{"id":153172,"date":"2025-11-30T08:49:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T16:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=153172"},"modified":"2025-11-30T08:49:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T16:49:24","slug":"babymonsters-golden-performance-at-the-2025-mama-awards-sparks-harsh-criticism-from-viewers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/babymonsters-golden-performance-at-the-2025-mama-awards-sparks-harsh-criticism-from-viewers\/","title":{"rendered":"BABYMONSTER\u2019s \u201cGolden\u201d performance at the 2025 MAMA Awards sparks harsh criticism from viewers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On November 29, 2025, <strong>BABYMONSTER<\/strong> stepped onto the MAMA Awards stage with their long-awaited rendition of \u201c<strong>Golden<\/strong>\u201d from \u201c<strong>KPop Demon Hunters<\/strong>,\u201d performed by members <strong>Ahyeon, Rora, and Pharita as HUNTRIX<\/strong>. However, the stage became a hot topic for all the wrong reasons. Instead of praise, the BABYMONSTER members found themselves at the front of criticism that spread across social media.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most opinions targeted the group\u2019s vocal delivery<\/strong>, with viewers calling the song\u2019s high notes \u201cpainful\u201d and \u201cuncomfortable to listen to.\u201d Some argued that BABYMONSTER relies too heavily on belting high notes, confusing volume with technique. Comments like \u201cIt was like the high notes were just screaming\u201d and \u201cAhyeon sings way too high\u201d summed up the dissatisfaction from some users. Many commenters went as far as questioning the group\u2019s vocal direction altogether, suggesting they rethink their style if they want long-term improvement.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/3cVroylPpvg?list=RD3cVroylPpvg\" title=\"[#2025MAMA] Netflix Kpop Demon Hunters HUNTR\/X (feat. BABYMONSTER) | Mnet 251129 \ubc29\uc1a1\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3cVroylPpvg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>While many <strong>MONSTIEZ<\/strong> (that\u2019s BABYMONSTER\u2019s fandom) defended the performance by mentioning the difficulty of the song and Ahyeon\u2019s young age, the dominant conversation remained overwhelmingly critical towards the girl group. This rendition of \u201cGolden\u201d was supposed to be a standout of the show, but instead turned into one of the night\u2019s most divisive discussions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On November 29, 2025, BABYMONSTER stepped onto the MAMA Awards stage with their long-awaited rendition of \u201cGolden\u201d from \u201cKPop Demon Hunters,\u201d performed by members Ahyeon, Rora, and Pharita as HUNTRIX. However, the stage became a hot topic for all the wrong reasons. Instead of praise, the BABYMONSTER members found themselves at the front of criticism [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":153173,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1631,2264,16],"tags":[2657],"class_list":{"0":"post-153172","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-awards","8":"category-entertainment","9":"category-kpop","10":"tag-babymonster"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153172","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=153172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}