(MHN Sports Reporter Jeong Seung-min) It appears that the standing seats at the ‘Hanteo Music Awards’ were not a festival but a ‘living hell’ reminiscent of the ‘Millimeter Awards Ceremony’.
Although the ‘Hanteo Music Awards’ successfully concluded with added meaning through the unity of senior and junior artists, it became the center of controversy due to insufficient management and control.
The ’31st Anniversary Hanteo Music Awards 2023′ (hereinafter referred to as ‘Hanteo Music Awards’) was held at Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) in Jung-gu, Seoul for two days from the 17th to the 18th.
The ‘Hanteo Music Awards’, which was hosted by Choi Kang Changmin, was in line with the concept of K-pop seniors giving awards to K-pop juniors, and in keeping with the concept, Danny Ahn, Kim Dong-wan, Yang Dong-geun, Jo Jo Jo, and Jeong In attended as award presenters and there was a heartwarming scene where they handed out trophies to the juniors. It was staged.
Also, Just B’s ‘Sorry, Sorry’ (Super Junior), Billy’s ‘The Boys’ (Girls’ Generation), Tempest’s ‘Dynamite’ (BTS), Triple S’s ‘Call Me Baby’ (EXO), Kiss of Life Younger singers responded to their senior singers on stage, including ‘Standing Next to You’ (Jungkook).
The grand prizes for the ‘Hanteo Music Awards’ are Seventeen for ‘Best Album’, Stray Kids for ‘Best Performance’, IVE for ‘Best Song’, and NCT DREAM for ‘Best Artist’. ‘ won the category.
In particular, aespa became the winner of the Hanteo Music Awards, winning three awards including ‘Artist of the Year’, ‘Best Trend Leader’, and ‘Global Generation Icon’. In addition, Seventeen, Stray Kids, ATEEZ, Tomorrow by Together (TXT), Ive, and VIVIZ recorded two wins.
The once-in-a-lifetime rookie award was also won by ZEROBASEONE and tripleS.
This was the ‘Hanteo Music Awards’ where seniors and juniors came together and many artists shone, but as controversy over its management arose, the good points began to erode.
First, it is being criticized for the fact that there was a high risk of safety accidents due to negligence in managing the standing order.
‘Hanteo Music Awards’ has an ‘Artist Zone’ on the right side of the main stage. However, looking at photos from the scene released through SNS and online communities, it was seen that fans watching from the standing seats in front of the stage were gathered in front of the ‘Artist Zone’.
Even the artists were aware of this disorder, and were even seen directly trying to induce order towards their fans.
Zero Base One’s Seong Han-bin, who was continuing his acceptance speech on stage, looked at the audience and directly brought order by saying, “It’s too dangerous right now, so everyone please take a step back. I’ll pause my speech for a moment.”
Additionally, it was revealed that Seong Han-bin, who was sitting in the artist zone, went directly to the on-site agent and asked for control.
ATEEZ’s funny story was also revealed. One fan who attended the ‘Hanteo Music Awards’ said, “I barely survived because the ATEEZ people kept pushing me around and being pushed around by SEC and security guards and asking me to give water to people who couldn’t breathe.”
Espa, who was sitting in the artist zone, also made a gesture with a worried expression telling the fans to go back.
As the control of standing seats was insufficient, there were suspicions that this caused visitors to be unable to go to the restroom, which ultimately led to waste damage.
There were also eyewitness reports from netizens that a fight broke out between fans of Kim Ji-woong of Zero Base One, who was recently embroiled in suspicions of swearing.
According to this, a fan shouted for Kim Ji-woong to leave during the Zero Base One stage, and another fan who heard this assaulted the fan.
There was even a rumor that ATEEZ, who watched this from the artist zone, directly relayed the news to the on-site agent.
Photo = Hanteo Global, ⓒ MHN Sports Reporter Hyeonji Lee
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