The “2022 MAMA Awards” Faces Criticism From Viewers And K-Pop Fans After Day One Of The Show

The 2022 MAMA Awards are not yet over, but they have already provided K-Pop fans with plenty of iconic moments such as Stray Kids‘ performance and the collaboration stage between fourth generation girl groups.

Of course, there was also no shortage of individual idols who went viral; both IVE‘s Gaeul and TREASURE‘s Yoshi sent the Internet into meltdown with their unreal visuals, as did Stray Kids’ Felix.

But while there was much to enjoy from day one of the awards show, many viewers have had mixed feelings, if not outright complaints, about the show. In particular, fans and viewers have raised strong concerns regarding the camera work throughout the ceremony.

never gonna forgive mama for this WHY WAS THE CAMERA SO FAR DURING POPPIN FUDKccohoyyuuouuu

— 짱빈 (@seorecord) November 29, 2022

The camerawork at MAMA is the worst….

— joe (@elsserafim) November 29, 2022

While it was still easy to tell the performances were topnotch, many felt frustrated that the filming style did not allow viewers to see the performances up close, choosing to zoom out and pan over the audience or the stage instead of focusing on the artists.

i swear the camerawork in mama is so terrible like why do they keep zooming out?? We wanna see the artists perform we don't care about how big the venue is 😕😕

— joe (@elsserafim) November 29, 2022

WOW i watched the audience and stage thanks to MAMA horrible camera work

— rose (@laviensakura) November 29, 2022

i’m just annoyed because the camera work was really bad, they are dancing the dance break but i can’t see anything with the lighting and weird zoom out zoom in and on top of that showing the audience reaction like.. do i care ?

— 🌪 (@msgzuha) November 29, 2022

Fans of LE SSERAFIM, for example, felt like they missed much of the group’s stage, which is particularly unfortunate given that they are a group known for their high-level performance, even earning an award for it at the recent 2022 Melon Music Awards.

that felt so short because half of the fucking dance break was literally just the camera panning to the crowd like no i don't want to see a random ass bitch with binoculars screaming kim chaewon, I WANT TO SE KIM CHAEWON

— chaewon fans refugia (@ssamudone) November 29, 2022

le sserafim : *makes dance break choreo exclusively just for mama*

mnet: im gonna pan my camera away from the stage for like half of it and zoom out

— sunny (@ssamkkvra) November 29, 2022

Netizens also commented that this is unfair to the artists, who put in tons of work to make the best possible show, only for many to miss it.

Some felt that this, among other things, makes this year’s MAMA Awards feel somewhat rushed.

mama looks rushed lol, it doesn't seem an award show, the given time artists performed is lackluster, the camerawork is f ugly, the collab stage is not even a collab but more of a dance cover, the unnecessary award titles, the performances really saved it for me.

— brie ⋆ (@saintyjn) November 29, 2022

According to MOAs, Mnet could probably even take tips from TXT‘s Beomgyu!

beomgyu’s camerawork was 10 times better than whatever mama is doing rn pic.twitter.com/HeWYzHEz7P

— sofi 🧸 (@flannelgyu) November 29, 2022

Fans are now hoping that day two will allow a more clear view of the artists and their performances.