MAMA 2025 Day 1 Recap: Full Winners & Every Performance From Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Stadium

The 2025 MAMA Awards opened at Kai Tak Stadium with a stacked show—new-gen breakthroughs, veteran tributes, and two of the year’s biggest headlines: ENHYPEN winning Fans’ Choice of the Year and Rosé & Bruno Mars’s “APT.” taking Song of the Year. Here’s your clean, verified rundown of all winners and every stage from Day 1 (Nov 28, 2025). 

Day 1 Daesang highlights

• Fans’ Choice of the Year: ENHYPEN. 

• Song of the Year: Rosé & Bruno Mars — “APT.” 

Full winners list — Chapter 1

• Fans’ Choice of the Year: ENHYPEN. 

• Song of the Year: Rosé & Bruno Mars — “APT.”

• Fans’ Choice Top 10 (Male): Baekhyun, SEVENTEEN, Jin, ENHYPEN, G-Dragon, j-hope, NCT DREAM, RIIZE, Stray Kids, ZEROBASEONE.

• Fans’ Choice Top 10 (Female): Irene, IU, ILLIT, aespa, BABYMONSTER, Hearts2Hearts, (G)I-DLE, ITZY, LE SSERAFIM, TWICE. 

• Inspiring Achievement: Super Junior.

• Global Trend Song: IVE — “REBEL HEART.” 

• Best New Artist: CORTIS & Hearts2Hearts (dual winners). 

• Favorite Male Group: BOYNEXTDOOR. 

• Favorite Female Group: IVE. 

• TELASA Favorite Global Artist: ENHYPEN. 

• Favorite Global Performer: IVE. 

Every performance — complete setlist

From rookie showcases to legacy medleys, these were all the Day 1 stages (in Soompi’s running order):

• BUMSUP — “Ink Becoming Flesh”

• Hearts2Hearts — “FOCUS”

• NCT WISH × Hearts2Hearts — “WISH to Hearts”

• NCT WISH — “COLOR”

• TWS — “OVERDRIVE”

• MEOVV — “TURN IT UP”

• ALPHA DRIVE ONE — “FORMULA”

• BABYMONSTER — “WE GO UP (MAMA ver.)” + “DRIP (MAMA ver.)”

• BOYNEXTDOOR — “123-78” + “Live in Paris” + “I FEEL GOOD” + “IF I SAY, I LOVE YOU” + “Hollywood Action!”

• TXT’s Yeonjun — “Coma” + “Talk to You”

• TREASURE — “2025 FREE + PARADISE (REMIX)” + “I WANT YOUR LOVE”

• (G)I-DLE — “Good Thing”

• Super Junior — “Express Mode” + “Mr. Simple” + “BONAMANA” + “Sorry, Sorry”

• IVE — “XOXZ” + “REBEL HEART”

• ENHYPEN — “No Doubt” + “Bad Desire (With or Without You)” 

Quick notes & takeaways

• IVE’s big night: trophies for Favorite Female Group, Favorite Global Performer, and Global Trend Song—plus a sleek two-song stage that doubled as a flex of their current sound. 

• Rookie momentum: Dual Best New Artist wins for CORTIS and Hearts2Hearts underline how competitive the 2025 rookie class has become. 

• Legacy moment: Super Junior’s medley delivered the night’s nostalgia spike and the Inspiring Achievementhonor.

• ENHYPEN’s sweep energy: beyond the Daesang, they added TELASA Favorite Global Artist and a Top 10 slot, closing with a tight two-track performance. 

What’s next

Chapter 2 continues on November 29, 2025 (KST) with additional categories and headlining stages. Keep an eye on how the remaining Daesangs shake out and whether any group pulls off a multi-trophy pivot on Night 2.