SHINee’S Minho, Kim II Joong, and Lovelz’s Mijoo to host the 32nd Seoul Music Awards

The 32nd Seoul Music Awards are back this year with star-studded hosts, performances, and nominees that are in fierce competition to win awards in various categories.

It was announced on January 6, 2023, that SHINee’s Minho, Kim Il Joong, and Lovelyz’s Mijoo will host the 32nd Seoul Music Awards in 2023. The event will be presented and sponsored by Sports Seoul and supervised by the Seoul Music Awards committee.

The Seoul Music Awards is one of the most prestigious music festivals in South Korea and is known to honor exceptional and deserving K-pop idols and singers for their work. The three MC’s that are going to host the 32nd Seoul Music Awards have exceptional qualities and fans can't wait to see them in action on January 19, 2023.

Know about the MCs of the 32nd Seoul Music Awards

Minho, who is all set to host the 32nd Seoul Music Awards, is an active singer and an actor. He recently released his first-ever solo album CHASE in December 2022 and showcased his acting range through the Netflix series The Fabulous, which aired in 190 countries. He has starred in a number of K-dramas including Hwarang, Yumi's Cells season 1, To The Beautiful You, and many others.

Mijoo is famous for her sense of humor and receives an immense amount of love for her work in a variety of entertainment shows. She is also a member of the K-POP girl group Lovelyz. She is additionally a singer and has been featured in many shows including Sixth Sense, Learn Way, Hangout with Yoo, and more.

Kim II Joong will also be a host at the 32nd Seoul Music Awards and has been working as a freelancer since 2015. He has hosted many events, television shows, and sports programs in the past. He started his career as an SBS announcer in 2005 and has starred in a number of dramas including Gaus Electronics, Artificial City, Itaewon Class, Be Melodramatic, and many others.

The 32nd Seoul Music Awards will highlight famous tracks and songs from the year 2022 and award deserving artists for their exceptional contributions to the industry. The second phase of voting for the event will begin soon.

Fans can vote for their favorite artists and their songs by searching for the Seoul Music Awards or Seogaae in the Google Play Store and downloading the application. Voting results can be checked on the app and the 32nd Seoul Music Awards site.

The 32nd Seoul Music Awards previously released a list of nominees in December 2022, spanning a wide range of categories.

The 32nd Seoul Music Awards' list of nominees in different categories

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Take a look at some of the nominees for the 32nd Seoul Music Awards:

Main Award (Bongsang)

10cm – 5.3
aespa – Girls
ASTRO – Drive to the Starry Road
ATEEZ – THE WORLD EP.1 : MOVEMENT
BIGBANG – Still Life
BLACKPINK – BORN PINK
BOL4 – Seoul
THE BOYZ – BE AWARE
BTOB – Be Together
BTS – Proof
Choi Ye Na – SMiLEY
CRAVITY – NEW WAVE
Crush – Rush Hour
DKZ – CHASE EPISODE 2. MAUM
ENHYPEN – MANIFESTO : DAY 1
fromis_9 – from our Memento Box
(G)I-DLE – I NEVER DIE
Girls’ Generation – FOREVER 1
GOT the beat – Step Back
GOT7 – GOT7
ITZY – CHECKMATE
IVE – LOVE DIVE
Jay Park – GANADARA
J-Hope (BTS) – Jack In The Box
Jin (BTS) – The Astronaut
Kang Daniel – The Story
Kihyun (MONSTA X) – VOYAGER
Kim Ho Joong – PANORAMA
Lim Young Woong – IM HERO
MONSTA X – SHAPE of LOVE
Nayeon (TWICE) – IM NAYEON
NCT 127 – 2 Baddies
NCT DREAM – Glitch Mode
ONEUS – MALUS
P1Harmony – HARMONY : ZERO IN
PSY – PSY 9th
Red Velvet – The ReVe Festival 2022 – Feel My Rhythm
Seulgi (Red Velvet) – 28 Reasons
SEVENTEEN – Face The Sun
STAYC – YOUNG-LUV.COM
Stray Kids – MAXIDENT
Suho (EXO) – Grey Suit
Super Junior – The Road : Winter for Spring
Taeyeon (Girls’ Generation) – INVU
TREASURE – THE SECOND STEP : CHAPTER ONE
TWICE – BETWEEN 1&2
TXT – minisode 2: Thursday’s Child
WEi – Love Pt.2 : Passion
WINNER – HOLIDAY
Zico (Block B) – New thing

Rookie of the Year

ATBO – The Beginning : 開花
Billlie – the Billage of perception: chapter two
CLASS:y – CLASS IS OVER
CSR – Sequence : 7272
H1-KEY – Athletic Girl
Kep1er – FIRST IMPACT
Lapillus – HIT YA!
LE SSERAFIM – FEARLESS
NewJeans – New Jeans
NINE.i – NEW WORLD
NMIXX – AD MARE
TAN – 1TAN
TEMPEST – It’s ME, It’s WE
TNX – WAY UP
TRENDZ – BLUE SET Chapter 1. TRACKS
VIVIZ – Beam Of Prism
YOUNITE – YOUNI-BIRTH

OST Award

10cm for Spring to Love from Our Blues
BIBI for Very, Slowly from Twenty-Five, Twenty-One
Davichi for Remember me from Our Blues
Jimin and Ha Sung-woon for With You from Our Blues
Lee Seok-hoon for Dear.My Fool from Discovery of Love
Lee Seung-yoon for The Giving Tree from Our Beloved Summer
Lee Sun-hee for I’ll Leave You from The Red Sleeve
MeloMance for Love, Maybe from A Business Proposal
Sam Kim for Summer Rain from Our Beloved Summer
Sunwoojunga for Beyond My Dreams from Extraordinary Attorney Woo
Taeil (NCT) for Starlight from Twenty Five, Twenty One
Tiger JK for WADADADA from One Dollar Lawyer
Wheein (MAMAMOO) for You, You from Nth Romance
Wonstein for Your Existence from Twenty Five, Twenty One

Trot Award

Jang Min-ho
Jang Yoon-jung
Kim Hee-jae
Lim Young-woong
Song Ga-in
Na Hoon-a
Song Ga In
Young Tak

Ballad Award

BEN – Spring Days
Davichi – Season Note
Han Dong Geun – It’s love
JuHo – without me
Kang Min Kyung (Davichi) and Jannabi – Because we loved
Kassy – Always love you
KyoungSeo – Dear my X
Lim Jae Hyun – Drunken confession at night
Monday Kiz – It has to be you
Noel – How Can I Forget You
Paul Kim – Like Yesterday
Tei – Monologue
Tophyun – Horang Suwolga
Younha – END THEORY : Final Edition
V.O.S – talks about pain

R&B/ Hip Hop

BE’O – LOVE me
BIG Naughty – Beyond Love
Coogie – RE:UP
Epik High – Epik High Is Here
Jessi – ZOOM
Joosiq – Baby I Need You
Leellamarz and TOIL – TOYSTORY3
Punch – The Love
Woo (Woo Won Jae) and meenoi – Ghosting

The 32nd Seoul Music Awards will be held on January 19 at KSPO Dome, Olympic Park, Songpa-gyu, Seoul.

Edited by Adelle Fernandes