The new awards show held its first-ever event last week
The annual awards ceremony takes place on November 29 and 30 in Osaka, Japan
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The rookie girl group are also set to perform at KCON Japan, which takes place next week
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ATEEZ, P1Harmony and rookie girl group NewJeans are also set to perform
Former NU’EST member Hwang Min-hyun is also set to MC all three days of the K-pop festival
“This is in no way the kind of attention that the group, nor ADOR, nor even their adoring fans, are after,” wrote the label
With NewJeans' retro debut and icons Girls' Generation back in the game, K-pop's female artists are returning to the scene's roots – with a modern update
In a new interview, Min Hee-jin also revealed that the rookie girl group's next release has already been plotted out: "If things go as planned, it will also be a very whimsical album"