Recently, Jennie (Blackpink) performed as a solo artist at the Summer Sonic 2026 music festival in Tokyo, Japan.
Especially, after the last performance on August 16, videos recording Jennie's unfortunate image quickly spread on social networks.
During the performance, Jennie noticed and checked her costumes many times. Sometimes, she turned her back towards the audience to quickly adjust her shirt. At another time, the female singer pointed to the microphone and signaled to the staff as if announcing that her microphone was malfunctioning.
A series of consecutive incidents seem to have had a significant impact on Jennie's psychology. In a widely shared video, she bites her lip as if trying to hold back tears. Another moment shows Jennie waving her hair while her hand is shaking.
Despite technical and costume problems, Jennie continued to perform and tried to complete the remaining performance.
The female singer reassured the audience: "Sorry everyone. Today my outfit has a little problem. I didn't expect it to be so hot and I'd sweat so much. But I'm back. I will continue to accompany everyone.
After that, she shared: "I am really happy and proud to be standing here. I know it's been a long time since I've met everyone, so today is really a special day.
For the past 3 months, I have performed at many festivals, and today is the last festival. I have a small request for everyone. Because today is the last day, please enjoy it to the fullest.
However, when she sent her final greetings after the performance ended, she seemed unable to restrain her emotions anymore and was seen shed tears on stage.
This moment immediately worried fans. An international fan said that Jennie clearly wanted to close the show series at the festival with a really beautiful mark, but it seems that too many unfortunate things happened.
According to this person, Jennie was particularly stressed when the microphone malfunctioned, and then had to deal with additional clothing issues. This fan also said that Jennie finally had to leave the stage without being able to perform 2 songs as planned.
This costume incident further attracted attention, because it happened in the context that fans were already worried about Jennie's style and performance costumes at previous music festival performances.
At the stage on August 14, a short video believed to be recording a scene of Jennie's part of her body being exposed while she was performing spread widely online. This sparked debate about whether stage costumes are sufficiently solid for such dynamic and energetic performances.
However, the authenticity of the video has not yet been confirmed. Because it is not clear whether this is an original video recorded during the performance or a product edited or modified using AI technology or video editing techniques, it cannot be confirmed that this is actually a body exposure incident.
On the other hand, many fans expressed outrage at the staff, when Jennie had to handle the costume issue herself right on stage while still performing without seemingly receiving timely support.
