SNSD's Triumph on SBS Inkigayo

Finishing off the seemingly inevitable Music Bank & Inkigayo mutizen double, SNSD emerged victorious on this week's edition of SBS Inkigayo with their hit single "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)". Here's the performance, courtesy of CodeMonmonSeason3: Appearing regal in their nutcracker-esque outfits, the nine genies did their first headmic performance of "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)" on any music show. Since the choreography looks just fine with regular handmics, I'm not sure why the Inkigayo producers decided to use headmics, since they considerably hamper the vocals - especially Taeyeon's climactic ad-libs. Speaking of Taeyeon, the leader was visibly tearing up during the encore, which is odd only because she doesn't usually tear up so strongly during SNSD's victories. See for yourself, in this upload from CodeMonmonSeason3: Strangely, it's hard to tell whether her tears are those of joy or those of pain. And where there's mysterious pain, there's speculation. And where there's speculation, there are netizens. "Taeyeon cried" is already the #8 search on naver as of 5:05am (EST, July 12th), barely an hour after the event. For now, I guess all we can do is sit tight and let the Internet do its thing.