It’s the time of the year for the K-pop fans as the 2023 MAMA Awards day one finished last night. The Tokyo Dome was filled with cheers, from the red carpet, performances, and up until the announcements. However, the K-pop social media world seemed to be shocked knowing that the annual awarding ceremony happened yesterday.
Everyone Seemed Surprised: “It’s Today?!”
On November 28, the most-awaited MAMA Awards began the party and recognition rolling at Tokyo Dome. The two-day event will continue its showcases and announcements the next day, November 29. However, fans from different fandoms took a pause on X, as most of them tweeted the phrase, “MAMA is today?”
girl kpop truly in the gutter bc why I just found out that mama is today and literally no one is talking about it😭 pic.twitter.com/PBiBAMK3YY
— outroseokss⁷ (@callmebyyourjin) November 27, 2023
the way nobody knows mama is todaypic.twitter.com/3iiJTtahNF
— ✿ (@haerin1st) November 28, 2023
Since the culmination of the Mnet Asian Music Awards, it has been one of the most anticipated year-end award show in the industry. It came as a shock to everyone that it made almost no noise that it was happening — not until on the day itself. Some fans speculate that the MAMA Awards may just have “fell off.”
people just finding out mama is today just shows how far they fell off as an award show https://t.co/tCzN3rSThd
— jan (@aescentre) November 27, 2023
i’m crying this was the most underwhelming mama to date they really fell off😭😭😭
— cool cat! ia (@leeknowinlimbo) November 28, 2023
- Despite almost all K-pop fans forgetting the 2023 MAMA Awards, it doesn’t necessarily mean that it lost its spark among the audience. However, we can say that the artist lineup greatly affected the hype and anticipation of the fans looking forward to the ceremony. We also tuned in to Mnet for the award show’s lineup but were kind of left unsatisfied with their final list. They should have invited and added some more prominent nominated artists if they wished for the event to be loud in the venue and on social media.
- It’s just that the 2023 MAMA Awards focused on getting the current generation (4th), while many await the participation of third generation groups and soloists like BTS, TWICE, and BLACKPINK among others, as they are groups that are mostly nominated in the music award show.
“how’s the lineup for MAMA 2023” pic.twitter.com/H5LvnOe4VE
— ♱ ness (@minhoefr) November 8, 2023
"MAMA Awards Tonight?" — Korean Netizens Caught Off Guard By the 2023 MAMA Awards
▪️ I really had no idea.
▪️ The lineup is a joke.
▪️ If the overseas fans lost interest, it means it's really over. pic.twitter.com/W84Mcf7Qk6— kpopping (@kpoppingcom) November 28, 2023
https://twitter.com/hanjisabi/status/1729472513028370434?t=ys_CYLRckJrbTg-_GbluYQ&s=19
Interestingly, some fans also find this a reason, and even took out old clips of BTS and TWICE among others who previously attended MAMA. Despite belonging in the third-gen, these two groups, along with BLACKPINK and SEVENTEEN, are still battling with the newest generation for these music award show recognition. It’s pretty unfortunate that only SVT is able to attend the 2023 MAMA Awards among them.
Like bring back RedVelvet, Twice, Blackpink, BTS etc. Then that MAMA will make a noise. https://t.co/Yaginhqyf9
— Dairyne📍 (@revebone) November 28, 2023
As TWICE is not attending MAMA, Here's one of their greatest MAMA performances ever✨pic.twitter.com/d9ptKCZh4c
— 🦋JeanXx // NA🦋 (@twice_mixx) November 28, 2023
💬 Vale relembrar… Apresentação do BTS com 'Dionysus' no MAMA 2019!
O stage impecável 🤩🤩🥹#MAMA2023 @BTS_twt #BTS pic.twitter.com/qxmIxXCYD1
— ARMY HERO⁷ (@ARMYHERO_) November 28, 2023
But of course, a lot still watched and showed their support for their beloved artists. The ‘violin guy’ went viral on K-pop stan Twitter, and in case you wish to know who he was, that’s ZEROBASEONE’s Zhang Hao. Some of the talked about artists during day 1 was RIIZE and Sung Hanbin as 2023 MAMA Awards’ Face Of The Year (according to their fans!)
Help I didn't even know today is mama lol. The guy playing the violin was so good lol
— Pri⁷ (@lesserafim_v) November 28, 2023
riize being the most viral in mama is kinda crazy especially since no one even expected them to be there today 😭
— erene • ia (@ctrlsohee) November 28, 2023
— sung hanbin archive (@shbpics) November 28, 2023
Who Won Big At The 2023 MAMA Awards?
Fans may have forgotten that the music award show started yesterday, but we should not disregard that the nominees and winners should be celebrated. Let’s give it up to the winners of the 2023 MAMA Awards! Check out the complete list of winners below from day one and day two. Congratulations!
- Favorite New Artist: RIIZE, ZEROBASEONE
- Favorite Asian Girl Group: Kep1er
- Favorite Asian Boy Group: INI
- Favorite International Artist: Yoshiki
- Best New Male Artist: ZEROBASEONE
- Best New Female Artist: tripleS
- Best Dance Performance Male Group: SEVENTEEN, Super
- Best Dance Performance Female Group: NewJeans, Ditto
- Best Dance Performance Male Solo: JUNGKOOK, Seven
- Best Dance Performance Female Solo: JISOO, FLOWER
- Best Vocal Performance Group: AKMU, Love Lee
- Best Vocal Performance Solo: Parc Jae Jung, Let’s Say Goodbye
- Favorite Dance Performance Male Group: TREASURE
- Favorite Dance Performance Female Group: LE SSERAFIM
- Favorite Global Performance Male Group: ATEEZ
- Favorite Global Performance Female Group: (G)I-DLE
- Best Collaboration: JUNGKOOK, Seven (feat Latto)
- Best Collaboration: JUNGKOOK, Seven (feat Latto)
- Best OST: BTS, The Planet
- Best Rap & Hip Hop: Agust D, People Pt. 2 (feat IU)
- Best Music Video: JISOO, FLOWER
- Best Male Group: SEVENTEEN
- Best Female Group: NewJeans
- Best Male Artist: JIMIN
- Best Female Artist: JISOO
- Inspiring Achievement: TVXQ!
- Galaxy Neo Flip Artist: TREASURE
- Worldwide Fans’ Choice (Bonsang): ATEEZ, BTS, ENHYPEN, Lim Young Woong, NCT DREAM, SEVENTEEN, Stray Kids, TWICE, TXT, ZEROBASEONE
- Samsung Galaxy Worldwide Icon of the Year (Daesang): BTS
- Song Of The Year (Daesang): NewJeans, Ditto
- Artist Of The Year (Daesang): NewJeans
- Album Of The Year (Daesang): SEVENTEEN, FML
ADOR and HYBE Labels’ NewJeans earned the most awards at the 2023 MAMA Awards with four trophies, including two Daesangs. Fun fact: The last female artist who received the Artist Of The Year was way back in 2011 with Girls’ Generation (SNSD). We congratulate all the winners!
