31st Hanteo Music Awards Went Viral For Reasons No One Expected

After an awards show, there are few things fans usually expect to see in the news–the idols in attendance, the winners, red carpet fashion, and the fabulous performances. Many of us also look out for idol interactions and their reactions to performances.

This year’s 31st Hanteo Music Awards was a unique one. Instead of performances and acceptance speeches going viral, we’re seeing poop, fistfights, and idols playing the role of security, gaining millions of views and reactions online.

A fan allegedly couldn’t control the call of nature and just did it there. While the authenticity of this claim isn’t 100% proven, X user 수녀 좆 @Sunyeo511698Vip claimed to be the fan that caused this “accident.” The fan even volunteered to pay for the laundry expenses of whoever had “stool on their clothes.”

Fans were also said to be pushing each other around, and some seemed to start getting dehydrated. Instead of enjoying their colleagues' performances, ATEEZ’s Mingi and Hongjoong and aespa’s Winter and NingNing, as well as other idols seated near them, were visibly upset and even had to ask security for assistance themselves.

Aespa was worried about the crowd having a stampede and Hongjoong tells security to give out water in the crowd at Hanteo Music Awards#HMA2023 #HanteoMusicAwards #HanteoMusicAwards2023 #HMAs #31st_HMAs_2023 #31st_HMA_2023 pic.twitter.com/dBe9IDpdVG

— haechanchangedmylife (@Kpopstan5670) February 18, 2024

Mingi told security to give out water in crowd and Hongjoong was worried about crowd at Hanteo Music Awards #ATEEZatHMA2023 #HMA2023#ATEEZ #HanteoMusicAwards #HanteoMusicAwards2023 #HMAs #31st_HMAs_2023 #31st_HMA_2023 pic.twitter.com/68Tlc3yd8m

— haechanchangedmylife (@Kpopstan5670) February 18, 2024

If all that wasn’t messy enough, there are also claims of fistfights among the audience. Once again unconfirmed, netizens share that the fight sparked after an audience member shouted at ZEROBASEONE’s Jiwoong and told him to leave the group. Zerose in the audience were allegedly angered by this and fought to defend their idol.

While we cannot say for sure if Jiwoong’s recent fan call issue was also a reason behind that outburst, we sure hope that those involved know that the idol has already proven his innocence. Read about the Korea Forensic Service’s findings here.

Here’s a compilation of idol reactions, not to performances, but to the strange things happening during the awards show.

@sillyidolthinker whole show ghetto asf bc why are idols telling security what to do☠️ i think people were just pushing each other but im hearing like 5 different stories⁉️ someone said somebody shat in the crowd and someone else said there was a fight like WHAT #hanteomusicaward #karina #mingi #aespa #giselle #ateez #hongjoong #kpop #fyp #foryou ♬ Fog Horn - Emergency - DJ Sound Effects

We genuinely hope all the idols and audience are okay. If all these alleged events were true, we truly hope this experience taught organizers valuable lessons.