34th Seoul Music Awards

The 34th Seoul Music Awards (Korean: 34th 서울가요대상; RR: 34th Seoul Gayo Daesang) is an award ceremony held on June 21, 2025, in Inspire Arena, South Korea.^[1] Organized by Y Global Music and Sports Seoul.^[2] The show is hosted by Kang Seung-yoon, Miyeon, and Soobin.^[3]

34th Seoul Music Awards
Date	June 21, 2025 (2025-06-21)
Venue	Inspire Arena
Country	South Korea
Hosted by	Kang Seung-yoon Miyeon Soobin
Most wins	Young Tak (4)
Website	seoulmusicawards.com
Television/radio coverage
Network	BIGC
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Criteria

Only songs and albums released from January 2024 to March 2025 were eligible to be nominated.^[4]

Category	Online voting	Panelist	Music sales (Album/ Digital sales)
Main Prize (Bonsang)	30%	40%	30%
Rookie Award
Genre Awards
Popularity Awards	100%	—
Special Awards	—	100%	—

Performers

The first list of performers was announced on May 16.^[5] The second list of performers was announced on May 21.^[6] The third list of performers was announced on May 26.^[7]

List of performances

Artist(s)	Song(s) performed
Doyoung	"Little Light" "Flying Duck" "Memory"
Say My Name	"ShaLaLa"
VVUP	"4 Life" "Giddy Boy"
QWER	"Dear" "T.B.H"
Fifty Fifty	"SOS" "Pookie"
KiiiKiii	"I Do Me"
Hwang Karam	"If the World Turns Against You" "I'm Firefly"
Wave to Earth	"Annie."
Hearts2Hearts	"The Chase"
KickFlip	"Mama Said" "Freeze"
Chanelle Moon Hana	"Y (Please Tell Me Why)"
Hitomi Honda Kanny Dohee	"My Lips... Warm Like Coffee"
Allen Wonjin Taeyoung	"Officially Missing You"
Cravity	"Love or Die" "Now or Never"
Illit	"Magnetic" "Do the Dance"
NCT Wish	"Wish" "Steady"
P1Harmony	"Duh!" "Sad Song"
Seo Eun-kwang Donghyeon Minnie	"Reflection of You in Your Smile" (Seo only) "Sad Fate" (Donghyeon only) "Violet Fragrance" (Minnie only) "To Lady" (with Byun Jin-sub)
Young Tak	"Unpredictable Life" "SuperSuper"
Zerobaseone	"Devil Game" "Blue"
BtoB	"Love Today" "Missing You"
Tomorrow X Together	"Deja Vu" "Danger" "Love Language"
I-dle	"Good Thing" "Fate"

Presenters

The first list of presenters was announced on May 6.^[8] The second list of presenters was announced on May 30.^[9]

• Jang Gyu-ri and Ong Seong-wu – presented Rising Star Award, Discovery of the Year, and Rookie of the Year
• Kang You-seok and Shin Si-ah – presented Main Prize (Bonsang)
• Chang Ryul and Park Ju-hyun – presented Best Performance Award, Band Award, Ballad Award, R&B/ Hip-hop Award, OST Award, and Trot Award
• Soobin – presented Popularity Award and K-Wave Special Award
• Kim Sung-cheol and Nam Gyu-ri – presented Best Group, Best Solo Award, and K-pop Special Award
• Kang Seung-yoon – presented K-pop World Choice – Group and K-pop World Choice – Solo
• Jung Eun-chae – presented World Best Artist, Best Album Award, and Best Song Award
• Byeon Woo-seok – presented Grand Prize (Daesang)

Winners and nominees

Winners and nominees were listed in alphabetical order. Winners were listed first and emphasized in bold.^[10]

The list of nominees was announced on March 24, 2025, through the official website. Voting opened on March 24, 2025, and closed on May 10, 2025.^[11][12]

Main awards

Grand Prize (Daesang)
I-dle
Main Prize (Bonsang)	Rookie of the Year
Aespa Doyoung Enhypen G-Dragon I-dle Illit Ive NCT Dream NCT Wish P1Harmony Plave QWER Rosé Seventeen Stray Kids Tomorrow X Together Young Tak Zerobaseone List of nominated artists Ateez Babymonster Baekhyun Bibi BoyNextDoor BSS BtoB BTS Crush D.O. Day6 Eclipse Fifty Fifty Got7 Hwang Karam Itzy IU Izna JD1 Jennie Jimin Jin Jisoo Jungkook JxW Kang Daniel Kep1er Kiss of Life Le Sserafim Lee Chang-sub Lee Chan-won Lee Mu-jin Lee Young-ji Lim Young-woong Meovv Minnie Nayeon NCT 127 NewJeans Nmixx One Pact Park Ji-hyeon Riize RM Taeyeon The Boyz Treasure TripleS Twice TWS Unis Wendy Xikers Yuqi Zico	Hearts2Hearts KickFlip KiiiKiii 3Piece ARrC Blingone Dignity Izna Loveone Madein Meovv Newbeat Nouera Odd Youth Say My Name
Best Song Award	Best Album Award
Tomorrow X Together – "Deja Vu"	Tomorrow X Together – Minisode 3: Tomorrow Zerobaseone – Blue Paradise
Ballad Award	R&B/ Hip-hop Award
Hwang Karam 10cm Bibi Crush Heize Huh Gak, Kim Hee-jae, Lee Jin-sung, Lee Mu-jin, Onestar & #Annyeong Hwagok-dong Green Frog IU Jennie Kiss of Life Lee Chang-sub Lee Mu-jin Lim Young-woong Plave Rosé Roy Kim Seventeen Yoo Hwe-seung	RM B.I Be'O Bibi Bobby Daniel Jikal G-Dragon Heize Hoony I.M Jay Park J-Hope Lee Hi Lee Young-ji Zico
OST Award	Trot Award
Young Tak – "Unpredictable Life" (from For Eagle Brothers) #Annyeong – "So Sick" (from Reunion Counseling) 10cm – "Spring Snow" (from Lovely Runner) 90TAN – "A-Yo" (from Undercover High School) An Yu-jin – "Dreaming" (from The Great) Baek A – "Our Days" (from Better Days) Byun Hee-sang – "Eternity Reprise" (from Eternity) Crush – "Love You with All My Heart" (from Queen of Tears) DK – "Eternity" (from The Last 10 Years) Eclipse – "Sudden Shower" (from Lovely Runner) Elaine "Stand by Me" – (from Buried Hearts) F.T. Island – "The Rose of Verasilles" (from The Siren: Becoming the Villain's Family) Ha Sung-woon – "In Love with You" (from My Dearest Nemesis) Haewon – "Maru is A Puppy" (from Maru is A Puppy) Jin – "Close to You" (from When the Stars Gossip) Jo Yu-ri – "Spring Day Pass" (from Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born) Jongho – "A Day" (from Lovely Runner) Jung Seung-hwan – "Ask Out" (from Motel California) Kang Seung-yoon – "She Woke Me Up" (from For Eagle Brothers) Kim Feel – "All Our Days" (from Family by Choice) Lee Chang-sub – "Heavenly Fate" (from A Not So Fairytale) Lee Hi – "Our Timeless Moments" (from Dear Hyeri) Lee Jean – "Like that Time When I Sent You with Smile" (from A Virtuous Business) Lee Mu-jin – "In Our Lives" (from Iron Family) MeloMance – "Tomorrow" (from Brewing Love) Minnie – "Like A Dream" (from Lovely Runner) Mr. Choi from Yanbian – "Like the Wind Didn't Blow" (from Like the Wind Didn't Blow) N.Flying – "Star" (from Lovely Runner) Onaye – "Such a Day" (from A Virtous Business) Paul Kim – "Always Be With You" (from Love Scout) Plave – "We Don't Stop" (from The Fiery Priest) Roy Kim – "Whenever Wherever" (from My Demon) Sam Kim – "Playing Pretend" (from Love in the Big City) Seok Matthew & Park Gun-wook – "Back Packer" (from Study Group) Seungmin – "My Destiny" (from The Potato Lab) Sohyang – "One Day" (from The Queen Who Crowns) Son Tae-jin – "I'll Take You in My Arms" (from Desperate Mrs. Seonju) Tomorrow X Together – "Can't Stop" (from Brewing Love) Winter – "The First Moment" (from Heartsping: Teenieping of Love) Yoo Hwe-seung – "I Think I Did" (from Lovely Runner) Yoo Yeon-seok – "Say My Name" (from When the Phone Rings)	Young Tak Ahn Sung-hoon Bae A-hyun Cheon Lok-dam Choi Jae-myung Choi Soo-ho Chun-gil Enoch Eun Ga-eun Hong Ja Hong Ji-yun Hong Jin-young Hyukjin Jang Minho JD1 Jeon Yu-jin Jin Hye-sung Jin Sung Jinuk Jung Mi-ae Jung Min-ko Jung Seo-joo Kang Hye-yeon Kang Jin Kang Moon-kyung Kim Da-hyun Kim Hee-jae Kim Jun-su Kim Soo-chan Kim So-yeon Kim Tae-yeon Kim Yang Kim Yong-bin Kim Yong-im Kim Yon-ja Lee Chan-won Lim Young-woong Ma Ij-in Maria Min Soo-hyun Miss Kim Na Tae-koo Na Ye-ong Nam Jin Nam Seung-min Oh Yu-jin Park Hye-sin Park Ji-hyeon Park Min-su Park Seo-jin Shin Se-ong Shin Seung-tae Shin Yu Son Bin-ah Son Tae-jin Song Ga-in Tae Jin-ah Yang Ji-eun Yoyomi
Rising Star Award[13]
VVUP 82Major Evnne Fantasy Boys Lun8 One Pact Pow Tempest TNX Younite

Popularity awards

Popularity Award	K-Wave Special Award
Lee Chan-won List of nominated artists (G)I-dle Aespa Ateez Babymonster Baekhyun Bibi BoyNextDoor BSS BtoB BTS Crush D.O. Day6 Doyoung Eclipse Enhypen Fifty Fifty G-Dragon Got7 Hwang Karam Illit Itzy IU Ive Izna JD1 Jennie Jimin Jin Jisoo Jungkook JxW Kang Daniel Kep1er Kiss of Life Le Sserafim Lee Chang-sub Lee Mu-jin Lee Young-ji Lim Young-woong Meovv Minnie Nayeon NCT 127 NCT Dream NCT Wish NewJeans Nmixx One Pact P1Harmony Park Ji-hyeon Plave QWER Riize RM Rosé Seventeen Stray Kids Taeyeon The Boyz Tomorrow X Together Treasure TripleS Twice TWS Unis Wendy Xikers Young Tak Yuqi Zerobaseone Zico	Jimin List of nominated artists (G)I-dle Aespa Ateez Babymonster Baekhyun Bibi BoyNextDoor BSS BtoB BTS Crush D.O. Day6 Doyoung Eclipse Enhypen Fifty Fifty G-Dragon Got7 Hwang Karam Illit Itzy IU Ive Izna JD1 Jennie Jin Jisoo Jungkook JxW Kang Daniel Kep1er Kiss of Life Le Sserafim Lee Chang-sub Lee Chan-won Lee Mu-jin Lee Young-ji Lim Young-woong Meovv Minnie Nayeon NCT 127 NCT Dream NCT Wish NewJeans Nmixx One Pact P1Harmony Park Ji-hyeon Plave QWER Riize RM Rosé Seventeen Stray Kids Taeyeon The Boyz Tomorrow X Together Treasure TripleS Twice TWS Unis Wendy Xikers Young Tak Yuqi Zerobaseone Zico
K-pop World Choice – Group	K-pop World Choice – Solo
Babymonster List of nominated artists (G)I-dle Aespa Ateez BoyNextDoor BSS BtoB BTS Day6 Eclipse Enhypen Fifty Fifty Got7 Illit Itzy Ive Izna JxW Kep1er Kiss of Life Le Sserafim Meovv NCT 127 NCT Dream NCT Wish NewJeans Nmixx One Pact P1Harmony Plave QWER Riize Seventeen Stray Kids The Boyz Tomorrow X Together Treasure TripleS Twice TWS Unis Xikers Zerobaseone	Young Tak List of nominated artists Baekhyun Bibi Crush D.O. Doyoung G-Dragon Hwang Karam IU JD1 Jennie Jimin Jin Jisoo Jungkook Kang Daniel Lee Chang-sub Lee Chan-won Lee Mu-jin Lee Young-ji Lim Young-woong Minnie Nayeon Park Ji-hyeon RM Rosé Taeyeon Wendy Yuqi Zico

Special awards

Best Group Award	Best Performance Award
Illit NCT Wish	Cravity Fifty Fifty
Best Solo Award	Band Award
Doyoung	Wave to Earth
K-pop Special Award	Discovery of the Year
BtoB	Say My Name
World Best Artist
Aespa Rosé

Multiple awards

The following artist(s) received two or more awards:

Count	Artist(s)
4	Young Tak
3	Tomorrow X Together
2	Aespa
	Doyoung
	I-dle
	Illit
	NCT Wish
	Rosé
	Zerobaseone