‘DAH!’: PinkPantheress has finally revealed why she barked at that man at the Grammys

At the Grammys earlier this month, the ever-iconic PinkPantheress confused the world (and a few other planets) by seemingly barking at a man during an interview.

In a wholesome exchange with an AP journalist on the red carpet, PinkPantheress and the man exchanged compliments. He said she looked like a “million bucks”, at which point she quite literally barked at him with what sounded like “DAH!”

Pinkpantheress bark laugh 😭 girl what

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— And ⦿ ☰ ☲ ⁷🇨🇴 ARIRANG (@PurpleChamchi) February 2, 2026

The clip went mega viral on TikTok and Twitter, with many applauding how unhinged and relatable PinkPantheress was. The girlies of KATSEYE even referenced it on a talk show, exchanging barks like it was completely normal.

Prophesying its rise to meme stardom, one person wrote: “I’m about to get a lot of mileage out of Pinkpantheress’s bark, btw.”

Though she didn’t reveal the context of her bark, PinkPantheress addressed it in a viral TikTok that read: “Going to the Grammys tonight! Wish me luck! What could go wrong??”

@pinkpantheress

feeling too too too too too too tootootootootootootootooyootootoo good in the back of this @waymo #waymopartner

♬ original sound – 😘🙈☺️

We finally know why PinkPantheress barked at the Grammys

Whilst in Australia, PinkPantheress addressed her viral Grammys barking moment in an interview with triple j.

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She explained: “I was just doing the interview. He was such a lovely interviewer, just so sweet and so nice. In my normal life, I’m just really bad at taking compliments.

“So what I do is I kind of like scoff when people give me compliments. I’ll be like ‘Oh stop’, and I think I just over ooped the scoff a little bit there and it came out really badly.”

@triplej

@Abby & Tyrone asked #pinkpantheress about THAT grammy’s moment. @😘🙈☺️ #pinkpantheressedit #lanewayfestival #sydney #grammys

♬ original sound – triple j

Recalling the moment, she admitted to thinking “oh f**ck” the moment it left her mouth. Then she looked to the side and realised it was a live interview.

Reacting to the revelation, one person wrote: “Why do they expect famous people to act any differently than the rest of us. That was such a valid response.”

“Now this is journalism,” someone else added.

It’s so nice knowing that some celebrities are just like the rest of us: Making it up as they go along. Iconic.

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Featured image credit: AP