TXT's Yeonjun Wins First Trophy for Solo Single 'Ice Cream'
6,920 points on the july 17 Music Bank, the first-ever win for 'Ice Cream,' and i-dle's 'Gimme Dat Love' left in the runner-up chair. MOAs, hydrate.
6,920. that's the number, that's the whole tweet, i will be repeating it into my pillow tonight. yeonjun walked onto the july 17 Music Bank and walked back off with the first trophy 'Ice Cream' has ever collected, and the confetti had the AUDACITY to fall in slow motion.
the other name on the board was i-dle with 'Gimme Dat Love,' which is not what i'd call a soft draw, bestie. that's a full group with a full arsenal against one man and a solo concept — and the one man took it. sit with that for a second.
a soloist win hits structurally different. there's no members to split the screentime with, no one else's fancam quietly farming your numbers, no group chant to hide inside. it's one person, one mic, one camera, and every single decision landing on him. he made it look like a hobby.
the rest of the episode was genuinely stacked too — MONSTA X's kihyun, sunmi, GIRLSET, RESCENE, AHOF and a whole parade of rookie acts all pulled up and served. gorgeous stages across the board. exactly one of them got handed a trophy.
MOAs, this is number one. the shelf is empty, the era is young, and the man is clearly not planning to stop at a single. start clearing space now.
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BTS's 'Swim' Earns Two 2026 MTV VMA Nominations
song of the year AND best k-pop for 'Swim,' plus Lisa, Jisoo and LE SSERAFIM got called up — vmas hit sept 27
the 2026 MTV VMA nominations dropped and bestie... k-pop did NOT come to play. BTS pulled up with two nods and i'm being so normal about it (i am not being normal about it).
BTS scored Song of the Year AND Best K-Pop for "Swim," the title track off their fifth studio album "Arirang." for the girlies keeping score: Song of the Year is a GENERAL-field category, not a genre box — so the bar is on the floor for everyone else.
and it wasn't just them. Lisa racked up FOUR nominations for "Dream" (best pop, best k-pop, best cinematography, best editing). Jisoo landed a best visual effects nod for "Eyes Closed" with Zayn. BLACKPINK's "Jump" and LE SSERAFIM's "Spaghetti" — featuring j-hope, keeping it in the family — both grabbed best k-pop noms too.
newer acts Cortis and Katseye got called up as well, so the pipeline is THRIVING. the ceremony goes down september 27 at the Peacock Theatre in LA.
and let's not forget Rosé took Song of the Year for "APT." last year — so k-pop walking into this room is basically a homecoming now. we are so back. 💅
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the reveluvs got their first trophy on 'show champion' and the summer-song agenda is officially unstoppable
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