Must-watch collaborations during the 2016 SBS Music Awards

Solo stages of K-Pop groups are well-loved in any kind of festival, but there’s something about seeing your bias interact with other idol groups, or with your other bias groups.

Staged in Seoul last December 26, the 2016 SBS Music Awards presented K-pop fans with this and more.

Here’s some of the must-watch collaborations:

1. Street Dance Performance Stage

The stage showcases SHINEE’s Taemin, GOT7’s Jinyoung and Yugyeom, NCT’s Ten, Red Velvet’s Seulgi, Oh My Girl’s Yooa, DIA’s Eunjin, and Blackpink’s Lisa dancing to Bruno Mars’ “24k Magic”.

2. Modern Dance Performance Stage

To open the award shows, Korean idols prove that they are capable of more than the usual hip hop and cute images, as Bangtan Sonyeondan’s Jimin, TWICE’s Momo and Mina, Vixx’s N, and Lovelyz’s Yein treated the audience to an elegant and modern dance routine.

3. GOT7, Seventeen, GFriend, and Twice Stage

Some of the hottest idols this year performed a string of songs which JYP Entertainment have released in the past. GOT7, Seventeen, GFriend, and Twice performed hit songs like “Tell Me” by Wonder Girls and J.Y. Park’s “Who’s your mama?”

4. Hip Hop Stage

One of the hottest stages will almost always include an exceptional rapper. In this stage we have 4: Kpop Queen CL performing “Lifted,” Big Bang leader G-Dragon performing “One Of A Kind” in a collaboration. After which they were joined by BeWhy and Okasian in a sizzling stage with “1,000,000 Won”.

5. Acoustic Stage

As a new wave of K-pop idols pave their way, SBS Gayo Daejeon showcased the newest and hottest artists from the big 3 (JYP Entertainment, SM Entertainment, and YG Entertainment) in an acoustic stage: Black Pink’s Rosé, Twice’s Jihyo, and EXO’s Chanyeol were joined by the Korean indie band 10cm. They serenaded the crowd with live band renditions of their hit songs Whistle, TT, and Monster. Rosé and Chanyeol were able to showcase their talents in the guitar.

If you didn’t get to watch the live stream of the 2016 SBS Gayo Daejeon, worry not! Viu has got you covered! You can watch the full show with English subtitles! Tap here to watch: https://inq.news/2016SBSGDInqn-1.