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(G)I-DLE added another prestigious accolade to their growing list of achievements at the 2024 Melon Music Awards (MMA) on November 30, 2024. Known for their creative musical direction and empowering messages, the group took home the Digital Song Bonsang (Main Prize) for their hit track Queencard, which was a standout from their 2023 album I Feel.
Fans noted that during the girl group's award acceptance speech, aespa's Karina and IVE's Wooyoung became emotional. During their speech, (G)I-DLE leader Soyeon said that several media outlets misconstrued her contract expiration with CUBE Entertaiment as if the group was disbanding. Soyeon said:
"My contract expired, and these days there are many articles being released that are like ‘(G)I-DLE is disbanding’ or ‘(G)I-DLE is over.’ However, not me alone, but the five of us all decided to renew our contracts together. We had the discussion before coming on stage today. It’s not just me, and yes, it’s all five of us members together."
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Soyeon continued:
"The five of us will be together from now on, next year, the year after, and really forever, so I hope NEVERLAND won’t worry. We will give back with good music next year, as well."
The group's fans appreciated aespa member and IVE's Wooyoung for supporting (G)I-DLE. One fan wrote on X:
"Wonyoung winter Karina teary eyes during GIDLE speech. I stan the right queens wonyoung in Ive and Karina in aespa"
Fans praised aespa for being the literal "definition of girl’s girl."
"aespa girls are literally the definition of girl’s girl I love them so much" one fan wrote.
"Its always so nice to see how gg in kpop support each other, toxic stans will never be able to pit them against each other," another fan wrote.
"You love to see queens supporting queens," one other fan added.
While others praised IVE's Wooyoung for getting emotional over (G)-IDLE's Soyeon's speech where the latter talked about disbandment, working hard, and more.
"I think the other gg knows the struggle of being idol especially if youre women and to survive criticism from those nasty article and netizen, that’s why theyre crying too. That’s also why I love gg more than bg, being a women in general is also a challenge." one fan commented.
"So happy to see today's idols being close and caring towards each other," another fan wrote.
"If yall watch idols reaction to gidle's speech you'll see how a lot of them were cheering for them when soyeon mentioned about them renewing as a group, some idols teared up too. idle is so loved by people in the industry, you can never trust bitter kpop stans on twt," another fan added.
More about Cube Entertainment's rookie girl group, (G)I-DLE
Debuting under Cube Entertainment on May 2, 2018, with the single Latata from their EP I Am, (G)I-DLE quickly rose to prominence, distinguishing themselves through self-produced tracks.
The group—composed of members Soyeon, Miyeon, Minnie, Yuqi, and Shuhua—built a reputation for their genre-blending sound, touching on everything from hip-hop to ballads.
Tracks like Tomboy, Hwaa, and Oh My God have all entered charts domestically and internationally Gaon chart. Oh My God ranked at #3 on the Billboard World Digital Songs chart. Tomboy ranked #1 on U.S. Billboard's 'The Best K-Pop Songs of 2022: Staff Picks.'
I Feel, released in 2023, achieved remarkable commercial success, becoming the group’s highest-selling album to date, with over 1.6 million copies sold globally.
The group’s 2023 world tour, I am FREE-TY, brought their electrifying performances to fans across Asia, North America, and Europe, further establishing their global fanbase, Neverland.
Since their debut, (G)I-DLE has amassed an impressive list of awards. These include:
- Golden Disc Awards: Digital Song Bonsang for "Tomboy" (2023) and "Queencard" (2024).
- Brand of the Year Awards: Female Rookie Idol of the Year (2018) and Favorite Female Group (2022).
In other news, On July 8, 2024, the group's seventh Korean EP I Sway was released along with its lead single Klaxon.
