The Wanna One reunion stage successfully became a big attraction at MAMA 2021 on Saturday (11/12). Later, it was reported that CJ E&M spent hundreds of millions of won for this reunion.
The 2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) was successfully held on Saturday (11/12) yesterday. The amazing performances of the idols managed to amaze the audience, although of course the main focus was on the Wanna One reunion.
The boy group who graduated from Mnet "Produce 101" is known to have disbanded in early 2019. However, MAMA 2021 managed to unite the members of Wanna One to give a memorable appearance for the Wannables, even though Lai Guanlin could not attend.
Recently, the Wanna One reunion at MAMA 2021 has again been in the spotlight of netizens. Not only because of the longing of the fans, the amount of money that MAMA spent to hold this reunion stage succeeded in surprising the public.
On Sunday (12/12), a post circulated on the online community titled "MAMA who spent hundreds of millions on Wanna One's clothes, hair, and make-up". Quoting Allkpop, the upload not only attached a portrait of the appearance of the Wanna One members but also a snippet from an article that was originally published on Sports Kyunghang media.
"The reunion stage at MAMA was spectacular, even reminiscent of a mini concert. According to representatives of CJ E&M, their stage costumes, hairdos, and make-up were worth approximately hundreds of millions of won," Sports Kyunghang's news quote that was later highlighted by the public was quoted as saying.
For information, KRW100 million is equivalent to approximately USD85,000 or approximately IDR1.2 billion. All of these costs were used to support the appearance of Kang Daniel and his friends who were compact wearing white military-designed jackets with gold accents, making the 10 members of Wanna One's figure as charming as princes.
However, the amount of MAMA's expenditure for the Wanna One reunion stage was apparently responded to positively by netizens. "They deserve it," said one netizen. "100 million? Wow, this performance is really taken seriously. They even performed a new song, with hairdo, makeup, and a stage that was so beautiful and equivalent to KRW100 million," added another.
But not a few are still throwing criticism at MAMA. "Why do they only show 3 songs? If they reach hundreds of millions, they should be able to perform five songs," protested a netizen, who then replied, "Why is it so short? This is Wanna One, they should be able to fill up to an hour."
Even though Wanna One's appearance was relatively short, it certainly made an impression on fans who had been waiting for this reunion for years. (wk/elva)
