{"id":380206,"date":"2026-04-07T21:15:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T21:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/380206\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T21:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T21:15:12","slug":"katseyes-manon-talked-group-dynamics-before-hiatus-you-pick-your-battles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/380206\/","title":{"rendered":"KATSEYE’s Manon Talked Group Dynamics Before Hiatus: ‘You Pick Your Battles’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBeing in a pop group is a lot of work. Aside from the endless press, appearances, performances, choreo rehearsals and travel, there\u2019s the trickiest work of all: managing personalities and relationships in an often high-pressure situation. Currently on-hiatus KATSEYE<\/a> member Manon Bannerman hinted as much in a new NYLON<\/a> cover story about the international girl group that was completed before the singer announced in February that she was taking a temporary hiatus<\/a> to \u201cfocus on her health and well-being.\u201d <\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cBeing in a group, it\u2019s just about good communication and setting good boundaries and building a friendship, but also work relationship, and always remembering that it\u2019s a shared goal that we have,\u201d Manon told the magazine, which noted that remaining members Yoonchae Jeung, Sophia Laforteza, Daniela Avanzini, Lara Raj and Megan Skiendiel declined to answer additional questions about Manon\u2019s hiatus when the news broke of her hiatus after the initial interview was completed.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThere\u2019s six of us, so obviously not everyone\u2019s always going to be on the same page about everything,\u201d Manon added. As an example, she noted that during photo shoots two members might have their eye on the same outfit, leading to a tough decision about who gets to wear what. \u201cBut I think we all are at, or have been learning and are finally coming to, a point where for the group\u2019s sake, you give and you take. You pick your battles,\u201d she told the magazine.<\/p>\n

\n\tKATSEYE came together in 2023 via the reality competition series The Debut: Dream Academy, in which 20 candidates were cut down to the final six-member group, who\u2019ve gone on to release two EPs \u2014\u00a02024\u2019s\u00a0SIS (Soft Is Strong)\u00a0and 2025\u2019s\u00a0Beautiful Chaos\u00a0\u2014 with the latter launching their first two Billboard Hot 100 hits: \u201cGnarly\u201d (No. 82) and \u201cGabriela\u201d (No. 26).<\/p>\n

\n\tSince their formation, the group told NYLON that they\u2019ve tried several methods of sorting out any differences, including a majority-rules method. Though when it came to tough decisions on new songs or choreo, that approach has sometimes felt too exclusionary and potentially divisive. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe\u2019ve learned that if even just one person doesn\u2019t feel good about a certain thing, we need to heavily consider and communicate about it \u2014 because it\u2019s not about the majority enjoying it and just having the people who don\u2019t enjoy it adjust,\u201d said Sophia. \u201cIf we don\u2019t feel comfortable, we don\u2019t feel passionate. We don\u2019t feel good about something. We need to help that person see another perspective or adjust everything overall because it really is hard to perform a song if you don\u2019t enjoy it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tSophia and Manon of KATSEYE from NYLON magazine.<\/p>\n

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\n\tWhen all is said and done, Sophia said it\u2019s all about professionalism and mutual respect. \u201cWe\u2019re only as strong as our weakest member,\u201d she told the magazine. \u201cWe need to make sure that we\u2019re all showing up for each other and all going at the same pace. We cannot leave anybody behind.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThat all-for-one approach was in evidence in the announcement of Manon\u2019s hiatus in February, when HYBE and Geffen posted a notice on the Weverse fan community that read: \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 well-being. We 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\tAfter missing out on a run of South American shows last month, Manon is also expected to sit out the group\u2019s performance at the Coachella Festival this weekend in Indio, Calif. on Friday (April 10) and the following weekend (April 17). At press time it was unknown if Manon will be on hand for future shows this summer, including the Governors Ball Festival on June 5 in New York, the Hinterlands Music Festival in Saint Charles, Iowa on July 30 and the 88rising Festival: Head in the Clouds<\/a> in Los Angeles on Aug. 8.<\/p>\n


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