Coachella’s weekend may be over, but the online buzz surrounding BLACKPINK and ENHYPEN’s performances continues. The debate over ENHYPEN’s live vocals and the mixed reactions to Jennie and Lisa’s sets have turned into a full-blown fan war.
Fans of both groups are clashing over everything from crowd size to live vocals. It seems like every K-pop fan has an opinion on the matter, and the internet is divided.
Jennie and Lisa made their solo Coachella 2025 debuts on April 11 and 13 respectively. On the other hand, ENHYPEN became the fastest K-pop boy band to perform at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
ENHYPEN gave a rousing performance and received rave reviews from international publications and critics. Their set became the second-most watched Coachella 2025 live performance with over 400K views. They are only surpassed by renowned singer Beyoncé’s 2018 performance (458K live views).
ENHYPEN performed intricate choreography while singing live. Despite performing non-stop for 45 minutes, their energy did not drop and they kept the crowds energized till the end.
On the other hand, Jennie and Lisa’s sets received mixed reviews for lack of live locals and energy.
After their performances, the rivalry between BLINKs (BLACKPINK fans) and ENGENEs (ENHYPEN fans)reached a boiling point. Both groups are fiercely defending their idols’ Coachella performances, with some fans taking it too far and trading hurtful comments. A tweet from BLINK featuring a photo of ENHYPEN’s Coachella crowd with the caption “second-largest crowd in question” set off a firestorm online.
An additional tweet, which has around 9 million views, showed a clip of ENHYPEN talking about the second most-watched performance. The tweet was posted with the caption, “I am crying they think they got more viewers than pinkchella”
The post has garnered nearly 2 million impressions and many BLINKs shared their opinion with negative comments.
“Even Lisa can end them, so empty ENGENE so pity”
“Bro they are not even the third biggest… LE SSERAFIM and ATEEZ had bigger crowds”
“None of them are coming close to BLACKPINK not even their 2019 crowd”
“Pinkchella had the world on pause”
“Streaming numbers sponsored by imagination”
“They need to be humbled”
“Their performance really made NO noise”
“I mean HYBE has always been great at lying about numbers, are we”
ENHYPEN fans defended their group in the comment sections, saying that the images were photoshopped.
“Can’t they just celebrate? Leave the boys alone with your toxicity”
“Y’all are so insecure lol”
“And our group has the ability to sing without heavy backtrack and are still together unlike yours”
“Can’t drag the vocals and performance so now they are making up other issues”
“The crowd kept growing by the time ENHYPEN hit the stage yet they still focus on the empty seats at the start”
“It’s funny how haters pull the false empty crowd on ENHYPEN because they can’t drag their performance down”
Meanwhile, Lisa, ENHYPEN, and Jennie will perform at Coachella 2025 this weekend on April 18,19, and 20 respectively.
