{"id":175759,"date":"2026-09-17T13:23:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T20:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=175759"},"modified":"2026-09-17T13:23:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T20:23:32","slug":"katseye-members-unfollow-ed-sheeran-amid-macklemore-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/katseye-members-unfollow-ed-sheeran-amid-macklemore-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"KATSEYE members unfollow Ed Sheeran amid Macklemore controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several<strong> KATSEYE<\/strong> members have unfollowed <strong>Ed Sheeran<\/strong> on Instagram amid controversy surrounding his Loop tour. Fans noticed on September 15, 2026, that Manon, Daniela, Lara, Megan and Yoonchae were no longer following the \u201cShape of You\u201d creator. The collective unfollow came after rapper Macklemore was removed from the remaining U.S. dates of Ed Sheeran\u2019s tour due to his comments supporting Palestinians during a September 5 performance in New Jersey.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lara and Megan have both liked Macklemore\u2019s statement after his removal by Ed Sheeran and his team from upcoming tour due to his support of Palestine. <\/p>\n<p>Manon, Megan, and Lara have all unfollowed Ed Sheeran on Instagram. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/FREEPALESTINE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FREEPALESTINE<\/a> \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8\ud83e\udd0d\ud83e\udec2 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6uEyZrVjbv\">pic.twitter.com\/6uEyZrVjbv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; KATSEYE News (@NewsKatseye) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NewsKatseye\/status\/2099906678778990781?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 15, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fans noticed that Lara and Megan liked a post Macklemore shared explaining the reasons behind his removal and supporting Palestine. In addition, fans confirmed that Lara began following the rapper after liking his post. These actions have sparked mixed reactions, with some fans supporting the members\u2019choices and others calling for further steps, including removing \u201cAnimal\u201d from future KATSEYE shows.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"KATSEYE (\ucea3\uce20\uc544\uc774) &quot;Animal&quot; Official MV\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m7k9UMcHbr0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ed Sheeran co-wrote \u201cAnimal,\u201d one of the singles from KATSEYE\u2019s third EP, released in July. He previously said he became interested in the group after hearing their 2025 single \u201cGnarly\u201d and eventually contacted them to collaborate on a song. The controversy surrounding Macklemore\u2019s removal after speaking in support of Palestine has also translated to other supporting acts on the Loop tour. Finneas O\u2019Connell, Aaron Rowe, Beoga and Lukas Graham withdrew from the tour in solidarity with Macklemore and Palestinian people. Meanwhile, the tour is scheduled to resume in Philadelphia on September 19 with no confirmed opening artists. Ed Sheeran has not publicly commented on KATSEYE\u2019s decision to unfollow him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several KATSEYE members have unfollowed Ed Sheeran on Instagram amid controversy surrounding his Loop tour. Fans noticed on September 15, 2026, that Manon, Daniela, Lara, Megan and Yoonchae were no longer following the \u201cShape of You\u201d creator. The collective unfollow came after rapper Macklemore was removed from the remaining U.S. dates of Ed Sheeran\u2019s tour [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":175760,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,7,4],"tags":[3392],"class_list":["post-175759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-news","category-pop","tag-katseye"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175759"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":175763,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175759\/revisions\/175763"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}