TXT Win Five Awards, Daesang at 2026 Korean Music Awards
the km chart awards went down saturday night and our roster cleaned house — txt took artist of the year, bts won album of the year for 'ARIRANG,' and hwasa snatched song of the year. a certified massacre.
the km chart awards (KMA) 2026 happened saturday night at korea university's hwajeong tiger dome in seoul, and bestie… our roster did NOT come to lose. it was a bloodbath and i mean that in the most celebratory way possible.
txt walked out with FIVE trophies including the daesang — the grand prize — for artist of the year. two of those (best popular song and best popular male group) were decided entirely by fan voting, so moa really said 'we do it for the plot.' yeonjun also grabbed best popular solo male, because this family simply does not miss.
the other daesangs kept the roster supremacy going: bts took album of the year for 'ARIRANG,' and mamamoo's hwasa snatched song of the year with 'good goodbye.' the range across our girls and boys is genuinely unhinged.
the ultimate 12 (aka the bonsang main prizes) included bts, hwasa, txt, zerobaseone and riize — a stacked, stacked list — while hearts2hearts took best female group AND made the cut. aespa's winter also walked off with best popular solo female, because of course she did.
shoutout to the non-roster winners too — cortis snagged record of the year with 'GREENGREEN,' respect — but today belongs to the faves. between the daesangs, the fan-voted wins and the bonsangs, the group chat is unrecoverable. we are so back and we are so winning.
Reported by Soompi. This article is Aegyo Arena's own write-up of that reporting.
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TXT to Debut VR Concert 'Endless Ride' in Singapore
the boys strapped us into headsets for 'endless ride' — a first-person vr concert that's basically a fever dream on rails. it's their THIRD one, making them the reigning kings of a format nobody else committed to.
txt really looked at the concept of 'attending a concert' and said what if it was a dream, on a train, strapped to your face. 'endless ride' is a vr concert experience and i've never wanted a headset more in my life.
instead of watching a concert film from your seat like a peasant, everyone gets their own vr headset for a first-person view — the whole thing is built as a train journey drifting through dreamlike landscapes, with performances and little interactive moments made specifically for vr. it's giving lucid dream, it's giving main character, it's giving 'why is this a train and why do i care so much.'
and here's the part that's actually iconic: this is their THIRD dedicated vr concert. as in, txt is the first k-pop act to put out three of these. everyone else made one and clocked out; the boys built a whole cinematic universe in headset form. commitment to the bit is a love language.
the catch: it's a singapore exclusive at gv bugis+, running august 14 through september 3, with tickets going up july 24 (about $38–40). there are even weekly collectibles — photocards, postcards, the little treasures — so of course people will be going multiple times. for research.
anyway if you're in singapore, congrats, you get to ride the dream train. if you're not, we suffer in standard definition together. hold my hand.
Reported by gokpop. This article is Aegyo Arena's own write-up of that reporting.
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the man released a solo mini and immediately bodied every other soloist of the year. no notes, only screaming.
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