K-netizens react to the virtual boy group PLAVE winning first place on a music show

On March 6, the virtual boy group PLAVE took home their ever first music show win since their debut last year.

The virtual boy group was among the top 5 nominees for this week’s MBC M‘s music show ‘Show Champion.’ PLAVE was up against strong contenders including BIBI with “Bam Yang Gang,” LE SSERAFIM‘s “EASY“, NCT Taeyong‘s “TAP“, and CRAVITY‘s “Love or Die.”

To many fans’ surprise, PLAVE’s “WAY 4 LUV” was announced as the winning song of this week.

Korean netizens were impressed with the results and commented, “Congrats to all of them,” “The song’s so good,” “They deserved the win,” “Congrats!!!” “Wow, finally,” “I’m so happy for them,” “I think a virtual idol group was a good opportunity for the idol group members that didn’t make it big in real life,” “This is so crazy, congrats to them,” and “Let’s go!”