BABYMONSTER (BABYMONSTER, Luka, Parita, Asa, Ahyeon, Rami, Rora, Chikita) members Parita, Ahyeon and Rora shook the world with their performance at the 2025 MAMA Awards (MAMA AWARDS). The song, known for its extremely difficult vocal range, had even been described by the original music team during the animation production as "it won't be easy to find a singer who can perform the original live vocal as is," yet these performers, who debuted a year and a half ago, delivered it perfectly and created an unprecedented sensation.
BABYMONSTER members Parita, Ahyeon and Rora transformed into the protagonist Hentricks from the Netflix animated film K-pop Demon Hunters at the 2025 MAMA Awards (MAMA AWARDS) held at Hong Kong Kai Tak Stadium on the 28th and 29th of last month. Choosing one of the most difficult songs for their first global major stage was newsworthy on its own, but the actual performance left an even greater shock.
The BABYMONSTER members completed an overwhelming live performance without flashy staging or props. The stage that began with What It Sounds Like gave the audience chills from the start. They then reached a climax with Hentricks' signature hit Golden.
Golden is considered one of the most difficult songs on the K-pop Demon Hunters OST. The original music team also said that "even among adult male and female vocalists, it is difficult to find talent who can stably sing this song in its original key." Because of the high notes, lightning-fast shifts and extreme stamina demands, fans around the world posted challenge videos and often failed on the high-note parts, which became a meme.
But the BABYMONSTER members performed this notoriously difficult song live in the original key, original arrangement and original difficulty, stirring the venue. Throughout the singing they maintained steady breath control, harmonies timed to the second, and pitch stability that made it hard to believe it was live, and they also perfectly executed the performance, reaffirming the moniker "monster rookies."
The late high-note crossover section in particular was the highlight that drew the loudest cheers. Both the live audience and the global fandom marveled, saying, "How is this a rookie's first big-stage live?", "Is this even a human vocal range?", and "BABYMONSTER saved Golden."
After the performance, live footage of Golden spread instantly across platforms such as YouTube and TikTok and is racking up explosive view counts. Overseas K-Demon fans praised it as "a level that would surprise even the original creator" and "the BABYMONSTER version feels like an official live." In fact, BABYMONSTER's performances took both first and second place in total views for the 2025 MAMA Awards.
Regarded as consummate in both singing and performance, BABYMONSTER's live of Golden at the MAMA Awards proved their potential and skill at once, increasing expectations about what kind of storm they might cause in the global market in the future.<
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