A remark from BIGBANG‘s Taeyang during the group’s “Artist of the Year” acceptance speech at the 2015 MAMA has gained a lot of attention, prompting netizens to berate idols who left the show early.
The 2015 MAMA took place on December 2nd in Hong Kong at the Asia World Expo with the Red Carpet event taking place between 6pm and 8pm KST and the main event and ceremony scheduled to take place at 8pm KST until midnight KST.
With the final award, “Artist of the Year,” being the final award given out, BIGBANG was announced to have won this prestigious award and went up to accept their award. However, those watching the ceremony have noticed that very few artists remained with the majority of them having left the awards early.
Taeyang said, “I think it maybe hard for Big Bang to show up as a complete unit at MAMA for a long time. We were happy to be able to show such amazing stages at MAMA until now. It was an honor to be able to be a part of MAMA and perform what we wanted on stage. We are thankful to receive so muany amazing awards. One thing that I wish could have been different is the fact that I wish it could have been a festival to the end but many artists are now absent. We will come back to all of you with awesome songs and performances.”