Recently, I've seen a lot of comments criticizing Hwasa's performance in LA KCon. There's only a limited number of seats and most people don't live in LA, so naturally most people talking about Hwasa at KCon didn't actually see her in person. They saw her through clips on Youtube or TikTok or Instagram, or through other comments talking about her performance. So now people form ideas and conceptions based on those comments which were made by other people who only saw comments which were based on people who only saw clips or videos. I suppose I'm the same. I didn't go to KCon, but I did hear from friends who went in person and I saw the video of her performance. I also went to Hwasa's North American tour earlier this year, so I'm familiar with her stages. I've only heard positive things from people who were actually at KCon LA. Maybe this was just my friend group, but they all said that her stage was full of energy, the cheers were overwhelmingly loud, and they didn't notice or mind the moments when Hwasa was focusing on dancing instead of singing. I feel like in KCon, Hwasa did sing slightly less than usual, but that seemed natural given her current list of injuries. On her North American tour, because the cheers were so loud, Hwasa was constantly turning up her in-ears to the maximum volume and they actually exploded. She burst her eardrums, and now she is constantly hearing ringing in her ears and things are muffled in her left ear. And, because of this, now she has to turn her in-ears up even higher to hear past the ringing. Amongst other injuries, she also fractured her toe. Despite all this, she pushed through and completed her tour. When I saw her, I didn't even realize she was injured because she delivered such fantastic performances, singing live and dancing and interacting with the audience. People were cheering and chanting the whole time through. Similarly, it seems like people enjoyed her performances at KCon, so all the comments about "people wasted money to see her" seems a little out of touch, especially considering how most people go to KCon to see multiple performers anyways. If they enjoyed their time, who are we to tell them that they wasted their money? Mamamoo debuted 11 years ago, and they've delivered countless lively performances with spectacular live vocals through and through. If Hwasa is singing a little less in this stage because she is suffering a burst eardrum and hearing loss, then perhaps we should wish her a healthy recovery instead of nitpicking at her performance. But that's just my two cents :) submitted by /u/AlwaysNeedsMoreSleep [link] [comments]