Melon Music Award Lineup - end of the influence of the Senior Singer

Melon Awards will be held in Korea on Nov 30.

Lineup

Gidle

aespa

IVE

TripleS

Qwer

Ateez

Boyz Next Door

Riize

TWS

(Plave)

9 teams and 1 animation.

TWS is there so Hybe is not boycotting but it seems Illit won't be there.

The lineup seems weak.

On 2022 MMA could not invite too many stars so it made that show a private show for Lim Youngwoong, who won the only Grand Prize as a trottist from there.

It is expected that aespa will win all 3 categories or Gidle might win the Album of the Year award.

And this list omits the Elephant in the Room, or more accurately, the 1,345 years old Strange Creature in the Room.

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In 2021 , as BTS and aespa could not attend the MMA. BTS was having a concert at Los Angeles and aespa was in New York a few days earlier and was in quarantine.

And Melon was bold enough to challenge BTS by bringing back the Strange Creature to wrest the Grand Prizes from BTS' hands , starting the beginning of the end of BTS.

However, this year , even though the lineup is a bit weaker, with no major male idols,

MMA has chosen not to bring the Strange Creature to the MMA.

Apparently other idols express discomfort about the Strange Creature being at the ceremony.

No one really likes their grandmother to be in a party, since if the grandmother is there it takes away a lot of excitement

With a 1,345 years old great-(a bunch of greats) - grandaunt sitting on the event, the younger idols feel uncomfortable. Qwer and possibly Triple S might be happy to see the Creature, but Gidle, aespa and IVE will feel uncomfortable.

But it seems MMA did try to bring the Strange Creature there, since the name Bibi is absent in case the Creature might feel uncomfortable to see someone who became famous with the song given by her ex.

But it seems the Creature, her reputation hurt decisively by the hands of Bibi and Jang Kiha, chose to forgo the chance to see the younger idols since she now realizes her chokehold on KPop , which lasted for 14 years , has finally ended.

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soloist lineup hasn't been revealed though?

The existing lineup is probably the final. One ortwo more could be added but probably not the SeniorSinger.

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Hahaha, yeah I know, I'm just playing.

He's also been saying it's the end of 4th and 5th gen over the past few weeks too, so I just want to know where it all stands

Rose has ended the 4th an the 4.5th (formerly 5th) generation since they could not defeat her

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Hhe just hopes the every new idol group that debuts decides to ignore IU and start a grand new age of Kpop. But eventually they end up doing what he calls as "filial duty" to Senior Singer.

So he places his hope on the next generation, declaring the end of the one which disappointed him.

Rinse, repeat.

So far BM , Meovv and Katseye have ignored her

IU's influence over KPop in the last 14 years is nothing short of legendary but singers who were born outside of Korea are increasingly seeing her irrelevancy.

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So does Rose end IU?

Unfortunately Roseanne Park, MBE, felt a little bit short of that goal since she did not enter the top 5 of Billboard Hot 100