2026 The Fact Music Awards wave-2 lineup: Licsene, Choi Ye-na, Evan and more confirmed

Six acts have been added to the 2026 The Fact Music Awards lineup ahead of the September 19 show at Busan Asiad Main Stadium. Licsene (리센느), Psycus (싸이커스), Alpha Drive One (알파드라이브원), Evan (에반), Choi Ye-na (최예나), and Close Your Eyes (클로즈 유어 아이즈) make up the second wave. They join ATEEZ, TripleS, Kiki (키키), Cortis (코르티스), IDIT (아이딧), and All Day Project (올데이 프로젝트) from the first announcement. The event is hosted by The Fact and organized by Fan & Star and UCW.

Licsene's slot is the story here. The group lands its first-ever TMA appearance riding a viral "Geoje Yaho!" meme, a chart resurgence for LOVE ATTACK, and a music-broadcast number-one for remake single Pretty Girl.

Alpha Drive One came out of survival show Boys II Planet. They posted 1.44 million first-week album sales and four consecutive wins on terrestrial music broadcasts. Psycus's seventh mini-album ROUTE ZERO : The ORA crossed 360,000 first-week copies.

Evan, formerly of ENHYPEN, self-produced his debut solo single RIDE OR DIE, which topped music charts. Choi Ye-na's Catch Catch surpassed 5.78 million monthly Spotify listeners—a record among fourth-generation solo acts. Close Your Eyes secured back-to-back TMA appearances after their third mini-album went half-million seller and Billboard named them among the best K-pop releases of the first half of 2026.