{"id":154638,"date":"2025-12-20T09:46:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T17:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=154638"},"modified":"2025-12-20T09:46:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T17:46:33","slug":"nct-wishs-ryo-is-unable-to-attend-the-melon-music-awards-get-to-know-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/nct-wishs-ryo-is-unable-to-attend-the-melon-music-awards-get-to-know-why\/","title":{"rendered":"NCT WISH\u2019s Ryo is unable to attend the \u201cMelon Music Awards.\u201d Get to know why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NCT<\/strong> <strong>WISH<\/strong>\u2019s <strong>Ryo<\/strong> was one of the most awaited idols on the red carpet of the<strong><em> \u201cMelon Music Awards 2025 (MMA 2025).\u201d<\/em> <\/strong>However, just hours before the event kicked off, it was announced that the idol would be absent from the whole event.<\/p>\n<p>On December 20, SM Entertainment announced that Ryo will be<strong> absent<\/strong> from the event, meaning he will also be unable to attend the live broadcast of the awards ceremony scheduled for later the same day. However, the agency hinted at his presence during the NCT WISH\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-154644\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/NCT-WISHs-Ryo-has-flu-like-symptons-.jpg\" alt=\"Ryo will be in the pre-recorded performance \" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/NCT-WISHs-Ryo-has-flu-like-symptons-.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/NCT-WISHs-Ryo-has-flu-like-symptons--300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/NCT-WISHs-Ryo-has-flu-like-symptons--1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/NCT-WISHs-Ryo-has-flu-like-symptons--768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/NCT-WISHs-Ryo-has-flu-like-symptons--1100x733.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/NCT-WISHs-Ryo-has-flu-like-symptons--680x453.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/NCT-WISHs-Ryo-has-flu-like-symptons--200x133.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Why would Ryo be absent from the Melon Music Awards?<\/h2>\n<p>SM Entertainment released a short but concise statement about Ryo\u2019s current situation.<strong> The idol developed <em>\u201cflu-like symptoms,\u201d<\/em> which made him unable to attend the event. However, the idol will make an appearance in his pre-recorded performance,<\/strong> which has raised a hot debate among K-Netizens on Online forums. Read the full statement below:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>\u201cHello. We are informing you that due to experiencing flu-like symptoms, NCT WISH member Ryo will be unable to attend the live broadcast of the &#8216;Melon Music Awards 2025.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Although Ryo will not be attending the live broadcast of the &#8216;Melon Music Awards 2025,&#8217; NCT WISH\u2019s performance has already been pre-recorded, so you still will be able to see a performance with all six members.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ryo is currently resting in order to make a speedy recovery, and if further changes to his schedule should arise in the future, we will make an additional announcement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We sincerely apologize for giving fans cause for concern, and we will do our utmost to help our artist make a speedy recovery, which is our top priority.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCT WISH\u2019s Ryo was one of the most awaited idols on the red carpet of the \u201cMelon Music Awards 2025 (MMA 2025).\u201d However, just hours before the event kicked off, it was announced that the idol would be absent from the whole event. On December 20, SM Entertainment announced that Ryo will be absent from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3102,"featured_media":154639,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1631,16,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-awards","category-kpop","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}