To those unfamiliar with the MAMA awards, MAMA stands for Mnet Asian Music Awards. MAMA is an extravagant and popular music awards show where all the most famous artists, producers, and more gather in Hong Kong. In fact, MAMA is similar to the American Music Awards.
Like all music award shows, MAMA had many breathtaking performances, namely ones by BTS, EXO, TWICE, Crush, Dean, Zico, and many more! In addition, the nominees for the awards were absolutely talented and amazing.
To those who still haven't been able to catch some of the performances, here are several that I thought were absolutely the best:
BTS- "Boy Meets Evil pt. 1 and pt.2" + "Blood Sweat & Tears" + "Fire"
I may be showing favoritism to this group so be prepared. BTS is a unique boy group that stands out to me the most. Each and every time I watch their comeback videos, they always exceed my expectations. And typically, for MAMA, I figured they would upgrade their performance but I didn't expect it to be this amazing. But on the other hand, it's BTS. I love their teamwork shown throughout these two videos as well as their stage presence. They're absolutely breathtaking and must-watch performance. Did I mention their songs are amazing?
FANXY CHILD (Zico ft. DEAN and CRUSH) - "Bermuda Triangle"
For real, the most lit performance I've ever seen. The music absolutely has a great catchy beat to it; you don't need to understand Korean to know that this is a great song. Additionally, the stage presence and confidence all three of these artists had was absolutely powerful and worthy to watch. To be honest, this song has been on repeat for at least 100 times now.
EXO - "Transformer" + "Monster"
It's been a while since I've seen an EXO live performance. But since I've seen this video, I can't take my eyes off of them. The confidence and amazing choreography is absolutely unique and new. These songs are absolutely amazing as well. No doubt.
Suzy & Baekhyun - "Dream"
Not only is this performance cute, but I absolutely love the harmony and chemistry between these two artists. Their voices are melodious and I couldn't imagine anything better than this duo. Additionally, the moment where Baekhyun's fellow group members started dancing along to the song made me squeal. It was absolutely adorable.
TWICE - "Cheer Up" + "TT"
This performance was absolutely cute and adorable. The songs were amazing and the unique twist to their performance was absolutely amazing. I loved this performance.
I absolutely loved so many more performances but alas there are too many. But if you have been enjoying these few videos I've shown you, visit Mnet K-POP's Youtube Channel for tons more performances! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbD8EppRX3ZwJSou-... If you don't know which videos to pick, I would say either SEVENTEEN, Gfriend, SEVENTEEN, Taemin, Monsta X, Taeyeon, and even Wiz Khalifa would be great to watch! By all means, if you have the time, watch all of them because all of the performances were absolutely amazing.
Now onwards to the results of the music awards!
Honestly, I did not know who would win; the turn out was unpredictable. And the turn out was absolutely surprising and amazing. To those that missed out on the results, here they are:
Song of the Year: "Cheer Up" by TWICE
Artist of the Year: BTS
Album of the Year: EX'ACT (The 3rd Album) by EXO
Best New Female Artist: I.O.I
Best New Male Artist: NCT 127
Best Asian Style: EXO
Worldwide Favorite Artist: GOT7
Best OST: "Don't Worry" (Reply 1988) by Lee Juck
Best Female Artist: Taeyeon from Girl's Generation (SNSD)
Best Dance Performance Male Group: "Blood Sweat & Tears" by BTS
World Performer: SEVENTEEN
Best Vocal Performance Male Solo: "Don't Forget" by CRUSH
Best Vocal Performance Female Solo: "If You" by Ailee
Best Dance Performance Solo: "Press Your Number" by Taemin from SHINee
Best Vocal Performance Group: "Beside Me" by DAVICHI
Best Male Group: EXO
Best Female Group: TWICE
Best Band Performance: "You're So Fine" by CNBLUE
Best Music Video: "Whistle" by BLACKPINK
Best Collaboration: "Dream" by Baekhyun and Suzy
Best Rap Performance: "puzzle" by C Jamm and BewhY
Best Male Artist: Zico
Best Dance Performance Female Group: "Rough" by Gfriend
Of course, this awards show doesn't just include Korean idols. They also involve many other Asian artists and professionals as well!
Best Asian Artist THAILAND: Getsunova
Best Asian Artist JAPAN: Sekai No Owari
Best Asian Artist VIETNAM: Noo Phuoc Thinh
Best Asian Artist CHINA: Hua Chenyu
Best Asian Artist INDONESIA: Isyana Sarasvati
Best Asian Artist SINGAPORE: JJ Lin
Best Executive Producer of the Year: "hitman" bang
Best Producer of the Year: Black Eyes Pilseung
Best Promoter of the Year: Masahiro Hidaka
Best Choreographer of the Year: J. DA Apissara Phetruengrong
Best Visual & Art Director of the Year: Min Hee Jin
Best Engineer of the Year: Tanaka Hironobu
Special Categories- Best International Products: Timbaland
Special Categories- Inspired Achievement: Quincy Jones
This year honestly was the best MAMA show I've ever watched. And I certainly can't wait for next year!
