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Billy Idol on New Doc, Old Hits: ‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast

Billy Idol on New Doc, Old Hits: ‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast

As hard as it is to believe, Billy Idol, the English punk-turned-rock singer/songwriter who was a key part of the MTV-driven “Second British Invasion” in the ’80s — his hits include “Dancing with Myself,” “White Wedding,” “Cradle of Love,” “Eyes Without a Face” and a chart-topping cover of “Mony Mony” — is now 70 and a grandfather. But rest assured: his trademark sneer, spiky blonde hair and seductive voice are all still there. And his career, now in its 50th year, is still going strong. Indeed, since the darkest days of the pandemic, when “Dancing with Myself” experienced a resurgence in popularity (for obvious reasons), he has released two EPs (2021’s The Roadside and 2022’s The Cage) and a studio album (his first in 11 years, 2025’s Dream Into It); toured North America with old pal Joan Jett; and collaborated with ardent admirer Miley Cyrus on “Night Crawling,” a song on her 2020 album Plastic Hearts. He also was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2023 and nominated for induction into the Rock …

KPop Demon Hunters’ EJAE on “Golden,” Oscars Nerves on Awards Chatter

KPop Demon Hunters’ EJAE on “Golden,” Oscars Nerves on Awards Chatter

For EJAE, the Korean-American singer/songwriter who is the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, which was recorded in front of film students at Chapman University, 2026 — like 2025 before it — is shaping up to be truly, well, golden. In 2025, “Golden,” the banger tune that she co-wrote for the Netflix animated film KPop Demon Hunters — for which she also provided the singing voice for the character Rumi, one third of the girl group at its center, Huntrix — became a worldwide phenomenon, shooting to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and holding that spot for eight weeks. It marked the first time that a K-pop — or Korean popular music — act not associated with BTS had ever topped the Hot 100, and it made Huntrix the first girl group to top it since Destiny’s Child with “Bootylicious” back in 2001. The film, meanwhile, became the most watched original title in Netflix’s history, accumulating more than 500 million views. For the 34-year-old born Eun-jae Kim, things have only …