{"id":170191,"date":"2026-06-26T16:12:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T23:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=170191"},"modified":"2026-06-26T16:12:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T23:12:35","slug":"katseye-asks-fans-to-give-manon-time-during-her-hiatus-and-avoid-making-assumptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/katseye-asks-fans-to-give-manon-time-during-her-hiatus-and-avoid-making-assumptions\/","title":{"rendered":"KATSEYE asks fans to give Manon time during her hiatus and avoid making assumptions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>KATSEYE<\/strong> has once again spoken out about <strong>Manon\u2019s ongoing hiatus<\/strong>, asking fans to avoid making assumptions about when she might return. In an interview published by Allure on June 25, 2026, member <strong>Sophia<\/strong> spoke on behalf of the sextet and explained that Manon\u2019s well-being remains the main priority. HYBE announced in February 2026 that the Swiss member would temporarily step away from group activities to focus on her health. Since then, many fans have questioned when she will return, while others have speculated that she may not rejoin KATSEYE.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopCrave\/status\/2070178861355069899?s=20\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">KATSEYE grace the cover of Allure Magazine.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf8: Charlotte Rutherford <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dEY7DNLFkq\">pic.twitter.com\/dEY7DNLFkq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pop Crave (@PopCrave) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PopCrave\/status\/2070178861355069899?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>\u201cThe people love her,\u201d Sophia said. \u201cThey love KATSEYE. If I was in their place, I would be asking, too, and so we understand. But what we can say is that we wish that you could just keep extending love and support and patience and all those things, because all of us deserve that. Anybody does.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p>Sophia said it is important to respect Manon\u2019s recovery and allow her to take as much time as she needs. She explained that neither the members nor the public should pressure her or make predictions about her future. Sophia also acknowledged that fans are naturally curious because they care deeply about both Manon and KATSEYE. However, she encouraged fans to be understanding while Manon focuses on herself. According to the Filipino-American member, the girl group wants Manon to know that she will always have a place with them. <img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-170207\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/KATSEYE-for-Allure.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/KATSEYE-for-Allure.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/KATSEYE-for-Allure-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/KATSEYE-for-Allure-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/KATSEYE-for-Allure-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/KATSEYE-for-Allure-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/KATSEYE-for-Allure-860x484.jpg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>\u201cWe want to give her all the time that she needs, all the space that she needs, and so we don\u2019t want to make any assumptions, set anything in stone \u2026 She really deserves that, and the door is always open.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p>KATSEYE was formed through HYBE\u2019s Dream Academy competition, which was later featured in the Netflix documentary Pop Star Academy. The six-member group officially debuted in 2024 and is now preparing to release their Wild EP, preceded by the single \u201cPinky Up.\u201d Although Manon has not participated in the project\u2019s promotions since February 2026, her KATSEYE members continue to express their full support for her return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KATSEYE has once again spoken out about Manon\u2019s ongoing hiatus, asking fans to avoid making assumptions about when she might return. In an interview published by Allure on June 25, 2026, member Sophia spoke on behalf of the sextet and explained that Manon\u2019s well-being remains the main priority. HYBE announced in February 2026 that the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":170208,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16,7],"tags":[3392],"class_list":["post-170191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-kpop","category-news","tag-katseye"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170191","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=170191"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170210,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170191\/revisions\/170210"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}