{"id":164329,"date":"2026-04-15T13:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T20:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=164329"},"modified":"2026-04-15T13:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T20:32:10","slug":"katseye-confirms-new-ep-wild-is-arriving-in-august-amid-manons-hiatus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/katseye-confirms-new-ep-wild-is-arriving-in-august-amid-manons-hiatus\/","title":{"rendered":"KATSEYE confirms new EP Wild is arriving in August amid Manon\u2019s hiatus"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>KATSEYE reveals a new EP release date<\/h2>\n<p><strong>KATSEYE<\/strong> has announced that their new EP, <strong>Wild<\/strong>, will be released on August 14, 2026, through HYBE x Geffen Records. The announcement was made on April 15, 2026, shortly after the girl band released the single Pinky Up and performed at the first weekend of Coachella on April 10, 2026. According to the project\u2019s Spotify countdown page, the project will include five songs, among them Pinky Up. However, the cover art for Wild has not been revealed yet.<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate the news, Daniela, Lara, Megan, Sophia, and Yoonchae posted a backstage video on Instagram. In the clip, they teased the EP announcement before the video cut to the large crowd gathered for their festival performance. \u201cThey don\u2019t know we\u2019re about to announce our new EP, Wild,\u201d the members said in the teaser.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">now you know!! our new EP WILD will be out on August 14th \ud83d\udda4 pre-order and pre-save the EP now<\/p>\n<p>pre-order: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WmB6iIwRNu\">https:\/\/t.co\/WmB6iIwRNu<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KATSEYE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#KATSEYE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KATSEYE_WILD?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#KATSEYE_WILD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9XBsN8Slfq\">pic.twitter.com\/9XBsN8Slfq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; KATSEYE (@katseyeworld) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katseyeworld\/status\/2044447701291631047?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 15, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>The project comes during a difficult period<\/h2>\n<p>Wild will be KATSEYE\u2019s next EP release since last year\u2019s Beautiful Chaos, which came out last year. That earlier project included the viral and controversial hit Gnarly, and the Grammy-nominated Latin-pop track, \u201cGabriela.\u201d The upcoming EP also arrives during member <strong>Manon\u2019s ongoing hiatus<\/strong>. HYBE and Geffen previously said she would step back from activities to focus on her health and well-being, causing confusion and intrigue among the fans. In addition, the 22-year-old was not present in the Pinky Up song and music video and was also absent from KATSEYE\u2019s Coachella performance last Friday. This marked an important conversation surrounding the group\u2019s latest era.<\/p>\n<p>See Manon apparently missing from the Wild era. Fans can purchase a solo version of the EP featuring either Daniela, Lara, Yoonchae, Megan or Sophia. There is no option for Manon:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-164330\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/KATSEYE-Manon-Wild.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/KATSEYE-Manon-Wild.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/KATSEYE-Manon-Wild-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/KATSEYE-Manon-Wild-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/KATSEYE-Manon-Wild-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/KATSEYE-Manon-Wild-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/KATSEYE-Manon-Wild-860x484.jpg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>The members speak openly about Manon<\/h2>\n<p>Even with the new release on the way, the group has continued to speak warmly about Manon\u2019s place in KATSEYE. In an interview with Zane Lowe before the first performance, Sophia said Manon was on hiatus and that the members loved her and believed she was doing well.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>\u201cManon has been on hiatus, and we love her so much, and we know that she\u2019s doing well \u2026 we\u2019ve gone through so much with each other.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p>Lara also said Manon would always be their sister and stressed that the group wanted to give her the space and support she needed. After making their Coachella debut on April 10, 2026, the group is now preparing to return for the festival\u2019s second weekend on April 17, 2026, but it is still unclear whether Manon will join them for their next performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KATSEYE reveals a new EP release date KATSEYE has announced that their new EP, Wild, will be released on August 14, 2026, through HYBE x Geffen Records. The announcement was made on April 15, 2026, shortly after the girl band released the single Pinky Up and performed at the first weekend of Coachella on April [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":164331,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,7,4],"tags":[3392],"class_list":{"0":"post-164329","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-news","9":"category-pop","10":"tag-katseye"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164329"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":164333,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164329\/revisions\/164333"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}