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2025 Invision

Megan Skiendiel, from left, Manon Bannerman, Sophia Laforteza, foreground center, Yoonchae, Daniela Avanzini and Lara Raj of KATSEYE pose for a portrait on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Rebecca Cabage/Invision/AP)

The experiment was a remarkable success. In 2023, the Hybe Corporation and Geffen Records set out on a quest to create a massively popular global girl group. The following year, their process was documented on the Netflix series “Popstar Academy: Katseye.” That June, the sextet Katseye debuted.

But this was no ordinary pop act. Members of the multilingual, multinational group — Daniela Avanzini, Lara Raj, Manon Bannerman, Megan Skiendiel, Sophia Laforteza and Yoonchae Jeung, each known by their first names — have backgrounds in Sout

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