On December 14th, SEVENTEEN's first official sub-unit BooSeokSoon, also known as BSS, received the Performance of the Year Award at the 2023 Asia Artist Awards for their happiness-inducing song "Fighting (ft. Lee Youngji)," from their first single album "Second Wind." This win is even more special as this is the unit's first-ever Daesang or Grand Prize.
🐯 i rly didn’t think that it would be bss. i only think of carats while preparing for stages so thank you for such an amazing award. ah rly.. i rly didn’t think that bss would win a daesang though. ah rly, thank you so much
— 도겨밍 ♡~♡ (@pepizzaboy) December 14, 2023
BSS DAESANG WINNERS!!!! pic.twitter.com/gbG57ClSew
SEVENTEEN BSS won Daesang "Performance of the year" at the 2023 AAA 🏆
— :) (@sounds_of_cheol) December 14, 2023
congrats boys @pledis_17 👏🥹 pic.twitter.com/UqTW6v4Qij
As they received the award, member DK joked about the trio making a comeback next year, gaining iconic reaction from members Seungkwan and Hoshi.
⚔️ BSS is making a comeback next year!!! if we make a comeback, please give us lots of love! i’ll pass it to seungkwan~
— 도겨밍 ♡~♡ (@pepizzaboy) December 14, 2023
🍊 actually about the comeback, [he] just threw it here like that. we won a daesang so we would be thankful if we’d have a comeback
dokyeom please 😭 pic.twitter.com/PaGEKItSCV
Following this, SEVENTEEN also received the Grand Prize, Album of the Year, for their 10th mini album "FML." This marks the group's second time winning the Grand Prize this year after also winning 'Album of the Year' for "FML" at the 2023 MAMA Awards last month.
BSS members came up to the stage to receive the award on behalf of the rest of the group. There, they expressed gratefulness towards everyone who supported their group. They also took the opportunity to thank Lee Youngji, who featured in their song "Fighting."
Congratulations SEVENTEEN for winning the Album of the Year Award (Daesang) at AAA 2023!!! 💗 pic.twitter.com/1WFQjMaKdp
— cine ᙏ̤̫ finals (@dadeuthannie) December 14, 2023
Dokyeom mentioned youngji during his speech
— Far🌻 (@KyeomsBaekery) December 14, 2023
🐰: When BSS received the award earlier, I forgot to [mention] youngji… I don't think bss would have gotten the daesang without youngji. I’d like to give this honor to youngji
Then seungkwan gave youngji the award… BSS😭 pic.twitter.com/4nFfhx4S1b
Congratulations, SEVENTEEN and Carats!