Kpop Demon Hunters; Miles Caton’s Sinners Homage

The 98th Academy Awards, hosted by Conan O’Brien, will characteristic two onstage musical performances spotlighting main authentic track nominees KPop Demon Hunters and Sinners.

Government producer and showrunner Raj Kapoor and government producer Katy Mullan introduced the lineup of expertise, which can characteristic the singing voices behind Huntr/x — Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami — performing hit “Golden” and Sinners star Miles Caton and songwriter Raphael Saadiq’s efficiency of the stirring “I Lied to You.”

Per the announcement, the KPop Demon Hunters second will start with a “fusion of conventional Korean instrumentalists and dance, celebrating the folklore and cultural inspiration” that anchors the story in Netflix’s animated blockbuster.

In the meantime, the Sinners efficiency will even embrace a bigger homage to the record-breaking Ryan Coogler movie and its singular visible fashion, as Caton and Saadiq will likely be joined by ballet dancer Misty Copeland; musicians Eric Gales, Shaboozey, Brittany Howard, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Bobby Rush and Alice Smith; and co-stars Buddy Man, Jayme Lawson and Li Jun Li.

“This yr, our music performances are impressed by two of probably the most highly effective cultural phenomena in movie: Sinners, probably the most nominated movie in Oscars historical past, and KPop Demon Hunters, a worldwide popular culture sensation,” famous Kapoor and Mullan in a press release. “These present moments are extra than simply performances—they develop into cinematic tributes that commemorate the connection between music and storytelling and why these movies resonated so deeply with audiences world wide.”

Moreover, the present will embrace appearances by Josh Groban and the Los Angeles Grasp Chorale. Additional expertise will likely be introduced by the producers within the leadup to the ceremony.

The Oscars will air stay on ABC and stream stay on Hulu Sunday, March 15, starting at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, with the official purple carpet beginning a half-hour earlier. The fete will likely be held on the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood.