The 2022 Asia Artist Awards was a night to remember for all the winners and nominees, but for many fans, the true highlights of the evening happened away from the official ceremony, such as NewJeans Danielle‘s stunning doll-like visuals and Stray Kids Lee Know’s silly antics on the red carpet.
[NewJeans Commentary]
여러분!!! AAA 시상식에 다녀왔는데 새로운 무대를 하고 신인상과 올해의 퍼포먼스상을 받았어요! It was such an honour to be invited and perform, thank you to everyone for making tonight so special!! 정말 감사해요 버니즈!!#NewJeans #뉴진스 #2022AAA pic.twitter.com/0O5J476caj
— NewJeans (@NewJeans_ADOR) December 13, 2022
WIZ*ONEs, the official fans of the former girl group IZ*ONE, were quick to spot an adorable interaction between Choi Yena, IVE‘s Yujin, and LE SSERAFIM’s Chaewon and Sakura, who were all part of the 12-member team before they disbanded in 2021 and debuted separately. IVE’s Wonyoung was also part of the group, but she, unfortunately, wasn’t around since she was one of the MCs of the event.
yujin and yena made chaewon laugh so hard that she startled sakura pic.twitter.com/W43ak5y8we
— ʚ fimly ɞ (@toychaewon) December 13, 2022
Although the girls are rarely able to mention their previous lives as IZ*ONE members, it’s clear that they still support one another from afar and have a lot of affection left for one another. Thankfully award shows often allow artists from separate groups to acknowledge each other in public.
closer focus of yujin, yena, chaewon and sakura!
its been awhile 🫶 pic.twitter.com/RNGAObutDf
— ʚ fimly ɞ (@toychaewon) December 13, 2022
LE SSERAFIM’s Yunjin was also excited to see her fellow Produce 48 competitors. Although she was eliminated from the show before she could debut with IZ*ONE, she no doubt holds nothing against the girls who eventually joined the group.
Yujin, Yena, Chaewon, Sakura, and Yunjin pic.twitter.com/qoxGgSQzSm
— joe (@elsserafim) December 13, 2022
Yena wasn’t afraid to show her adoration for the new teammates of her former members as well when she cutely pinched the cheeks of IVE’s Rei.
yena asking rei if it’s okay to pinch her cheeks then there’s yujin laughing at yena and rei smiling after yena pinched her cheeks
im too happy pic.twitter.com/zu8RwGYedK
— marlie (@_gugumi) December 13, 2022
the way yena asked for permission before poking rei’s cheeks pic.twitter.com/SaMqxFzEY9
— ㄱㅊㅇㄴ (@godchoiyena) December 13, 2022
The IZ*ONE crumbs had WIZ*ONEs falling in love with the group all over again and missing the original 12 members even more.
you guys we haven’t seen chaewon and yena in the same frame since july 2021… pic.twitter.com/9ANYrEU5qh
— ʚ fimly ɞ (@toychaewon) December 13, 2022
yujin is the leader of ive but she automatically becomes a baby around her unnies…
and yena is still the same playful unnie to yujin DAMN they mean so much to me y’all dont understandpic.twitter.com/z1xVDY3s52
— rei (@yenaens) December 13, 2022
YUJIN, YENA, CHAEWON AND SAKURA pic.twitter.com/2ngT30U9rg
— ㄱㅊㅇㄴ (@godchoiyena) December 13, 2022
Fans will look forward to more interactions between the former members of IZ*ONE in the future!
