ITZY Receives Criticism for 'Poor' Performance on Japan's TV Shows 'Music Station' and 'Sukkiri'

ITZY is being criticized following their appearance on TV Asahi's "Music Station" and Nippon TV's "Sukkiri," with Japanese fans expressing their disappointment in the girl group's performance.

ITZY's Performances on TV Asahi's "Music Station" and Nippon TV's "Sukkiri" Rated as "Below Expectations"

In November, ITZY guested on two Japanese TV shows as they gear up for their official debut in Japan in December with the album "IT'z ITZY."

On Nov. 12, ITZY performed the Japanese version of their hit song "Wannabe" on TV Asahi's "Music Station." They performed the same version on Nippon TV's "Sukkiri" on Nov. 25, together with the Japanese version of "DALLA DALLA."

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On Dec. 2, a Korean media outlet released some of the comments left by Japanese fans on ITZY's performance on the two Japanese TV shows.

According to the report, the JYP girl group's stages on the two Japanese TV shows didn't get a good response in the local area. Hundreds of comments from Japanese fans were posted on Twitter, criticizing the band for failing to show the same performances they show in Korea.

One Twitter user commented, "We warmly welcome ITZY's activities in Japan but, contrary to what I expected, ITZY's stage on 'Sukkiri' was very disappointing. Compared to what I saw in other videos, the choreography on the show felt very loose."

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Some netizens asserted that ITZY seldom sings live and often relies on a prerecorded soundtrack throughout their performance, so they should have at least focused more on the choreography.

Criticism on ITZY's stages on TV Asahi's "Music Station" and Nippon TV's "Sukkiri" continued in the Japanese online community "5ch." One user shared the video of the girl group's performance and negative comments can be seen under the post.

One Japanese netizen stated, "Most Korean idols have impressive performances, but ITZY's stage feels weak," while another netizen said, "All the members are pretty but there's nothing to pay attention to other than that."

Watch ITZY's performance on "Music Station" and "Sukkiri" now and tell us what you think of their stages in the comments below!

ITZY Releases Music Video for Japanese Version of 'LOCO'

In other news, the JYP girl group has dropped the music video for the Japanese version of their latest title song "LOCO."

Like the MV of the original version of "LOCO," the video features ITZY in different neon settings as they sing about being "crazy in love" to someone.

The "LOCO" Japanese version will be included in ITZY's upcoming debut Japanese album "IT'z ITZY," which is set for release on Dec. 22.

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"LOCO" is one of the 16 songs from ITZY's first full album "CRAZY IN LOVE," which came out this past September. This album currently holds the record for the fourth-highest first-week sales of any album by girl groups in the history of the Hanteo Chart.

"CRAZY IN LOVE" sold more than 259,000 copies from Sept. 24 to 30 - breaking their previous first-week sales record of 200,130 copies set by "GUESS WHO."

ITZY's "CRAZY IN LOVE" also attained the second-highest first-week sales of any girl group released this 2021, following TWICE's "Taste of Love" so far.

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Written by Mhaliya Scott