Netizens Shocked By Appalling Number Of Female Artists Attending “SMTOWN 2025”
Last year, SM Entertainment announced they would hold an SMTOWN concert in Seoul. The SMTOWN Live in Seoul concert is special as it celebrates the company’s 30th anniversary.
The concert will kick off in Seoul on January 11-12 at Gocheok Sky Dome before heading to other countries later this year.
The event attracted attention the moment it was announced, and the line-up was one aspect that was hotly discussed. Initially, it seemed that many groups would perform at the event.
As more details of the line-up have been released, fans have expressed disappointment with SM, starting with it being revealed that Girls’ Generation‘s Taeyeon would not attend.
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Recently, Red Velvet‘s Wendy revealed she would not attend due to personal reasons, which has led some fans to take stock of the female artists attending.
Of the currently active girl groups under the company, aespa appears to be the only one who will attend in full. Red Velvet are currently set to perform as four following Wendy’s announcement, bringing the total to eight.
Girls’ Generation‘s Hyoyeon is the only member of the group announced to be attending, while S.E.S‘s Bada seems to have answered the invitation for past SM artists to attend. BoA also has confirmed she will be attending, and Min Ziwoon, an artist under SM’s subsidiary, KRUCIALIZE, brings the total number of female attendees to 12 as of writing.
For comparison, the number of male artists exceeds 50, and even excluding the members of NCT, SM’s largest group, still leaves the number of men attending at double that of women.
Many expressed disappointment and anger over SM’s treatment of its female stars, accusing the company of favoring men over women, despite the success they have seen.
there’s literally only 10 women in the smtown concert
S.E.S – bada
girls’ generation – hyoyeon
red velvet – irene, seulgi, joy, yeri
aespa – karina, giselle, winter, ningning
what do you mean we can LITERALLY count on our fingers the female artists that will be attending?— nicole 💐 (@baechustokki) January 6, 2025
all of this and SM will still treat their female employees like second rate citizens. They gotta start investing in their women like…yesterday https://t.co/8ks7KrBfz7 pic.twitter.com/8K3ECDDJQN
— J🌙 (@j3ybias) January 6, 2025
i don't get sm obsession with their boygroup when they ALWAYS make a successful girlgroup (just to dump it) https://t.co/OzmiKy4OA7
— ᵍᵒʳʲᵉˢˢ ˢᵖᵃᶻᶻᵉʳ⁷ (@whaeplash) January 7, 2025
