KATSEYE singer Lara Raj has revealed the Grammy-nominated lady group have been focused with demise threats and racist harassment.
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The 20-year-old singer, who’s of Tamil Indian heritage and a US citizen, mentioned she’s been overwhelmed by the dimensions of the abuse.
She informed BBC Information: “I attempt to inform myself it does not matter, but when 1,000 persons are sending you demise threats, it is jarring.
“Even when it isn’t going to occur, it is heavy.”
Raj additionally disclosed that she was falsely reported to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), with claims that she was “working and residing in america with out authorized authorisation.”
In response to the net abuse, Raj has stepped again from social media.
She mentioned: “I deleted Twitter (now-X).
“I realised I’m not the viewers for different individuals’s opinions.”
KATSEYE, who’re nominated for Finest New Artist on the 2026 Grammys, haven’t detailed the precise nature of the threats.
The women just lately expressed that their greatest aim is to make a “real influence on tradition” and “change pop music”.
The Los Angeles-based Okay-pop-style lady group – who fashioned on the truth present Dream Academy in 2023 – just lately made their stay debut within the UK, with an intimate live performance at London’s Exhibition White Metropolis as a part of an unique fan showcase.
Sophia mentioned the lady group – accomplished by Daniela, Manon, Megan, and Yoonchae – need individuals from internationally to “really feel seen”.
She was quoted by The Solar newspaper’s Weird column as saying: “Making a real influence on tradition is our greatest aim – that being illustration and altering pop music.
“An enormous factor about us is being versatile. We change it up with each challenge we put out. Even on every EP, each music is completely different and that’s vital to us.
“I like placing our cultures into every one in every of our songs, like we did on Gabriela – we need to put in our personal languages, make individuals really feel seen and be the illustration that we by no means had.”
KATSEYE’s members come from the Philippines, South Korea, Switzerland and the US.
After making their triumphant debut within the UK, the women hinted they’d be again “quickly”.
They informed the 800 attendees on the showcase: “We will’t consider that that is our first present within the UK, you guys’ power has been past unbelievable, it’s been so wonderful!”. They comply with on, “Thanks a lot for popping out to see us, we’ll positively be again quickly, we love the UK.”
Till they make their return to the UK, KATSEYE are set to embark on their upcoming US tour later this 12 months.