Red Velvet’s Director’s Behavior Towards Irene Raises Eyebrows
Fans have felt slightly unsettled by Red Velvet Irene‘s interactions with staff during a song recording session.
Red Velvet recently returned with “Cosmic,” and despite the comeback’s rough start, the album has performed better than expected.
On June 26, SM Entertainment shared the behind-the-scenes recording of “Cosmic,” giving fans a look at the song creation process.
Usually, fans love seeing the group in their element, but some were bothered by Irene’s interactions during her portion.
First, Irene stated that the manager had said that her “face didn’t look great” before she entered the studio.
The main source of fans’ discomfort, however, is how Irene was treated during the actual recording portion. Fans felt that Irene was not given enough instruction and thus had to repeat lines several times.
In addition to noticing how her mood shifted while recording, some did not like when the director told the idol that “she could do better.”
Fans commented on their discomfort with these moments, expressing that it felt like the director was being “condescending.” Joy‘s previous comments about how the members were treated have likely made fans hyper vigilant for any potential issues.
yall is it just me or are the subtitles during irene’s part in the recording behind kinda condescending???? like why is the director talking to her like that?😑
— gwen💫☄️💚💜🩷💛💙LOVE ARCADE DEFENDER (@wandesal_) June 26, 2024
I was getting pissed at how she would literally do it perfectly and then they would keep making her do it over. or tell her to pronounce “plan” properly (when she alr did) or shorten “I” when it’s alr short. like she’s not allowed to make any decisions like others https://t.co/og6odqpZEp pic.twitter.com/9a3f3zrDee
— klaire (@theklairebae) June 26, 2024
right like what was this about…? https://t.co/f4c5diVuUI pic.twitter.com/IW6cvjph1u
— ੈ✩ nicole ಹ (@baechustokki) June 26, 2024
Still, others reminded that because you cannot clearly hear the director, whom some believe to be Kenzie, some inflections and tones may have been lost.
I do want to say that the English subs did not capture some of the nuance or punctuation used in the Korean subs (like exclamation marks). And we also could not hear Kenzie’s tone. Let’s not jump to conclusions please 🫶🏻 Kenzie has known RV for a long time. https://t.co/epfKsgints
— ren🌈 (@daysofhyun) June 27, 2024
