Never Give Up: K-Pop Group Get First Music Show Wins 10 Years After Debut, Sparking Deep Emotions

While there are many measures of success, one that continues to be a standard for K-Pop fans are music show wins. Each of the weekly and now monthly music shows awards trophies to the group with the highest score based on specific scoring standards.

For many groups, a first win is very emotional for both fans and the idols.

3rd Gen Boy Group Left Emotional After First Win On Music Show In Nearly 8 Years

Recently, a boy group achieved their first win, ten years after their original debut!

In August 2015, a band then known as M.A.S 0094 released their first single after months of covering songs in public and donating funds to charity in support of comfort women. Two years later, they would move to RBW and be renamed MAS, before their 2019 re-debut as ONEWE.

ONEWE | RBW

ONEWE is the brother group to the traditional K-Pop boy group ONEUS (ONEWE Dongmyeong’s twin brother is ONEUS’s Xion), but they are considered a K-Pop rock band. ONEWE has been active since, releasing music consistently through the years.

On October 7, the group released their latest mini-album Maze: Ad Astra and have been promoting it since.

For the October 15 edition of Show! Champion, ONEWE was nominated for first place up against four other acts, but ultimately were announced as first place.

The group were very emotional and grateful, with members wiping tears away during their impressive live encore.

Before finishing up promotions, the group actually earned an additional music show win! ENA K-Pop Chart Show occurs monthly and gives three awards, including the ENA Fans Choice which ONEWE were announced to have won on October 22!

⭐️#ENA K POP UP CHART SHOW x #BIGC
🎉투표 결과 발표🎉

<EP.16 ENA FANS C#CIX ENA FANS CHOICE>
✨1등 | #ONEWE #원위
축하드립니다! 🥳

🏆리워드🏆
영등포 타임스퀘어 아트캔버스 전광판

광고 디자인 모집 중!
📆 ~ 10월 23일까지

✏️ 디자인 가이드:https://t.co/3F4MbfE30X pic.twitter.com/b1z1CBdBPw

— 빅크 초이스 | BIGC CHOICE (@BIGCChoice) October 20, 2025

Fans have expressed their strong emotions about the group’s recent music show wins, praising them for their continued hard work over the last decade!

ONEWE FIRST WIN IT FINALLY HAPPENED AFTER SO MANY YEARS I'M ACTUALLY SOBBING #ONEWE1stWin 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/vDOyOJuYgb

— via ❖ \ᵛ ⑰ (@solar_blues) October 15, 2025

I'm so happy onewe finished those music show promotions with 2 wins🥹 the first win made me so so so happy, but with a second one it feels like the future is a bit more secure

— marie(마리)🌸\ⱽ (@binourose) October 22, 2025

after ten years, no one deserves their first win more than them :’) thank you, onewe, for never giving up #ONEWE1stWin pic.twitter.com/BjTRjiepvz

— xin 心 (@_xinyue_e) October 16, 2025

#ONEWE #ONEWE1stWin
"Did we make it!? "We did!
Did we?!" A world tour too! pic.twitter.com/btK87CEXyQ

— kira ⋆⑅˚₊ 🛸 * .👽 #MAZE (@snowangxian) October 16, 2025

Congrats to ONEWE!