On December 31, 2016, Carey attempted to sing "Emotions" during a live performance in Times Square for the television special "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve", but the performance was afflicted by technical issues that prevented her from hearing her backing track. Carey's management claimed that the producers of the program had refused to acknowledge the issue prior to her performance and had "set her up to fail," but these claims were denied by Dick Clark Productions. The song was also featured in Carey's Las Vegas residency, "The Butterfly Returns". For the Caution World Tour in 2019, the song was part of a medley alongside "You Don't Know What To Do".