{"id":174327,"date":"2026-08-23T19:26:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T02:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=174327"},"modified":"2026-08-23T19:26:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T02:26:59","slug":"this-is-how-animal-could-give-katseye-their-first-major-uk-top-10-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/this-is-how-animal-could-give-katseye-their-first-major-uk-top-10-hit\/","title":{"rendered":"This is how \u201cAnimal\u201d could give KATSEYE their first major UK top 10 hit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>KATSEYE<\/strong> may be closer than ever to earning their first top 10 single in the <strong>United Kingdom<\/strong>! The group released \u201cAnimal\u201d on July 24, 2026, and the song has continued clawing its way up the Official Singles Chart. After four weeks, the track reached a new peak at number 12, making it the closest the six-member team has come to entering the UK top 10. Ed Sheeran and Snow Patrol member Johnny McDaid wrote the track, giving the song an unmistakable British flair.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"KATSEYE (\ucea3\uce20\uc544\uc774) &quot;Animal&quot; Official MV\" width=\"1240\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m7k9UMcHbr0?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>Meanwhile, KATSEYE\u2019s British chart peaks have steadily improved, especially when looking to their record in the country. \u201cGnarly\u201d became their first UK chart entry in May 2025 and peaked at number 52. \u201cGabriela\u201d followed things up and reached number 38. Then, the viral \u201cINTERNET GIRL\u201d climbed to number 24 in early 2026, and \u201cPINKY UP\u201d gave the girl group another step forward when it peaked at number 14 in April 2026 and remained on the chart for 12 weeks.<\/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 charts three songs from \u2018WILD\u2019 simultaneously on UK Official Singles Chart, with \u2018Animal\u2019 reaching a new peak at No. 12.<\/p>\n<p>No.12 Animal<br \/>No.16 Hootie Frutti<br \/>No.97 Bel Air <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j1kmdQ7dRA\">pic.twitter.com\/j1kmdQ7dRA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; KATSEYE B\u2736SE (@KATSEYEBASE) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KATSEYEBASE\/status\/2090857814352892275?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 21, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Several upcoming events could help \u201cAnimal\u201d become an unavoidable UK hit. For example, the film KATSEYE: WILD HEARTS began a limited UK cinema run on August 12, 2026, attracting hundreds of fans to theaters. Then, the EP WILD arrived on August 14, and it is expected to enter at number two on the Albums Chart. KATSEYE will also perform at London\u2019s O2 Arena on September 3 and Manchester\u2019s Co-op Live on September 6, 2026, proving their strong demand in the country. Will their fan craze translate into the massive crossover hit they need to finally break through and become the ultimate girl group? Only time will tell!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KATSEYE may be closer than ever to earning their first top 10 single in the United Kingdom! The group released \u201cAnimal\u201d on July 24, 2026, and the song has continued clawing its way up the Official Singles Chart. After four weeks, the track reached a new peak at number 12, making it the closest the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":174328,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,7,4],"tags":[3392],"class_list":["post-174327","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\/174327","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=174327"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174331,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174327\/revisions\/174331"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}