SM Entertainment announced that Girls’ Generation member Taeyeon will not participate in SMTOWN 2025, receiving criticism from fans; Look!
SM Entertainment announced this Wednesday, the 11th, that the member of the girl group Girls’ Generation, Taeyeonwill not participate in the company’s traditional joint show, SMTOWN, which this year will be a tour, despite initially announcing the line-up of the shows with the name of the artist present.
Girls’ Generation Taeyeon will not appear on SMTOWN LIVE 2025 in SEOUL.
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The tour, which has been taking place since 2008, has already visited the main cities in the world, such as Seoul, Shanghai, Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Santiago, among others. The upcoming year is scheduled to begin on January 11th and 12th in Seoul at the Gocheok Sky Dome, followed by performances in Mexico City on May 9th, Los Angeles on May 11th, and Tokyo on May 9th. on August 10th.
The show marks the celebration of SM Entertainment’s 30th anniversary, and features artists such as: Kangta from HOT, Super Junior, Hyoyeon from Girls’ Generation, Red Velvet, NCT 127 and RIIZE.
It is worth remembering that the controversy over the participation of Taeyeon It started when the artist herself spoke in a live broadcast about no longer knowing whether she would participate in the event, as she had recently not been having good conversations with the company.
the part of weverse live where taeyeon says she won’t go to the smtown concert
”i don’t think i’ll go to sm concert, there aren’t any good conversations going back and forth between the company and me. the notice… they haven’t changed it, what are they planning?” pic.twitter.com/JqaJUzpDhE
— Paula (@syjungies) December 8, 2024
As a result, fans took to social media to criticize the late notice of the cancellation of the Girls’ Generation leader’s participation, and celebrate the attitude and courage of the artist who, despite her popularity, was able to denounce the reality of the relationships between her and SM Entertainment.
Taeyeon is the one who’s always had headline news and popular on community sites with her performance or looks whenever SMTOWN concert happens and now she won’t attend?! I’m sure this 30th anniversary will have less interest from public than previous ones! https://t.co/9xKcl4f8zN
— nice (@taeginger10920) December 11, 2024
finally announced that Taeyeon will not attend Smtown live 2025 in Seoul
esem u fcked up so badly bruhhhhhh https://t.co/BHm1o8YtxN
— win 😎👽☃❄️🎸✨ I MISS MY WINTER (@aeswinterismine) December 11, 2024
I hope many people would cancel their SMTOWN tickets after announcing Taeyeon not being there so that SM would FEEL the impact of their mistreatment towards their artist that brought so much money to their company 😃
— Kathniss 0️⃣🎀🐻🪓 (@younghwang801) December 11, 2024
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Will Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon participate in SMTOWN 2025?
SM Entertainment announced that Taeyeon will not participate in the company’s joint world tour, SMTOWN 2025, despite initially releasing the concert line-up with the artist’s name present.
In which cities has SMTOWN performed?
The SMTOWN tour, which has been running since 2008, has already visited several cities around the world, including Seoul, Shanghai, Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Santiago, among others.
Why was SM Entertainment criticized about Taeyeon on SMTOWN?
Fans criticized SM Entertainment on social media due to the late notice about the cancellation of Taeyeon’s participation, in addition to showing support for the artist’s attitude and courage in exposing the difficulties in communicating with the company.
Source: Recreio
