Le Parisien called BlackPink’s July encore performance “the worst concert of summer 2023” among the world-famous artist’s concerts held in France.
Nate cited Le Parisien newspaper not long ago, publishing a review of all the concerts held at the State De France and Paris La Défense Arena this summer. Accordingly, the French daily insists that this list is made objectively, so some people will not be happy to read. “Since this list is completely objective, some people will be happy, jealous and miserable,” Le Parisien wrote.
Worth mentioning, in this list, the concerts of 4 YG girls are not appreciated. Le Parisien even called BlackPink’s July encore concert the worst international concert and revealed why it ranked the group at the bottom of the list.
“Just because spectators fill the State De France stadium doesn’t mean the performance is good. What we thought after leaving BlackPink’s concert was that the choreography was too textbook-like and the members often passed each other without communication,” the daily commented. The newspaper then went on to criticize the concert and lamented the girls’ lack of interaction with fans.
Later in the show, Jennie unexpectedly left the stage: “I’ll be back.” Three minutes later, Jennie changed her black pants to white and reappeared. The remaining members began calling on fans to hold banners to cheer, a situation that the newspaper judged “absurd and unworthy of the audience’s love for them” – Le Parisien specifically criticized the ridiculous situation that interrupted Jennie’s atmosphere.
This isn’t the first time Jennie has been criticized by name for leaving the stage midway. During the concert at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia on June 6, the idol also abruptly left while performing the song “Lovesick Girls” to the surprise of fans.
According to the video, she walked down the stairs from the stage and was taken backstage by security personnel. The remaining members continued the performance without Jennie. YG Entertainment released a statement announcing that Jennie could not complete the concert due to her “deteriorating condition” and asked for fans’ understanding.
Jennie also apologized on her Instagram Stories for not completing the performance. She said she is trying to recover and is grateful for the support of her fans.
However, a part of the audience disagreed with the idol’s behavior, claiming that she disrespected fans who paid for the show. “At least she should say something to the audience, or just bow is enough, but she just walks straight into the chicken wing in everyone’s bewilderment”, “Feeling guilty of the other 3 members, just walking in a circuit like it has nothing to do with me” … audience leave comments.
Returning to the concert in France, another drawback is that the video of the members is quite messy, the camera is not stable, so the performance is not properly supported, interrupted too much, causing the stage to make viewers uncomfortable.
It is known that BlackPink held an encore concert for the Born Pink world tour at the Stade de France, the French national stadium on July 15. On this day, 55,000 spectators came to support the girls from the land of kimchi.
Previously, Le Parisien newspaper had an article that rated BlackPink’s performance in France “unworthy” of the title of Entertainer of the Year 2022 voted by Time magazine. The daily reported that BlackPink’s 2-hour music show excited the crowd, then began describing “a lot of tears” from “loud” fans and “teenage girls with tights exposed under short skirts.”
In May, the same newspaper criticized the performance of American band Metallica held at the Stade de France: “The concert lasted only two hours and ended without an encore, although some audience members paid more than 300 euros to get close to the stage.”
The only stage praised by Le Parisien was Canadian singer-songwriter The Weeknd’s concert held at the Stade de France in July 2022. “The most perfect and daring performance of the summer in every way, including the stage set-up and vocals,” the daily wrote.
