December Creation Incentive Program
The grand finale decoration of the Korean boy group NCT Dream "MMA 2023" has aroused heated discussions among Korean netizens.
On December 3, it was reported by South Korea that NCT Dream won one of the awards, "Best Record of the Year", at the 2023 Melon Music Awards, an award ceremony held in Incheon on the 2nd.
On this day, NCT Dream achieved the feat of sweeping four awards, not only winning the "Record of the Year" award, but also the Top 10, Top 10 in millions, and Best Boy Group awards. In addition, NCT Dream appeared in the final sequence of "MMA 2023" and impressed people with its overwhelming scale performance.
NCT Dream debuted at "MMA 2023" this year, attracting widespread attention after the lineup was announced, debuted in 2016 and continues to grow steadily every year, and celebrated the 7th anniversary of its debut this year with a variety of activities.
On Melon, "Candy" won the first place in the Weekly Popularity Award for 4 consecutive weeks from the 4th week of December last year to the 2nd week of January this year, and won the "Honorary Graduation" trophy, in addition, "ISTJ" reached 6,941,900 hits in one day after its release, becoming Melon's "million**".
NCT Dream set a new career high in this astonishing winning streak, which led the team to win the "Record of the Year" category, which is presented to the artist and producer who achieved the most notable achievement this year.
The members also expressed their strong feelings about receiving this award and shared their joy with czennies (fans). Mark said: "I really didn't expect this to happen, although only one ** was released this year, but I am preparing for next year's ** with the mentality of always guarding the importance of **".
Park Ji-sung promised: "I won't let you down, so don't worry, follow me, I'll work hard", Jeno said, "Thank you for always letting me stand on the stage, whether I win or not, as long as you are there, I will always be on the stage, and I will try to be an artist who can continue to stand." ”
After the announcement of the "MMA 2023" award, which contains NCT Dream's past activities and growth history, people congratulated one after another, but some people expressed doubts about the order in which the "grand prize" was won, causing an uproar.
Since the addition of the "Record of the Year" award in 2018, the grand prize winning artists who mainly won the "Artist of the Year" award have decorated the finale, BTS, which won the "Artist Award" from 2018 to 2020, the ending by IU in 2021, the ending by Lin Yingying last year, and the "Record Award" category was not even awarded in 2020.
Of course, the order in which the four awards are presented is not always the same, and although the order is slightly different every year, the "Artist Award" has been the final finale among the four award-winning artists for many years, so this time NCT Dream's "Grand Prix Finale" has also become a topic.
In addition, NewJeans, who won the "Artist of the Year" award on the same day, also won the "Song of the Year" with "Dito" and won "2 awards", which is also the curious part, and New Jeans won the first and third prizes in turn, and although they won two awards, they did not receive the most attention.
There were also voices of disappointment in the NCT Dream fandom about this operation, but it is a pity that NCT Dream, which can fully enjoy the dignity of objects even if it is not the ending, has been criticized for decorating the grand prize ending.
Enough time has ended with "MMA 2023", which will be remembered as a grand festival of shining artists this year, bringing ** and joy to K-pop fans. However, due to differences of opinion on the final outcome, there is a painful aftertaste of whether or not it will stay in the end. Yes, NCT Dream's "Grand Prize Ending" has aroused heated discussions among Korean netizens, and it will be a bitter memory of 2023MMA, what do you think?