{"id":506949,"date":"2026-03-01T07:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T07:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/506949\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T07:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T07:51:10","slug":"leigh-anne-names-manon-and-normani-as-dream-collaborators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/506949\/","title":{"rendered":"Leigh-Anne Names Manon and Normani as Dream Collaborators"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tLeigh-Anne\u00a0Pinnock<\/a> has revealed that she would love to collaborate with Manon Bannerman and\u00a0Normani<\/a>\u00a0in the future.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a fan video circulating on social media, the singer was asked which artists she would love to work with. Leigh-Anne replied, \u201cMe, Manon and Normani, yeah? Fire.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe suggestion carries added weight following recent events. On Feb. 20, KATSEYE announced<\/a> that member Manon would be taking a temporary hiatus \u201cto focus on her health and wellbeing,\u201d according to a statement shared via the group\u2019s Weverse community by HYBE and Geffen.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cAfter open and thoughtful conversations together, we are sharing that Manon will be taking a temporary hiatus from group activities to focus on her health and wellbeing,\u201d the message read. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe fully support this decision. KATSEYE remains committed to showing up for one another and for the fans who mean everything to us. The group will continue scheduled activities during this time, and we look forward to being together again when the time is right. Thank you to our EYEKONS for your continued love, patience, and understanding.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHours later, Manon appeared to address fans directly through Weverse DMs, writing: \u201cI\u2019m healthy, I\u2019m okay, and I\u2019m taking care of myself. Thank u for checking in! Sometimes things unfold in ways we don\u2019t fully control, but I\u2019m trusting the bigger picture.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tLeigh-Anne, who coincidentally released her debut solo album My Ego Told Me To the same day as the hiatus announcement (Feb. 20), publicly showed support for Manon. <\/p>\n

\n\tResponding to a fan on X who noted that she, Manon and Normani had followed one another on Instagram, Leigh-Anne wrote: \u201cWe need to protect each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAll three artists were the lone Black members of their respective girl groups \u2014 Little Mix, Fifth Harmony and KATSEYE \u2014 a dynamic that has sparked ongoing conversations among fans about representation, visibility and industry pressures.<\/p>\n

\n\tLeigh-Anne rose to global fame with Little Mix, which formed on The X Factor UK in 2011 and went on to earn multiple U.K. No. 1 albums and Billboard-charting singles. Normani emerged as a breakout presence in Fifth Harmony, whose 2016 hit \u201cWork From Home\u201d peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 before the group went on hiatus in 2018. KATSEYE, formed through HYBE and Geffen\u2019s The Debut: Dream Academy, has rapidly built a global fanbase since its launch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leigh-Anne\u00a0Pinnock has revealed that she would love to collaborate with Manon Bannerman and\u00a0Normani\u00a0in the future. In a fan…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":506950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,23827,341,15111],"class_list":["post-506949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-genre-pop","tag-music","tag-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}