RESCENE at MMA 2026: Global TOP10 and Everyone's Star Wins, Woni's Speech and What Comes Next

Short answer: yes, RESCENE (리센느) won at the 2026 Melon Music Awards. On the first night of MMA 2026, Saturday, November 14, at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, the five-member girl group took home a Global TOP10 trophy and the fan-voted Kakaobank Everyone's Star award. Korean outlets Xportsnews and Hankook Ilbo both reported the two wins within about an hour of the announcements, and Hankook Ilbo summed it up as RESCENE picking up two trophies early in the night.

This is episode 4 of our RESCENE series, and it covers only what happened at MMA 2026: which awards the group won, how those awards are decided, what the members said on stage, and what comes next. If you need the backstory first, episode 1 covers the group's history from the 2024 debut to this year's breakthrough. Everything below comes from reports we opened on the night. Day 2 is still to come, so we say clearly where results are still unconfirmed.

Key takeaways

Two confirmed awards: Global TOP10 (a main award, new this year) and Kakaobank Everyone's Star (decided by fan votes), both on Day 1, November 14, 2026, as reported by Xportsnews and Hankook Ilbo.
Why the Global TOP10 matters for RESCENE: it is scored on the Global-K Chart, which weights Melon (Korea), Tencent Music (China) and LINE MUSIC (Japan) equally, and it has no release-date limit. So 2024's "LOVE ATTACK" could count, unlike in the regular TOP10 the group missed in October.
In their own words: leader Woni said MMA had been a stage they had long dreamed of, and that the group knows the love they receive "is not something to take for granted."
A week after KGMA: on November 7, at the same dome, RESCENE won four trophies at the 2026 KGMA, including the Grand Honors' Choice.
Still unconfirmed: one live-updated fan results page also lists RESCENE for a "Hot Trend" award. As of 20:30 KST on November 14 we had not found Korean press confirming it, so we do not count it.

Contents

RESCENE's MMA 2026 results at a glance
The Global TOP10: what it is and why RESCENE could win it
Kakaobank Everyone's Star: the fan-vote award
What RESCENE said on stage
The rest of Day 1, and what is still unconfirmed
Two domes in eight days: KGMA, then MMA
How to catch up legally from abroad
What comes next for RESCENE
Our take
FAQ
Sources

1. RESCENE's MMA 2026 results at a glance

The 18th Melon Music Awards is the first in the show's history to run over two nights. Kakao Entertainment's slogan for the year is "K-POP CONNECT: The New Pulse," and Day 1 was booked as the international-flavored night. Fourteen acts appeared, including I.O.I, aespa, ATEEZ, NCT DREAM, RIIZE, TWS, YENA, Hearts2Hearts, Japan's HANA and RESCENE. Korea JoongAng Daily's live blog gave the red carpet start as 5 p.m. KST and the ceremony as 6 p.m. Photo agencies, including OSEN via CHOSUNBIZ and Money Today, published red-carpet pictures of all five members (Woni, Liv, Minami, May and Zena) that afternoon.

Award (Day 1, Nov 14)	Type	How it is decided	Status for RESCENE
Global TOP10	Main award, new in 2026	60% Global-K Chart, 20% panel, 20% fan vote	Won. Announced third of the night's Global TOP10 winners, presented by actor Yoo Seung-ho (Xportsnews)
Kakaobank Everyone's Star	Special award	Fan vote (Hankook Ilbo)	Won (Hankook Ilbo; also listed by KpopAlive)
Hot Trend	Special award	Not stated in the reports we read	Listed for ATEEZ and RESCENE by KpopAlive's live page; not yet confirmed by Korean press when we checked
TOP10 (general)	Main award	60% digital, 20% panel, 20% vote	Not among the ten finalists announced October 30 (Soompi)

Photo: K-POPIT 케이팝잇 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0

Photo: 티비텐 TV10 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0

RESCENE five members posing together at a public event in March 2024

Photo: K-POPIT 케이팝잇 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0

2. The Global TOP10: what it is and why RESCENE could win it

The Global TOP10 is one of MMA 2026's two TOP10 main awards and the newer of the two. Soompi's October 30 nominee report lists 30 Global TOP10 nominees, from BLACKPINK and BTS to Stray Kids and TWICE, and says the category is weighted 60% digital score, 20% panel review and 20% votes.

The detail that matters most for RESCENE is the chart behind that digital score. TopStarNews explained on October 31 that the Global TOP10 uses the Global-K Chart, which combines Korea's Melon, China's Tencent Music and Japan's LINE MUSIC at equal weight. It measures cumulative performance from May 11 to October 14, 2026, and, unlike the general TOP10, it has no release-date restriction. The general TOP10 only counts music released between November 20, 2025 and October 14, 2026. That rule shut out "LOVE ATTACK," the August 2024 song whose comeback this year turned RESCENE into a household name in Korea.

That explains a result that confused some fans in October. RESCENE led the first general TOP10 fan vote, with 1,178,116 votes on October 29 according to TopStarNews, but was not among the ten finalists announced on October 30. Fan votes were only 20% of that score. TopStarNews was careful to say that the group's digital and panel scores were never published, so nobody can say exactly which part kept them out. When the Global TOP10 vote opened (October 30 to November 13), RESCENE led the interim count with 28% on October 31. TopStarNews stressed that this was an interim figure, separate from the final result.

On the night, KpopAlive's live results page listed five Global TOP10 winners announced by the time we checked: RIIZE, BTS, RESCENE, G-DRAGON and aespa. Xportsnews reported that RESCENE were the third Global TOP10 act called.

Gocheok Sky Dome interior seen from the upper seats with the roof and field

Photo: Seoul Metropolitan Facilities Management Corporation / Wikimedia Commons, KOGL Type 1

Photo: Bigsmile20 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0

Photo: Trainholic / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

3. Kakaobank Everyone's Star: the fan-vote award

RESCENE's second trophy of the night was the Kakaobank Everyone's Star award. Hankook Ilbo describes it as an award decided by fan voting and reports that the group came back on stage to accept it soon after the Global TOP10. The voting itself happened weeks earlier, through Kakaobank's app. Fan-made guides gave October 30 as the deadline, but we could not find an official rules page confirming the vote totals, so we are not quoting any numbers.

Why does a sponsor-branded fan award matter? Because it shows the same thing as RESCENE's fan-vote lead in October. The group's supporters, who call themselves Remine (리마인), turned up in large numbers across two different voting systems. Combined with a Global TOP10 that rewards long-running chart strength, the night recognized both halves of RESCENE's year: the public that streamed "LOVE ATTACK" back to the top, and the core fandom that formed around it.

Colorful mosaic wall in the outfield square outside Gocheok Sky Dome — Photo: 서울시설공단 / Wikimedia Commons, KOGL Type 1

4. What RESCENE said on stage

The quotes below are our English translations of the Korean reports. Wording may differ slightly between outlets, and we have kept the meaning rather than polishing it.

Global TOP10 (Woni, leader), via Xportsnews: "Thank you so much to MMA for this big award. Honestly, this is a stage we have dreamed of so much, so we're happy." She thanked Remine for voting and listening, thanked the company staff, and added: "Because we know the love you're giving us now is not something to take for granted, we'll become a RESCENE that works even harder."
Kakaobank Everyone's Star, via Hankook Ilbo: the group said they won the award "thanks to the fans," promised to "show you a lot more of RESCENE's scent," a nod to the fragrance concept behind every release, and asked fans to keep loving RESCENE.

Taiwan's JUKSY also covered the moment in Chinese, focusing on the small-agency underdog story and on the "not take it for granted" line. It is a useful sign of how quickly the speech travelled outside Korea, though it is commentary rather than a primary source.

Photo: Auckland War Memorial Museum / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0

Photo: Auckland War Memorial Museum / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0

Photo: PattayaPatrol / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

5. The rest of Day 1, and what is still unconfirmed

For context, these are the other Day 1 results that KpopAlive's live page listed when we checked on the evening of November 14: BTS's ARIRANG world tour won Stage of the Year, HANA won J-Pop Favorite Artist, Hearts2Hearts won Global Impact Artist, ATEEZ won Best Performance (Male), and I.O.I won Best Music Style. The page also lists "Hot Trend: ATEEZ, RESCENE." KpopAlive is a French fan news site updating during the show, not an official MMA source. Korean press reports we searched mentioned RESCENE's two wins but not a Hot Trend award, so treat that third trophy as unconfirmed until Melon or Korean outlets publish it.

The biggest prizes are still to come. The four daesang (grand prizes: Artist, Album, Song and Record of the Year) and categories like Best Group and Best OST belong to the show as a whole, and the Day 2 show on November 15 had not happened when we published. RESCENE are not among the Artist of the Year nominees, who are the ten general TOP10 winners, so this weekend's story for them is the two Day 1 trophies.

6. Two domes in eight days: KGMA, then MMA

MMA was RESCENE's second big awards night at Gocheok Sky Dome in a week. On November 7, at the 2026 Korea Grand Music Awards (KGMA), the group won four awards. Ilgan Sports, which hosts KGMA, and MBC Entertainment both reported them: the Grand Honors' Choice, plus Best Artist, Best Memory and Berriz Global Fan Choice. That night they performed "Inside Out" (백화요란) and "With," and Woni co-hosted the ceremony with actor Nam Ji-hyun. Accepting the awards, the group said they knew the love and trophies were "more than we deserve" and promised to keep growing.

Date (KST)	Event	What happened
Nov 3, 2026	4th mini album PULSE	Title track "With" reached No. 1 on the Melon TOP100 about two hours after release (Ilgan Sports)
Nov 7, 2026	2026 KGMA, Gocheok Sky Dome	4 awards including Grand Honors' Choice; Woni co-hosts
Nov 13, 2026	MMA Global TOP10 vote closes	Final results combine chart, panel and vote
Nov 14, 2026	MMA 2026 Day 1, Gocheok Sky Dome	Global TOP10 and Kakaobank Everyone's Star

Hear the song RESCENE brought to this awards season. The official "With" music video is on RESCENE's own YouTube channel. Watching the official upload, not a reupload, is the version that counts toward the group's official view total.

Watch the official "With" MV

7. How to catch up legally from abroad

Our MMA 2026 viewing guide lists the official broadcast partners by region, as announced by Kakao Entertainment: Melon and Wavve in Korea, U-NEXT in Japan, TVBS42 and CATCHPLAY+ in Taiwan, and the 1theK YouTube channel elsewhere, with "some countries excluded" according to Melon. Neither Melon nor Kakao has promised that full replays will stay online, so here is a practical order of steps:

Check Melon's official MMA page first. It is the one place that lists times, broadcast platforms and award rules together.
Look for clips on official channels only. Search the Melon and 1theK channels inside the YouTube app rather than following fan links. Reuploads and "live" re-streams often get taken down.
If you want to watch Day 2, it starts on Sunday, November 15, at 6 p.m. KST. That is 9 a.m. in London, 4 a.m. in New York, 1 a.m. in Los Angeles, 6 p.m. in Tokyo and 8 p.m. in Sydney. RESCENE appeared on Day 1, and we have not seen them listed for Day 2.
Stream the music itself. Playing the group's songs on official services is the simplest legal way to follow them. The Global TOP10 itself is scored on official chart data.
Re-check the results. If the Hot Trend award is confirmed, it will show up on Melon's official results and in Korean press, not just on fan pages.

Photo: Tokumeigakarinoaoshima / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Photo: さえぼー / Wikimedia Commons, CC0

Photo: Tildin Han / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

8. What comes next for RESCENE

Awards season is not over. According to the sources in episode 3 of this series, RESCENE are on the Chapter 1 lineup for the 2026 MAMA AWARDS at Kyocera Dome Osaka on November 20 (Soompi), and on the AAA 2026 lineup in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on December 5-6 (Asia Artist Awards official site). After that comes the group's first solo concert, February 19-21, 2027, at Olympic Hall in Seoul. TopStarNews reports that tickets open in December on the Coupang Play app, with prices and times still to be announced. Check the official notice before booking any travel.

Photo: Silas Low / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Photo: mauveine.kim / Wikimedia Commons, CC0

9. Our take

The Global TOP10 fits RESCENE's year neatly. The general TOP10 counts this year's releases, and their defining song was two years old, so it left them out. A chart-based award with no release-date limit is about the only main category where "LOVE ATTACK" could be counted at all. Winning it, alongside a fan-voted award and a week after four KGMA trophies, is about as strong a year-end awards run as a small-agency group could hope for. The honest caveats: the two-night format spreads trophies widely, the Global TOP10 has ten winners rather than one, and the daesang are still to come. Still, Woni's line about not taking the love for granted is what people will remember from this group's night.

FAQ

Did RESCENE win at MMA 2026?
Yes. They won the Global TOP10 and Kakaobank Everyone's Star awards on Day 1, November 14, 2026, as reported by Xportsnews and Hankook Ilbo.

Did RESCENE win a daesang?
No. As of the night of November 14, the four daesang are part of the full show, and Day 2 (November 15) had not taken place yet. RESCENE are not among the Artist of the Year nominees.

Why was RESCENE in the Global TOP10 but not the regular TOP10?
The two awards use different data. The regular TOP10 only counts music released November 20, 2025 to October 14, 2026. The Global TOP10 uses the Global-K Chart (Melon, Tencent Music, LINE MUSIC) for May 11 to October 14, 2026, with no release-date limit, according to TopStarNews.

Did RESCENE win three awards?
One live fan results page lists a third, "Hot Trend," award. We had not found Korean press confirmation when we published, so we count two confirmed awards.

What is RESCENE's fandom name?
Remine (리마인), the name Woni used in her speech, as reported by Xportsnews.

Where can I watch RESCENE's MMA moments?
Use official channels only: Melon's MMA page for platform information, and the official Melon or 1theK YouTube channels for clips where your country allows them.

Conclusion

Eight months after a meme put them on the map, RESCENE left MMA 2026 with a Global TOP10 trophy and a fan-voted Everyone's Star award, a week after their four KGMA wins at the same stadium. Next up are MAMA in Osaka on November 20, AAA in Kaohsiung in December and their first solo concert in February. Episode 5 will only happen if there is another distinct, fact-checked story worth telling.

Confirm the official results and Day 2 times yourself. Melon's MMA page lists the broadcast platforms by country and the rules behind each award. Or open RESCENE's official Spotify page to hear "LOVE ATTACK" and PULSE, the songs behind tonight's trophies.

Open Melon's official MMA page Listen to RESCENE on Spotify

Sources

By the Korea Vibe Hopper team · Updated November 14, 2026