BLACKPINK won the Best New Artist award, proving it is indeed a monster rookie. After receiving the trophy, ROSÉ said, “We’re so thankful to win this award as it is only given to an artist once. We’d like to thank the staff for having faith in us. We’ll try our best to live up to their expectations.”

Meanwhile, the 26th Seoul Music Awards were held to recognize the hit songs of the previous year, and the ceremony was aired live on KBC Drama and KBS W. Tak Jaehoon, Super Junior’s Kim Heechul, and I.O.I’s Jeon So-mi emceed the ceremony.

cr. YG Life