High1 Seoul Music Awards 2021 Full Performers List: From Seventeen to TWICE and NCT 127, here's the complete line-up
High1 Seoul Music Awards, deemed as one of the most prestigious K-pop award shows is almost here and who is going to be performing at the star-studded event is on everyone’s mind. Along with the main award and rookie of the year award, this year SMA is bringing quite a few special awards like the Muse trophy and more.
The main award features the nation’s favorite K-pop girl group Twice, Seventeen, NCT 127, Aespa, TXT, Treasure, Enhypen and more. Sadly, BTS will give the awards night a miss.
High1 Seoul Music Awards will observe its 30th edition this year which will take place on January 31. The award show that started in 1990 will be awarding a series of diverse genres including ballad, hip hop, R&B along with original soundtracks for K-dramas and films. This year, the award show will be observed without the presence of a live audience and can be live-streamed all over the world. Here’s what we know about the line-up so far.
Hosts
K-pop super-group Super Junior famed SM Entertainment’s Kim Heechul, South Korean comedian Shing Dong-yup and Girls’ Generation’s Soo-young will be hosting the starry evening.
Line-up
Though there isn’t an official announcement regarding the Seoul Music Awards yet, here’s what the reported line-up looks like. Fourth-generation K-pop superstars ATEEZ and Seventeen are likely to appear for the award show along with TXT. The possible line-up also includes Twice, Stray Kids, NCT 127 and more. Here’s a look at all the groups who are nominated for main category awards and are likely to appear.
ATEEZ will most probably be performing the songs 'Utopia' and 'Inception', Seventeen has songs like 'Fallin Flower', 'All My Love' and 'Home;Run' listed and TXT will perform 'Intro' and 'We Lost The Summer'. What's more, AESPA, Treasure and Enhypen have also been confirmed for the line-up.
[📢] #ATEEZ está en la lineup y presentará 'Utopia' + 'Inception' en los 30th High1 Seoul Music Awards el 31/01
— ATEEZ Venezuela 🇻🇪🌐 (@ateez_venezuela) January 29, 2021
Alfombra roja: 5:00 PM KST
Show: 6:50PM KST
cr. transforatz@ATEEZofficial #에이티즈 pic.twitter.com/iccfv6Lkpq
Seventeen to perform Fallin Flower + All my Love + Home; Run for Seoul Music Awards this year.
— ˚* ❀mi ;💜 (@miwon17_) January 29, 2021
SMA to air on Jan 31st 6:50 pm kst @pledis_17 pic.twitter.com/zDHhQuYANz
TXT will be performing the following songs, around 9PM KST, at Seoul Music Awards on January 31.
— TXT WORLDWIDE ✜ (@TXTBigHitWW) January 29, 2021
Intro + We Lost The Summer
Blue Hour@TXT_members @TXT_bighit #TXT https://t.co/okMD9TiwnQ
ATEEZ
SEVENTEEN
TWICE
NCT127
Stray Kids
(G)Idle
Itzy
IZ*ONE
AB6IX
NCT Dream
AESPA
:camera_with_flash: aespa on their way to the pre-recording of 30th Seoul Music Awards :sparkling_heart: @aespa_official pic.twitter.com/vKQtt0HIfL
— The Seoul Story (@theseoulstory) January 30, 2021
Treasure
:camera_with_flash: TREASURE Asahi, Mashiho, Choi Hyunsuk, Yoshi and Yoon Jaehyuk on their way to the pre-recording of the 30th Seoul Music Awards :two_hearts:@ygtreasuremaker @treasuremembers pic.twitter.com/a9Y5WlP6by
— The Seoul Story (@theseoulstory) January 30, 2021
Enhypen
:camera_with_flash: ENHYPEN Jay and Jungwon on their way to the pre-recording for 30th Seoul Music Awards :yellow_heart: @ENHYPEN @ENHYPEN_members pic.twitter.com/GElqif2jLu
— The Seoul Story (@theseoulstory) January 30, 2021
Date and Time
SMA will take place on January 31. The red carpet will start at 5 pm KST followed by the main ceremony at 6.50 pm KST which will likely to end at 22.40 KST.
How to live stream
SMA can be watched in KBSdrama, KBSjoy, KBSw, U+IDOL Live app for the Korean audience. For global fans, the award show can be watched from niconicoLive. Check this link for more information on live streaming and tickets.
Nominations
Check all the K-pop stars nominated for the main award and rookie of the year award.
Main Award
AB6IX – ‘VIVID’
Apink – ‘LOOK’
APRIL – ‘Da Capo’
ASTRO – ‘GATEWAY’
ATEEZ – ‘ZERO : FEVER Part.1’
Baekhyun – ‘Delight’
Baek Ji Young – ‘I still love you a lot’
BLACKPINK – ‘How You Like That’
BOL4 – ‘Puberty Book Ⅱ Pum’
BTS – ‘MAP OF THE SOUL: 7’
Chungha – ‘PLAY’
CIX – ‘Hello, Strange Time’
DAY6 – ‘The Book of Us : The Demon’
DreamCatcher – ‘Dystopia : The Tree of Language’
EXO – ‘EXO PLANET #5 –EXplOration– Live Album’
GFRIEND – ‘回:LABYRINTH’
(G)I-DLE – ‘DUMDi DUMDi’
GOT7 – ‘DYE’
Ha Sung Woon – ‘Twilight Zone’
Hwasa – ‘María’
ITZY – ‘IT’z ME’
IU – ‘eight’
IZ*ONE – ‘BLOOM*IZ’
Jessi – ‘NUNA’
Kang Daniel – ‘MAGENTA’
LOONA – “[#]”
MAMAMOO – ‘Dingga’
MONSTA X – ‘FANTASIA X’
NCT – ‘RESONANCE Pt.1’
NCT 127 – ‘NCT #127 Neo Zone’
NCT DREAM – ‘RELOAD’
NU’EST – ‘The Nocturne’
Oh My Girl – ‘NONSTOP’
Park Ji Hoon – ‘The W’
Park Jin Young – ‘When We Disco’
Paul Kim – ‘Maum, Pt. 2’
PENTAGON – ‘WE:TH’
SEVENTEEN – ‘Heng:garæ’
SF9 – ‘9loryUS’
Stray Kids – ‘GO生 (GO LIVE)’
Sunmi – ‘pporappippam’
Super Junior-D&E – ‘BAD BLOOD’
Super Junior-K.R.Y. – ‘When We Were Us’
Taemin – ‘Never Gonna Dance Again: Act 1’
Taeyeon – ‘Happy’
The Boyz – ‘CHASE’
TXT – ‘MINISODE 1: BLUE HOUR’
TWICE – ‘MORE & MORE’
VICTON – ‘Mayday’
Zico – ‘Any Song’
Rookie of the Year
Aespa – ‘Black Mamba’
CRAVITY – ‘HIDEOUT: REMEMBER WHO WE ARE – SEASON 1.’
DRIPPIN – ‘Boyager’
ENHYPEN – ‘BORDER : DAY ONE’
GHOST9 – ‘PRE EPISODE 1: DOOR’
Natty – ‘NINETEEN’
P1Harmony – “DISHARMONY : STAND OUT”
SECRET NUMBER – ‘Who Dis?’
STAYC – ‘Star To A Young Culture’
TREASURE – ‘THE FIRST STEP: CHAPTER ONE’
Weeekly – ‘We are’
WEi – ‘IDENTITY: First Sight’
To know more about the award show, click here.
Check out the list of nominations here. Keep an eye on this space for more updates on SMA.