{"id":287961,"date":"2025-11-12T22:57:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T22:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/287961\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T22:57:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T22:57:07","slug":"katseye-say-theyve-received-thousands-of-death-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/287961\/","title":{"rendered":"Katseye Say They’ve Received Thousands of ‘Death Threats’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tOver the summer, the international girl group Katseye<\/a> told Rolling Stone<\/a> they had hired a group therapist to help them cope with the challenges of modern stardom. They may need that assistance now: In a new interview with the BBC<\/a>, the six members of the group allege they have received a barrage of death threats and other online harassment since making their debut last year \u2014 including one that, they say, involved Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).<\/p>\n

\n\tWhile discussing the unspecified threats and online hate directed their way, singer Lara Raj told the outlet, \u201cI try to tell myself it doesn\u2019t matter, but if 1,000 people are sending you death threats \u2026 even if it\u2019s not going to happen \u2026 it\u2019s heavy, and it\u2019s jarring.\u201d Singer Manon Bannerman said it was \u201cvery terrorizing on the mind.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tRaj in particular, who is of Tamil Indian background but is an American citizen, says she was reported to ICE for \u201cworking and residing in the United States without legal authorization.\u201d (Rolling Stone has reached out to the Department of Homeland Security for comment.)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tUntil now, Katseye were on something of a pop roll. The group was assembled by way of Geffen Records and HYBE\u2019s survival show, The Debut: Dream Academy. The competing finalists \u2014 including the six members who would ultimately be chosen \u2014 were documented in the Netflix reality show Pop Star Academy: Katseye. In 2023, the final lineup \u2014 which also includes Daniela Avanzini, Megan Skiendiel, and Yoonchae Jeung \u2014 was announced and Katseye officially launched. What followed was everything a pop group could hope for: a TikTok hit (\u201cTouch\u201d), a Lollapalooza slot, an MTV Video Music Award, and a Gap ad this fall (set to Kelis\u2019 \u201cMilkshake\u201d) that went heavily viral. The group is currently on its first tour and is up for a Best New Artist Grammy next year.<\/p>\n

\n\tBut the online world became part of their experience, too. \u201cPeople see us as women to rank,\u201d Raj told the BBC. \u201cThey\u2019ll grade us based on how pretty we are, our singing skill, dancing skill, and then add it up and give us a percentage.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n

\n\tAs Sophia Laforteza said, \u201cWe know that we signed up for being so public. We know it\u2019s a part of fame. But it doesn\u2019t change the fact that we are human.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe group, whose members hail from the U.S., South Korea, the Philippines, and Switzerland, has prided itself on its diverse lineup. \u201cPeople want to see diversity,\u201d Manon told the Associated Press<\/a>. \u201cPeople want to see themselves represented on the TV, on billboards. And I really hope that people high up see that and see that it works, and implement that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Over the summer, the international girl group Katseye told Rolling Stone they had hired a group therapist to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287962,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[88,91796],"class_list":{"0":"post-287961","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-katseye"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}