Ejae doesn’t slow down. Fresh off making Grammy history, the singer-songwriter releases “Time After Time” via Universal Records, an infectious heartbreak anthem about the person who stays in your head long after the relationship has ended. “The melody of ‘Time After Time’ was stuck in my head for years, just like the person I wrote it about,” she says. It’s exactly the kind of emotionally precise, globally resonant songwriting that has made her one of pop music’s most compelling new solo voices.
The release arrives on the heels of a genuinely historic moment. Ejae’s breakout hit “Golden,” from the film KPop Demon Hunters, won Best Song Written for Visual Media at the 2026 Grammy Awards, becoming the first K-pop song ever to win a Grammy. The song had already won a Golden Globe and a Critics’ Choice Award and carries an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. That’s a run of recognition that establishes Ejae not just as a K-pop star crossing over, but as a songwriter operating at the highest level of the industry.
“Time After Time” demonstrates exactly that evolution. Moving beyond the sonic landscape of her K-pop work, the track showcases her distinctive voice and her ability to craft melodies that connect globally without losing their emotional core. It’s a natural next step for an artist whose trajectory has been anything but ordinary, and it signals that 2026 has considerably more in store.