K-Pop Group’s Long-Awaited First Win Leaves Them Sobbing

K-Pop girl group Say My Name have left many emotional with their first-ever music show win.

Say My Name | iNKODE

Say My Name won with their recent comeback, “UFO (ATTENT!ON),” on the January 10th episode of KBS‘s Music Bank. The group were nominated against Hwasa‘s “Good Goodbye,” scoring 11,912 points to reach this massive achievement.

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The group debuted in October 2024 under iNKODE, Kim Jaejoong’s agency, and had previously been close to securing their first win.

"On their (SAYMYNAME) first release, they also got 3rd place on music show. And on their second release, ShaLala, they got 2nd place. The achievements are nice"

And now Jaejoong can proudly say that the girls have gotten their 1st place!🥹

Congrats!!!🥳pic.twitter.com/vY2SjcFJwO

— 🀧 𝐒𝐭𝐞ꪜ𝐢𝐞 👑 (@SteVieOliVie) January 9, 2026

Before their acceptance speech, the group were already very emotional, with leader Hitomi choking up as she tried to begin. After introducing themselves, the group thanked fans and their agency for helping them achieve this goal a year and four months after their debut.

Music Bank is also a public broadcast and considered “harder” to win, making this moment even more significant.

Congratulations #SAYMYNAME on winning MUSIC BANK today and for also achieving first win on a public broadcast music show 🥺 pic.twitter.com/rEgpiUCFm5

— SAY MY NAME PICS (@smnarchive) January 9, 2026

During their encore, the group’s emotions continued to pour out as they took in their first win.

Fans shared their congratulatory messages to the group for their latest achievement!

the fact that #SAYMYNAME from a small company won their first ever win on a Music Bank since the closure of THE SHOW…

Yeah say my name literally proved that groups from small companies can shine too pic.twitter.com/2XRLwhdbAe

— kari 🛸 (@symnlover) January 9, 2026

after bodying their encore stage all the girls just burst into tears like they were holding back to be able to perform well….. omg say my name you are so precious #SAYMYNAME1stWin #UFO1stWin pic.twitter.com/SW5AnPvMoW

— yusra 🛸 TRAITORS ERA (@IZGlRLS) January 9, 2026

There’s so much I want to say but I’m so incredibly proud of SAYMYNAME, and so thankful that Romi were able to show how much we love and appreciate their hard work and music.

Thank you to everyone (even non-Romi) who helped make this win possible! 💕#SAYMYNAME1stWin #UFO1stWin pic.twitter.com/gLPooicxp9

— for mei terada ౨ৎ 🛸 (@meifilmz) January 9, 2026