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Lurkerjust watched the pocari performances and ngl....it was a mess.
Mina and Dahyun were absent but their voices were still there, which means they're on backing track. Now, there's no problem with using backing track, but then they're using hand mics (which is commonly used when performing live) so you begin to wonder if they're lipsync-ing or singing live. For me, the moment I heard Mina's voice, I already judged it's lipsync-ed. Which then makes the whole hand mic thing awkward. If it's so obviously lipsync-ed they should've just used those head mics thingy so they can focus more on the dancing.
Second thing that made it a mess, is the choreo. Obviously, they never tried to adjust their choreo to adapt to the missing members. They just pretended like they're still there. But to the audience watching, it looks messy and imbalanced. Gone were the amazing formations and bedazzling synchronicity. But in their defense, they're very busy people so it's not worth practicing a whole new set of choreography just for a one or two performances.
In conclusion, Twice can only be perfect as OT9. Remove even just one member and it falls apart. One for all, and all for one.
It's obviously sang live with backing track. You can hear Jihyo voice in Cheer Up.
And it's not like they had time to adjust the dance and rearrange who to cover the absent members.
They literally just came back from Japan yesterday (memorising Happy Happy and Breakthrough) and is in the midst of their concert tour (memorising all dance moves of all their title tracks + special stages).
Why should they stress themselves over for just 1 event?