i’m sure u received asks about the mma 2022 performances - hoping i’m not adding too much noise ur inbox 🫡

but i feel a bit underwhelmed with these performances? i was sad to see the lineups for all of the upcoming award shows and how there aren’t a lot (or any) 2nd gen/3rd gen performers. granted there aren’t as many 2nd gen active kpop artists that are doing music (most ventured into acting but also hello! i want a key gasoline end of year stage!). and 3rd gen bgs are enlisting + ggs disbanded or not as mainstream.

i’ve seen a lot of praise for le sseafim’s stage but idk it wasn’t anything wow. it felt awkward to me?

i haven't actually, it seems like everyone (including me) forgot about it. i don't know what the full list of performers is so i probably haven't watched all of them, but yea almost no strong performances. what the hell is wrong with the creative directors for these groups, like did y'all forget how stage a good awards show performance in two years? the mmas gave like 11-12 minutes to all these trendy fourth gen groups and NONE of them could keep any semblence of my attention for more than maybe three minutes. the only two groups that actually understood the scale of what they were supposed to be doing were monsta x and ive, bc starship has been sending groups to awards shows for ages. and of that mx's was the only one that was actually interesting and in proper scale for the event, and they did it in less time than everyone else. and also gidle but like. was that a good performance? no, but at least they got the scale right.

tbh the main problem seems to me that all these groups are doing songs/vcrs etc that are just too sedate/slow for that large a stage and they aren't planned well. some groups are kinda sol in that regard (sorry newjeans, your music isnt gonna work on an awards show stage without revamping the production), but literally why were there vcrs in the middle of some of these performances. the one in the ive performance literally just covered up them WALKING TO A DIFFERENT PART OF THE STAGE. why. are you too good to sing a song and hype up the audience while you walk? i dont even want to talk about the txt performance it has some of the worst everything i've seen in a hot minute. the le sserafim stage had extremely poor understanding of how to actually use the stage properly and pathetic styling. like sorry diesel outfits do NOT cut it for an awards show performance. enhypen had legitimately horrible styling like what the actual fuck was that. a lot of these groups are treating these stages as extentions of their 'lore' or whatever and having these ponderous ~mysterious~ vcrs without actually realizing that that is not what these shows are for. these shows need BIG performances bc they are long and they have huge lulls in them thanks to the actual awards presenting. it's one of the only types of performance that it's not necessary to build a dynamic arc into because you do not need one.

Presenting The 2022 Game Awards Nominees

Presenting The 2022 Game Awards Nominees

As I am always trying to up the content game here on the PiercingMetal site, I’ve decided to add another one of those awards show rundowns to the mix. Many of you already know that we have a very strong Pop Culture section where I speak and share news about the comic book industry, film and television updates and the latest coolness in toys and collectibles. Though we don’t get to do much gaming…

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Taylor Swift attends the 2022 American Music Awards in Los Angeles, California on November 20, 2022.

Taskmaster wins in Comedy.co.uk Awards 2022

Taylor rapping to Super Bass during Nicki Minaj's performances at the VMAs, August 28 2022

ASHLEY HUGGING BELLA, MY HEART 🥺🥺🥰🥰

“the short film for ‘all too well’ just won an award at the vmas” is a sentence i would have absolutely lost my shit over ten years ago.

glad i can lose my shit now.

Jordan Peele, while presenting a Rising Star Award to Brandon Perea, shows everyone the moment Brandon (and Brandon’s best friend) found out he got the role in “Nope”

Superman & Lois wins the Saturn Award for “Best Science Fiction Television Series on Network/Cable”

↳ a.k.a. Tyler Hoechlin making jokes 

I know that award show performances this year have been a real disappointment but have there been any stages that you liked or found a certain part of it to be interesting or good?

yes!! hands down the best stage so far has been oneus' same scent from the kbs gayo!

perfect staging, perfect styling, just excellent all around. this would have been a top stage even if the stages around it hadn't been ass, but bc they were it really shows how good oneus are as performers.

i also liked aespa's stage from the sbs gayo! admittedly it is mostly bc illusion is my fave song of theirs, but also i thought their little it girl moment was fun. it was deeply amusing to put a dance break in and then not dance, 10/10.

other performances i liked were ateez's guerrilla at the kbs gayo, the intro was great and i forgive them for not doing more remixing/elabourate performance bc they literally just got back from touring. also kara's debut when i move stage at mama! actually their whole performance was great, but mnet splits their videos up and it annoys me. and dkz at mama too! we love to see a group unflop and that fact that they were even AT mama, much less performing is a literal kpop miracle, but they did a very good performance of uh heung, which i think was one of the few songs this year that actually felt like it was meant to be played in a stadium. kind of amusing that it was the flops that did a better performance in three minutes than many other groups could do in seven plus, but as the old adage goes: flops do it better for less!

Presenting The 2nd Critics Choice Super Awards Winners

Presenting The 2nd Critics Choice Super Awards Winners

The Press Release: The Critics Choice Association (CCA) announced today the winners of the 2nd annual Critics Choice Super Awards, honoring the most popular, fan-obsessed genres across both movies and television, including Superhero, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Horror, and Action. “Spider-Man: No Way Home” led the film winners this year, garnering three awards overall. The film was awarded Best…

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Taylor Swift attends the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards in Newark, New Jersey on August 28, 2022.

ANDREW GARFIELD

collecting these Valentino shirts, but we’re not complaining, and the terracotta shirt is the newest of this collection.

(based on this other post here)

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Arcane won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Animted Program!

seeing taylor swift awkwardly dance at an award show again?? nature is healing.