{"id":3522,"date":"2025-12-21T06:33:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T21:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/?p=3522"},"modified":"2025-12-21T06:33:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T21:33:32","slug":"jennie-and-g-dragon-attend-mma2025-separately-amid-dating-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/?p=3522","title":{"rendered":"Jennie and G-Dragon Attend MMA2025 Separately Amid Dating Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"G-Dragon-Jennie.\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/image.xportsnews.com\/contents\/images\/upload\/article\/2025\/1221\/1766245140414684.jpg\" width=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<p>G-Dragon and Jennie both received top awards, garnering attention, but a joint photo was ultimately not captured.<\/p>\n<p>The initial announcement that both G-Dragon and Jennie would attend &#8216;MMA2025&#8217; generated significant buzz.<\/p>\n<p>The two have been embroiled in dating rumors since 2021. Their agencies consistently declined to comment, citing privacy, which led to speculation of a tacit acknowledgment.<\/p>\n<p>Breakup rumors later surfaced, and Jennie again drew attention amid dating rumors with V of BTS.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jennie.\" height=\"733\" src=\"https:\/\/image.xportsnews.com\/contents\/images\/upload\/article\/2025\/1221\/1766245199383945.jpg\" width=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This marked their first attendance at the same awards ceremony as solo artists, attracting considerable interest.<\/p>\n<p>Despite hopes for a joint appearance, and with artist seating arrangements often captured on camera, the two did not share a single frame.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond their past dating rumors, both artists&#8217; appearances at the &#8216;MMA&#8217; held significant meaning.<\/p>\n<p>G-Dragon returned to the &#8216;MMA&#8217; stage after a decade, while Jennie made her first domestic awards appearance since 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Although no joint photo was captured, both artists took home top awards. Jennie was the first to win &#8216;Record of the Year,&#8217; one of the four grand prizes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"G-Dragon-Jennie.\" height=\"481\" src=\"https:\/\/image.xportsnews.com\/contents\/images\/upload\/article\/2025\/1221\/1766245169551508.jpg\" width=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Expressing gratitude, Jennie stated, &#8220;I&#8217;m still overwhelmed from just finishing the stage, but I&#8217;m so grateful for this big award. This year has been incredibly meaningful. I&#8217;ve released my first album and a lot has happened, so I&#8217;m glad to end the year happily. To our company OA, are you watching? You&#8217;ve worked so hard, and I love you.&#8221; She also thanked her staff and 50 dancers, promising to continue making great music.<\/p>\n<p>Jennie also expressed her longing for her BLACKPINK members, stating, &#8220;I miss my members so much. It&#8217;s lonely being alone. I always love you, BLINKs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>G-Dragon secured the remaining three grand prizes: &#8216;Album of the Year,&#8217; &#8216;Artist of the Year,&#8217; and &#8216;Best Song,&#8217; thus reaffirming his stature.<\/p>\n<p>G-Dragon began his thank you speech, saying, &#8220;I just finished my stage, so I&#8217;m overwhelmed, but I&#8217;m thankful for the award. Each year is special and precious, but this year will remain significant to me.&#8221; He also expressed gratitude to his VIPs (fans) and stated he missed his Big Bang members.<\/p>\n<p>Image source: Xportsnews Kim Han-joon, Xportsnews, Melon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>G-Dragon and Jennie both received top awards, garnering attention, but a joint photo was ultimately not captured. The initial announcement that both G-Dragon and Jennie would attend &#8216;MMA2025&#8217; generated significant buzz. The two have been embroiled in dating rumors since 2021. Their agencies consistently declined to comment, citing privacy, which led to speculation of a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3523,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3522","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-issue"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-273.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3522"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3524,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3522\/revisions\/3524"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}