The artist also received a personal apology.
The Seoul Drama Awards offered an official apology N.Volare member Yoo Hwesung for an accident that led to the last-minute cancellation of his performance.
The 2024 Seoul Drama Awards took place on September 25 KST. Artists like it NMIXX, ZEROBASEONand Hwesung were scheduled to perform at the event. While NMIXX opened the first part and ZEROBASEONE closed it, Hwesung’s performance was canceled without warning, causing many negative reactions from the audience.
The award show released a statement on Sept. 26, KST, offering an explanation and apology to the artist and his fans. The statement highlighted that the first half of the awards ceremony had been significantly delayed towards the end. Since the program was being broadcast live, they had no choice but to cancel Hwesung’s scheduled congratulatory performance. The organizers apparently apologized to him in person immediately after the live broadcast.
We offer our sincerest apologies to the artist who gave his all to prepare a great stage and to the fans and spectators who were undoubtedly just waiting to see that stage. Immediately after the end of the live broadcast we expressed our deepest apologies to the artist and promised that the same event would not be repeated. The organizing committee promises to prepare more carefully and make more efforts to prevent something like this from happening again in the future.
— Seoul Theater Awards
After the abrupt cancellation, Hwesung apologized to his fans in a post, stating that he was waiting backstage when he suddenly received news that his performance would be skipped. His agency also later clarified that the show had been canceled due to a delay on location.
Although an apology was necessary, fans are still shocked by the disorganization of such an important awards show and hope that this situation can be avoided altogether.
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