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14,000 Global Fans Celebrate the Finale of MAMA Week in Hong Kong

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

BTS gave heart felted speech when receiving "Album of the Year" & "Song of the Year" Awards

CJ ENM announced that Asia’s biggest music awards ‘2018 MAMA (Mnet Asian Music Awards)' came to a great finale in Hong Kong last Friday, 14 December 2018 concluding the week-long journey of ‘MAMA WEEK.’

Song Joong Ki as the host of 2018 MAMA in Hong Kong

'2018 MAMA in Hong Kong’s red carpet and award show was broadcasted live via Mnet and major channels throughout Asia, including Mwave, YouTube, Naver TV, V Live etc., covering over 200 regions worldwide. CJ ENM reported that during the red carpet alone, more than 9.2 million votes were casted for the ‘Best Asian Style’, and MAMA ranked number one for worldwide Twitter trends, solidifying MAMA’s global presence and buzz among global music fans.

This year’s '2018 MAMA in HONG KONG' was filled mega-stage performances combined with Mnet’s advanced stage production to create the best stages for Asia’s top artists. More than 14,000 fans gathered at the AsiaWorld-Expo Arena to see their favorite artists perform, which included a star-studded lineup: BTS, Chung Ha, GOT7, Heize, IZ*ONE, Roy Kim, WANNA ONE, Seventeen, Sunmi, etc.

MAMA was completed with artists from all across the globe to perform and present awards. Pop legend Janet Jackson not only surprised music fans with her appearance, but also took home the ‘Janet Jackson Inspiration Award.’ In addition, Asia’s top celebrities including JJ LIN and Shanghai-born actress Yeung Wing (stage name: Angelababy) also made a presence.

Collaboration stages presented just for MAMA fans transcended languages, generations, and genres, including: Chinese-Singaporean pop star JJ LIN and Kim Jong Kook, hip hop legends Tiger JK & Yoon Mirae and rising stars Chung Ha and Vernon (of Seventeen), and MOMOLAND together with Mommy Son.

TWICE shed tears when receiving "Song of the Year" Award

Meanwhile, BTS took home two awards: ‘Album of the Year’ and ‘Song of the Year’, and the team teared up as they delivered an emotional acceptance speech. Other big winners of the night included TWICE, who was also in tears are they won ‘Song of the Year’ for their song ‘What is Love?’

14,000 strong crowd at Hong Kong AsiaWorld-Expo Arena

2018 MAMA started its journey with '2018 MAMA PREMIERE in KOREA' at Dongdaemun Design Plaza(DDP) in Korea on December 10th, followed by '2018 MAMA FANS’ CHOICE in JAPAN' at Saitama Super Arena on December 12th, and made its grand finale in '2018 MAMA in HONG KONG' on December 14th. 2018 MAMA concluded its most spectacular year joined by a total of 40 thousand fans onsite and another 32 million fans that had watched the show live online.

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10,000 Wannables showed up at Wanna One's ONE:THE WORLD in Singapore

Monday, July 23, 2018

One in a million, Wanna One, made a hit in Korea after the survival show. The 11 members boy group had a unique aspect to the Hallyu wave, no doubt being one of the most popular groups in Korea now. Last year, they successfully held a sold-out fan meet in Singapore. This time round, they came back with a full-fledged concert held at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

10,000 Wannables filled up the stadium with white light, the suave-looking guys started off the show with hit songs "Burn It Up", "Never" and "Energetic" followed by a series of solo stages from Minhyun, Jinyoung and Daniel respectively. I bet fans were very mesmerized by the three of them during the solo stages, especially Daniel's, because fans were in awe looking at his toned body figure.

The visual effects curated for each performance made the fans in awe. They definitely embellished and made the concert more enjoyable. Hands down to the production crew!

Throughout the show, there were a few interesting VCR for fans to watch in regards to the performances. They were hilariously adorable. The show carried on with performances from sub-units No.1 (Park Ji Hoon, Bae Jin Young and Lai Kuan Lin), The Heal (Ong Seong Woo and Lee Dae Hwi), Lean On Me(Yoon Ji Sung, Ha Sung Woon and Hwang Minhyun) and lastly Triple Position(Kim Jae Hwan, Kang Daniel and Park Woo Jin). Each of the performances brought out their respective charisma and vibes. During the performance of The Heal, it felt like a sentimental play whereas sub-unit Kangaroo had a more catchy and up-tempo performance.

Throughout the concert, latest tracks such as "Boomerang", "Light" and "Gold" were shown perfectly by the boys as the fans sang along. A beautiful night filled with memories were spent as the boys complimented the fans for being so enthusiastic.

The song ended off with "I Promise U" and a speech from each of the boys. All of them expressed their love for Singapore and Wannables. Team of bilingual guys, Guan Lin spoke in Chinese while Daniel spoke in English, very thoughtful of them.

An interesting episode was revealed by the members during the eating of chili crab in Singapore. The members exposed Sung Woon was overly enticed by the chili crab to the extent of licking all of his fingers and he re-enacted the exact actions he did.

Photo credits: One Production

We would like to extend our thankfulness to One Production for the invitation.