Jennie’s First Solo Concert Draws Mixed Reactions Over Short Runtime and Stage Production

Mar 16, 2025

Blackpink Jennie finished her first solo concert. Jenny is "So much loved." and shed tears, but criticism continues about his insincere attitude.

On the 15th, Jenny held a performance commemorating the release of her first solo studio album 「'Ruby' at Inspire Arena in Incheon.

Starting with the first tracks 'Intro: Jane with FKJ' and 'Start a Hour', Jennie performed live with 15 songs from the album, including 'Handlebar'Mantra'Love Hangover'Jen'Dam Right' Seoul City'Like Jenny'With The IE'Extra'. In particular, more than 10,000 fans filled the audience with the lyrics of 'It's a sin to be good" on the stage of the title song 'Like Jenny", which sang confidence that 'Heaters can't be like me.

The exposure was also still there. Jenny previously held a solo performance at the Pikok Theater in Los Angeles on the 6th to 7th and the Radio City Music Hall in New York on the 10th, drawing attention with her unconventional exposed costumes. At the time, the white body suit, which was controversial for showing specific parts of the body naked, was replaced with another costume, but the exposed costumes, including strap bralettes and pants that seemed to have pulled up underwear, were digested as they were.

The problem was the content of the performance. Prior to the performance, Big Bang Daesung, Winner Lee Seung-hoon, Yoo Jae-seok, Kim Ji-won, Girls' Day-turned-Hye-ri, New Jin's, and Black Pink Rosé were in the audience, causing a commotion in which the audience stood up and took pictures, and the performance was eventually delayed by about 10 minutes.

The set list of performances of general singers consists of greeting and communicating with the audience after setting up the opening stage. However, Jenny delivered her first greeting about 40 minutes after the performance began. As the performance was delayed, even the comments were omitted.

The stage production was also disappointing. Although it is said that seven of the songs in the album have been released, it was difficult to find any effect other than the basic stage and screen graphics.

Jenny said, `Thank you so much for coming to my first solo concert. I wanted to talk too much. It's an album that depicts me being a little stupid and stuttering honestly, rather than doing everything splendidly and coolly, so everything seems unfamiliar and I think I'm starting out for the first time. I really promised not to cry, but I released an album and received so much love. It was hard to believe and accept, but I'm so grateful and happy to see it with my own eyes."

But that was it. Jenny sang the ending song of the main stage, 'Filter', and finished the performance with 'Starlight' and 'Twin' when the audience's 'encore' came out. The running time was only an hour and 10 minutes.

Tickets for this performance were priced at 220,000 won for ruby seats, 165,000 won for R seats, 154,000 won for S seats, and 143,000 seats for A seats. It's not just a showcase, it's a price for a solo performance. However, the running time was only about half of other performances. The set list and stage production all left a regret.

I couldn't even feel Jenny's voice or eyes properly. Jenny wore sunglasses for most of the performances. He did not show eye acting that conveyed the most important feeling in the performance. Moreover, criticism is being made as the audience is more conscious of live broadcasting cameras than audiences.

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Jennie’s First Solo Concert Draws Mixed Reactions Over Short Runtime and Stage Production

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