{"id":173865,"date":"2026-08-16T14:03:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T21:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=173865"},"modified":"2026-08-16T14:03:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T21:03:33","slug":"katseye-faces-online-criticism-after-the-group-discusses-sophia-and-manons-hiatuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/katseye-faces-online-criticism-after-the-group-discusses-sophia-and-manons-hiatuses\/","title":{"rendered":"KATSEYE faces online criticism after the group discusses Sophia and Manon\u2019s hiatuses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>KATSEYE<\/strong> appeared on<strong> The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/strong> on August 13, 2026, right before the release of their third EP, WILD. During the interview, the host mentioned<strong> Sophia and Manon<\/strong>, who are currently on hiatus and absent from group promotions. Fallon praised the four remaining members and commended them for their support. Then member Lara responded that the group has love and support for both members and appreciates that EYEKONS continue supporting everyone.<\/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 show love to Manon and Sophia amid their hiatuses:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have nothing but so much love and support for Sophia and Manon.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aEulWRXIn1\">pic.twitter.com\/aEulWRXIn1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pop Crave (@PopCrave) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PopCrave\/status\/2087804835940765787?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 13, 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>&#8220;It&#8217;s very sweet of you to say that, and we have nothing but so much love and support for Sophia and Manon, and it&#8217;s beautiful to see how the EYEKONS give them so much support and also continue to support us as we&#8217;re here, and we&#8217;re very happy to be here with you tonight,&#8221; Lara shared during the interview.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p>Quickly after videos of the interview started circulating online, some users criticized Lara\u2019s answer. Many of them described the response as repetitive, prepared, or scripted, while others accused the group of trying to manage public reaction to the two absences. In contrast, EYEKONS (that is KATSEYE\u2019s fandom) defended them and said the girl group has always expressed support for Sophia and Manon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-173866\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/KATSEYE-fans-Manon-and-Sophia-hiatus.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/KATSEYE-fans-Manon-and-Sophia-hiatus.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/KATSEYE-fans-Manon-and-Sophia-hiatus-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/KATSEYE-fans-Manon-and-Sophia-hiatus-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/KATSEYE-fans-Manon-and-Sophia-hiatus-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/KATSEYE-fans-Manon-and-Sophia-hiatus-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/KATSEYE-fans-Manon-and-Sophia-hiatus-860x484.jpeg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Manon was put on hiatus in February 2026 to focus on her health and well-being, and is not present in the group\u2019s latest work. Meanwhile, Sophia announced her temporary break on August 7, 2026. Sophia still appears on KATSEYE\u2019s new EP because she participated in the making-of the project before the hiatus. She is featured in the music videos for \u201cAnimal\u201d and \u201cHootie Frutti.\u201d KATSEYE\u2019s WILD was released on August 14, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KATSEYE appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on August 13, 2026, right before the release of their third EP, WILD. During the interview, the host mentioned Sophia and Manon, who are currently on hiatus and absent from group promotions. Fallon praised the four remaining members and commended them for their support. Then member [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":173867,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,7,4],"tags":[3392],"class_list":["post-173865","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\/173865","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=173865"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":173869,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173865\/revisions\/173869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}