{"id":1955082,"date":"2026-05-26T02:18:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T23:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1955082"},"modified":"2026-05-26T02:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T23:18:07","slug":"katseye-saturates-the-stage-at-2026-american-music-awards-with-colorful-pinky-up-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1955082","title":{"rendered":"KATSEYE Saturates the Stage at 2026 American Music Awards With Colorful \u2018Pinky Up\u2019 Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tKATSEYE had the most colorful performance at the American Music Awards, hands down, with the girl group singing \u201cPinky Up\u201d for the crowd in Las Vegas on Monday (May 25). <\/p>\n

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\n\tPerforming at the center of an explosion of colors and choreography, members Daniela, Lara, Megan, Sophia and Yoonchae wowed the crowd in outfits comprised of miniature plushies while a vibrant teddy-bear-esque figure stood tall in the background. \u201cWe\u2019re screaming from cloud nine\/ No one can touch us if they tried\/ Ooh, but it\u2019s a state of mind,\u201d the ladies sang while twisting, turning and twerking on stage at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.<\/p>\n

\n\tDebuting at No. 28 on the Billboard Hot 100, \u201cPinky Up\u201d arrived in April ahead of KATSEYE\u2019s Wild <\/em>EP, which will drop in August. The group\u2019s AMAs performance comes as EYEKONs have been adjusting to the absence of Manon, who was not present on stage after going on hiatus in February \u201cto focus on her health and well-being,\u201d according to a statement released at the time.<\/p>\n

\n\tKATSEYE is up for three AMAs in 2026, earning nods for new artist of the year, best music video for single \u201cGnarly\u201d and breakthrough pop artist. The members provided just one of many performances at this year\u2019s ceremony, which was kicked off by BTS singing \u201cHooligan\u201d and also included live showcases from sombr, Karol G, Keith Urban, New Kids on the Block and more.<\/p>\n

\n\tNext up for KATSEYE \u2014 aside from the release of Wild<\/em>, which will feature five tracks \u2014 is a global tour kicking off in September.<\/p>\n

The American Music Awards are produced by Dick Clark Productions, which is owned by Penske Media Eldridge, a joint venture between Eldridge Industries and <\/em>Billboard parent company Penske Media.<\/em><\/p>\n

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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/P106J5L4-e1779760793205.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard KATSEYE had the most colorful performance at the American Music Awards, hands down, with the girl group singing \u201cPinky Up\u201d for the crowd in Las Vegas on Monday (May 25). Related Here Are the 2026 American Music Awards Winners: Full List (Updating\u00a0Live) 2026 American Music Awards Red Carpet: Best\u00a0Photos […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,226],"class_list":["post-1955082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-billboard-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1955082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1955082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1955082\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1955082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1955082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1955082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}