MUSIC
Zero Base One achieved a total of 11 awards, including 6 Rookie of the Year awards, just 6 months after debut.
ZEROBASEONE (Sung Han-bin, Kim Ji-woong, Jang Hao, Seok Matthew, Kim Tae-rae, Ricky, Kim Kyu-bin, Park Gun-wook, Han Yu-jin) won the '33rd Seoul Music Awards' awards ceremony (hosted by Sports Seoul) held at the Rajamangala National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand on the 2nd. , hosted by the Seoul Music Awards Organizing Committee) and won the ‘Rookie Award’ and ‘Main Award’.
As a result, ZEROBASEONE, who debuted in the music industry last July, started with the '2023 K Global Heart Dream Awards' about 6 months after debut, followed by '2023 The Fact Music Awards', '2023 MAMA AWARDS', 'Melon Music Awards', and '2023' From the 'Asia Artst Awards in the Philippines' to the '33rd Seoul Music Awards', they not only swept 6 awards for new artist awards in the shortest period of time in K-POP history, but also achieved the feat of lifting a total of 11 trophies.
ZEROBASEONE said, "Thank you for giving us the Rookie Award as the first award of 2024. We will prove that ZEROBASEONE is the right owner of the Rookie Award, and we will always do our best without losing our original intention." Then, those who returned to the stage after winning the main award gave greetings filled with fan love, saying, "This award seems to open the bright beginning of 2024. So, I would like to give the honor of this award to Zeros."
On this day, ZEROBASEONE transformed into a pure white prince and heated up the Rajamangala National Stadium in Bangkok. Following Jang Hao's solo dance, the nine members opened the stage with leader Seong Hanbin and Jang Hao's pair choreography. Although it is still incomplete and immature, the nine members' debut song ''contains the members' will to take a beautiful and meaningful first step towards 'you'. They performed 'In Bloom' and 'CRUSH (thorn)', which expressed their resolute promise to become a stronger presence for Zeros and protect them until the end through intense and powerful group dance. In particular, they thrilled local fans with a remixed version of the music and performance that stands out with a modern and groovy mood that has never been seen before.
Meanwhile, ZEROBASEONE has become a 'Double Million Seller' for two consecutive years with its debut album 'YOUTH IN THE SHADE' released in July of this year and its second mini album 'MELTING POINT' released in November. did. Their debut song 'In Bloom' was selected as '23 Best K-POP Singles of 2023' by famous British magazine Vanity Teen and '25 Best K-POP Songs of 2023' by US Billboard. The number of cumulative streams on Spotify, the world's largest music streaming platform, exceeds 35 million, showing off its undiminished popularity.
Reporter Junho Yoon, Ten Asia delo410@tenasia.co.kr
