LIVE: The star-studded K-pop music festival K-World Dream Awards (KWDA), formerly known as Soribada Best K-Music Awards and K Global Heart Dream Award, was held at Jamsil Indoor Stadium in Seoul , South Korea, on Thursday, August 22. Jang Do Yeon and Jun Hyun Moo again took the stage as returning hosts for the event for the second consecutive year. The attending lineup for this year's ceremony was decked with grand names from the industry.
NCT 127, aespa , TOMORROW X TOGETHER, ZEROBASEONE , ITZY, ILLIT and many others first walked the blue carpet at 4:30 pm KST before joining the main awards ceremony. Artists across K-pop generations secured major victories at the show, with SEVENTEEN , KISS OF LIFE, BIBI, P1Harmony, Zico, Jennie, IVE, and LE SSERAFIM, among others, hailed as winners in numerous categories. The glamorous evening also witnessed multi-dimensional live performances in Seoul.
Here are the winners of the night. Also read | Jungkook wonders if he can receive recognition without 'BTS power' in I Am Still trailer: I never thought I'm a genius 2024 K-World Dream Award winners list Music Icon Award UNIS HiFi Un!corn HelloLive Global Star: P1Harmony Best OST Award: Crush Listener Choice Awards Lee Mujin JD1 Best New Trend Award tripleS PLAVE Best Artist Award: BIBI Bonsang (Main Prize) BIBI KISS OF LIFE Lee Mujin TOMORROW X TOGETHER ITZY NCT 127 aespa PLAVE Also read | Meet aespa's first virtual star Naevis, all set to make her SM Ent debut this September: Teaser The Gl.