{"id":173793,"date":"2026-08-15T19:17:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T02:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=173793"},"modified":"2026-08-15T19:17:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T02:17:22","slug":"this-is-how-the-katseye-members-support-sophia-and-manon-during-their-breaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/this-is-how-the-katseye-members-support-sophia-and-manon-during-their-breaks\/","title":{"rendered":"This is how the KATSEYE members support Sophia and Manon during their breaks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>KATSEYE<\/strong> members are showing support for <strong>Sophia and Manon<\/strong>, who are on separate hiatuses from the group. Manon, the Swiss member, announced her hiatus in February 2026, while Sophia, who is from the Philippines, announced on August 7, 2026, that she would temporarily step away from promotional activities to focus on her mental health and wellness. It was also shared that Sophia decided to take her break following advice from medical professionals.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"KATSEYE Talk 3rd EP, Friendships, New Documentary, More\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5pqpXxJhK88?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On August 14, 2026, the remaining 4 members, Lara, Daniela, Yoonchae, and Megan appeared on the Today show\u2019s Citi Summer Concert Series. When asked whether they remain in contact with Sophia and Manon, Lara said the members continue to support them. She explained that KATSEYE places a strong priority on personal well-being and keeps supporting them. Lara also sent them a simple message, saying, \u201cWe love you guys so much always!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">KATSEYE speaks on Sophia &amp; Manon\u2019s absence from group activities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs KATSEYE, it\u2019s so important to us to always prioritize our well-being, so we stand by Sophia &amp; Manon through and through, and we ride for that.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/KATSEYE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KATSEYE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/katseyeworld?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@katseyeworld<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IqqaI9PzrL\">pic.twitter.com\/IqqaI9PzrL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; KATSEYE News (@NewsKatseye) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NewsKatseye\/status\/2088262032671883295?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 14, 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>\u00a0\u201cI think as KATSEYE, it\u2019s so important to us to always prioritize our well-being so we stand by Sophia and Manon through and through, and we ride for them,\u201d Lara shared.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p>Manon\u2019s hiatus took place several months earlier, so she did not perform KATSEYE at Coachella in April 2026. However, she was later seen at the festival as a concert-goer. Sophia\u2019s break is more recent and affects the group\u2019s current promotional schedule, as they recently released their EP \u201cWild\u201d and will embark on the Wildworld Tour to promote the project. Despite performing with fewer members, KATSEYE has shared that both Sophia and Manon remain part of the group and are welcome to rejoin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KATSEYE members are showing support for Sophia and Manon, who are on separate hiatuses from the group. Manon, the Swiss member, announced her hiatus in February 2026, while Sophia, who is from the Philippines, announced on August 7, 2026, that she would temporarily step away from promotional activities to focus on her mental health and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":173794,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,7,4],"tags":[3392],"class_list":["post-173793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-news","category-pop","tag-katseye"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173793","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=173793"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":173797,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173793\/revisions\/173797"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}