# Tom Morello, Annie Lennox, ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Songwriters Honored at 2026 SONA Awards

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/tom-morello-annie-lennox-kpop-demon-hunters-songwriters-honored-at-2026-sona-awards/
- Published: 2026-10-30T21:24:05+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-30T22:20:55+00:00
- Original publisher: The Hollywood Reporter
- Original article: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-industry-news/sona-awards-2026-tom-morello-annie-lennox-1236743639/
- Topics: Business, Companies, Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Tom Morello received SONA’s first Freedom of Expression Warrior Award.
- Awards speakers highlighted copyright, censorship and AI.
- Annie Lennox was honoured and performed “Sweet Dreams”.

## Summary

The Songwriters of North America honoured Tom Morello, Annie Lennox, Desmond Child, writers from *KPop Demon Hunters* and Kobalt chief Laurent Hubert at its annual awards in Los Angeles. The event recognised songwriters’ contributions while highlighting debates over free expression, copyright and artificial intelligence.

Morello received SONA’s first Freedom of Expression Warrior Award for his advocacy of First Amendment rights and spoke about protest music’s role in social movements. Child urged the industry to protect songwriters’ work, calling copyrights human rights; Hubert and Lennox warned that AI should not displace human creativity. Four *KPop Demon Hunters* songwriters accepted the Global Impact Award, while Lennox received the Artist Songwriter Award and performed “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)”.

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