TXT's Yeonjun wins favorite K-Pop dance challenge for GGUM at iHeartRadio Music Awards 2025

Yeonjun from TOMORROW X TOGETHER bagged the newly added title of favorite K-Pop dance challenge at the iHeartRadio Music Awards 2025. Read to know more.

Updated on Mar 18, 2025  |  09:30 AM IST |  37.8K
Yeonjun: courtesy of BIGHIT MUSIC
Yeonjun: courtesy of BIGHIT MUSIC

The prestigious iHeartRadio Music Awards 2025 took place on March 17, 2025, at 8 p.m. EST at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The 12th edition of the annual award function included live acts from Korean stars, surprise guests and exciting collaborations. Top K-pop groups like BTS, BLACKPINK, TXT and Stray Kids bagged nominations in various categories, building anticipation for winner announcements. Among them, Yeonjun took home the favorite K-Pop dance challenge award.

He won the title for his solo single, GGUM, which was released on September 13 last year. The groovy track is part of Yeonjun's first solo mixtape titled YEONJUN'S MIXTAPE: GGUM. The favorite K-Pop dance challenge category was a new addition to this year's iHeartRadio Music Awards. It was a socially voted category, with fans' votes determining the TXT member as the worthy holder of the title. Yeonjun was the only K-pop solo artist on the list besides aespa leader Karina.


Karina's latest single, UP, made it to the nominees. The song was released on October 9, 2024, and was included on aespa's digital single album Synk: Parallel Line. Both Karina and Yeonjun's solo tracks featured in the list, were impressively their solo debut ones. Other than the two of them, the rest of the nominees for the favorite K-Pop dance challenge were popular boy bands and girl groups. They included LE SSERAFIM, ATEEZ, ENHYPEN, KISS OF LIFE, ILLIT, aespa and KATSEYE.

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The songs that fetched them the nominations included MAESTRO (Seventeen), Magnetic (ILLIT), Smart (LE SSERAFIM), Sticky (Kiss of Life), Supernova (aespa), Touch (KATSEYE), WORK (ATEEZ) and (XO, Only If You Say Yes) (ENHYPEN). The iHeartRadio Music Awards 2025 live streamed on the FOX channel, the iHeartRadio app and iHeartRadio stations in the United States. It is available on the OTT site Hulu today, on March 18. Viewers outside the US will need to use a VPN to access subscriptions, as reported by Business Insider.

iHeartRadio Music Awards 2025 was hosted by LL Cool J, who was also the host and performer for the 2022 edition of the award show. Billie Eilish, Bad Bunny, GloRilla, Gracie Abrams, Kenny Chesney, Muni Long and Nelly took the stage on the big night.

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Credits: iHeartRadio Canada's X account, BIGHIT MUSIC
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