MAMA 2021 was a disappointment for me.

I love watching performances so i obviously was looking forward to MAMA stages so yes..

I'm not trying to shade anyone's faves, but what was that? To me the weakest MAMA in terms of performance and by far. I can count with one hand how many groups i liked. Wow... I'm sorry, but this is my honest reaction. I enjoyed some performances and some idols performances (like, within the entire groups i liked just one or two idols who were performing).

Anyways, obviously this isn't a lifetime opinion and I'm honestly confused seeing some groups performances so I'll just say that even Mnet failed with their part, the camera work was a failed choice...

Anyways, I'm sorry and i won't name the groups as i don't wanna fight, just sharing my opinion. Bye!

Quote from bartkun

Don't worry I feel the same. I even wrote in live thread that PD's as well as artists made bad song choices.

I liked ITZY and ATEEZ performances.

Brave Girls had nice stage but there were too many audio/video issues during it.

Overall people responsible for video made bad cuts and many times it seemed like video was lagging behind audio.

Even SMTM stage was a disappointment. They should go with one of quality songs which are charting well... But they picked typical rap cypher

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Yes, i was really confused bc some groups do good at performances, but on MAMA... Not good.

I hope this can be an opportunity to improvement (including mnet here).

Quote from SunnyMoony

Agree. MAMA used to be so fun and exciting, we can see all artists sit and enjoy the music, fan cheering and idol performing all out…. I guess pandemic really changed everything

Yes, MAMA was really fun.

I think not just the pandemic, some groups were simply bad unfortunately, to me obviously. Lets see the others awards shows this season.

Quote from citron-icy

This MAMA learn me something.

We need Ryujin

Here, i fixed it!! We always need Ryujin, girl ate and left us crying!!

Quote from tetetete

mama had other priorities with one artist's staff testing positive and coming in contact with w1

so making w1 take pcr test, pre record, inviting fans of w1 to watch pre recording etc

the staff probably happy they were able to have an event and did not have to cancel( i.e. pay back all the audience tickets)

camera angles were working or not were like the last priority lol

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Im also talking about the groups performances, even if the camera work was bad (it was indeed bad), some groups weren't at their best and the performances felt lackluster for me.

Quote from Srina

yes definitely. but it's mnet so i won't cry.

some groups were practically empty on the stage.

I'm tired. I just wanted amazing opening stage and collab, but they robbed us. 2016 will never return.

"It's mnet so i won't cry" b, i laughed kkkkk

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I only know skz ate that performance

They are amazing performers and consistent so i appreciate their hardwork.

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I mean obv there was no tbz

jokes aside yeah the camera work and lag was so bad.. on top of that it didnt really look like except for 1-2 groups, the companies bothered putting any budget into the performances.. they were very simple...

Also people were saying MMA was boring but it was like 10 times more fun than MAMA this year..

my only hope is gayo festivals this year, especially KBS since a good number of artists both senior and junior are attending.. they also do better with collab stages

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Me waiting TBZ performing even though I knew they weren't there: kkkkk

And I'm talking about the groups itself too, even without a super great budget, some groups were ... not that good.

Quote from xoxoshawol

It was for everyone.

It was a mess.

SKZ, ITZY and ATEEZ delivered an award show worthy performance, with proper budget, while I was expecting a lot from the other groups budget-wise. It's not that they performed bad, they did the best they could, but they deserved a lot more, since it was an year-end show.

i disagree here, some groups were not that good and while the budget could help (obviously it would help) the groups lacked some charisma.

Quote from azhra-0110

Didn't even know it was today. Thank you bp for not attending so I don't have to put up with this shit

Me judging you when we both know BP doesn't attend awards show since 2019 kkkkkk

Quote from ViWinters

i want 2016 back so bad. even musically-wise.

I like some songs, the performances were the problem..

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I'm glad there was a real crowd though.

B, I laughed kkkkk looking at this side yes, it is great to see a real crowd!

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Even better, means I haven't bothered for 3 years now

Me praying every night to see a super huge BP year end performance looking at you:

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At times like this I’m thankful I stan itzy because that show was a snooze fest , bring back 2016 Kpop, when Blackpink twice all these ggs were actually serving !!!!! It was just a messs , glad to see knetz thought that too , normally they like mediocre stuff but even them knew it was bad

I was surprised by Itzy. I always knew they are great performers, but they really slayed! Great performance!!

And i was sad with how few ggs we had, sad sad.

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I only watched Wanna One's performance and it was,,,,, disappointing. Mnet really didn't invest in this performance at all but promoted it like crazy to gain their fans again. I was expecting y'know,,, more? since it happened after so many years and most probably it will never happen again. So sad, even a music show performance would be better and more interesting.

Ah, nvm, I remember I watched half of ITZY's performance, haha I didn't expect Heo Sung Tae to be there.

I was surprised too with the actor kkkkk

Quote from ArmyBlink0

What happened? Why is everyone complaining about MAMA? Is this what it is usually like?? I really don't know what to expect, this is technically my first kpop award show season(I got into kpop last year around this time but I wasn't really in the kpop community, I just sticked to listening to BTS, Blackpink and their funny moments videos).

This isn't normal. Awards seasons are like festival with a lot of great performances so to me MAMA was a let down unfortunately.

Quote from atropos

I didn't watch even one performance. And I won't either after hearing negative stuff lol. I just know rosé, lisa, teddy and leejung won something over there.

I can't kkkkk I'm glad too ChaeLisa won something!!

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How was it overall? I didn't watch it

This was my reaction...

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I didn't watch lol

Watch it now!!

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No way lol, I already had a bad day outside, in not going to make myself feel worse by watching a show i don't have much interest in. Might watch some perfs later

Oh, i hope your day improves!

And i say in the sense of watching some perfs, not the whole thing.