Although it has been 6 years since BLACKPINK’s debut, fans rarely have the opportunity to see them attending domestic awards ceremonies or music festivals.
BLACKPINK is one of the most influential and successful groups in K-pop. However, YG Entertainment rarely lets them attend awards ceremonies and music events in Korea. Therefore, some anti-fans sarcastically said that the group did not have a Daesang and that the group did not attend the awards ceremony for fear of not winning grand prizes.
When they first debuted, YG Entertainment regularly let BLACKPINK attend award cermonies and music festival. However, in recent years, things have changed. Despite being nominated for major awards, BLACKPINK did not attend any award ceremonies in Korea, making fans extremely sad.
The reason BLACKPINK didn’t go to the awards ceremony was partly because of YG Entertainment’s management. The members of the group are restricted from interacting with male idols, even idols from the same company. Therefore, many viewers think that this is YG’s way to avoid getting envolved in dating rumors.
Besides, BLACKPINK doesn’t seem to appear at the Mnet Asian Music Awards due to the poor relationship between YG and Mnet. And when BLACKPINK attened the 2017 MAMA, a controversy broke out. Specifically, there was an issue that made the audiences believe that Mnet purposely played on YG: BLACKPINK faces were blurred out in red on the stage screen of MAMA. Fans were extremely angry because in Korean culture, this means a bad omen. To date, Mnet has not yet given BLACKPINK an official apology.
Another time, BLACKPINK was even asked to leave the stage while performing. Specifically, in the middle of their performance at Lotte Duty Free Family Festival 2018, the music got turned off and the staff walked onto the stage to ask BLACKPINK to stop singing because there were not enough audiences. This made the 4 members extremely confused. Since then, fans have not seen BLACKPINK appear at this music festival again.
Constantly absent from domestic year-end award shows and joint concerts, BLACKPINK has been repeatedly mocked by anti-fans for having no Daesang despite being a top-tier girl group. However, not many people know how BLACKPINK was treated at these events in the past.