HYBE Idol’s Cover Of An SM Song Hit WIth Fierce Backlash

Netizens don’t understand why they would choose this song.

A grand lineup of K-pop artists gathered and prepared a crazy set list for SBS’s Gayo Daejeon.

The show included not only group performances but also unexpected units and collaborations. In particular, ILLIT’s Iroha prepared a special dance stage using RIIZE‘s song, “Siren.”

힙합전사이로하사이렌왓다 ㅆ발 pic.twitter.com/ycSQzH4O4M

— 치즈.. (@ro0204ha) December 25, 2024

However, some RIIZE fans expressed frustration regarding the performance.

So hilarious. Either they were really jealous of the song, or since the dance is really hard, they used it to go viral.

It’s not like the original artists weren’t on the show. They were at the same show and it’s hilarious that they were covering the song. It’s also funny how a rookie is covering another rookie group’s song. That company criticized this company so much and yet they made them cover their song.

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Another group covered ‘Siren’ and not RIIZE? How is this even possible? No matter how talented a group is, covering this song could receive criticism because the choreo is difficult. And yet they made a group with a lot of controversy cover it? This is going overboard…It would have been better to have RIIZE just do another performance…

The performance also gained a negative response due to the previous statements regarding RIIZE from HYBE’s internal documents.

| theqoo

** is surprisingly tall but struggles with dancing. It seems like they prepared a lot for the ‘Siren’ choreography for those few minutes. His weakness he tried to hide was exposed during the ‘Inkigayo’ performance. Some comments asked if he was meant to take the ** role. It’s not just that he dances awkwardly, but he doesn’t have a good understanding of the choreography as he keeps looking at the other members. I’m a bit confused as to whether this could be fixed through practice or training.

Korean netizens also couldn’t understand HYBE’s decisions to perform an SM artist’s song.

| theqoo

• “Please just f*ck off.”
• “The all-great HYBE has a lot of great songs, and yet they chose to cover an SM song.”
• “HYBE, please just let SM go.”
• “It’s crazy to think that they do all this even after being caught with everything.”

What are your thoughts on this?