1.
Lia (ITZY)
Though Lia is the main vocalist of ITZY, she often receives countless negative comments
about her vocals.
Skeptics claim that despite coming into the limelight for a while, she has not put much
effort into improving her singing.
There are many stages where she fails to deliver the right pitch of the songs.
Additionally, critics also say that her dance performances are not as satisfactory as the
other members of the group.
Specifically, in the group’s “Mafia in the morning” performance at Mnet, Lia was
considered a “black-hole” and received much criticism for making a mistake on the
MCountdown stage on May 13, 2021.
At the end of the song, she took a totally different position compared to the other members
and as a result, ITZY’s lineup was ruined even though the girls still tried to keep
their professional expressions on stage.
As if that wasn’t bad enough, the group’s hit song “Wannabe” performance at the
show Idol Radio on March 12, 2020 uploaded on YouTube had paved the way for some netizens
to nit-pick at Lia’s moves again.
These haters commented that she did not try her best to complete the performance and even
messed up the arm choreography, downgrading the overall performance of the group.
Regarding her vocals, taking a closer look at her cover of Jessie J’s “Price tag”
at Yoo Heeyeol’s sketchbook, netizens pointed out that she slightly strains her voice when
hitting high notes.
Sometimes, she unfortunately goes off pitch, making the overall performance seem unstable
and people believe she does not have a wide voice range.
On the other hand, there are many fans claiming that though Lia can not be regarded as one
of the top vocalists of the K-pop industry, her singing is not too bad as some netizens
complained.
Plus, Lia’s specialties are Jazz and R&B, both of which are not ITZY’s style, so Lia
doesn't have many opportunities to show her vocals.
In addition to that, ITZY’s choreographies are very complicated and after all, Lia is
not the main dancer, therefore, it is understandable why some of her stages appear to be unsatisfactory.
2.
Yeri (Red Velvet)
Added to Red Velvet a year after the group's debut in 2014, Yeri received major backlash
from those who prefer Red Velvet as a four-member group.
She was criticized both in real life and on online platforms for every little thing.
Skeptics claimed that she is neither a top vocalist or a good dancer and labeled her
as the group's talentless member.
Yeri also did not appear independently on TV shows as much as other members and therefore
was not as famous as Joy or Irene.
During the early phases of Yeri’s career, netizens would bash Yeri for failing to keep
up with Red Velvet’s choreography.
They compared her flexibility and the angles in her dancing to the others and pointed out
that she was offbeat compared to the rest of the group.
The thing is, while many fans believe Yeri is performing way better now, a lot of netizens
think the opposite and say that she is barely making any progress and no one else in the
fandom cares about her existence.
Nevertheless, fans still believe calling Yeri talentless and not making progress is far
from the truth.
With time, Yeri has proven herself to be an amazing song-writer and lyricist.
Since 2017, she has been writing, and producing music for both her group and other artists.
In fact, the first time she took part in writing lyrics and producing music was for an artist
called Rangoon in 2017 for the song "Story."
Besides, Yeri was also the first member of Red Velvet to debut as a solo artist.
In 2019, she released her song "Dear Diary" as part of SM Station Season 3.
The reaction of K-netizens was quite positive, saying that she shocks them with her smooth
solo performing ability.
3.
Jisoo (BLACKPINK)
As the visual of the group, Jisoo has been disregarded by many people and her talent
is often overlooked and underestimated.
Naysayers have also slammed Jisoo for her dancing, saying that she barely puts any effort
into her dance stage and downgrades the overall dance performance of the group.
They have also voiced their opinion that her singing is weak and nasal.
At times, Jisoo was said to disappoint some K-pop fans with her unsatisfactory performance
in several songs.
There was even a whole video on Youtube dedicating to pointing out all Jisoo’s voice crack
and times she could not hit the right pitch of the high notes.
However, a lot of fans stood with Jisoo and defended that she has made significant improvement
with each comeback.
Jisoo has worked hard to improve her dancing and kept up with the increasing difficulty
of BLACKPINK's choreography, proving her great efforts.
Also, Jisoo’s supporters say that rather than being nasal, she has a unique vocal color,
characterized by her deep, husky voice, perfectly suited for melodious songs with slow pace.
4.
Cha Eunwoo (ASTRO)
Cha Eunwoo is undoubtedly one of the hottest K-Pop idols and male visuals of all time.
However, he often receives criticism for his disappointing acting performance.
Netizens have been saying that Eunwoo got the roles in many famous K-dramas only thanks
to his “pretty privilege”, and they believed that his talent is inadequate compared to
his popularity.
In addition, people also said that Eunwoo has awkward facial expressions in several
scenes of his well-known dramas “True Beauty” and “Rookie historian Goo Hae Ryung.”
Whether the characters are scared, happy, annoyed or surprised, Eunwoo seems to show
the same expression with his eyes and mouth wide open.
Nevertheless, we are not to deny his constant efforts in improving his acting and performing
skills.
Compared to his debut drama “My brilliant life”, his acting in most recent dramas
has been upgraded profoundly.
Additionally, people also say that his vocal and dance performance are at an acceptable
level, and he is not worth being criticized so badly just because people tend to underrate
his skills because of his stunning visuals.
5.
Shuhua (G)I-DLE
Shuhua has been regarded as "talentless" ever since her debut, with people slamming her
all the time for her vocal abilities and apparent lack of stage presence.
As she is given fewer lines in the group’s songs than other members, the general public
blame this on her limited ability and poor voice projection.
Additionally, they also claim that her dancing skills are far behind that of her fellows.
To illustrate, on the stage at KBS Song Festival 2020, some netizens noticed that Shuhua was
not up to par with the rest of the girls when it came to the choreography.
She was said to completely outshone by Arin from Oh My Girl, Yuna from ITZY, and Wonyoung
from IZ*ONE, as her dance moves appeared to be not clear and graceful.
Some even denied all her abilities, saying that Shuhua can’t dance, can’t sing as
she can barely hold a note together, and has no stage presence.
Despite that, numerous people have complimented Shuhua on her deep, rich vocals.
Her solo dance performance in “Hann” was also praised by many for the soft and graceful
movements.
Nevertheless, some people seem to forget that Shuhua is still a young foreign girl who risks
everything to travel to another country to fulfill her dream and she is still trying
everyday.
6.
TXT members
Considered as the descendant of the international superstar BTS, TXT members are clearly under
tons of stress and pressure to follow in their senior’s footsteps.
Ever since their debut days, the members of TXT have been harshly criticized by netizens
for having no talents and they were even accused of gaining popularity thanks to BTS.
Some even believed that with TXT’s limited talents as their song couldn’t even chart
no.1 on Melon, they’d be a nugu group.
Another opinion also said that TXT had done nothing and earned nothing since their debut,
but were still living their best life thanks to BTS’s hardwork.
The hatred was so severe that one member of the group named Soobin even revealed his pain
during an interview with Weverse Magazine, claiming that he can not brush his head off
the comments he accidentally read on the Internet, which said that the members of TXT did not
deserve their fame and success.
In fact, it is clear that the group earned the fame they deserve themselves because of
their constant efforts.
If they depend on other people to attain success, it is a high chance that they would be outshone
by thousands of other artists in this harsh industry.
With time, TXT members have proved their talent via the staggering numbers of hit songs they
have created and the awards they have attained: Rookie of the year at Asian Artist Awards
(2019), Best new male artist at Genie Music Awards (2019), Album Bonsang at Golden Disc
Award (2021), Bonsang at Seoul Music Awards (2021), etc.
7.
Huening Bahhiyih (KEP1ER)
Although it's been less than a year since her debut, Huening Bahhiyih has already come
into massive amounts of criticism.
One of the main reasons why she got slammed is that people think her votes are all from
MOA who voted for her because they like her brother, not because of her talents.
Besides that, people don't like her facial expression that’s said to be often blank
when she performs.
It appears to many netizens that she doesn't know how to express and convey the emotion
of the songs, thus downgrading her own performance and the overall performance of the group.
Some said that they held high expectations on Bahiyyih after seeing her rank 2nd on the
show and hoped that she would prove her position, but they were disappointed because since her
debut until now, she hasn't made any breakthroughs.
Nevertheless, many netizens are fighting against the hate comments poured on Bahiyyih, saying
that she is an individual trainee who just recently got signed with PlayM and has not
gained much training.
Moreover, she is already under lots of pressure due to her brother’s fame, so people should
go easy on her.
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Which idol do you think is completely unworthy of criticism?
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