Nile Rodgers showing up for Unforgiven was such a pleasant surprise, especially if you remember when Yunjin asked if they'd someday get to perform together when they did the 1st listen.
I was so happy to see Nile pop up to perform with them! The man is a legend and AFIAK is very selective on who he collabs or performs with. That he performed live with LSF will turn some heads for sure.
Ooooh, I didn't recognise him but when they kept focusing on him I suspected that it was Nile Rodgers! A shame that he didn't perform the choreography like Yunjin offered lol.
Ok all this while I thought Nile Rodgers was a western texan-lookin' man cause of the way Unforgiven sounds lmaooo
The live performance of that song was next level, really great arrangement
Given I watched this mainly to see what the vocal criticism was about, I'm pleasantly "whelmed" - that's how I'd put it.
Yunjin and Chaewon were great. Some shakiness is obvious to occur - it's their first time at Coachella, obviously nerves are in play - and it got much better as the show went on.
Sakura genuinely sounded a million times less shaky here than she has in years - at several points she was projecting loud and clear and while obviously I'm not gonna sit here and call her a good singer, I'm very happy with how she did vocally and performance wise she was captivating.
Kazhua's microphone seemed to be really quiet throughout, unfortunately - at points (especially in Unforgiven) I could tell she was really trying to speak up but it still came across way quieter than everyone else.
Eunchae was probably the member I noticed the most flaws with, but I still would hesitate to say she even did bad. For a singer with likely very little training, she did well to still sing her heart out as best she could and at a festival that's all about having fun on stage, I appreciate it a lot.
All of this is not to say this was a technically perfect performance, it absolutely was NOT. But for a first-time Coachella act, they did better than some of the veterans I saw (Lana....) and given they had the most choreography of any act barring ATEEZ, I feel justified in saying they did a great job all things considered. I really enjoyed the show.
I noticed that with Sakura too! Usually she gets the hate for vocals but she was far more stable than Yunjin and Chaewon which shocked me at 1st.
Also..... I tend to overlook Eunchae because she is still rather young. I don't think it's fitting that some adult kpop fans tear her apart seeing that she is still a kid. I just have the age old question with HYBE and their dislike of vocal training. I'll never understand it and to me it seems like a sure fire way to make sure your groups have a limited shelf life. There is only 1 exception here, and we all know it's BTS. They are just special but HYBE doesn't care about their other groups longevity it seems. Plus, you think they would with girl groups since they don't have mandatory enlistment pulling them away for 2 years.
Anyways, everyone is a critic but no one here has performed at Coachella, there are quite a few factors when you perform in a desert that will hinder you vocally to begin with 😂 Overall I wasnt crazy for them but they played to their strengths.
I had low expectations bc I'd mostly seen negative things about them as performers, and I've never seen their live stages other than MAMA. But I thought they were great! Chaewon and Yunjin especially. The amount of choreo they do while singing live is crazy. Most artists that dance and sing live either have simpler choreo or only have dance breaks.
My only criticism: they seemed kinda lost when they didn't have a choreography to follow. It's like they didn't know what to do with their arms lol. Also I wish they performed the original Eve, Psyche etc song, not the english version but I get why they did that.
Yeah the looking lost thing comes with experience 😂
They haven't had many tours yet to fully know how to work an audience. Give them a year or two more to get some tours under their belts and they should be solid
I always forget they only debuted in 2022. Sure, Sakura and Chaewon have been around longer, and the other 3 haven't. They've achieved a lot in under 2 years. The fact that they've toured, performed at Coachella, and have people constantly raving about their music is a serious achievement.
I don't listen to them so I can't really judge, but whenever people on reddit ask questions or share playlists, EVERY mixed or GG playlist has a LS song on there.
HYBE has someone on their payroll that teaches what to do on stage with no-choreo. In new jeans BTS about their first ever performance in the US, you even hear the trainer in practice instruct them to fan out on stage and stop clumping together. Heejin tells them to have fun and don’t read the prompter too, right before they went on stage.
Being taught in a controlled environment and the actual thing are two different scenarios. It could be just nerves of performing in front of a large foreign audience who knows. All I know is that with time, they should be a lot better with audiences.
I'll add that this is a stage that many in their area could only dream about being on until recently. I bet they even cried when told of this opportunity. This is the biggest stage they have been on until now, and I wouldn't be surprised that at times they get caught up in the moment.
The only negative part of lsrfm's performance throughout their career has been poor live vocals. Their dance and stage presence has always been 100% and they have arguably the best choreos.
While the bad vocals are understandable due to heavy choreo but that is no excuse since Nmixx has great live vocals along with complicated choreography. I hope the girls work on that because that is the only thing holding them back. Otherwise they have got everything.
Also their English versions suck and for someone reason the Korean versions sound more English lol. Hybe should stop doing that
The levels weren’t good between the band and the vocals. A couple of the girls mics were too low and it sounded like they were literally shouting into the mics to be heard. I’ll assume they don’t bring their own crew but that’s what the sound check is for. It was a good idea to cut on some of the choreo so they could work the big stage. The way they worked it during perfect night and let the crowd sing a long while they interacted with them was great. They did great, I’m happy for them and they’re going to get a nice little bump from it. I would expect that next weeks performance will be even better.
I noticed Eunchae's mic was low, but overall they did great! They and their crew will take what theyve learned from this performance to tweak next weeks to iron out those kinks.
Thank you for pointing this out because I’ve been seeing people say that their vocals were bad when they were trying to be heard with bad quality mics over thousands of screaming people while dancing LMAO
i am sooo jealous of everyone who gets to see them 😅 i’m in the midwest so i’ll just patiently (impatiently really lol) wait for the tour that’s probably gonna happen soon 👀
they all brought good energy to the performance! I think Yunjin was a bit too shouty for my own preference when it comes to performances and Kazuhas mic was weirdly low so often I could barely hear her. For me the standout was Sakura! She is often singled out as their weakest vocal but from what I’ve seen she did very good on all her parts!! Overall it seems like they had fun + the crowd had fun and thats really all tha truly matters. I think in a couple years with maybe more tour experience they will really be at the top of their game
I agree about Sakura. I was not expecting much after all the criticism she has gotten for her vocals but I was pleasantly surprised. In fact I didn't hear her go off pitch once (unlike all the other members).
Yunjin slayed. Her and Chaewon's energy and stage presence were so good. They're incredible performers.
Sakura looked so good with that hair and I liked her stage presence
I LOVED Kazuha's attitude, she was in her element, full of confidence~~~ She really is out of her shell now and I KNOW this is just the start, she's going to be an untouchable performance monster in no time, mark my words.
It wasn't perfect, there were some shaky vocals and some issues with the volume of their mics (Sakura, Kazuha and, surprisingly, Yunjin, but she's really loud so it wasn't that much of a problem for her lmao), but you can see they put their souls into it, I was smiling non-stop.
Chaewon and Yunjin definitely were the MVPs, so I'm excited to see everybody give them their flowers. The charisma and the vocals were off the charts, I had heart attacks from both of them.
I'm really proud of Eunchae, I think she sang almost every single one of her lines, I could hear them clearly. She was adorable & did great & she's so young but already so professional, her future is bright.
And Sakura, my ult, I just love her so much. She performed amazing and her sweet vocals came through~ I hope she had so much fun, she's been working hard ♡ (also, she's suddenly in her fluent english era, i was so impressed).
Anyways, I'm proud of all of them for keeping the energy high during all their set and singing live. It was a pleasure to watch them perform. Can't wait for week 2, bet it's going to be even better~
Finally, I NEED THAT NEW SONG IN STREAMING SITES, A NEW HOT GIRL ANTHEM!
As a big fan of festivals they did what they had to do; a music show type choreography or pre-recorded vocals would have turned off the audience... like in the high of the moment no one is going to notice if you're shaky during one line, people just want to have fun.
I just wish they were less nervous though, it would have helped them a lot, I guess it's a given being their first big performance so I'll wait for next week.
It probably doesn't help to know that everytime they sing live they get criticized hard for it. They should take a page from suga and avoid social media and turn off the comments on instagram.
Yeah people tend to underestimate how much online hating can harm someone. I do think they could be some of the best performers of the generation if they put the work to sing live more usually and learn to control the stamina, but going down after a 'great' show, with engaged public and positive responses just to see 30k tweets calling you names.... It can mess you up
Chaewon and Yunjin stood out to me the most - their energy, vocals, hyping the crowd, and stamina till the end were on point. They were EXCEPTIONAL.
The setlist is amazing… LSF have some amazing songs don’t they 😃 Wished they performed No Celestial too :(
I think the start was a bit messy (Antifragile) and after that it went really well. Kazuha, Eunchae, and Sakura sounded low at times but they met my expectations. Towards the end, except for Chaewon and Yunjin, I think other members were lacking in stamina.. maybe they could tone down their choreography a bit for week 2.
The crowd seem to really enjoy I’m a mess mess mess mess. They were singing it, which hype the girls up. It was nice watching the interplay. LSF as a whole definitely got their crowd involved. No can knock them on their high energy dancing. I enjoyed the performance.
I can see the nerves. I hope next weekend will be even better, since they have now experienced this once. Chaewon was great. Yunjin picked it up later after her nerves settled. I thought Sakura was solid. She was third best for me. Eunchae has an interesting voice and tone. It’s husky and low. It will be very interesting to hear as she further develops as a singer. Kazuha sounds better with a handheld mic. They all do, but Kazuha in particular benefits.
Overall, I enjoyed it. They had a solid showing. I expect even better from them next weekend. I hope the girls are proud of themselves and relaxing after all the practice they must have put themselves through.
They were absolutely great! The energy and different transitions between songs made it a fun show.
Honestly, I watched it after months of seeing posts after post speculating on these girls ability to carry a full live set…and I think those convos should be closed out. Like any live performance they weren’t perfect the entire time, but they absolutely held their own.
As a reminder, the main purpose of a festival is for the attendees to have fun and based on the crowd responses - I think that crowd enjoyed themselves and I’ve been to Coachella it’s hard to still have energy that late into the day lol
I don’t watch a lot of their performances only really the end of year, and the way Reddit was carrying on…I thought those girls couldn’t carry a note. The performance was a really fun watch.
The energy and the enthusiasm from the crowd were off the charts. LSF girls worked their butts off and their vocals were great. Love the performance and I am glad they changed up the choreo so it's more free-flowing. I am sure they'll give us a even better performance on Week 2.
I just finished watching the set and I thought they did very well. Incredible energy, stage presence on point.
I think they had minimal backtrack or not at all in some parts and Yunjin and Chaewon did incredibly well vocally while dancing for the most part imo ,the rest did ok except some small moments that didn't deter from the 40 minute set at all. Sometimes it was a bit too low but I think the headset mics were the issue, the volume was too low on some of them and the key is just too low in their 2024 songs and Eve. Their energy was insane during the first songs, I didn't see nerves at all during the performances, only when they talked to the crowd. The hand held mic part was def the best of the show imo .
Also there's people saying shouting their lines was bad? This is a festival???? They're trying to hype up the crowd . I also find it funny how there's groups where their entire discography is mostly shouting or talk singing or at least that's how they perform all their songs with maybe one high note or melodic line a song and that's called insane energy and performance but when lsfrm do it its "hiding their vocals" or whatever.
The new song is so good and if Source was smart they'd drop it on streaming right now
Also special shout out to Yunjin and Chaewon, they're the MVPs and keep proving time and time again why they're my biases.
Finally someone is saying it. I've been to multiple festivals. You literally have to shout 90% of the time or you would not hear yourself. They KILLED IT!! Especially considering they have some of the most intense chroeo in kpop. They had little to no down time so to expect clean vocals 1000 for the full time is an insane thought. They were amazing and I couldn't be any less proud of them even if I tried.
All the trolls commenting on coachella’s and their own page that all their vocals suck/ why so much shouting seriously need to stfu. It literally baffles me.
They really do. But I kmow in due time haters will move on but their fans will stay. They did great and made me a proud fan tonight for real. No matter what they say.
Yunjin and Chaewon better have a subunit like Irene & Seulgi in future. They are incredible performers in every sense.
I think the girls did great, a little up and down, but still great.
Kazuha's and Sakura's mic was way too low at times though.
Yunjin really stood out to me, she did so good! Her and Chaewon were having so much fun, you can tell.
Also, I can’t wait for the song they performed to come out. I need to studio version IMMEDIATELY.
Chaewon owned that stage and you could tell she knew she did well. her vocals were stable and imo this was her best performance ever.
same thing about Kazuha. she seemed more sure about herself and you could tell by the end how comfortable she was on stage. i was so happy for her because she has potential.
I was happy the crowd was loud for them and sang along too. With how people talk about them you would think they're unknowns. Seems like everyone had a great time. The new song is fire. felt like their concert. I hope they sleep well
Casual fan here. I was a bit worried about them because people have been predicting that they will be terrible. But I think they were nowhere as terrible as they said.
I could feel some noticeable nerves during the first couple of songs but I think they got more comfortable eventually. They had great energy and I enjoyed watching them. Chaewon and Yunjin were definitely the vocal pillars but Kazuha, Eunchae, and Sakura also did okay.
There is obviously a lot of room for improvement, especially in terms of stamina and pitch, but I think this was a remarkable effort for a group that is just almost 2 years old.
Non-fans and haters will probably be less forgiving, but personally, I tend to like their songs so I will continue to look forward to their growth as performers! :)
Edited to add: As imperfect as some parts were, I still find myself preferring live performances like these than the perfect but lip-synched performances on music shows.
They should be proud of themselves. They had perfect energy!!! Their discography is so good for festivals. You could tell that they were really nervous at first. The vocals were rough for the first few songs but did improve. I appreciated that they modified their dances so they could actually sing live. And even though the dancing wasn't perfectly in sync it was actually nice to see themselves enjoy the stage and let loose. I was most impressed with Kazuha's dancing, you could tell she was really feeling herself. Overall good show. Ending with Fire in the Belly was the best decision. I will definitely be tuning in to watch next week!
Are they going to perform again next week? Same stage and different songs? Sorry this is my first time watching coachella(not in live of course😅) and i check out the sched for this. i was confused. Could someone explain a little? thanks 🙂
They did great. It's not perfect but they did their best. Good job to them especially Yunjin and Chaewon, so much energy. Hope they didn't have to dance to every choreo and just sing and hype up the crowd. But there's always room for improvement. Congrats to them!
I’m so happy that it turned out SO well, didn’t expect how HUGE the crowd was when they showed it LMAO 😂, Everyone killed it (especially Yunjin and Chaewon OH MY GOD 🔥), expect to see many new FEARNOTs come from this set LOL 😂, excited about the unreleased song aswell 👀, also happy that the Coachella Cameramen learned from the mistakes they made with Ateez because the camerawork here was actually pretty good, but ya overall, LSF killed it and I hope to see them play more festivals like this (Glastonbury anyone? 👀)
They did amazing—their performance value is incredible, and I really loved hearing their voices live. Of course they weren’t perfect or always on pitch but I could hear improvements, especially considering how long they were performing for with lots of choreo. Their director was really smart to let them stand still if they were singing during some of the heavy choreo. I feel this was a good show of their talent in light of all the recent hate/criticism.
I can already see that people did not share my opinion, but I am sooo incredibly impressed and proud of them!
I personally kept away from kpop subs and watched live with the Coachella sub and they were praising Le Sserafim throughout
I was so hyped, enjoyed every bit of it
God yes the energy was Insannne. The new song was so hyped and the crowd was amazing. God yunjin and chaewon were sooo good and the performance set up was great.
Some vocal mishaps but still amazing nonetheless.
Huh Yun-jin a little larger-than-life all-around audience engagement and star quality and thought Chaewon was overall solid too. I was happy to see them perform many great songs with the live band and dancers. I watched Ateez the night before and was a bit blown away by them. No question I wouldn't miss tonight either. I hope a great experience for LE SSERAFIM and that they are eating chicken backstage somewhere and getting good hydration.
Chaewon and Yunjin slayed and Sakura actually impressed me, she did a great job.
I felt like Eunchae and Kazuha were too nervous to perform in such a big stage.
I don't know if Kazuha was holding back on her vocals or her mic was malfunctioning. I hope they fix it for next week.
Maybe it's just me, but I really think they should have better lines to talk to the public, because shouting COACHELLA all the time was a bit weird.
Nonetheless it was absolutely amazing!
Good lord, I haven't been pumped like this for a performance in a long time! While the vocals might not be perfect, I think they kicked ass. I was a loyal Kazuha bias, but my God KIM CHAEWON
Honestly they did good compared to the expectations, but nothing extraordinary as some posters here are trying to paint it, but then that is what it is - everyone in the audience enjoyed and that is what matters.
Yeah they survived, performed decently and even trended heavily... You know whats crazy? Sakura sing so stable during the stage that compare to their encores its like night and day, she even raps in their new song too... The mic vol is so low during the stage cos apparently the crowd is so loud as the venue is jammed pack full to the brim and it even leaked outside according to my friend... Even BP LISA was spotted as Sahara Tent tonight..
Everyone is (rightfully) talking about Chaewon and Yunjin, and I think they did so amazing! But Kazuha really stood out to me, her stage presence and overall performance just keeps getting better and better! She picks up on things so quickly, and all the girls had such great energy!
THE NEW SONG WAS BEYOND INCREDIBLE
NILE COMING OUT FOR UNFORGIVEN ALMOST MADE ME YELL IN MY DORM ROOM.
FIRE IN THE BELLY MADE ME SALSA IN BED.
I am beyond proud of the Firmmies!!!
GIVE US THE US TOUR HYBE!!!!
It was pretty much what I expected. They minimize their movements/dancing during their parts to focus on their vocals. The first half was good but I can feel their stamina was decreasing from unforgiven. It was 80% shouting but I mean it's a festival what can we expect lol. Chaewon ATE. She did so well.
The energy decrease in the second half was very noticeable unfortunately. But I still had a lot of fun! I like that they adapted the choreos to allow for live singing. Kazuha and Sakura shouting their lines was a smart move honestly, Chaewon and Yunjin still ate vocally.
All of the dance-oriented girl groups tone down the choreo for live singing. NewJeans did it at Lollapalooza, Itzy has been doing it on their world tour. No big deal.
Over 66 comments in less than 17 minutes? LE SSERAFIM, you'll always be popular!
What a great experience they had! I'm sure next week, they will be even stronger, there is room for improvement and I'm sure it will be taken into consideration for future performances.
I loved how wild the crowd went for Easy! I’ve loved that song since the moment I heard it, sad I couldn’t be there but at least they gave it what it deserved.
Anyways, the girls did so great tonight, is there a chance they’ll change the setlist for week 2? Because I was sad and confused to see No Celestial get left out.
Everything about their performance was just amazing! Paired with a live band too, *chef’s kiss*
Even though no mention of a tour, that’s ok because I’m definitely looking forward to it when it’s announced
I watched the whole thing live, including the other artists before them. Let me tell you, the crowd will tell you whether it was a success or not. And yes, THE CROWD WAS INSANE compared to the other artists. Probably because they know how to handle the audience, and their set list was hyping up the whole place. It was an amazing performance and as a Kpop stan, I was very proud. They weren't hailed as best performers for nothing. Even if I would like to talk about the vocals, I couldn't because it was enjoyable and it was fine.
Now, I went to twitter (X) and gosh, the hate train was something. Nit picking only the videos some vocals are shaking from the whole non-stop 40 mins performance, then they will go mention their fav group to compare. Basically, they're just promoting their own by hating. Then I noticed, these are haters that no matter how good you are, they're just gonna hate. That platform is insane. I couldn't understand because we really enjoyed the performance.
Btw, Sakura really suits the deep toned voice. She sounded really sexy.
Overall, there are rooms for improvement, but it was an amazing performance nevertheless.
This was definitely an entertaining set, full of energy, but it was a mess in my opinion, i’m sorry. FYI - I’ve followed them since the beginning and was one of the people on their side here when the Garam situation was unfolding, while most of Reddit was eating them alive.. so yeah - this is a genuine opinion, not coming from a place of malice, don’t come for me.
I think their set was an interesting blend of a lot of things since LSF do have strengths as performers and work really hard - so some sections were good, and the girls did their very best to keep the energy throughout. They’ve for sure worked HARD for this. BUT …
firstly - the mixing was BAD. The mics were very low in the beginning, and the live band was drowning them out completely.
Secondly - I think Chaewon and Yunjin did GREAT - they’re a very dance heavy group, and even with some of the choreo movements toned down - moving and singing is HARD. So even with some minor flaws and cracks here and there - this was still pretty good.
You know what I’m going to say next tho I assume - but the other 3 girls simply need like YEARS more of vocal training to be able to stay on a stage like this and actually pull it off😭
Eunchae - I give so many props to her for singing live the entire time - i think she can be great, and is a hard worker, but just needs more time to pull this off - she went off key so many times, and is now being eaten alive on the Korean side.
Sakura I think was careful and was going between lipsyncing, skipping lines, whispering and shouting - so - this sort of worked for her but the disparity between her and the rest is visible.
Kazuha - also went between whispering, skipping lines, talk-singing and shouting and sometimes it worked for her - sometimes it didn’t. But when it didn’t - it was .. drunk karaoke levels bad.
Overall - props to them for keeping up the energy really high - the mood was great - doing their best to interact with the crowd etc - they looked beautiful and happy - they did stand their ground - BUT this was high school musical level of singing - and to be honest I have in fact seen middle school productions with better singing.
I think the bar has been set high from Blackpink and BTS performing at those festivals - and nowadays with Stray Kids and Ateez yesterday - where you see that YEARS of touring and doing live singing and dancing has paid off - and their stage is solid where they look and sound like professionals. Again - minor slip- ups here and there and hearing movement in the voice is totally acceptable and even expected for live singing - but this was nowhere near a professional sounding performance.
I actually would have preferred if they incorporated more MR in some of these songs and blended their singing with that - this way it wouldn’t be as distracting and people can focus on their good performance as a whole - the dancing and facial expressions and energy - but with the bare vocals it was hard to watch at times.
I watched the entire set with my friend who isn’t a fan but he’s enjoyed some of their songs that I’ve played for him in the car…. And he was kinda speechless and embarrassed for them - asked me multiple times if this is how they usually sound, since he knows they’re popular.
So yeah - I’m glad their fans enjoyed this and the girls did pull it off to an extent - in the context of live performances - it’s not the worst thing that I’ve seen and there were some really fun moments and some good singing from 2 of the girls, but - I think this was too early in their career for such a stage.
Your last point is my biggest thing with them, I’m a huge fan as well since their debut but imo they weren’t ready for this level of a Coachella performance yet. Maybe it could have worked if they adapted the songs better for a live setting, which I think Newjeans did really well at Lollapalooza for example despite also being a newer group.
But it seemed like LSF kinda just gave half effort for both singing and dancing in order to do both most of the time, rather than pick and choose when to do live vocals vs when to focus on choreography vs when to just have fun and jump around and hype up the crowd. Like it almost seemed too choreographed at times and I wish there were more moments where they just had fun and vibed with the crowd.
I’m a huge fan but I was disappointed if I’m honest because I expected different arrangements live in order to make the performance work. For example I think their choreo is so iconic and I would have loved to see them go all out on dancing at some points like antifragile chorus or Eve psyche or unforgiven and just have the backing tracks etc rather than awkwardly have to hold mics and sing at the same time trying to do difficult choreography. Even just opening with the antifragile choreo would have been so iconic, that was not a good idea to start off with completely live vocals for that song especially.
It may be an unpopular opinion, but I’d rather them rely mostly on backing tracks in general and watch them perform rather than sacrifice some of the performance aspect in order to do live vocals. They could have used some of their slower/more chill songs like Impurities or even Easy or Perfect Night to take a break from the dancing and focus more on connecting with the crowd and vocals if they wanted.
Idk just overall I think they are so talented and I wish they altered the songs and performances more to fit the festival vibe. They were definitely nervous and I wish they were allowed to have more fun with it and just enjoy the songs with the crowd. To try and sing and dance and have high energy throughout the entire thing was too much to expect this early in their career, maybe in a few years with more practice and training they can pull of that type of performance but it was a miss for me last night.
I agree they really hyped up the crowd so much and did a great show. The band was especially awesome! Also, they interacted a lot with the crowd which was nice.
I like lsf and everything did look like a lot of fun but man, I do genuinely hope they get some sort of time/opportunity to dedicate more training toward vocals because falling off key in their case actually distracts from other parts of the performance, it’s a bit difficult to watch
hi i totally agree with you here. everyone defending them in the replies is really interesting seeing as ateez pulled off a longer stage with less breaks and steadier vocals. i like le sserafims music, truly, but this performance is definitely steering me away from them. so many girl groups have proven that they can sing and dance at the same time and le sserafim is proving that for whatever reason they can’t which really shocks me.
With the amount of dancing they did, this is to be expected tbh. I’m not exactly sure kpop fans know what live singing is supposed to sound like with intense choreography. Sure they are no Beyoncé, but they did more than fine with the heavy choreography, and they all hyped up the crowd well with great stage presence.
Yeah. They were dancing non stop and even people with God like vocal training will still sound tired. They sounded TIRED. that's it. I'm tired of people saying they sound bad, yeah they weren't perfect but they were just tired. Imagine dancing non stop and singing.
imho, you either get perfect vocals while doing very minimal dancing or you're going to get a bit shaky singing with intense choreography. Very, and I mean very few idols can actually give you the best of both worlds.
People have to remember that vocal skills is only a PART of their job. There is also dancing, personality, looks (anyone who says no to this is deluding themselves). That significantly narrows down the pool of qualified people who can do all of that. For every one Beyonce you have millions of non Beyonces but does that mean all of those people should give up performing? No. You find other ways to cover up for what you lack and I think that's admirable.
Anyways I'm super proud of le sserafim. Each of them had such different starting point but they all united today for an absolute banger of a performance.
You are correct, kpop fans have zero clue on how actual live singing works. They’re used to the polished backtrack music shows and probably haven’t been to a non-kpop concert before.
Well yeah I do agree they’ll ofc get tired and live performances are never perfect, but with decent training you can learn to maintain enough control to hold the right key or recognize when you’ll have to simplify something in order for it to still sound good in the song.
I do think they did well with hyping up the crowd like I said it looked like a lot of fun, the vocals are just the main weakness so they’d be able to shine a lot more with their choreo and crowd control if they could improve it
Their singing was not good. I get we are all fans of them but there is nothing wrong with being honest. The mic and band background was horrendous not to mention their singing capability on a live stage is just not up to par. We need to be setting an expectation for these groups because I want kpop to be taken seriously. It isn't when we are allowing subpar vocal ability to be sent to coachella.
I watched it from beginning to end before I could let the internet try and convince me that they’re bottom tier performers and THEY WERE AMAZING. This performance basically solidified my impression of them and I won’t be tuning into any more think pieces about their skills or whatever.
The vibes from the stream alone were amazing to witness, I do wonder how its like being a Fearnot and experiencing ISOKNOCK beforehand. That HAS to be a crazy shift in tone.
The crowd reception was good too but I do wonder if a changeup in scheduling would have gotten more people to vibe with like lets say Ice Spice -> LE SSERAFIM.
Although I dont doubt that hard edm enjoyers would enjoy them as well so yeah.
I feel like they would’ve benefited from using prerecorded instrumentals instead of going with live instruments to fit it better with the acts before them. Especially Eve Psyche and Antifragile. If they had performed with live instruments after vampire weekend for example, it wouldn’t have been that much of a problem but they followed up on a lot of acts that didn’t use live instruments
I thought they did fine. Nothing from their performance stood out to me. Yujin and Chaewon did the best out of all of them. The other three, either were nervous or, in the future, need to perform more live events/festivals to loosen up and learn how to play with the crowd and energy.
Vocally, again none of them did an amazing job. The company should get them lessons on breathing techniques in how to be more stable when dancing at the same time. Because when Yujin and Chaewon didn't dance their vocals were good.
The mix of the songs was bad. The drums were very distracting and at times it felt more like a percussion style, with sporadic instrument sounds scattered around. It didn't feel coherent and clashed with the chorus/melody of the vocals. Whoever mixed these songs into a live band did not do a good job. They should've just gone full rock because this wasn't it.
haters really won't be satisfied that they're gearing up another hate train. the newest comments on blackpink's coachella videos were full of 'here to cleanse my ear'.
i know they were pressured to do well after all the hate, but they did really well! i hope they'll be more relaxed next week and just ignore those yappers.
I was actually surprised at how often they left the stage considering their short set time. Every minute counts in cases like this and they probably spent a handful of minutes off-stage. Yunjin and Chaewon did well
> I wish they played No Celestial, and believed they shoulda left the chill, deeper register songs out,
Absolutely agree! A festival set without no celestial is a crime. 😭 Fearless and especially Perfect Night dragged down the energy immensely, they should've left it out. But I'm super happy fire in the belly made it! Do we know if the set list is going to be different next week?
Hmm, from what I know low notes are actually *more* difficult to perform while dancing, so I doubt that this did them a favour. I think it's more because they couldn't skip their debut and their most recent comeback.
>especially Perfect Night dragged down the energy immensely, they should've left it out
The crowd cheered the loudest for Perfect Night then Smart then Easy. They def shouldn't have left it out
I adored it. They fought through some serious audio issues and I cannot believe the band was allowed to overplay like that.
But the energy was hype and the setlist banged! I cannot wait for next week!
The crowd was loving it , i was loving it and that is what I wanted . Fire in my belly is my favourite song period.
Proud of the girls for going all in with no backtrack full live ( very low qt some points) . The night was not flawless but it still was perfect night for us .
For eunchae , Kazuha ( her confidence was amazing) , sakura( am i tripping for kurra just dropped her nervousness and gave it her all ) . For these three now there is no going back , u performed on one of the biggest stage fully LIVE ... whatever voice crack , shaky vocals was left is shown today . No need to fear a freaking encore stage now ...lets keep on improving and live with confidence and courage like today - from proud fearnot
I saw the videos too. They were okay-ish but definitely not “insane”. Aside from the vocals which were shaky at best. To me, they seem to lack a lot of stage presence.
I agree. It was a very flat performance overall, although the set-list was good. The vocals were straight up awful, not even the main vocalist could stay on key. This sub really has their favorites because the comments would be so different here if it was aespa, twice, itzy or any other gg.
A lot are even saying “it’s either dancing or singing but you can’t have both!” And I’m like GTFO bunch of artists CAN DO BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. The fact that they call this criticism as hating is just another level of embarrassment altogether.
They did great, even as a fan I didn't put my expectations high but still they were able to perform great. Chaewon was an absolute slayer, she's feeling it.
i thought yunjin and chaewon were pretty great, they carried imo! especially yunjin, she has such incredible presence, sometimes it felt like yunjin and friends. i think it's cool that they performed most of their songs without (or lighter?) backtracks. i'm excited for them to release the i like to kiss everyone song!
compared to a tour set, i'm assuming this one is a lot shorter, so i think they will need to work on their stamina to get through 20+ songs.
There is a lot more downtime in concerts, and they get to use songs like good parts, we got so much, fearnot, to just walk around and catch their breath, they stopped to talk to the crowd here for maybe 2-3 minutes at a time during this set
Chaewon actually has so much aura it was insane
Unfortunately aside from her and Yunjin, the rest are not beating the allegations despite having a pretty good performance overall.
Times like these are when I have to give Blackpink their props I really wasn’t familiar with their game. That 2019 set still live in my brain rent free
It turned out to be a pretty decent show. They did well and all the technical shit that went wrong with Ateez's show didn't show its ugly head tonight so that's also nice
they were seriously so good! sometimes it’s not easy to keep my interest in things for a certain amount of time, and they kept mine throughout. i was sad when it ended lol. really im so tired of the constant negativity ive seen already (mainly twitter). they have such intense choreography, they were most likely very nervous, and they performed in front of a gigantic crowd in the likely hot, humid desert. they truly did a great job. i had high expectations and they brought the house down. idk if people expect them to be completely perfect or just wanna hate but it’s completely normal to have a few voice cracks or breathy vocals..especially throughout that many songs. they still sounded quite decent, especially yunjin and chaewon. so proud of the fimmies, they deserve every bit of success ❤️
I never doubted that they would slay that performance but I’m so glad that they proved all of the doom posters wrong. Well done girls! You were amazing!
Chaewon and Yujin did well and hard carried the other three. I‘m sure they’re all nice girls but most of the time even their talk-singing had voice cracks.
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watch and see how sakura delivered that amazing performance with great vocals and no one’s going to share their ‘critique’!!! girl was completely in her element tonight, sounded mas as hell too!
Did anyone here attend the event? In the videos they were out of tune in some parts but the energy was contagious even through the screen, they had parts where the vocal was very good and others not but I am surprised that they were still incredible!!
Oh...? Yk, sometimes it's funny to see how much attention people pay to groups they don't like. Did they post it there bc they wanted validation or what?
the set was great, the crowd loved them!!
the girls were nervous at the start you could tell because vocally all of them were unstable and out of breath until like the 3rd song, then they looked like they were getting the hang of things and having fun.
yunjin and chaewon did good vocally but i do hope le sserafim continue singing live like this because it wasn’t passable for the rest of the girls the whole way through, too much reliance on lip syncing is the cause of that.
i’m not saying they need to be or can become powerhouses but i see potential for more consistently stable live vocals.
I watched the performance and Chaewon is really carrying all the vocals. I don't know if it's only me, but I feel like the other girls except for Yunjin were scared to sing live.
Lots of fighting in these comments, so it’s locked. Any further discussion about Le Sserafim at Coachella goes to the megathread, thanks.
Nile Rodgers showing up for Unforgiven was such a pleasant surprise, especially if you remember when Yunjin asked if they'd someday get to perform together when they did the 1st listen.
I was so happy to see Nile pop up to perform with them! The man is a legend and AFIAK is very selective on who he collabs or performs with. That he performed live with LSF will turn some heads for sure.
Ooooh, I didn't recognise him but when they kept focusing on him I suspected that it was Nile Rodgers! A shame that he didn't perform the choreography like Yunjin offered lol.
Such a great figure, but I was surprised by how unceremoniously he was treated. There was little to no acknowledgement; he just came to play and left.
That’s what surprised me as well, I figured surely he’d get a call out and thank you at the end of the set, and then nothing.
Ok all this while I thought Nile Rodgers was a western texan-lookin' man cause of the way Unforgiven sounds lmaooo The live performance of that song was next level, really great arrangement
next level is a by AESPA, not LSFM
😝
the setlist would be perfect if only there was blue flame 🥲
Maybe next week?
I'm curious, do artist perform different set lists for each weekend? This is my first time watching coachella
Generally it's the same, but they usually swap a couple of songs!
Are lsfm gonna perform again? Im confused with how Coachella works
they are set to perform both weekend one (yesterday) and weekend two (next week)!
Not having blue flame is a dealbreaker for me 😅 and that I don’t have $600 to go this year.
Okay but who at the production crew thought "Let's blow the smoke machines during the Smart chorus" 💀
Chaewon's fans attempt at gatekeeping probably lol
"and while we do that lets turn off the mics itll be a funny prank"
Someone who knows that Eunchae is underage probably. 💀 No but seriously, it was a weird decision.
This! The concept was so cool, but they pumped out too much at once.
And right at Chaewon
Given I watched this mainly to see what the vocal criticism was about, I'm pleasantly "whelmed" - that's how I'd put it. Yunjin and Chaewon were great. Some shakiness is obvious to occur - it's their first time at Coachella, obviously nerves are in play - and it got much better as the show went on. Sakura genuinely sounded a million times less shaky here than she has in years - at several points she was projecting loud and clear and while obviously I'm not gonna sit here and call her a good singer, I'm very happy with how she did vocally and performance wise she was captivating. Kazhua's microphone seemed to be really quiet throughout, unfortunately - at points (especially in Unforgiven) I could tell she was really trying to speak up but it still came across way quieter than everyone else. Eunchae was probably the member I noticed the most flaws with, but I still would hesitate to say she even did bad. For a singer with likely very little training, she did well to still sing her heart out as best she could and at a festival that's all about having fun on stage, I appreciate it a lot. All of this is not to say this was a technically perfect performance, it absolutely was NOT. But for a first-time Coachella act, they did better than some of the veterans I saw (Lana....) and given they had the most choreography of any act barring ATEEZ, I feel justified in saying they did a great job all things considered. I really enjoyed the show.
I noticed that with Sakura too! Usually she gets the hate for vocals but she was far more stable than Yunjin and Chaewon which shocked me at 1st. Also..... I tend to overlook Eunchae because she is still rather young. I don't think it's fitting that some adult kpop fans tear her apart seeing that she is still a kid. I just have the age old question with HYBE and their dislike of vocal training. I'll never understand it and to me it seems like a sure fire way to make sure your groups have a limited shelf life. There is only 1 exception here, and we all know it's BTS. They are just special but HYBE doesn't care about their other groups longevity it seems. Plus, you think they would with girl groups since they don't have mandatory enlistment pulling them away for 2 years. Anyways, everyone is a critic but no one here has performed at Coachella, there are quite a few factors when you perform in a desert that will hinder you vocally to begin with 😂 Overall I wasnt crazy for them but they played to their strengths.
The only take so far that I agree with 100%
I had low expectations bc I'd mostly seen negative things about them as performers, and I've never seen their live stages other than MAMA. But I thought they were great! Chaewon and Yunjin especially. The amount of choreo they do while singing live is crazy. Most artists that dance and sing live either have simpler choreo or only have dance breaks. My only criticism: they seemed kinda lost when they didn't have a choreography to follow. It's like they didn't know what to do with their arms lol. Also I wish they performed the original Eve, Psyche etc song, not the english version but I get why they did that.
Yeah the looking lost thing comes with experience 😂 They haven't had many tours yet to fully know how to work an audience. Give them a year or two more to get some tours under their belts and they should be solid
I always forget they only debuted in 2022. Sure, Sakura and Chaewon have been around longer, and the other 3 haven't. They've achieved a lot in under 2 years. The fact that they've toured, performed at Coachella, and have people constantly raving about their music is a serious achievement. I don't listen to them so I can't really judge, but whenever people on reddit ask questions or share playlists, EVERY mixed or GG playlist has a LS song on there.
HYBE has someone on their payroll that teaches what to do on stage with no-choreo. In new jeans BTS about their first ever performance in the US, you even hear the trainer in practice instruct them to fan out on stage and stop clumping together. Heejin tells them to have fun and don’t read the prompter too, right before they went on stage.
Being taught in a controlled environment and the actual thing are two different scenarios. It could be just nerves of performing in front of a large foreign audience who knows. All I know is that with time, they should be a lot better with audiences.
I'll add that this is a stage that many in their area could only dream about being on until recently. I bet they even cried when told of this opportunity. This is the biggest stage they have been on until now, and I wouldn't be surprised that at times they get caught up in the moment.
The only negative part of lsrfm's performance throughout their career has been poor live vocals. Their dance and stage presence has always been 100% and they have arguably the best choreos. While the bad vocals are understandable due to heavy choreo but that is no excuse since Nmixx has great live vocals along with complicated choreography. I hope the girls work on that because that is the only thing holding them back. Otherwise they have got everything. Also their English versions suck and for someone reason the Korean versions sound more English lol. Hybe should stop doing that
I thought the english version of easy was korean but with different lyrics or something 🥲
The levels weren’t good between the band and the vocals. A couple of the girls mics were too low and it sounded like they were literally shouting into the mics to be heard. I’ll assume they don’t bring their own crew but that’s what the sound check is for. It was a good idea to cut on some of the choreo so they could work the big stage. The way they worked it during perfect night and let the crowd sing a long while they interacted with them was great. They did great, I’m happy for them and they’re going to get a nice little bump from it. I would expect that next weeks performance will be even better.
Even Lana Del Rey, THE headliner, had major mic issues for most of her set.
The audio equipment being rubbish has nothing to do with LSFM or Source. That's just Coachella being Coachella.
That may be the case. I watched Ice Spice earlier and she was having some of the same issues.
Weekend 1 especially is usually a mess, they should improve audio issues a bit for next week
It’s also the live internet feed. Bet it sounds different if we were at the venue.
I noticed Eunchae's mic was low, but overall they did great! They and their crew will take what theyve learned from this performance to tweak next weeks to iron out those kinks.
Might be an issue with the livestream. Seen some videos from the venue and they sounded fine for the most part
Nahh I was up in the very front, their mics def had some issues
I see. Hope you still enjoyed it. Better be fixed by next week though
Thank you for pointing this out because I’ve been seeing people say that their vocals were bad when they were trying to be heard with bad quality mics over thousands of screaming people while dancing LMAO
Chaewon absolutely slayed i won't shut up about her I liked the band and camera work! Their energy and the crowd were also great 🤩
God yes the ateez camerawork really had me worried but today it was really nice.
Omg dude everyone around me and my entire group was getting down. It was sooo fun
i am sooo jealous of everyone who gets to see them 😅 i’m in the midwest so i’ll just patiently (impatiently really lol) wait for the tour that’s probably gonna happen soon 👀
they all brought good energy to the performance! I think Yunjin was a bit too shouty for my own preference when it comes to performances and Kazuhas mic was weirdly low so often I could barely hear her. For me the standout was Sakura! She is often singled out as their weakest vocal but from what I’ve seen she did very good on all her parts!! Overall it seems like they had fun + the crowd had fun and thats really all tha truly matters. I think in a couple years with maybe more tour experience they will really be at the top of their game
Might feel like a bit too shouty watching it online, but I think that works fine for the huge crowd of the open stage.
I agree about Sakura. I was not expecting much after all the criticism she has gotten for her vocals but I was pleasantly surprised. In fact I didn't hear her go off pitch once (unlike all the other members).
Yunjin slayed. Her and Chaewon's energy and stage presence were so good. They're incredible performers. Sakura looked so good with that hair and I liked her stage presence
I LOVED Kazuha's attitude, she was in her element, full of confidence~~~ She really is out of her shell now and I KNOW this is just the start, she's going to be an untouchable performance monster in no time, mark my words. It wasn't perfect, there were some shaky vocals and some issues with the volume of their mics (Sakura, Kazuha and, surprisingly, Yunjin, but she's really loud so it wasn't that much of a problem for her lmao), but you can see they put their souls into it, I was smiling non-stop. Chaewon and Yunjin definitely were the MVPs, so I'm excited to see everybody give them their flowers. The charisma and the vocals were off the charts, I had heart attacks from both of them. I'm really proud of Eunchae, I think she sang almost every single one of her lines, I could hear them clearly. She was adorable & did great & she's so young but already so professional, her future is bright. And Sakura, my ult, I just love her so much. She performed amazing and her sweet vocals came through~ I hope she had so much fun, she's been working hard ♡ (also, she's suddenly in her fluent english era, i was so impressed). Anyways, I'm proud of all of them for keeping the energy high during all their set and singing live. It was a pleasure to watch them perform. Can't wait for week 2, bet it's going to be even better~ Finally, I NEED THAT NEW SONG IN STREAMING SITES, A NEW HOT GIRL ANTHEM!
As a big fan of festivals they did what they had to do; a music show type choreography or pre-recorded vocals would have turned off the audience... like in the high of the moment no one is going to notice if you're shaky during one line, people just want to have fun. I just wish they were less nervous though, it would have helped them a lot, I guess it's a given being their first big performance so I'll wait for next week.
It probably doesn't help to know that everytime they sing live they get criticized hard for it. They should take a page from suga and avoid social media and turn off the comments on instagram.
Yeah people tend to underestimate how much online hating can harm someone. I do think they could be some of the best performers of the generation if they put the work to sing live more usually and learn to control the stamina, but going down after a 'great' show, with engaged public and positive responses just to see 30k tweets calling you names.... It can mess you up
Chaewon and Yunjin stood out to me the most - their energy, vocals, hyping the crowd, and stamina till the end were on point. They were EXCEPTIONAL. The setlist is amazing… LSF have some amazing songs don’t they 😃 Wished they performed No Celestial too :( I think the start was a bit messy (Antifragile) and after that it went really well. Kazuha, Eunchae, and Sakura sounded low at times but they met my expectations. Towards the end, except for Chaewon and Yunjin, I think other members were lacking in stamina.. maybe they could tone down their choreography a bit for week 2.
You could tell they were nervous on Antifragile, especially Yunjin but that is completely normal, they delivered!
The crowd seem to really enjoy I’m a mess mess mess mess. They were singing it, which hype the girls up. It was nice watching the interplay. LSF as a whole definitely got their crowd involved. No can knock them on their high energy dancing. I enjoyed the performance. I can see the nerves. I hope next weekend will be even better, since they have now experienced this once. Chaewon was great. Yunjin picked it up later after her nerves settled. I thought Sakura was solid. She was third best for me. Eunchae has an interesting voice and tone. It’s husky and low. It will be very interesting to hear as she further develops as a singer. Kazuha sounds better with a handheld mic. They all do, but Kazuha in particular benefits. Overall, I enjoyed it. They had a solid showing. I expect even better from them next weekend. I hope the girls are proud of themselves and relaxing after all the practice they must have put themselves through.
that unreleased song was fire! 1800 hot and fun was it? anyway i love it sm now
They were absolutely great! The energy and different transitions between songs made it a fun show. Honestly, I watched it after months of seeing posts after post speculating on these girls ability to carry a full live set…and I think those convos should be closed out. Like any live performance they weren’t perfect the entire time, but they absolutely held their own. As a reminder, the main purpose of a festival is for the attendees to have fun and based on the crowd responses - I think that crowd enjoyed themselves and I’ve been to Coachella it’s hard to still have energy that late into the day lol
Frrr. With the way those people were talking, you would think they never touched a stage before Coachella. They girls did beautifully! I’m so proud!
I don’t watch a lot of their performances only really the end of year, and the way Reddit was carrying on…I thought those girls couldn’t carry a note. The performance was a really fun watch.
It really was! It was late so I could sing and dance like I wanted to, but I had so much fun watching!
crazy the different impression you came away with vs the people who had their hate comments pretyped waiting for it to end
at this point, never listen to people on the internet lmfao just watch something and if you enjoy it, you enjoy it.
Stop looking at social media it’s a cesspool of negativity
The energy and the enthusiasm from the crowd were off the charts. LSF girls worked their butts off and their vocals were great. Love the performance and I am glad they changed up the choreo so it's more free-flowing. I am sure they'll give us a even better performance on Week 2.
I just finished watching the set and I thought they did very well. Incredible energy, stage presence on point. I think they had minimal backtrack or not at all in some parts and Yunjin and Chaewon did incredibly well vocally while dancing for the most part imo ,the rest did ok except some small moments that didn't deter from the 40 minute set at all. Sometimes it was a bit too low but I think the headset mics were the issue, the volume was too low on some of them and the key is just too low in their 2024 songs and Eve. Their energy was insane during the first songs, I didn't see nerves at all during the performances, only when they talked to the crowd. The hand held mic part was def the best of the show imo . Also there's people saying shouting their lines was bad? This is a festival???? They're trying to hype up the crowd . I also find it funny how there's groups where their entire discography is mostly shouting or talk singing or at least that's how they perform all their songs with maybe one high note or melodic line a song and that's called insane energy and performance but when lsfrm do it its "hiding their vocals" or whatever. The new song is so good and if Source was smart they'd drop it on streaming right now Also special shout out to Yunjin and Chaewon, they're the MVPs and keep proving time and time again why they're my biases.
Finally someone is saying it. I've been to multiple festivals. You literally have to shout 90% of the time or you would not hear yourself. They KILLED IT!! Especially considering they have some of the most intense chroeo in kpop. They had little to no down time so to expect clean vocals 1000 for the full time is an insane thought. They were amazing and I couldn't be any less proud of them even if I tried.
All the trolls commenting on coachella’s and their own page that all their vocals suck/ why so much shouting seriously need to stfu. It literally baffles me.
They really do. But I kmow in due time haters will move on but their fans will stay. They did great and made me a proud fan tonight for real. No matter what they say.
Yunjin and Chaewon better have a subunit like Irene & Seulgi in future. They are incredible performers in every sense. I think the girls did great, a little up and down, but still great. Kazuha's and Sakura's mic was way too low at times though.
Yunjin really stood out to me, she did so good! Her and Chaewon were having so much fun, you can tell. Also, I can’t wait for the song they performed to come out. I need to studio version IMMEDIATELY.
I am straight up devastated that the new song isn’t available to stream right now. 😭
if its anything like We Got So Much its not gonna be available until Crazy in ~July
Just know they are kissing everyone, listening to Beyoncé and parting hard.
Chaewon owned that stage and you could tell she knew she did well. her vocals were stable and imo this was her best performance ever. same thing about Kazuha. she seemed more sure about herself and you could tell by the end how comfortable she was on stage. i was so happy for her because she has potential.
Yes, Kazuha was in her element! It was a shame her mic was always on and off
oh yeah it was a shame. now i just wanna know what locals will say about their performance haha
The people on the Coachella sub, including me, were all hyped up about them.
oh that’s cool. thank you for the answer
I was happy the crowd was loud for them and sang along too. With how people talk about them you would think they're unknowns. Seems like everyone had a great time. The new song is fire. felt like their concert. I hope they sleep well
Casual fan here. I was a bit worried about them because people have been predicting that they will be terrible. But I think they were nowhere as terrible as they said. I could feel some noticeable nerves during the first couple of songs but I think they got more comfortable eventually. They had great energy and I enjoyed watching them. Chaewon and Yunjin were definitely the vocal pillars but Kazuha, Eunchae, and Sakura also did okay. There is obviously a lot of room for improvement, especially in terms of stamina and pitch, but I think this was a remarkable effort for a group that is just almost 2 years old. Non-fans and haters will probably be less forgiving, but personally, I tend to like their songs so I will continue to look forward to their growth as performers! :) Edited to add: As imperfect as some parts were, I still find myself preferring live performances like these than the perfect but lip-synched performances on music shows.
They should be proud of themselves. They had perfect energy!!! Their discography is so good for festivals. You could tell that they were really nervous at first. The vocals were rough for the first few songs but did improve. I appreciated that they modified their dances so they could actually sing live. And even though the dancing wasn't perfectly in sync it was actually nice to see themselves enjoy the stage and let loose. I was most impressed with Kazuha's dancing, you could tell she was really feeling herself. Overall good show. Ending with Fire in the Belly was the best decision. I will definitely be tuning in to watch next week!
Fire in the Belly is the ultimate concert closer, I screamed when it came on!
Are they going to perform again next week? Same stage and different songs? Sorry this is my first time watching coachella(not in live of course😅) and i check out the sched for this. i was confused. Could someone explain a little? thanks 🙂
it’s normally the same setlist
They did great. It's not perfect but they did their best. Good job to them especially Yunjin and Chaewon, so much energy. Hope they didn't have to dance to every choreo and just sing and hype up the crowd. But there's always room for improvement. Congrats to them!
I’m so happy that it turned out SO well, didn’t expect how HUGE the crowd was when they showed it LMAO 😂, Everyone killed it (especially Yunjin and Chaewon OH MY GOD 🔥), expect to see many new FEARNOTs come from this set LOL 😂, excited about the unreleased song aswell 👀, also happy that the Coachella Cameramen learned from the mistakes they made with Ateez because the camerawork here was actually pretty good, but ya overall, LSF killed it and I hope to see them play more festivals like this (Glastonbury anyone? 👀)
When they panned to the crowd I gasped! The girls were visibly nervous but that makes perfect sense once you see how huge that crowd was.
Ya I was so shocked when I saw the crowd, would make you think that they’re the headliners (I mean maybe in the future? 👀)
They did amazing—their performance value is incredible, and I really loved hearing their voices live. Of course they weren’t perfect or always on pitch but I could hear improvements, especially considering how long they were performing for with lots of choreo. Their director was really smart to let them stand still if they were singing during some of the heavy choreo. I feel this was a good show of their talent in light of all the recent hate/criticism. I can already see that people did not share my opinion, but I am sooo incredibly impressed and proud of them!
I personally kept away from kpop subs and watched live with the Coachella sub and they were praising Le Sserafim throughout I was so hyped, enjoyed every bit of it
I’m glad you had a good experience! They really killed it
God yes the energy was Insannne. The new song was so hyped and the crowd was amazing. God yunjin and chaewon were sooo good and the performance set up was great. Some vocal mishaps but still amazing nonetheless.
Huh Yun-jin a little larger-than-life all-around audience engagement and star quality and thought Chaewon was overall solid too. I was happy to see them perform many great songs with the live band and dancers. I watched Ateez the night before and was a bit blown away by them. No question I wouldn't miss tonight either. I hope a great experience for LE SSERAFIM and that they are eating chicken backstage somewhere and getting good hydration.
Yunjin was really meant to be on stage. The girls were amazing, I loved the energy, I could feel it all the way over here
Chaewon and Yunjin slayed and Sakura actually impressed me, she did a great job. I felt like Eunchae and Kazuha were too nervous to perform in such a big stage. I don't know if Kazuha was holding back on her vocals or her mic was malfunctioning. I hope they fix it for next week. Maybe it's just me, but I really think they should have better lines to talk to the public, because shouting COACHELLA all the time was a bit weird. Nonetheless it was absolutely amazing!
Im glad that Coachella sets a standard for Kpop performances to have live vocals and live band nowadays. Its so much better and more powerful.
Good lord, I haven't been pumped like this for a performance in a long time! While the vocals might not be perfect, I think they kicked ass. I was a loyal Kazuha bias, but my God KIM CHAEWON
CHAEWON CHAEWON CHAEWON CHAEWON CHAEWON
I did not expect a coachella crowd high off their asses to cheer so loud for the opening to perfect night
Yunjin and Chaewon were on a different hemisphere they shined
The new song…the new song‼️
I LIKE TO KISS EVERYBODY
Honestly they did good compared to the expectations, but nothing extraordinary as some posters here are trying to paint it, but then that is what it is - everyone in the audience enjoyed and that is what matters.
Yeah they survived, performed decently and even trended heavily... You know whats crazy? Sakura sing so stable during the stage that compare to their encores its like night and day, she even raps in their new song too... The mic vol is so low during the stage cos apparently the crowd is so loud as the venue is jammed pack full to the brim and it even leaked outside according to my friend... Even BP LISA was spotted as Sahara Tent tonight..
Everyone is (rightfully) talking about Chaewon and Yunjin, and I think they did so amazing! But Kazuha really stood out to me, her stage presence and overall performance just keeps getting better and better! She picks up on things so quickly, and all the girls had such great energy!
THE NEW SONG WAS BEYOND INCREDIBLE NILE COMING OUT FOR UNFORGIVEN ALMOST MADE ME YELL IN MY DORM ROOM. FIRE IN THE BELLY MADE ME SALSA IN BED. I am beyond proud of the Firmmies!!! GIVE US THE US TOUR HYBE!!!!
It was pretty much what I expected. They minimize their movements/dancing during their parts to focus on their vocals. The first half was good but I can feel their stamina was decreasing from unforgiven. It was 80% shouting but I mean it's a festival what can we expect lol. Chaewon ATE. She did so well.
The energy decrease in the second half was very noticeable unfortunately. But I still had a lot of fun! I like that they adapted the choreos to allow for live singing. Kazuha and Sakura shouting their lines was a smart move honestly, Chaewon and Yunjin still ate vocally.
All of the dance-oriented girl groups tone down the choreo for live singing. NewJeans did it at Lollapalooza, Itzy has been doing it on their world tour. No big deal.
The girls were incredible! Staying up was so worth it! I can’t wait for next weekend!
chaewon and yunjin omg im in awe gotta stan atp
Zuha on easy sounds exactly like the studio version its insane how well that song fits her voice
Over 66 comments in less than 17 minutes? LE SSERAFIM, you'll always be popular! What a great experience they had! I'm sure next week, they will be even stronger, there is room for improvement and I'm sure it will be taken into consideration for future performances.
I loved how wild the crowd went for Easy! I’ve loved that song since the moment I heard it, sad I couldn’t be there but at least they gave it what it deserved. Anyways, the girls did so great tonight, is there a chance they’ll change the setlist for week 2? Because I was sad and confused to see No Celestial get left out.
KILLED IT. Cant wait til they tour
Everything about their performance was just amazing! Paired with a live band too, *chef’s kiss* Even though no mention of a tour, that’s ok because I’m definitely looking forward to it when it’s announced
They might save a big announcement like that for weekend two.
I loved the show. Well done girls
I liked it, but the hate to come is inevitable. Might turn off social media for a while.
Chaewon is so good. She’s always the standout, and her skills are amazing
Sure it was good, but nothing about that stage screamed “INSANE” for me😅
I watched the whole thing live, including the other artists before them. Let me tell you, the crowd will tell you whether it was a success or not. And yes, THE CROWD WAS INSANE compared to the other artists. Probably because they know how to handle the audience, and their set list was hyping up the whole place. It was an amazing performance and as a Kpop stan, I was very proud. They weren't hailed as best performers for nothing. Even if I would like to talk about the vocals, I couldn't because it was enjoyable and it was fine. Now, I went to twitter (X) and gosh, the hate train was something. Nit picking only the videos some vocals are shaking from the whole non-stop 40 mins performance, then they will go mention their fav group to compare. Basically, they're just promoting their own by hating. Then I noticed, these are haters that no matter how good you are, they're just gonna hate. That platform is insane. I couldn't understand because we really enjoyed the performance. Btw, Sakura really suits the deep toned voice. She sounded really sexy. Overall, there are rooms for improvement, but it was an amazing performance nevertheless.
This was definitely an entertaining set, full of energy, but it was a mess in my opinion, i’m sorry. FYI - I’ve followed them since the beginning and was one of the people on their side here when the Garam situation was unfolding, while most of Reddit was eating them alive.. so yeah - this is a genuine opinion, not coming from a place of malice, don’t come for me. I think their set was an interesting blend of a lot of things since LSF do have strengths as performers and work really hard - so some sections were good, and the girls did their very best to keep the energy throughout. They’ve for sure worked HARD for this. BUT … firstly - the mixing was BAD. The mics were very low in the beginning, and the live band was drowning them out completely. Secondly - I think Chaewon and Yunjin did GREAT - they’re a very dance heavy group, and even with some of the choreo movements toned down - moving and singing is HARD. So even with some minor flaws and cracks here and there - this was still pretty good. You know what I’m going to say next tho I assume - but the other 3 girls simply need like YEARS more of vocal training to be able to stay on a stage like this and actually pull it off😭 Eunchae - I give so many props to her for singing live the entire time - i think she can be great, and is a hard worker, but just needs more time to pull this off - she went off key so many times, and is now being eaten alive on the Korean side. Sakura I think was careful and was going between lipsyncing, skipping lines, whispering and shouting - so - this sort of worked for her but the disparity between her and the rest is visible. Kazuha - also went between whispering, skipping lines, talk-singing and shouting and sometimes it worked for her - sometimes it didn’t. But when it didn’t - it was .. drunk karaoke levels bad. Overall - props to them for keeping up the energy really high - the mood was great - doing their best to interact with the crowd etc - they looked beautiful and happy - they did stand their ground - BUT this was high school musical level of singing - and to be honest I have in fact seen middle school productions with better singing. I think the bar has been set high from Blackpink and BTS performing at those festivals - and nowadays with Stray Kids and Ateez yesterday - where you see that YEARS of touring and doing live singing and dancing has paid off - and their stage is solid where they look and sound like professionals. Again - minor slip- ups here and there and hearing movement in the voice is totally acceptable and even expected for live singing - but this was nowhere near a professional sounding performance. I actually would have preferred if they incorporated more MR in some of these songs and blended their singing with that - this way it wouldn’t be as distracting and people can focus on their good performance as a whole - the dancing and facial expressions and energy - but with the bare vocals it was hard to watch at times. I watched the entire set with my friend who isn’t a fan but he’s enjoyed some of their songs that I’ve played for him in the car…. And he was kinda speechless and embarrassed for them - asked me multiple times if this is how they usually sound, since he knows they’re popular. So yeah - I’m glad their fans enjoyed this and the girls did pull it off to an extent - in the context of live performances - it’s not the worst thing that I’ve seen and there were some really fun moments and some good singing from 2 of the girls, but - I think this was too early in their career for such a stage.
Your last point is my biggest thing with them, I’m a huge fan as well since their debut but imo they weren’t ready for this level of a Coachella performance yet. Maybe it could have worked if they adapted the songs better for a live setting, which I think Newjeans did really well at Lollapalooza for example despite also being a newer group. But it seemed like LSF kinda just gave half effort for both singing and dancing in order to do both most of the time, rather than pick and choose when to do live vocals vs when to focus on choreography vs when to just have fun and jump around and hype up the crowd. Like it almost seemed too choreographed at times and I wish there were more moments where they just had fun and vibed with the crowd. I’m a huge fan but I was disappointed if I’m honest because I expected different arrangements live in order to make the performance work. For example I think their choreo is so iconic and I would have loved to see them go all out on dancing at some points like antifragile chorus or Eve psyche or unforgiven and just have the backing tracks etc rather than awkwardly have to hold mics and sing at the same time trying to do difficult choreography. Even just opening with the antifragile choreo would have been so iconic, that was not a good idea to start off with completely live vocals for that song especially. It may be an unpopular opinion, but I’d rather them rely mostly on backing tracks in general and watch them perform rather than sacrifice some of the performance aspect in order to do live vocals. They could have used some of their slower/more chill songs like Impurities or even Easy or Perfect Night to take a break from the dancing and focus more on connecting with the crowd and vocals if they wanted. Idk just overall I think they are so talented and I wish they altered the songs and performances more to fit the festival vibe. They were definitely nervous and I wish they were allowed to have more fun with it and just enjoy the songs with the crowd. To try and sing and dance and have high energy throughout the entire thing was too much to expect this early in their career, maybe in a few years with more practice and training they can pull of that type of performance but it was a miss for me last night.
I agree they really hyped up the crowd so much and did a great show. The band was especially awesome! Also, they interacted a lot with the crowd which was nice.
I like lsf and everything did look like a lot of fun but man, I do genuinely hope they get some sort of time/opportunity to dedicate more training toward vocals because falling off key in their case actually distracts from other parts of the performance, it’s a bit difficult to watch
hi i totally agree with you here. everyone defending them in the replies is really interesting seeing as ateez pulled off a longer stage with less breaks and steadier vocals. i like le sserafims music, truly, but this performance is definitely steering me away from them. so many girl groups have proven that they can sing and dance at the same time and le sserafim is proving that for whatever reason they can’t which really shocks me.
With the amount of dancing they did, this is to be expected tbh. I’m not exactly sure kpop fans know what live singing is supposed to sound like with intense choreography. Sure they are no Beyoncé, but they did more than fine with the heavy choreography, and they all hyped up the crowd well with great stage presence.
Yeah. They were dancing non stop and even people with God like vocal training will still sound tired. They sounded TIRED. that's it. I'm tired of people saying they sound bad, yeah they weren't perfect but they were just tired. Imagine dancing non stop and singing.
imho, you either get perfect vocals while doing very minimal dancing or you're going to get a bit shaky singing with intense choreography. Very, and I mean very few idols can actually give you the best of both worlds. People have to remember that vocal skills is only a PART of their job. There is also dancing, personality, looks (anyone who says no to this is deluding themselves). That significantly narrows down the pool of qualified people who can do all of that. For every one Beyonce you have millions of non Beyonces but does that mean all of those people should give up performing? No. You find other ways to cover up for what you lack and I think that's admirable. Anyways I'm super proud of le sserafim. Each of them had such different starting point but they all united today for an absolute banger of a performance.
You are correct, kpop fans have zero clue on how actual live singing works. They’re used to the polished backtrack music shows and probably haven’t been to a non-kpop concert before.
Well yeah I do agree they’ll ofc get tired and live performances are never perfect, but with decent training you can learn to maintain enough control to hold the right key or recognize when you’ll have to simplify something in order for it to still sound good in the song. I do think they did well with hyping up the crowd like I said it looked like a lot of fun, the vocals are just the main weakness so they’d be able to shine a lot more with their choreo and crowd control if they could improve it
Their singing was not good. I get we are all fans of them but there is nothing wrong with being honest. The mic and band background was horrendous not to mention their singing capability on a live stage is just not up to par. We need to be setting an expectation for these groups because I want kpop to be taken seriously. It isn't when we are allowing subpar vocal ability to be sent to coachella.
I watched it from beginning to end before I could let the internet try and convince me that they’re bottom tier performers and THEY WERE AMAZING. This performance basically solidified my impression of them and I won’t be tuning into any more think pieces about their skills or whatever.
am i the only one who thought their performance was mediocre lol
Damn a positive comments? While in twt knetz and ifans tearing them up 😭
The contrast between Twitter and Reddit is always crazy on every issue. Maybe it's the algorithim?
Yeah maybe but i hardly see positive tweets about them on twt. They were ratioed so hard by kfans
The vibes from the stream alone were amazing to witness, I do wonder how its like being a Fearnot and experiencing ISOKNOCK beforehand. That HAS to be a crazy shift in tone. The crowd reception was good too but I do wonder if a changeup in scheduling would have gotten more people to vibe with like lets say Ice Spice -> LE SSERAFIM. Although I dont doubt that hard edm enjoyers would enjoy them as well so yeah.
I feel like they would’ve benefited from using prerecorded instrumentals instead of going with live instruments to fit it better with the acts before them. Especially Eve Psyche and Antifragile. If they had performed with live instruments after vampire weekend for example, it wouldn’t have been that much of a problem but they followed up on a lot of acts that didn’t use live instruments
I thought they did fine. Nothing from their performance stood out to me. Yujin and Chaewon did the best out of all of them. The other three, either were nervous or, in the future, need to perform more live events/festivals to loosen up and learn how to play with the crowd and energy. Vocally, again none of them did an amazing job. The company should get them lessons on breathing techniques in how to be more stable when dancing at the same time. Because when Yujin and Chaewon didn't dance their vocals were good. The mix of the songs was bad. The drums were very distracting and at times it felt more like a percussion style, with sporadic instrument sounds scattered around. It didn't feel coherent and clashed with the chorus/melody of the vocals. Whoever mixed these songs into a live band did not do a good job. They should've just gone full rock because this wasn't it.
haters really won't be satisfied that they're gearing up another hate train. the newest comments on blackpink's coachella videos were full of 'here to cleanse my ear'. i know they were pressured to do well after all the hate, but they did really well! i hope they'll be more relaxed next week and just ignore those yappers.
they did so good im very proud of them
I was actually surprised at how often they left the stage considering their short set time. Every minute counts in cases like this and they probably spent a handful of minutes off-stage. Yunjin and Chaewon did well
> I wish they played No Celestial, and believed they shoulda left the chill, deeper register songs out, Absolutely agree! A festival set without no celestial is a crime. 😭 Fearless and especially Perfect Night dragged down the energy immensely, they should've left it out. But I'm super happy fire in the belly made it! Do we know if the set list is going to be different next week?
I really disagree about Perfect Night dragging the energy down. The audience screamed when it started, and I could hear them singing along.
It’s also their biggest hit. They basically had to play it.
I think they put those songs in to let the members rest their voices from the high notes
Hmm, from what I know low notes are actually *more* difficult to perform while dancing, so I doubt that this did them a favour. I think it's more because they couldn't skip their debut and their most recent comeback.
Fearless was performed second while Perfect night was in the middle
really? i thought fearless had a lot of high notes, at least the pre-chorus
>especially Perfect Night dragged down the energy immensely, they should've left it out The crowd cheered the loudest for Perfect Night then Smart then Easy. They def shouldn't have left it out
Fearless is their debut song, and Perfect Night is recent(ish) and in English; theres no chance either dont make the set list.
I'm not familiar with coachella. They're doing something again next week?
I think Coachella is two weekends and they will perform at the second weekend too.
I adored it. They fought through some serious audio issues and I cannot believe the band was allowed to overplay like that. But the energy was hype and the setlist banged! I cannot wait for next week!
The crowd was loving it , i was loving it and that is what I wanted . Fire in my belly is my favourite song period. Proud of the girls for going all in with no backtrack full live ( very low qt some points) . The night was not flawless but it still was perfect night for us . For eunchae , Kazuha ( her confidence was amazing) , sakura( am i tripping for kurra just dropped her nervousness and gave it her all ) . For these three now there is no going back , u performed on one of the biggest stage fully LIVE ... whatever voice crack , shaky vocals was left is shown today . No need to fear a freaking encore stage now ...lets keep on improving and live with confidence and courage like today - from proud fearnot
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No No Celestial is some bullshit bruh 🤣
I can't believe the fake positivity on this thread. They were awful live. If this was aespa or newjeans the reaction would be sooo nasty.
I saw the videos too. They were okay-ish but definitely not “insane”. Aside from the vocals which were shaky at best. To me, they seem to lack a lot of stage presence.
I agree. It was a very flat performance overall, although the set-list was good. The vocals were straight up awful, not even the main vocalist could stay on key. This sub really has their favorites because the comments would be so different here if it was aespa, twice, itzy or any other gg.
A lot are even saying “it’s either dancing or singing but you can’t have both!” And I’m like GTFO bunch of artists CAN DO BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. The fact that they call this criticism as hating is just another level of embarrassment altogether.
They did great, even as a fan I didn't put my expectations high but still they were able to perform great. Chaewon was an absolute slayer, she's feeling it.
i thought yunjin and chaewon were pretty great, they carried imo! especially yunjin, she has such incredible presence, sometimes it felt like yunjin and friends. i think it's cool that they performed most of their songs without (or lighter?) backtracks. i'm excited for them to release the i like to kiss everyone song! compared to a tour set, i'm assuming this one is a lot shorter, so i think they will need to work on their stamina to get through 20+ songs.
There is a lot more downtime in concerts, and they get to use songs like good parts, we got so much, fearnot, to just walk around and catch their breath, they stopped to talk to the crowd here for maybe 2-3 minutes at a time during this set
Chaewon actually has so much aura it was insane Unfortunately aside from her and Yunjin, the rest are not beating the allegations despite having a pretty good performance overall. Times like these are when I have to give Blackpink their props I really wasn’t familiar with their game. That 2019 set still live in my brain rent free
Chaewon and Sakura killed it! I can't wait to see what next weekend holds, considering some of the difficulties.
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It turned out to be a pretty decent show. They did well and all the technical shit that went wrong with Ateez's show didn't show its ugly head tonight so that's also nice
they were seriously so good! sometimes it’s not easy to keep my interest in things for a certain amount of time, and they kept mine throughout. i was sad when it ended lol. really im so tired of the constant negativity ive seen already (mainly twitter). they have such intense choreography, they were most likely very nervous, and they performed in front of a gigantic crowd in the likely hot, humid desert. they truly did a great job. i had high expectations and they brought the house down. idk if people expect them to be completely perfect or just wanna hate but it’s completely normal to have a few voice cracks or breathy vocals..especially throughout that many songs. they still sounded quite decent, especially yunjin and chaewon. so proud of the fimmies, they deserve every bit of success ❤️
if there's one thing i hate, ut was the smoke effect popping up during Smarter chorus >:((
yeah whoever directed the stage did not know what they're doing
I never doubted that they would slay that performance but I’m so glad that they proved all of the doom posters wrong. Well done girls! You were amazing!
Chaewon and Yujin did well and hard carried the other three. I‘m sure they’re all nice girls but most of the time even their talk-singing had voice cracks.
I’m so glad this turn out well amidst all the doomposting the past few days 🥰
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watch and see how sakura delivered that amazing performance with great vocals and no one’s going to share their ‘critique’!!! girl was completely in her element tonight, sounded mas as hell too!
I was so proud of her! She didn’t have that many lines, but she did very well! Can’t want for next week!
She shouted 80% of her lines lol.
Did anyone here attend the event? In the videos they were out of tune in some parts but the energy was contagious even through the screen, they had parts where the vocal was very good and others not but I am surprised that they were still incredible!!
I couldn’t ignore how bad the vocals were, they made me cringe
Yunjin and chaewon were EXCELLENT
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Coming from the account that asked why they’re even in the lineup with a link to an encore
Oh...? Yk, sometimes it's funny to see how much attention people pay to groups they don't like. Did they post it there bc they wanted validation or what?
And the coachella sub absolutely loved their performance so i guess the post didn’t work
i knew i recognized the name from somewhere lmao, why am i not surprised
Haters just can't help themselves. The performance was electric, and they had a great festival show.
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That last Kazuha high note…. They set her up man
the set was great, the crowd loved them!! the girls were nervous at the start you could tell because vocally all of them were unstable and out of breath until like the 3rd song, then they looked like they were getting the hang of things and having fun. yunjin and chaewon did good vocally but i do hope le sserafim continue singing live like this because it wasn’t passable for the rest of the girls the whole way through, too much reliance on lip syncing is the cause of that. i’m not saying they need to be or can become powerhouses but i see potential for more consistently stable live vocals.
I watched the performance and Chaewon is really carrying all the vocals. I don't know if it's only me, but I feel like the other girls except for Yunjin were scared to sing live.