{"id":170560,"date":"2026-06-30T20:01:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T03:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=170560"},"modified":"2026-06-30T20:01:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T03:01:23","slug":"katseye-breaks-their-silence-and-denies-rumors-of-racism-towards-manon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/katseye-breaks-their-silence-and-denies-rumors-of-racism-towards-manon\/","title":{"rendered":"KATSEYE breaks their silence and denies rumors of racism towards Manon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-id=\"Qlf2Ao\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">In a recent interview, <strong>KATSEYE<\/strong> members break their silence and deny rumors of racism towards Manon during her controversial hiatus from activities with the girl group.<\/p>\n<p data-id=\"JYD8Ed\">On June 30th, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/story\/katseye\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vanity Fair<\/a> released their most recent interview with the group amid the promotions of their powerful new collaboration song &#8216;<strong>ICONIC BY MISTAKE<\/strong>&#8216; to talk about their historical Coachella performance and their member on pause.<\/p>\n<p data-id=\"r1ejKz\">When the KATSEYE members were asked about Manon, who has been on hiatus since February this year, Lara said, <em><strong>&#8220;The safest space that we had was within the six of us,&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> and continued assuring they just have love between them:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote>\n<p data-id=\"BUwthi\">&#8220;People just have no idea what goes on. They just don\u2019t. It\u2019s nothing but love between us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p data-id=\"BUwthi\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-170567\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-members-of-KATSEYE-silence-speculation-about-their-relationship-with-Manon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-members-of-KATSEYE-silence-speculation-about-their-relationship-with-Manon.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-members-of-KATSEYE-silence-speculation-about-their-relationship-with-Manon-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-members-of-KATSEYE-silence-speculation-about-their-relationship-with-Manon-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-members-of-KATSEYE-silence-speculation-about-their-relationship-with-Manon-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-members-of-KATSEYE-silence-speculation-about-their-relationship-with-Manon-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-members-of-KATSEYE-silence-speculation-about-their-relationship-with-Manon-860x484.jpg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-id=\"GSrwBt\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Meanwhile, their leader Sophia talks about the racism accusations: <em><strong>&#8220;We can definitely say that in our situation, in no way was it about race,&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> and continues,<em><strong> &#8220;That goes against everything that we stand for.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p data-id=\"kv9aHL\">The girls also shared that they still keep in touch with Manon <em><strong>&#8220;every now and then&#8221;<\/strong> <\/em>and confirmed that she is not participating in the upcoming EP while her involvement in their world tour is yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n<p data-id=\"CZJ4Fj\">KATSEYE is set to release their new EP, titled <strong>&#8216;WILD,&#8217;<\/strong> on <strong>August 14th<\/strong>. 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