Won the “Best New Female Artist” category at ILLIT “2024 MAMA AWARDS”! Second Newcomer Award following the 66th Japan Record Awards

■“GLLIT (fandom name) is the person I am most thankful for for allowing me to receive this award! Thank you from the bottom of my heart” (ILLIT)

ILLIT won the “Best New Female Artist” category at the “2024 MAMA AWARDS” held at the Dolby Theater in LA on November 21st. “No.66Following the “Japan Record Awards”2 degreesThis will be the Newcomer of the Year Award.

ILLIT said, “It’s an honor to be able to perform on the MAMA stage, which we’ve dreamed of since we were trainees, but we’re also deeply grateful to have received such a valuable award.” “To the members who have worked so hard together,” ILLIT said. Thank you for your hard work. I want to congratulate you.” He then added, “We are the most grateful to GLLIT (fandom name) for allowing us to receive this award! We sincerely thank you,” and added, “We will be a group that shines a bright light beside GLLIT for a long time.”

On the same day, ILLIT captivated the audience with their free, lively and powerful performance. The members, who graced the stage with the theme of “ILLusion IT,” caught everyone’s attention with their dreamy yet magical girl-like sensibilities during their intro performance. Furthermore, the audience went crazy when their debut song “Magnetic” was played. They also enjoyed the stage performance of “Cherish (My Love)”, the title song of their 2nd mini album “I’LL LIKE YOU”, while dancing.

They also performed a cover of TWICE’s “Heart Shaker” in a musical-like performance. The choreography expresses the process of shy IROHA gaining confidence as she meets other members, and ILLIT’s unique bright and light energy harmonizes with it, which received a positive response from the audience.

ILLIT released the English version of the song “Tick-Tack” from their 2nd mini album “I’LL LIKE YOU” on November 22nd, “Baby It’s Both (Tick-Tack English Ver.) feat. Ava Max”. Ava Max, who is gaining huge popularity in the electronic dance scene all over the world, is participating as a featured artist.

“Tick-Tack” is a song that expresses my noisy heart that changes from moment to moment. The song’s lyrics compare the complicated situation where the side you want to show and the side you want to hide to a hectic rocker. The lyrics and melody of “Tick tack ti-tack tick tack tack-ta-tick tack” arouse the listener’s desire to repeat the song, and it received many reactions on SNS, and on the 20th, Instagram REELS became popular in Korea and Japan Audio 1 rose to rank.

ILLIT, who debuted in March, created a global boom with their debut song “Magnetic” and was hailed as a “super rookie.” “Magnetic” became the first K-POP debut song to rank on the US Billboard Main Song Chart “Hot 100” and the UK “Official Single Top 100”. They have also risen to prominence on various charts, including 1st place in the new artist category of “TOWER RECORDS MUSIC 2024 First Half Play Ranking” and 1st place in the artist category of “Trend Award 2024” announced by SHIBUYA109 lab. Supported by their long hit, ILLIT won the New Artist Award at the 66th Japan Record Awards, Japan’s most prestigious music award ceremony.