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The performance of aespa at the 2024 KBS Gayo Daechukje, also known as the KBS Song Festival, electrified fans due to how much the group slayed their special stages. However, some netizens seemed to think otherwise because of the quartet’s dance break.
The 2024 KBS Gayo Daechukje invited fans to lay witness to the exciting stages of their favorite artists. Among the star-studded lineup, fourth-gen K-pop leader aespa was invited to showcase their charisma, talent, and charm by performing their iconic hits.
Music festivals like Gayo Daechukje are known for putting out twists and turns during stages, from having duets that resonate with the audience, to including unexpected collaborations between well-known artists.
This time, aespa’s group performance took everyone by surprise by adding an exciting dance break in the transition from “Whiplash” to “Armageddon.”
Unfortunately, on X (formerly Twitter), some netizens decided to criticize aespa’s dance break for “lacking presence” and “unsynchronized choreography.”
The only thing hot about this performance is that it’s a hot mess 😭
— Spiderkook⁷ (@QueenPhoenix875) December 21, 2024
lmao this is so bad and they think they’re the best performers of their gen, the standard is so low 😂
— َ (@ryujinmood) December 22, 2024
These remarks instantly casued MYs to defend the girl group’s performance at the music festival.
Fans offered some different perspectives during the stage and strongly emphasized how these negative opinions on aespa’s dancing are overshadowed by the group’s raw ability to impress audiences.
yall calling aespa cant dance/ no stage presence is so 2022 like they have tons of good dance breaks and yall shading them for that one and that wasnt even bad pic.twitter.com/NnAhSK0Gym
— ☆ (@Sullzybae) December 22, 2024
aespa’s dancebreak was literally just fine people are just making up bs to hate on them like why am i seeing a tweet saying they’ve no stage presence?? 😭
— 🎀 (@minfubiyori) December 22, 2024
In other news, aespa’s performance at the 2024 MAMA Awards was hailed as the best stage performance by Genius Korea.
