With the 98th Oscars solely days away, government producer and showrunner Raj Kapoor and government producer Katy Mullan have revealed a way more expansive plan for the beforehand introduced pair of Greatest Unique Track performances from the Academy Award-nominated movies “KPop Demon Hunters” and “Sinners.”
“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 world popular culture sensation,” stated Kapoor and Mullan by way of assertion. “These present moments are extra than simply performances—they increase into cinematic tributes that commemorate the connection between music and storytelling and why these movies resonated so deeply with audiences world wide.”
For “KPop Demon Hunters,” the plan is to fuse conventional Korean instrumentalists and dance, celebrating the folklore and cultural inspiration that anchors the story behind the animated blockbuster that occurs to be Netflix’s most-watched movie of all time. The expertise will embody musicians E.J.A.E.Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami, the singing voices behind Huntr/x, the Korean woman group the movie is centered round, performing Greatest Unique Track Oscar frontrunner “Golden” from the movie.
As for the “Sinners” second, the musical phase is ready to discover the position music performs within the movie’s storytelling for a cinematic stay second on the Oscars stage. The movie’s breakout star Miles Caton and singer/songwriter Raphael Sadiq will carry out “I Lied To You,” the Oscar-nominated centerpiece of the Ryan Coogler movie. They may also be joined by a number of artists concerned with the movie and/or its soundtrack, together with Misty Copeland, Eric Gales, Buddy Man, Brittany Howard, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Jayme Lawson, Li Jun Li, Bobby Rush, and Alice Smith, plus Grammy winner Shaboozey, for an homage to the movie’s singular visible fashion.
Although the opposite three Greatest Unique Track nominees “Practice Desires,” “Expensive Me,” and “Candy Desires of Pleasure,” from “Practice Desires,” “Diane Warren: Relentless,” and “Viva Verdi!,” respectively, is not going to be carried out in full, the Oscar producers do embody of their announcement that the present will embody appearances by Josh Groban and the Los Angeles Grasp Chorale. Kapoor and Mullan will proceed to announce expertise becoming a member of the present main as much as the ceremony.
The 98th Oscars will as soon as once more be hosted by Conan O’Brien and held on Sunday, March 15, 2026, on the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. The Oscars will air stay on ABC and stream stay on Hulu on Sunday, March 15, 2026, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, with the official stay purple carpet present airing at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT.