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HYBE’s Bang Si-Hyuk, Bowen Yang & More Honored at 2024 Asia Game Changer Awards Ceremony in New York
HYBE founder and chairman Bang Si-Hyuk mentioned BTS' Jung Kook and LE SSERAFIM at the Asia Society's event that featured Christiane Amanpour
Bang was one of five honorees at this year’s Asia Game Changer Awards, where he was introduced through a video montage featuring him alongside photos and clips of HYBE artists like BTS, SEVENTEEN, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, fromis_9, ENHYPEN, LE SSERAFIM and KATSEYE, as well as a selection of his business and creative partners like JYP Entertainment founder J.Y. The producer-executive shared examples like Jung Kook’s “Seven” drawing inspiration from U.K. garage while featuring rapper Latto; LE SSERAFIM’s “Unforgiven” sampling late Italian composer Ennio Morricone ‘s “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” while having Chic ‘s Nile Rodgers contributing guitar; and also that when TOMORROW X TOGETHER collaboration with Brazilian diva Anitta on “Back for More,” Spotify reported a “surge in the first-time listeners of the group.” Along with a performance by Indian-American dhol drummer and composer Sunny Jain, the Asia Game Changer Awards also honored Oscar-winning filmmakers Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, plus the Asian American Foundation, the national organization advocating for safety and prosperity in the AANHPI community.
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