Rei: Being labeled "missing belt" because of his hypocritical attitude, trying to change but still being criticized for being incompetent?

Expected to be a new generation female singer who will make a big deal in the entertainment industry, but Rei is then involved in noise, from attitude to talent. Despite her efforts to change day by day, the female singer has always been labeled incompetent.

IVE is a group that has received a lot of attention since their debut. Besides the catchy music, the market has also been associated with this group since their debut. IVE is constantly involved in controversies such as disrespect to seniors, poor live singing, discrimination, etc. In which Rei - the only foreign member in the group, is the one who receives the most criticism because his singing skills.

Rei's real name is Naoi Rei, born in 2004, in Japan. Rei is also the only member of IVE whose nationality is Japanese. At the famous Seoul School of Performing Arts (SOPA) Rei successfully passed the audition. From there she moved to Korea to start a new life. She continued to study and started her path to becoming an idol.

Rei has a beautiful appearance that is not inferior to any member of the group. At IVE, she will take the position of rapper and also the position of backing vocalist. From his own experience, Rei was highly anticipated by everyone when he debuted at IVE.

Ever since Starship Entertainment announced the new girl group project, Rei has caught the attention of her chubby and cute face. In her personality short hair, the female idol's beauty is even more perfect. In particular, the Japanese-born female idol also has a huge profile that makes fans believe that she will be one of the key members, carrying the team with a good voice.

Besides, the side stories of classmates about Rei also attracted many people's attention. A female student once revealed that during her time at SOPA, Rei was a very wonderful person, beautiful and always cheerful.

"Not only the girls but also the boys always say that Rei is very cute. Rei was even liked by boys in other departments since his freshman year in high school. Rei once cried when talking about his family in school. Even though he cried, he was still so cute that his friends "heartbroken" and came to comfort him. When they heard that Rei was about to debut, everyone was very happy and cheered for him", a classmate of Rei's. tell.

Expected by fans to make a splash when debuting with IVE. However, before her debut, she and her teammates were entangled in many unpleasant noises. In a series of encore stages of the song ELEVEN, IVE was constantly "devious", using emotional excuses when receiving trophies to avoid singing live.

During encore stages to celebrate his victory, Rei often failed to complete his line. Not only one stage and every stage, she also dodged the high note by chanting the name of the group's fandom - Dive (Korean pronunciation reads as "belly"), instead of singing the original.

This makes the audience extremely uncomfortable. Many people think that the Japanese female idol is "bad at singing and also deceitful". The online community even called Rei "Miss belt" and made a clip mocking her. Rei then seemed to become the focus of criticism.

Not stopping there, IVE was then caught up in an disrespectful controversy with seniors. The series of controversies about IVE and Rei in the early days of their debut made the audience bored.

Criticized like that, but now, Rei has gradually won the hearts of the audience. She is considered by Knet as the most prominent new generation Japanese female idol today. Rei often hits hot topics with her cute looks, her fancam is also among the top in the group,... Rei was also chosen as a model for a Japanese cosmetic brand. It can be said that Rei has erased most of his aversion and has a very promising future.

In his comeback with Love Dive, Rei surprised the audience with his improved live singing ability. During the live and encore stages, Rei no longer avoided the line, but instead sang loudly and clearly. Even many people commented that Rei is the member with the best and most stable live ability in the group. Fans are extremely proud of Rei's outstanding progress.

Rei then also showed his precious personality through IVE's reality show 1,2,3 IVE. The show sets up a hidden camera with Rei: a female scriptwriter assistant drops a cake - props for the recording of IVE, and risks being reprimanded by the main scriptwriter for this.

In order for the female assistant not to be scolded, Rei admitted that he was the one who dropped the cake. This act of hers has conquered everyone's hearts. All the hate seems to disappear, many people who previously criticized Rei have now "turned the car around", praising the female idol.

Gradually regaining sympathy with the public, on April 11, Starship Entertainment suddenly announced the health status of member Rei. The company said Rei's health was impaired. The female idol encountered symptoms such as heart palpitations, shortness of breath, and chest tightness. Rei was advised to take the time to heal and stabilize his health.

Starship Entertainment said that after a discussion between the company and Rei, the female idol decided to take a break from activities for a while. Starship hopes fans understand and promises to try to help Rei treat and recover.

Previously, on April 10, Rei made fans worried when suddenly leaving the event to introduce the group's first full album. Specifically, IVE held an album launch event called I've Ive. On this day, Rei appeared in the photo session but she was unable to stay until the end of the event. Due to her bad health, the female idol had to be hospitalized.

Many people think that in order to survive for a long time in this extremely harsh Kpop environment, the fact that Rei has only been a rookie for a few months, but has been constantly entangled in controversy and criticism, is a great pressure to make his health condition worse. of the young female singer went bad.

Fortunately, on May 27, Starship announced that Rei's health had improved: "Recently, Rei's health has improved significantly and she has decided to continue with group activities. We will carefully monitor the health of IVE members, including Rei, and do our best to take care of the artist while they carry out their schedules."

IVE has only officially debuted at the end of 2021, but the achievements of 6 Starship girls have made many senior groups "smell". Even, IVE surpassed seniors like TWICE and BLACKPINK to win music trophies.

However, compared with the Gen 4 idol lineup, it can be seen that IVE is a name that is constantly mentioned because of its talent weakness. IVE's talent is underestimated. From the first live performance after winning on a music show, the Starship girls were strongly criticized for their weak vocals, lack of breath, and even avoiding high notes. However, currently, Korean netizens are quite "loving" IVE when they think that the group is making remarkable progress.