtrack itself became the first album since Encanto (2022) to ascend to No. 1 on the U.S. albums chart.

Watch the surprise HUNTR/X cameo from SNL below.

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