Katseye

KATSEYE is a South Korean- I mean, a girl group whose members come from all over the world. And by that, I mean four specific countries that aren't just South Korea. They have members from the United States, Philippines and Switzerland. However, to avoid confusion, three of the members are from the United States and there's one each that are not from the US of A. Despite this, however, they are actually based in Los Angeles.

Their name has NOTHING to do with these.

You may know the members after watching Nightmare College, which was the survival show that 6 of the members ended up getting a chance to be in the girl group. The most popular member of the group is Sophia, only because she's Filipina and her mother is an actress, which is why she ended up winning Nightmare College in first place. Every other member secured their spots either way. They formed in 2024, but they didn't blow up until the year after.

History

Nightmare College (pre-2024)

If you don't watch survival shows, Nightmare College is basically the western version of any K-pop survival show you could think of. Except, all of the potential members speak different languages. Out of the over 100,000 applicants that HYBE (same company behind BTS and NewJeans), only 20 of these contestants were selected only because they had prior musical experience. One of these girls ended up leaving due to her wanting to pursue a career in music production instead. At the end of the survival show, we get 6 of our members. These members being the aforementioned Sophia (from the Philippines), Lara, Megan and Daniela (each from the United States), Yoonchae (from South Korea) and Manon (from Switzerland), aka Meret Manon (or whoever we're going to refer to her).

2024-present

In 2024, KATSEYE began their journey into attempting to make Western pop girl groups more popular again after the disappearances of Fifth Harmony and Little Mix because girl groups from the East are more popular, even though they have two members from the East. Their first song is literally titled "First Song", while their second song, "Taste" ended up being their breakout hit only because of TikTok. While the latter song ended up on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100, it unsurprisingly did well in the Philippines at #22. They would release their first EP, Hard Is Weak on August 16. They would basically perform at music festivals around the United States in 2025 and did their first tour that only had them perform in Asia.

They would really break out with the song "I'm An E-Girl" from their second EP, A Terrible Order, which ended up getting their first hit on the Billboard Hot 100 after "Taste" didn't do well. It later got a remix from Ice Spice that no one really wanted. In fact, if they wanted to collaborate with her, the best time would've been a couple years ago. KATSEYE would release their second song, "Nightmare", which is about the survival show that they were on. One of the writers is Charli XCX of all people. A Terrible Order would be released a day after Manon's birthday on June 27, 2025, along with the third single, "Game Gear".

Discography

EPs

• Hard is Weak (2024)
• A Terrible Order (2025)

Singles

• "First Song" (2024)
• "Taste" (2024)
• "I'm An E-Girl" (2025)
• "Nightmare" (2025)
• "Game Gear" (2025)

See also

• Spice Girls
• Girls Aloud
• Confusion