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2022 MAMA Awards
The 2022 MAMA Awards ceremony, organized by CJ E&M and broadcast through its music channel Mnet, was broadcast live on November 29 and 30, 2022. The ceremony was held at the Kyocera Dome Osaka, Japan. The theme for the ceremony is titled "K-POP World Citizenship" with sub-themes per night, "The world we build together" for day 1, and "We are K-POP" for day 2. The ceremony is the first to carry the new rebranded name, the first to take place overseas during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the 24th in the show's history. This year's ceremony saw the addition of the MAMA Platinum award which will be given to artists who've won all 4 daesangs (Grand Prizes) for 3 consecutive years. BTS was the first to receive the award. Background On August 23, 2022, CJ E&M announced that the "Mnet Asian Music Awards" would be rebranded as simply the "MAMA Awards" going forward. On October 26, 2022, Mnet announced the first line up of artists for the ceremony. On November 9, 2022, Mnet announced the ...
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Kyocera Dome Osaka
The (official name: ) is a baseball stadium located in Osaka, Osaka, Japan. Opened in 1997, the stadium was the home field of the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes. In 2005, the stadium became one of the homes of the Orix Buffaloes, a result of the merger between the Orix BlueWave and Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes. Prior to the Osaka Dome opening, the Buffaloes played their home games at Fujiidera Stadium. The Hanshin Tigers also use the stadium as their "home field" for their season openers and their home games in August because their stadium, Koshien Stadium, is used for high school baseball tournaments during those periods. The Dome hosted the Pride Total Elimination 2005 and Pride Total Elimination Absolute mixed martial arts fights. Naming rights by Kyocera Kyocera Corporation subsidiary Kyocera Document Solutions Incorporated has been advertising at Osaka Dome since April 2003. Osaka City Dome Company Limited offered Kyocera naming rights of the domed stadium in January 2006. On Ma ...
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Sneakers (song)
"Sneakers" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Itzy. It was released on July 15, 2022, by JYP Entertainment and Republic Records, as the lead single for their fifth extended play ''Checkmate''. Both Korean and English versions of the song were included in the extended play. The electro-pop track was written and produced by Didrik Thott, Jessica Pierpoint, Sebastian Thott, Friday, and Ogi (Galactika). An accompanying music video was released alongside the single on YouTube featuring a royal concept. Commercially, "Sneakers" peaked at number five on the Circle Digital Chart, becoming Itzy's highest-charting single since "Dalla Dalla" (2019) and their sixth top-ten entry on the chart. The song also peaked at number one on ''Billboard''s South Korea Songs chart. Following its release, Itzy promoted the song with live performances on several South Korean music television programs and amassed three music show trophies. Background and release On June 2, 2022, JYP Entertain ...
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Itzy
Itzy (stylized in all caps; ) is a South Korean girl group formed by JYP Entertainment and consisting of members Yeji, Lia, Ryujin, Chaeryeong, and Yuna. They debuted on February 12, 2019, with the release of their single album '' It'z Different''. Their accolades include Rookie of the Year at the 34th Golden Disc Awards, New Artist of the Year at the 9th Gaon Chart Music Awards and 2019 Melon Music Awards, Best New Female Artist at the 2019 Mnet Asian Music Awards, and the New Artist Award at the 29th Seoul Music Awards; they are the first K-pop girl group to achieve such a "Rookie Grand Slam". Career 2015–2019: Pre-debut activities After failing to pass auditions held by Fantagio, Chaeryeong and her sister were cast by JYP Entertainment (JYP) through the '' K-pop Star 3'' television series. In 2015, Chaeryeong participated in JYP's survival show '' Sixteen'' but did not make the final lineup of the winning girl group, Twice. The first member of Itzy to join JYP, she train ...
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Tomorrow X Together
Tomorrow X Together (, ; Tomorrow by Together, stylized TOMORROW X TOGETHER), commonly known as TXT ( ), is a South Korean boy band formed by Big Hit Entertainment, now known as Big Hit Music. The group consists of five members: Yeonjun, Soobin, Beomgyu, Taehyun and HueningKai. They debuted on March 4, 2019 with the extended play (EP) '' The Dream Chapter: Star''. The EP debuted and peaked at number one on the Gaon Album Chart and ''Billboard'' World Albums Chart and entered the US ''Billboard'' 200 at number 140, the highest-charting debut album by any male K-pop group at the time. Its lead single "Crown" debuted at number one on the ''Billboard'' World Digital Songs chart, and TXT topped the ''Billboard'' Emerging Artists chart, making them the fastest K-pop group to appear on the former and the second-fastest to appear on the latter. The group's early commercial success earned them several new artist awards, including Rookie of the Year at the 34th Golden Disc Awards and ...
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Illella
"Illella" (Korean: 일낼라; lit. "get up"; occasionally stylized as "1llella") is a song by South Korean girl group Mamamoo. It was released through RBW and Kakao Entertainment on October 11, 2022, as the lead single from their twelfth extended play ''Mic On''. It was co-written by Moonbyul, Yoo Joo-yi, Kang Ji-won, Kim Do-hoon, and Inner Child, the latter three of whom also handled the song's production. Described as a K-pop and reggaeton track, it was met with positive reviews from critics who praised the group for their vocal harmonies. Background and release On June 20, 2022, Mamamoo's label RBW confirmed that the group was scheduled to have a comeback with a group album in the latter half of the year with a concert to follow. That August, Mamamoo members Solar and Moonbyul formed the group's first sub-unit, Mamamoo+. Their first single, "Better" featuring Big Naughty, was released on August 28. On September 27, the group officially announced their comeback with their 1 ...
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Mamamoo
Mamamoo (, stylized in all caps) is a South Korean girl group formed by RBW (formerly WA Entertainment) in 2014, composed of four members: Solar, Moonbyul, Wheein and Hwasa. The group officially debuted with their single "Mr. Ambiguous" on June 18, 2014. Their debut was considered by some critics as one of the best K-pop debuts of 2014. They are recognized for their retro, jazz, R&B concepts and their strong vocal performances. Name The group name "Mamamoo" is symbolic of the first time a baby babbles. In addition, it has the meaning of approaching instinctively and primitively like a baby. History 2014–2015: Formation, debut and rising popularity Prior to their official debut, Mamamoo collaborated with several artists. Their first collaboration titled "Don't Be Happy" with Bumkey was released on January 8, 2014. A second collaboration with K.Will titled "Peppermint Chocolate" featuring Wheesung was released on February 11, 2014. "Peppermint Chocolate" debuted at ...
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Treasure (band)
Treasure (; Japanese: トレジャー; stylized in all caps) is a South Korean boy band formed in 2019 by YG Entertainment through the reality-survival program ''YG Treasure Box'' (2018–2019). The band consists of 10 members: Choi Hyun-suk, Jihoon, Yoshi, Junkyu, Yoon Jae-hyuk, Asahi, Doyoung, Haruto, Park Jeong-woo and So Jung-hwan. Former members Mashiho and Bang Ye-dam went on hiatus in May 2022 and departed from the band in November 2022. Treasure debuted in 2020 with the single album '' The First Step: Chapter One'' – the first in a tetralogy of albums that collectively sold over one million copies in five months. History 2010–2019: Pre-debut activities and formation Junkyu, Bang Ye-dam and So Jung-hwan had stints in entertainment since childhood. Junkyu started as a child model whilst Bang recorded songs for animated shows and competed on '' K-pop Star 2'' (2012–2013) and finished as runner-up behind Akdong Musician (AKMU). So briefly starred as a ...
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Maniac (Stray Kids Song)
"Maniac" is a song recorded by South Korean boy band Stray Kids. It was released as the second track of their sixth Korean extended play (EP), ''Oddinary'', and serves as its lead single on March 18, 2022, through JYP Entertainment and Republic Records. Written by Stray Kids in-house production team 3Racha, and Versachoi, "Maniac" is a Trap music, trap, electropop song about "odd" people who break the "ordinary" social norms set by the world, referred to Frankenstein's monster. Commercially, "Maniac" peaked at number 29 on the South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart, and made its first appearance on the US ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Bubbling Under Hot 100 at number 19, as well as in ARIA Singles Chart, Australia, Canadian Hot 100, Canada, Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa, Portugal, and the UK Singles Chart, United Kingdom. The song also debuted atop World Digital Song Sales, which is the second song after "Mixtape: Oh". It took two wins from the music programs: ''Show Cham ...
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Stray Kids
Stray Kids (; often abbreviated as SKZ) is a South Korean boy band formed by JYP Entertainment through the 2017 Stray Kids (TV series), reality show of the same name. The group is composed of eight members: Bang Chan, Lee Know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Felix, Seungmin, and I.N. Originally a nine-piece group, member Kim Woo-jin, Woojin left due to undisclosed personal reasons in October 2019. Stray Kids released their pre-debut extended play (EP) ''Mixtape (Stray Kids EP), Mixtape'' in January 2018 and officially debuted on March 25 with the EP ''I Am Not'', followed by other two ''I Am'' series EPs, ''I Am Who'' and ''I Am You (EP), I Am You''. Their ''Clé'' trilogy EPs were issued in 2019, consisting of ''Clé 1: Miroh'', ''Clé 2: Yellow Wood'', and ''Clé: Levanter''. The group's first studio album ''Go Live (album), Go Live'' was released in 2020, becoming their first platinum-certified album by Korea Music Content Association (KMCA). That year, Stray Kids also made their Ja ...
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Glitch Mode (song)
"Glitch Mode" () is a song that was recorded by South Korean boy group NCT Dream. It was released as the lead single from their second studio album '' Glitch Mode'' (2022) on March 28, 2022, alongside an accompanying music video. The song was written by NCT Dream's member Mark and Yoo Jae-eun and was composed by Sam SZND alongside Benjamin 55 and Alony 55, who also worked on the arrangement. Background and release In January 2022, SM Entertainment confirmed that NCT Dream would release a new album in March. Beginning on March 14, SM released different sets of photo teasers, in which the members were depicted wearing different outfits conveying the "unusual charms" of the song, whose concept centers around "errors". On March 25, NCT Dream teased all the tracks, including "Glitch Mode", with a mashup video. The song was released on March 28 alongside an accompanying music video. Composition "Glitch Mode" was written by NCT Dream's member Mark and Yoo Jae-eun and was composed ...
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