Netizens pick the top 5 best live vocal performances from day 1 of the '2025 MAMA AWARDS'

29 Nov 2025, 05:35 by Susan-Han · allkpop

On November 28 KST, day 1 of the '2025 MAMA AWARDS' opened with a solemn tone, as MC Park Bo Gum delivered remarks of grief, sympathy, and condolences over the Hong Kong apartment fire tragedy.

Although many of the performing artists on this day significantly altered their stages to express condolences over the recent incident, in particular replacing their stage outfits with black or neutral colors, each act nonetheless put on a spectacular performance that made the night memorable for K-Pop fans.

According to netizens, which stages from day 1 had the best live vocals?

Below are the top 5 chosen by K-netizens, in the order that each act appeared during the ceremony (no ranking order):

MEOVV

BABYMONSTER

BOYNEXTDOOR

Yeonjun

TREASURE

Fans commented,

"MEOVV totally cleared out my ears right from the beginning."

"All the teams that performed with hand mics had the best live."

"Part 2 had all the good live stages."

"Yeonjun took up that entire stage solo."

"BABYMONSTER and TREASURE killed it."

"The audio situation wasn't the best so the idols that performed with headsets had issues.."

"You have to admit, YG artists never disappoint when it comes to live vocals."

"That's how YG trains their idols. They start performing on huge stages from the beginning so they can actually get good at live."

"Yeonjun was such an artist. Can't wait for TXT tomorrow."

"BABYMONSTER and TREASURE really stood out. MEOVV and BOYNEXTDOOR showed their stuff for rookies."

"The audio really sucked. Even with these teams that are doing raw live on hand mics, you can hear problems."

"You could tell which stages were live and which weren't. People want to watch live stages."

"All 5 of these teams did good and SuJu too. The artists who used headsets sounded like they were underwater half the time but SuJu tore through it in the end."

"That's some raw power from BABYMONSTER."

Which artists put on your favorite stages from the first day of the '2025 MAMA AWARDS'?

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