{"id":372495,"date":"2026-04-03T06:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T06:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/372495\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T06:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T06:06:07","slug":"manon-shares-update-with-fans-after-katseye-hiatus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/372495\/","title":{"rendered":"Manon Shares Update With Fans After Katseye Hiatus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tWhen Katseye teased their upcoming song, \u201cPinky Up,\u201d with a short clip on Thursday, April 2, fans were quick to point out that Manon Bannerman was nowhere to be found. Although some are holding out hope that she\u2019d be featured in the full music video, others have noticed that Bannerman removed any mention of the girl group from her Instagram bio.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tAmid mounting speculation that she won\u2019t be returning following news of her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/katseye-manon-hiatus-focus-health-wellbeing-1235520533\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">temporary hiatus <\/a>back in February, Bannerman reportedly sent fans a Weverse message later on Thursday. \u201cThank you so much for all the love and support you\u2019ve been sending my way. I\u2019m really grateful for the patience and kindness everyone has shown during this time,\u201d she wrote, via <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/hannahabraham\/2026\/04\/02\/fans-cant-spot-manon-in-katseyes-new-single-teaser\/\">Forbes<\/a>. \u201cHxG and I are having positive conversations and I feel supported. I\u2019m happy and I\u2019m healthy. I\u2019ll share more soon. Thank you for always being there for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tOn Feb. 20, Hybe and Geffen Records announced that after \u201copen 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 that the companies \u201cfully support this decision\u201d and that Katseye will \u201ccontinue scheduled activities during this time, and we look forward to being together again when the time is right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tAs the group prepares for their Coachella debut in April, none of the other five members of Katseye have yet to comment on Bannerman\u2019s hiatus.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIn a February interview with <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecut.com\/article\/katseye-group-interview-internet-girl-cut-cover-2026.html?isNewSocialUser=false&amp;providerId=apple.com\">The Cut<\/a>, Bannerman discussed the pressure of being the sole Black member of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/katseye\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Katseye<\/a>. \u201cBeing called lazy, especially as a Black girl, is not fair,\u201d she said, commenting on the criticism that has followed her since\u00a0Dream Academy, where the singer missed rehearsals due to illness. \u201cNow I feel like I always need to put in extra work to prove something, even though I really don\u2019t.\u201d Bannerman only missed one date of their debut headlining tour, which concluded in December. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tRolling Stone music writer Larisha Paul examined the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/manon-katseye-hiatus-black-girl-group-members-1235521562\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> isolation and pressures artists who have been in Bannerman\u2019s position have faced<\/a>. \u201cThe idea that Black women should simply power through, or endure mistreatment under the guise of proving themselves, is systemic. It\u2019s a perpetual test designed for them to fail,\u201d wrote Paul. \u201cIt\u2019s expected that they not only overextend themselves to prove their place, but also that they should feel lucky to be there \u2014 and be considered \u2014 at all. But it\u2019s never a privilege to suffer and struggle.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When Katseye teased their upcoming song, \u201cPinky Up,\u201d with a short clip on Thursday, April 2, fans were&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[146,85,46,10660,409],"class_list":{"0":"post-372495","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-katseye","12":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}