{"id":142185,"date":"2025-05-13T11:29:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T18:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=142185"},"modified":"2025-05-13T11:29:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T18:29:48","slug":"red-velvets-trio-performance-in-mexico-sparks-mixed-reactions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/red-velvets-trio-performance-in-mexico-sparks-mixed-reactions\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Velvet\u2019s trio performance in Mexico sparks mixed reactions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Red Velvet<\/strong> hit the stage in Mexico as a trio, and the internet had thoughts! With <strong>Wendy<\/strong> and<strong> Yeri<\/strong> exiting SM Entertainment in April, <strong>Irene, Seulgi<\/strong>, and <strong>Joy<\/strong> performed at SMTOWN Live as a three-member group for the first time. Fans were hyped for the iconic girl group, but the stage ended up being&#8230; let\u2019s say, a little \u201cmessy,\u201d according to some viewers.<\/p>\n<p>Clips of their performance quickly started moving online. Some praised the trio for stepping up without two members, while others said the energy was low and the set lacked cohesion. Critics were quick to point out the girl group\u2019s alleged tired expressions and lazy dance moves, taking shots at their \u201coff vibes.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Xi_UWU_Min\/status\/1921045060793053301\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">OMFGGGG Red Velvet performing Bad Boy \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\udc97 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RedVelvet?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#RedVelvet<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SMTOWN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#SMTOWN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SMTOWNInMexico?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#SMTOWNInMexico<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SMTOWN_LIVE_MEXICO_CITY?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#SMTOWN_LIVE_MEXICO_CITY<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SMTOWN2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#SMTOWN2025<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IRENE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#IRENE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JOY?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#JOY<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SEULGI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#SEULGI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H4MwXYVavT\">pic.twitter.com\/H4MwXYVavT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Celi \u2744\ufe0f\ud83d\udd17 (@Xi_UWU_Min) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Xi_UWU_Min\/status\/1921045060793053301?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Still, loyal fans defended the group, noting the sudden lineup change meant major adjustments on short notice. Reassigning lines and choreography isn\u2019t exactly a walk in the park. Meanwhile, Wendy and Yeri are off to chase their solo projects since leaving their former company. The future of Red Velvet is officially on everyone\u2019s radar, and not for the best reasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Red Velvet hit the stage in Mexico as a trio, and the internet had thoughts! With Wendy and Yeri exiting SM Entertainment in April, Irene, Seulgi, and Joy performed at SMTOWN Live as a three-member group for the first time. Fans were hyped for the iconic girl group, but the stage ended up being&#8230; let\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":142186,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1425,2264,16],"tags":[1006],"class_list":{"0":"post-142185","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-concert","8":"category-entertainment","9":"category-kpop","10":"tag-red-velvet"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}