'2022 Genie Music Awards' Cancels Over 1 Million Votes for BLACKPINK + BLINKs Enraged

BLINKs are expressing their anger on Twitter and calling for a boycott of the 2022 Genie Music Awards after the award ceremony revoked more than one million votes for BLACKPINK in one of the categories. Keep reading to know why their votes were reduced.

'2022 Genie Music Awards' Cancels Over 1 Million Votes for BLACKPINK + BLINKs Enraged

The 2022 Genie Music Awards will hold its first in-person ceremony for the first time in three years on Nov. 8 at Namdong Gymnasium in Incheon. At present, fans of each of the nominees are busy casting their votes.

On the Oct. 16 episode of SBS's "Inkigayo," "Shut Down" was nominated for first place together with IVE's "After LIKE" and NewJeans' "Attention." BLACKPINK eventually won with a total of 7,641 points. This marked the quartet's 10th time of winning in a music show with "Shut Down."

Congratulations to the girls!

Check out BLACKPINK's "Shut Down" music video below to celebrate:

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Written by Maria Scott

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