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Katseye Smashes Giant Pink Teddy Bear for

Katseye’s dynamic performance of ‘Pinky Up’ at the 2026 AMAs featured a giant,

Rolling Stone·May 26, 2026·via Rolling Stone

Katseye Smashes Giant Pink Teddy Bear for

AMAs 2026

Katseye Break Through a Giant Pink Teddy Bear to Perform ‘Pinky Up’ at 2026 AMAs

The performance marks the girl group's first awards show appearance since the 2026 Grammy Awards

Larisha Paul , Charisma Madarang May 25, 2026

Katseye delivered a fever dream performance of “ Pinky Up ” at the American Music Awards in Las Vegas on Monday evening.

The superstar group rolled up on the awards show stage via a massive pink teddy bear outfitted with with giant speakers for paws. In a setting that brought their music video for the hit single to the AMAs, Katseye interrupted a curious tea party to sing their high-energy track amid a cascade of color and floating stuffed animals.

Katseye scored three nominations at this year’s show, including New Artist of the Year and Breakthrough Pop Artist. The group also appeared in the Best Music Video category with “Gnarly,” which is up against releases from Rosalía, Sabrina Carpenter, Taylor Swift, and Tyla.

The AMAs mark the first awards show appearance from Katseye since the 2026 Grammy Awards, when they performed “Gnarly” as part of the Best New Artist nominee medley . While that was only a few months ago, a lot has changed for the group since then. In February, Hybe and Geffen Records announced that Manon Bannerman, one-sixth of the group, would be taking a temporary hiatus .

Their AMAs performance is their first televised appearance as a five-piece, while “Pinky Up” marked the group’s first musical release without Bannerman. The single arrived just in time for Katseye’s Coachella debut in April. “Coachella has been our number one dream since we became a group,” Lara Raj said at the festival. “I’m so happy you guys get to witness that.”