" Problem " was first performed by Grande at the 2014 Radio Disney Music Awards on April 26 , 2014 , which were aired a day later on April 27 , 2014 . It was later performed at Jeffrey Sanker 's annual White Party in Palm Springs . Grande has since also performed " Problem " at the 2014 iHeartRadio Music Awards on May 1 , 2014 , on '' The Ellen DeGeneres Show '' on May 6 , 2014 , and at the Born Free Africa Mother 's Day Family Carnival on May 11 . Grande has also performed the song at various concerts including the 2014 KIIS-FM 's 102.7 Wango Tango annual concert alongside Azalea , for the first time performed with her on May 10 , the annual Kiss 108 fm 's 2014 Kiss Concert on May 31 , 2014 and at the 2014 New York 103.5 KTU concert KTUphoria on June 29 , 2014 . Grande performed the song at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards alongside Azalea on May 18 , 2014 . Later , Grande performed on the season 18 finale of '' Dancing with the Stars '' on May 20 , 2014 and at the 2014 MuchMusic Video Awards on June 15 . She performed " Problem " at the 2014 iHeartRadio Ultimate Pool Party , and a piano version on the one-day revival of Total Request Live . On August 28 , Grande performed the song at the program Today Show and also during a pocket show held at the Honda Stage at the iHeartRadio Theatre in LA . She also performed " Problem " along with " Bang Bang " and " Break Free " on '' The X Factor Australia '' on September 8 , 2014 . Still on September 8 , Ariana performed the song at the Australian TV Show '' Sunrise '' along with Break Free . On September 12 she performed a medley version of Problem and Break Free in the Japanese TV Show Music Station . She also performed " Problem " at the iHeartRadio Music Festival on September 19 , 2014 . Ariana performed the song along with " Break Free " at the 2014 MTV Europe Music Awards on November 9 , 2014 . Ariana performed the song along with " Break Free " and " Love Me Harder " at the American Music Awards on November 23 , 2014
2014 MTV Europe Music Awards
2014 MTV Europe Music Awards
Problem (song)