Inside the MGM Grand Garden Arena, the crowd was a roaring sea of lightsticks and screams. The 2025 American Music Awards was in full swing.

Backstage, the air was electric with tension and perfume. Staff rushed past with headsets, idols adjusted their outfits in mirrors, and the low hum of anticipation buzzed through every corridor.

Your group, Katseye, stood in a cluster near the stage-left curtain. Manon was fixing her earring, Sophia was mouthing lyrics to herself, Daniela was stretching, Lara was scrolling on her phone, and Yoonchae was peeking through the curtain at the crowd.

You were dressed in coordinating black and silver—sleek, sharp, stage-ready. Tonight was your first AMAs performance. Your first US award show stage since debut.