Who is Audrey Nuna, who plays Mira on KPop Demon Hunters?
alongside Ejae and Rei Ami – on the viral hit 'Golden', the lead single from the original soundtrack of Netflix's hit animated feature KPop Demon Hunters. The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 on August 12.
Audrey Nuna, Ejae and Rei Ami pose with a poster of their animated Netflix film Kpop Demon Hunters. Photo: @cartoonsonthemoon/Instagram
KPop Demon Hunters tells the story of a popular K-pop girl group called Huntr/x, who secretly serve as demon hunters protecting the world from a demon king and his demon boy band, Saja Boys. Nuna voiced the character Mira from Huntr/x and performed several other songs from the film's soundtrack, including 'How It's Done', 'Takedown' and 'What It Sounds Like'.
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Recognised for her unique blend of pop, R&B, rap and experimental trap, Nuna is captivating fans worldwide on her Trench tour, where she's performing songs from her critically acclaimed second album released in late 2024. The global tour is taking her to across continents this year, including Asia and Australia.
Here is everything you need to know about this rising star.
She's a Korean-American musician
Korean-American musician Audrey Nuna was born in New Jersey to Korean immigrant parents. Photo: @audreynuna/Instagram
Nuna, 26, was born in New Jersey to Korean immigrant parents. She began making music as a teenager and had an Instagram page where she uploaded videos of herself in the bathtub playing keyboard and doing covers of artists like Childish Gambino or rewriting
Drake's verses. Those videos caught the eye of producer Anwar Sawyer, who was signed to Roc Nation and became her manager.
While enrolled at the renowned Clive Davis Institute at New York University, Nuna balanced her studies with late-night studio sessions at Sawyer's place, often taking early morning buses back to campus to get some sleep before class. Ultimately, she decided to drop out and fully focus on her music, independently releasing tracks such as '80 deg, Honeypot' in 2018 to launch her career.
She's a rapper who has released two albums
Audrey Nuna has released a string of successful singles since 2020. Photo: @audreynuna/Instagram
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