{"id":832802,"date":"2026-07-30T05:41:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T05:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/832802\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T05:41:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T05:41:11","slug":"laufey-singer-speaks-out-after-fans-slam-her-for-choosing-little-girl-as-best-dressed-at-perth-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/832802\/","title":{"rendered":"Laufey: Singer speaks out after fans slam her for choosing little girl as best-dressed at Perth concert"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jazz pop singer Laufey has been forced to speak out after fans were outraged she picked a child as her best-dressed guest at her Perth concert on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old Icelandic-Chinese artist kicked off her Australian A Matter of Time Tour at RAC Arena, where she thanked her thousands of fans for \u201ca beautiful first show\u201d.<\/p>\n

One part of her show features a moment where Laufey picks a fan wearing her favourite Mei Mei the Bunny costume and brings them up to the stage for a meet-and-greet.<\/p>\n

Mei Mei, meaning younger sister in Chinese, is the musician\u2019s mascot and fan symbol who also serves as the main character in a children\u2019s book written by Laufey and published in April.<\/p>\n

The lucky fan receives a paper crown and an autograph.<\/p>\n

At the Perth show, Laufey crowned young fan Clara as her best-dressed guest, saying she \u201ccaptured her heart\u201d and looked \u201cabsolutely adorable\u201d.<\/p>\n

Little Clara couldn\u2019t have been more excited, with a huge smile on her face as her idol signed her copy of the picture book.<\/p>\n

Despite the winning fan being Laufey\u2019s choice, many were not impressed by a child winning, saying she \u201cdid not deserve it\u201d and wouldn\u2019t appreciate the interaction.<\/p>\n

Outraged fans bullied the little girl in the comments of Laufey\u2019s TikTok video that captured the whole interaction and showed her outfit.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is so f…ed up. She\u2019s cute but she did NOT deserve it,\u201d one said.<\/p>\n

Another commented: \u201cUndeserved and unfair. I love you, Laufey, but you clearly only did this to show that you care for your younger audience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other TikTok users said that while the young fan\u2019s outfit was \u201cso cute\u201d, there were other outfits they thought were more deserving.<\/p>\n

One said: \u201cHer fit was so cute, but I feel like one of the others should\u2019ve won because it\u2019s more detailed. Not hating on the little girl; I\u2019m just saying I feel like someone else should\u2019ve won.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another added: \u201cI\u2019m glad the child was happy, but people put so much money and time into these outfits and a little child won, who couldn\u2019t even compare to theirs\ud83d\ude2d it just pisses me off.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"LaufeyCamera IconLaufey in Perth. Credit: Nicole Mago<\/p>\n

All the negativity coming in prompted Laufey to defend Clara, saying she didn\u2019t pick her because she was a child.<\/p>\n

\u201cHer outfit was so beautiful and detailed, and I loved it not because of her age but because it was my fav that I saw that night!<\/p>\n

\u201cBest Dressed guest is not a perfect system – luck plays a part as well! We don\u2019t scan every single person, so sometimes we miss great outfits and people.<\/p>\n

\u201cBest Dressed guest is meant to be a fun little moment. Please, please don\u2019t ever write negative comments about a child or anyone for the matter. It goes against EVERYTHING I stand for.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started doing this because I love encouraging people to dress up and express themselves. I wish I could crown everybody, but I sadly can\u2019t. Let\u2019s just enjoy dressing up and singing and dancing together. Love you!!\u201d<\/p>\n

Other fans supported Laufey\u2019s choice and couldn\u2019t believe there were \u201cgrown ass adults crying about a child winning a paper crown over them\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen did everyone get such bad sportsmanship omg,\u201d one fan said.<\/p>\n

\"LolaCamera IconLola Tung, Alysa Liu, KATSEYE’s Megan, Laufey, and Hudson Williams in the music video for Madwoman. Credit: Supplied<\/p>\n

Another fan said: \u201cSome of you need to grow up; she is adorable and deserves it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGrown adults out here acting like grade school bullies to a child by the way,\u201d a third added.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy is everyone so negative? This is gonna be a core memory for the kid,\u201d another fan said.<\/p>\n

Some fans offered some feedback to Laufey, suggesting the competition should\u2019ve been split up by age group.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, I feel like they should\u2019ve picked two winners: one for the child because she obviously deserved it as she worked hard but also one for somebody who had a really complex outfit,\u201d one fan said.<\/p>\n

Another person said that the fallout was why they believed artists should stop doing audience interactive segments in shows.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs unfortunate as it is people take a fun moment with the artist and crowd and turn it into one big toxic competition. Like fans get upset when artist start to restrict these moments to celebs mid way through touring but look how people are reacting to a literal CHILD getting chosen for these kinds of moments.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another fan was shocked to see Laufey\u2019s normally \u201cchill\u201d fandom reacting so negatively.<\/p>\n

Laufey is set to perform in Melbourne on Thursday, Friday and Saturday before heading to Brisbane and Sydney.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jazz pop singer Laufey has been forced to speak out after fans were outraged she picked a child…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":832803,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134,136,46,45],"class_list":["post-832802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-perth","tag-wa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=832802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/832803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=832802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=832802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=832802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}