Woman group KATSEYE took the stage on the American Music Awards Monday, performing their newest single “Pinky Up.”
The six-member outfit — made up of members Daniela, Lara, Manon, Megan, Sophia and Yoonchae — went into the Memorial Day awards ceremony up for 3 awards together with new artist of the yr, greatest music video and breakthrough pop artist. KATSEYE appeared as a five-member group on the AMAs, although, as member Manon stays on hiatus.
For “Pinky Up” the group kicked issues off with an onstage tea get together with large teddy bears interspersed among the many tables. KATSEYE then marched to the middle of the stage as they delivered a dance-heavy efficiency, full with fairly just a few pinkies up moments. The intense pink backdrop additionally featured teddy bears.
The group later received new artist of the yr and celebrated the BTS, saying the Okay-pop superstars, “inspired us to represent our culture on a global scale.”
KATSEYE’s mainstream profile exploded final yr, largely partially because of the group’s viral single, “Gnarly,” which took social media by storm after movies of the group’s energetic and attention-grabbing performances had been shared on-line. Their follow-up single, “Gabriela,” which scored them a Grammy nomination in one of the best pop duo/group efficiency class, solidified their success. The songs additionally landed the KATSEYE their first entries on the Billboard Sizzling 100. “Gabriela” spent 28 weeks on the chart.
The pop outfit was shaped by a three way partnership between Okay-pop large Hybe and American music label Geffen Information with the intent to make use of the Okay-pop mannequin to type a worldwide woman group. The members had been chosen on the competitors collection, Dream Academy, whereas your entire course of main as much as that competitors collection and the group’s eventual debut was captured within the Netflix docuseries Pop Star Academy.
Final month, KATSEYE took one other main step of their profession, performing on the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Pageant for the primary time. In a shock transfer throughout their set, KATSEYE introduced out the women of Huntrix, the fictional woman group from KPop Demon Hunters, made up of singers EJAE, Ami and Nuna. The newly shaped supergroup carried out Demon Hunters’ award-winning anthem “Golden” throughout KATSEYE’s set.
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Hilary Lewis contributed to this report.
