KATSEYE’s Recent Announcement Is Hit With Major Backlash And Frustration

KATSEYE‘s recent announcement has been hit with major criticism.

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KATSEYE was revealed to be nominated for a GRAMMY.

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It was recently announced that KATSEYE would be performing at the GRAMMYs, and it was revealed that they are the first girl group to perform since Destiny’s Child over two decades ago.

KATSEYE is set to perform at this year’s #GRAMMYs.

The last girl group to grace the #GRAMMYs stage was Destiny’s Child, 24 years ago. pic.twitter.com/vTm1bqXJDR

— KATSEYE B✶SE (@KATSEYEBASE) January 21, 2026

This is actually just ridiculous idgaf https://t.co/L7tO9ztDBQ

— Q (@caughtupslag) January 21, 2026

24 years lol and they chose the group w the most mid ass songs https://t.co/gNWby4oZDw

— meria (@shashagatoo) January 22, 2026

We went from Destiny child performing “say my name” now we’re getting eat zucchini and “fried chicken “ https://t.co/pIW7VR0ubk

— sultryfilm (@Katwiiaa) January 22, 2026

and im supposed to take this award seriously lmaoaoao https://t.co/oo7R0Gb5yc

— ۟ (@cunhaz10) January 22, 2026

Lmfaooooo…. The Grammys just letting anybody on the stage. The industry really trying to push KATSEYE hunni. No thank you. They still haven’t announced FLO performing, Little Mix nor Fifth Harmony ever got recognized from the Grammy’s either. Hell no. https://t.co/0vTWLBfehw pic.twitter.com/dBVNczKXS4

— 💙🦋 (@flyingsavvy) January 22, 2026

They lowkey don’t deserve to be next to destiny’s child idk their impact was fried chicken gnarly… https://t.co/1GpFHNn2To

— ☮️ (@moneyupforlife) January 22, 2026

Even fans of the group couldn’t understand why KATSEYE was chosen to be the first girl group to perform since Destiny’s Child.

as much as i love KATSEYE, there’s a TON of others girl groups before them that deserved to be here https://t.co/0vmA9MeYIn

— sam ❯❯❯️❯ (@ziallsvanilla) January 22, 2026

Since debuting, KATSEYE’s achievements have sparked a divide in views.