Ok-pop acts BLACKPINK and SEVENTEEN have emerged multi-award winners at this yr’s MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs).
On the night of November 13 native time, the EMAs held its 2022 ceremony in Germany. Among the nominated Ok-pop acts, BLACKPINK and SEVENTEEN every took dwelling two wins at this yr’s awards, whereas BTS and Tomorrow X Together gained one award every.
BLACKPINK took dwelling Best Metaverse Performance for his or her PUBG Mobile in-game live performance ‘The Virtual’, which was held in July. “We had so much fun working on this project, and we’re so happy that our fans enjoyed it as much as we did,” stated the woman group in a video message following their win.
@BLACKPINK took a break from their world tour to simply accept their #MTVEMA for Best Metaverse Performance! pic.twitter.com/op3sxJ9aSI
— MTV EMA (@mtvema) November 13, 2022
Meanwhile, BLACKPINK member Lisa additionally gained the award for Best Ok-pop, which her group had additionally been nominated for alongside acts like BTS, TWICE, SEVENTEEN and extra.
However, the latter boyband went on to take dwelling two awards for themselves that evening, together with Best New and Best Push. “It feels like we’re reaching somewhere new everyday, places we’d never imagined we’d be. And we thank everyone who helped us on the way,” stated SEVENTEEN in a video message accepting their award for Best New.
Ok-pop juggernauts BTS additionally took dwelling the award for the Biggest Fans class, which in addition they gained on the 2021 EMAs. Fellow Big Hit Music boyband Tomorrow X Together went on to win Best Asia Act.
BLACKPINK are at the moment on the North American leg of their huge ‘Born Pink’ world tour, which is about to hold on effectively into 2023 throughout Europe, Asia and Oceania. Meanwhile, HYBE announced at its annual briefing final week that Tomorrow X Together might be releasing their fifth mini-album in January 2023, and that SEVENTEEN are making ready to make a comeback inside the first half of 2023.
Last week, BTS’ chief RM additionally introduced the upcoming launch of his debut solo album ‘Indigo’, which is able to arrive on December 2. He would be the third member of the act to launch solo music for the reason that group introduced in June that they might be temporarily shifting their focus to solo endeavours.