KATSEYE Viral Comments Before “Embarrassing” GRAMMYs Performance Spark Criticism

KATSEYE‘s comments before their GRAMMYs performance have sparked criticism, with the video going viral on social media.

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On February 1 (local time), KATSEYE performed “Gnarly” at the GRAMMYs but were criticized for their vocals.

KATSEYE Gets Flamed For Live Vocal Performance At “2025 Grammy Awards”

The internet was full of criticism towards the performance.

they are beautiful and great dancers but katseye might deadass be one of the worst musical acts to currently exist how are they not embarrassed

— Skye🪡 (@ANKLE_BITTENN) February 2, 2026

Wow katseye…I knew you sucked but this is just low pic.twitter.com/lu3d3R8pOD

— 𝒮𝓅𝓇ℯ𝒶𝒹 𝓅ℴ𝓈𝒾𝓉𝒾𝓋𝒾𝓉𝓎 ❤ (@bponrepeat_1) February 2, 2026

katseye is getting ripped to shreds man 😭 and I cannot defend them. the performance wasn’t “bad” but they made it look like the kid’s choice awards. WHYYYYY would they do gnarly? I cannot get over that

— ★ LIISA ★ (@fcknliisa) February 2, 2026

katseye really really really has to stop performing that song in front of respectable people

— iso (@rainsblog) February 2, 2026

Following the performance, a clip of the members before the stage went viral as one of the members said, “Remember how everyone used to hate this song. Now we’re playing it at the Grammys, b*tch.”

THEY ATE WITH THIS ONE SO BAD LMAOOO THEIR PERFORMANCE WAS JUST AMAZING 🥹 @KATSEYE #katseye #grammys #grammyawards #fyp #viral gnarly grammys performance

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The quote was shared online.

KATSEYE on performin Gnarly at the Grammys:

"Remember how everyone used to hate this song, now we're playing it at the Grammys B*tch" pic.twitter.com/qwL8YH7Zgs

— About Music (@AboutMusicYT) February 2, 2026

The comments saw netizens criticizing KATSEYE for the comments, sharing that while it was a hated song, many thought the performance led to even more controversy with the song being the center of hate from not just K-Pop fans but locals who watched the GRAMMYs.

THEY ARE SO CORNY 😭

— BlenderMan✦ (@obvioyuh) February 2, 2026

“used to”
girl we still hate it https://t.co/5rTV5r0Kgb

— 🕷️ (@baejeanies) February 2, 2026

You played it at the Grammys and made sure even more people would hate it. Congrats. https://t.co/6l5vcbSSqc

— Droid (@markzdroid) February 2, 2026

the way it gained more hate
pic.twitter.com/OT9FpB9q9m https://t.co/sgfZTeW55c

— –m (@sjnicln) February 2, 2026

y’all really gaslighted these girls way too much 😭 https://t.co/dMn29EACRD

— Pikachu (@quarrelpinks) February 2, 2026

The performance was definitely divisive.