The Wildest Things That Happened At The “Boring” “2023 Asia Artist Awards”

Netizens have criticized the 2023 Asia Artist Awards (AAAs) for being excessively long and unexciting, but this “boring” event had its share of entertaining moments. Here are 10+ of them!

1. DK twerking in front of his friends and coworkers

SEVENTEEN‘s BSS had everybody dancing during their performance, but when DK started to twerk, other idols lost their minds! Their reactions were priceless.

lee know, seungmin, chan, and jisung's reactions to dk twerking 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/lxsUdfCvlT

— lena ✰ (@staysday6) December 14, 2023

2. Stray Kids getting booed…by Stray Kids.

During 3RACHA’s acceptance speech, several Stray Kids members jokily gave Changbin a thumbs down as he thanked them.

changbin: and thanks so much to our members our music shines
the cuties dorm: 👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼

😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/DaQ6dumkgV

— 냠 (@ctrlhwng) December 14, 2023

3. NewJeans breaking their table

After noticing that their table didn’t seem stable, NewJeans tried to fix it. Unfortunately, there was no saving it. Like a house of cards, it came crashing down as they stood up. Thankfully, a staff member came over quickly to help them!

.@NewJeans_ADOR's table collapsing at AAA.#NewJeans #뉴진스 pic.twitter.com/gU6Q51zPM2

— NEWJEANS Charts (@NewJeansCharts) December 14, 2023

4. ZEROBASEONE also breaking their table

What are these things made out of, cardboard? ZEROBASEONE (also known as ZB1) went wild for SEVENTEEN’s BSS performance, so wild, in fact, that they accidentally demolished their table.

@cherryrozes Ofc this happens to zb1 table only 😭 #zerobaseone #zb1 #fyp ♬ original sound – Cherry🍒

5. Stray Kids’ Han and Seungmin running for their lives

“Best Creator” was awarded to 3RACHA (Bang Chan, Han, and Changbin). Just before the winner was named, fans spotted Seungmin and Han walking off somewhere, possibly to the restroom. When 3RACHA was suddenly called up, Seungmin ran to his seat while Han ran to the stage!

why does it gets funnier with every angle pic.twitter.com/hmJzBhnsVM

— yaz 2.0 (@hanjidz) December 14, 2023

6. Lee Youngji’s personal parade

When Lee Youngji was called up for an award, SEVENTEEN’s BSS followed her around a table while clapping. They went from idols to entourage in the blink of an eye!

not bss following youngji like tiny ducks 😭😭😭 #도겸 #부석순 pic.twitter.com/AidAV9jbGj

— daily dokyeom comfort (@dailydkcomfort) December 14, 2023

7. The skit that nobody saw coming

During their performance of “7 PM,” BSS did a skit. It involved actress Kim Se Jeong…

when the boys freezed for their skit sejeong was checking if dokyeom would stay still 😭
pic.twitter.com/Inneefa0bN

— dokey 🐰🌻 (@kyeomties) December 14, 2023

…actor Lee Dong Hwi…

BSS with the special participation of Kim Sejeong and Lee Dong Hwi🤣🤣🤣 HAHAHAAH#KimSejeong #SEJEONG #AAAinPH2023 pic.twitter.com/3CHmNLNeoS

— FortheLoveofKIMSEJEONG (@sessangdoll) December 14, 2023

…and actor-model Kentaro Sakaguchi — who didn’t know they’d be participating!

dokyeom and sakaguchi kentaro 🥰 pic.twitter.com/5Z4TT5W8HI

— dkz (@dkzones) December 14, 2023

8. Ryan Bang shooting his shot with Stray Kids

When Stray Kids was on the red carpet, Filipino-Korean comedian Ryan Bang let his intrusive thoughts win. He seized his chance to invite Stray Kids on the local television show that he hosts.

If only you’d be a guest on Showtime.

— Ryan Bang

LOLL not the mc (ryan bang) asking for stray kids to guest on 'it's showtime', a really well-known fun noontime variety show in the philippines 😆💗 pic.twitter.com/EAUKoswQ8U

— ✰ tyne. (@MlNHORIZON) December 14, 2023

9. 2PM’s Junho dancing with Stray Kids’ Bang Chan

Well…wouldn’t you?

OMG look at Lee Junho during Stray Kids performance 😂❤️
He's literally such a best senior he's so fun, loved the way he was smiling & dancing with Bang Chan ❤️#이준호 #LEEJUNHO #JUNHO #AsiaArtistAwards2023 #AAA2023 #AAA2023inPH #StrayKids pic.twitter.com/dg1NSRNT9s

— Daisy loves KING JUNHO ✨ (@daisy_talks) December 14, 2023

10. BOYNEXTDOOR’s Jaehyun dancing like nobody’s watching

Everybody was watching!

Super love how Jaehyun of BoyNextDoor looks like he’s being reminded by his member that there are fans behind him who can see him dancing.. then he danced even more like there’s no tomorrow 😭🤣🤣🤣 #AAA2023INPH #AsiaArtistAwards2023 pic.twitter.com/NnQD4Pb5zK

— minhee & i did 🫶🏻 together huhu (@multigilly) December 14, 2023

11. The camera operators scrambling to keep Kentaro Sakaguchi on screen

He walked right out of the frame!

Kentaro leaving the frame is so funny and cute!!! I cannot gatekeep you anymore now 🫰 #KentaroSakaguchi #AAA2023inPH pic.twitter.com/3BP8uTjTG2

— Trish 🌸 (@tamtamtami16) December 14, 2023