BLACKPINK’s Jennie faces backlash over “lazy” stage performance at recent concert
A viral video accusing BLACKPINK’s Jennie of a “lazy performance” during the “DDU-DU DDU-DU” stage at her recent concert sparked fierce debate among netizens.
A popular X account shared footage where Jennie appears to stop dancing midway, reigniting old claims about her slacking on stage.
Jennie takes rest on stage amidst her performance.
— Flop Kpop (@TheFlopKpop)
Fans quickly criticized Jennie, calling her “untalented” and questioning her professionalism.
It’s actually concerning how her untalented and lazy azz still remains popular but hardworking and talented girls out there are struggling… can someone tell me why that is?
— Genyuu (@Genyuu23)
ok but on a serious note.. how did she even debut? It’s honestly embarrassing to call yourself an idol when you can’t deliver a single ounce of energy on stage. like, stage presence is the bare minimum if you can’t handle that, what are you doing here?
— cié დ (@Iivserene)
Feels like she’s the most unprofessional idol especially in SEA countries lol
— arthur zeppeli (@arthurmzeppeli)
What is she resting from? Breathing? Girl is a selectively active idol, wtf is this.
— megs |mimi protector| (@atwtmvftv)
yall leave her alone she only had 3 yrs hiatus to rest
— mari (@mikrocosmosis)
Many netizens defended Jennie, explaining technical issues like in-ear monitor (IEM) malfunctions caused the brief pause.
Only in K-pop can stopping for a second to adjust your IEM, the very tool that allows you to sing live be twisted into ‘laziness.’ It just proves how little they understand abt professionalism. They clearly have no idea what it takes to perform live & will find any excuse to hate
— Jᴼᴬ (@mycomf0rtz0ne)
Since some people are using this clip to criticize Jennie, here’s the context:
Her in-ear monitor slipped out mid-performance. She stayed professional, quickly held it in place, and fixed it before her solo part began.
Jennie will never be the “lazy performer” y’all want her to…
— (@baejeanies)
Hey so as someone who was actually at the concert, this was taken out of context to purposely make jennie look bad.
As you can see in my video, she is dancing just fine before she has to stop to adjust her mic pack and then she continues on dancing for the full song once it’s…
— a ࣪𖤐 (@godbrinas)
Still, some pushed back on the defense, arguing Jennie should handle these malfunctions smoothly given her years of experience.
surely in her decade of experience, she would know how to properly deal with malfunctions without looking unprofessional
— fairyqueen (@fairyqueentingz)
Jihyo was fixing her mic while performing, and her dance was still perfectly in sync that’s the difference between a truly passionate artist and a lazy fool
— سـام (@samxsmsm)
The incident keeps fueling mixed reactions over BLACKPINK’s live performances.
