NewJeans’ Minji and Danielle go viral for opposite reasons during recent award ceremony participation

Two of NewJeans’ members recently became the talk of the town, but for different reasons. While Minji’s outfit irked fans, Danielle’s new style made them go wild.

The Hype Boy rookie singers took to the 43rd Blue Dragon Film Awards and Melon Music Awards (MMA) 2022 stage on November 25 and 26, 2022, respectively. The quintet showed new sides of themselves in the latter with a hip-hop style performance of their songs Attention, Hype Boy, and Cookie.

All five members - Minji, Hanni, Danielle, Haerin, and Hyein - strutted down the two red carpets in gorgeous outfits and bowled fans over with their various performance outfits.

However, the sytlists' choices came under the radar when fans got skeptical of Minji’s oversized shoulder jacket during the Blue Dragon Film Awards performance. While they were criticized the first day, they were praised the next day for giving Danielle a new for-the-history-book haircut.

NewJeans’ Danielle surprises fans with a new hairstyle, while Minji’s stage outfit receives negative responses

On November 26, rookie girl group NewJeans took home MMA 2022’s New Artist of the Year and Melon Top 10 awards. The group released an album with the same name as their group, which included four tracks: Attention, Cookie, Hype Boy, and Hurt.

NewJeans' Y2K-inspired fashion and debut promotions as a relatively young 4th gen girl group were some of their biggest charming points. However, their stylists have both been criticized and praised for their choices in the past.

During the recent event, Korean fans bashed the in-house designers for their choice of clothing for Minji on Pann, a South Korean online forum. The idol wore an oversized shoulder-padded jacket during a performance at the 43rd Blue Dragon Film Awards on November 25, 2022.

Apart from Minji, the remaining NewJeans members’ outfits were also criticized by fans. Some said it seemed over-the-top, while others commented that the members looked like chimney sweeps.

Meanwhile, Korean-Australian member Danielle bowled fans away with her new haircut at the 2022 MMA ceremony. The award show took place the following day, i.e., November 26, 2022. The 17-year-old is already quite famous for her charms, but fans praised the stylists’ choice of cutting her length short from the front and giving her a refreshing new look. Netizens gushed about her beauty, calling it “illegal,” “dashing,” and “so pretty.”

In other recent news, NewJeans will be performing a special collaboration stage with LE SSERAFIM, IVE, Kep1er, and NMIXX at the 2022 MAMA Awards scheduled for November 29 and 30.

The Hype Boy singers will also be pre-releasing a B-side track on December 19, ahead of their comeback album OMG. The album is slated for a January 2023 release.

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