Winners Of The 2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards

On December 11, the 2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards were held at CJ ENM’s Contents World in Paju City, Gyeonggi Province. 2021 MAMA was hosted by Lee Hyori, the first time that a female artist has hosted the annual awards show, and included fun performances and collaborations and a stellar presenter lineup. Check out the red carpet here!

BTS swept all four Daesangs (Grand Prizes) for the third year in a row: Song of the Year (“Butter”), Album of the Year (“BE”), Artist of the Year, and Worldwide Icon of the Year. In total, BTS took home nine trophies at 2021 MAMA. aespa and ENHYPEN won Best New Artist as well as Worldwide Fans’ Choice Top 10.

Check out the full list of winners below!

Artist of the Year: BTS

Song of the Year: BTS (“Butter”)

Album of the Year: BTS (“BE”)

Worldwide Icon of the Year: BTS

Worldwide Fans’ Choice Top 10: Stray Kids, NCT DREAM, NCT 127, ENHYPEN, TXT, BTS, BLACKPINK’s Lisa, SEVENTEEN, TREASURE, TWICE

Best New Artist (Female): aespa

Best New Artist (Male): ENHYPEN

Best Group (Female): TWICE

Best Group (Male): BTS

Best Artist (Female): IU

Best Artist (Male): EXO’s Baekhyun

Best Vocal Performance: IU (“Celebrity”)

Best Dance Performance (Solo): BLACKPINK’s Rosé (“On the Ground”)

Best Dance Performance (Female Group): aespa (“Next Level”)

Best Dance Performance (Male Group): BTS

Best Collaboration: AKMU (“NAKKA” with IU)

Best Music Video: BTS

KTO (Korean Tourism Organization) Breakout Artist: Brave Girls

Best Band Performance: JANNABI (“A thought on an autumn night”)

Best Hip Hop & Urban Music: ASH ISLAND (“Melody”)

Best OST: Jo Jung Suk (“I Like You” from “Hospital Playlist 2”)

TikTok Favorite Moment: BTS

Choreographer of the Year: Leejung Lee

Best Engineer of the Year: Gu Jong Pil, Kwon Nam Woo

Best Video Director of the Year: Lumpens

Best Art Director of the Year: MU:E

Best Composer of the Year: Yoo Young Jin

Best Producer of the Year: Teddy

Best Executive Producer of the Year: Bang Si Hyuk

Best New Asian Artist (Vietnam): Hoang Duyen

Best New Asian Artist (Indonesia): Lyodra

Best New Asian Artist (Thailand): SPRITE X GUYGEEGEE

Best New Asian Artist (Mandarin): Anson Lo

Best New Asian Artist (Japan): Ado

Best Asian Artist (Vietnam): Quan A.P.

Best Asian Artist (Indonesia): Anneth

Best Asian Artist (Thailand): Tilly Birds

Best Asian Artist (Mandarin): ACCUSEFIVE

Best Asian Artist (Japan): JO1

Favorite Asian Artist: INI

Favorite International Artist: Ed Sheeran

Congratulations to all the winners!

Music Composers Reveal What It’s Really Like Working With JYP Entertainment Idols

JYP Entertainment has some of the biggest and most popular groups in K-Pop, from TWICE, ITZY, Stray Kids, DAY6, 2PM, and many more. Although J.Y. Park and the artists are involved in writing the songs, a group of composers is there helping to create hits! JYP music composers KOBEE and Holy. M recently sat down with AYO and discussed everything from how to become a composer, writing iconic JYP songs, and much more! For KOBEE, it was a huge change for him when he started working with the group, which made him nervous. Yet, it was the personalities of the ITZY members that helped put him at ease.

 

 It was my first time directing such a huge team, so I got really nervous. But, when I asked ITZY about things, they answered so well, like, ‘I think it’s like…’ So I was able to record in a comfortable and fun atmosphere. — KOBEE Another well-known group at JYP is Stray Kids, and they have gained attention for the songwriting skills of the sub-unit 3RACHA (Bang Chan, Changbin, and Han.) The next question asked whether their producing and writing talent meant that the composers didn’t have much work. KOBEE explained that the statement was half-wrong and half-right. In particular, he discussed what it was like working on the group’s recent track “Mixtape: OH” which saw the return of Hyunjin! Although he explained that they didn’t have to do much, it was still a collaboration of ideas. Working on the song ‘OH’ with them, we didn’t really need to do much since they understood the song well and gave lots of opinions. We shared ideas on parts we needed to think harder about. — KOBEE He also added that, although they didn’t need to do as much, it wasn’t as if they did nothing as the track was a collaboration effort between them and the members. We directed it together, suggested an idea while composing, and we all finish up. Half right. Half wrong. — KOBEE It seems as if, despite their fame and popularity, the JYP artists are still respectful and know how to work well with those around them! For many fans, it also shows just how hard composers work to help create amazing songs, despite not getting much, if any, credit for them!

TWICE pique curiosity with a mysterious teaser image

TWICE have just dropped a very mysterious teaser image, piquing curiosity. The teaser image shows a pair of hands, holding up a simple envelope sealed with TWICE's official logo, in blue wax. A caption reads, "Uh, I'm so curious." The teaser is also accompanied by a hashtag, #GetTheFeelsWithTWICE. Many fans are now trying to decipher what the teaser image may be alluding to! Stay curious a little longer, ONCE! Uh, I'm so curious. #TWICE #트와이스 #GetTheFeelsWithTWICE Image