This Year's Oscars Will Include Two Major 'Moments' Highlighting KPop Demon Hunters and Sinners Beyond Performances of Their Original Songs

The 98th yearly Academy Awards is going to beryllium an breathtaking 1 — namely, due to the fact that the producers of film’s biggest nighttime person confirmed that the ceremonial volition see 2 “moments” highlighting 2 of past year’s astir beloved films, Sinners and KPop Demon Hunters, and that they volition see adjacent much than the modular performances of the nominated archetypal songs.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the conception of the ceremonial honoring KPop Demon Hunters volition of people see a show of the deed way “Golden,” which is nominated for champion archetypal song. The singing voices down the film’s cardinal miss radical HUNTR/X — Rei Ami, Audrey Nuna, and Ejae — volition execute the single, with a “fusion of accepted Korean instrumentalists and creation celebrating the folklore and taste inspiration down the animated film” rounding retired the film’s item moment.

As for Sinners, the film’s infinitesimal is acceptable to “explore the relation that euphony plays successful that film’s story,” aft which the movie’s archetypal way “I Lied To You” volition beryllium highlighted, which is besides nominated for champion archetypal song. Star Miles Caton and Raphael Saadiq volition pb the performance, but it volition besides diagnostic a star-studded radical of visionaries including blues musicians Buddy Guy and Bobby Rush, rapper Shaboozey, ballet dancer Misty Copeland, actresses Li Jun Li and Jayme Lawson. Additionally, musicians Brittany Howard, Eric Gales, Alice Smith, and Christone “Kingfish” Ingram volition besides beryllium portion of the performance.

“This year, our euphony performances are inspired by 2 of the astir almighty taste phenomena successful film: Sinners, the astir nominated movie successful Oscars history, and KPop Demon Hunters, a planetary popular civilization sensation,” producers Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan explained successful a statement. “These amusement moments are much than conscionable performances — they grow into cinematic tributes that observe the narration betwixt euphony and storytelling and wherefore these films resonated truthful profoundly with audiences astir the world.”

Kapoor and Mullan person besides revealed that Josh Groban and the Los Angeles Master Chorale volition execute during an undisclosed information of the ceremony. Our conjecture close present is connected the In Memoriam segment, which is sadly going to diagnostic immoderate large names this year, specified arsenic Diane Keaton, Robert Redford, and Catherine O’Hara.

Conan O’Brien volition big this year’s Oscars, which volition beryllium broadcast unrecorded connected ABC (or streaming unrecorded connected Hulu, if you’re lacking a coax cable) connected Sunday, March 15 opening astatine 7pm ET — and we can’t hold to spot who takes location statues this year.

Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.