aespa's NINGNING will miss part of the MelOn Music Awards due to illness but will perform after adjusting her condition.
December/20/2025 17:00
aespa's NINGNING will not participate in part of the schedule for the '2025 MelOn Music Awards' due to health issues. Today (20th), SM Entertainment, aespa's agency, announced, 'NINGNING is unable to attend the red carpet event scheduled for today due to cold symptoms.' They continued, 'However, due to the artist's strong will regarding the stage, after focusing on adjusting her physical condition, she plans to participate in the main performance and some events as scheduled to meet with fans, excluding the red carpet.' They added, 'This decision considers both the artist's health and the quality of the performance, so we ask for the fans' generous understanding.' The '2025 MelOn Music Awards' will be held today at the Seoul Gocheok Sky Dome. The main performance will feature artists such as BIGBANG's G-DRAGON, Park Jae-bum, 10CM, Block B's Zico, EXO, Cho Seung-youn, BLACKPINK's Jennie, aespa, IVE, HANRORO, BOYNEXTDOOR, RIIZE, PLAVE, NCT WISH, ILLIT, Hearts2Hearts, KiiiKiii, ALLDAY PROJECT, IDID, ALPHA DRIVE ONE, and more.
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