{"id":174393,"date":"2026-08-25T12:12:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T19:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=174393"},"modified":"2026-08-25T12:12:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T19:12:32","slug":"this-is-how-sophia-laforteza-is-spending-her-time-away-from-katseye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/this-is-how-sophia-laforteza-is-spending-her-time-away-from-katseye\/","title":{"rendered":"This is how Sophia Laforteza is spending her time away from KATSEYE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sophia Laforteza<\/strong> is taking time away from KATSEYE<\/strong> to focus on her mental health and overall well-being. Her mother, actress Carla Guevara Laforteza, discussed the singer\u2019s current routine in an interview with Vogue Philippines published on August 24, 2026. The actress said her daughter has been visiting Disneyland, baking, painting, and doing different activities to feel better.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAt present, Sophia is on hiatus,\u201d The mother said. \u201cShe goes to Disneyland every day; she\u2019s baking, she\u2019s painting. She\u2019s literally doing everything to get mentally well.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/figure>\n \n

HYBE x Geffen announced Sophia\u2019s temporary hiatus on August 7, 2026. The labels said she had been receiving support and had spoken with medical professionals, who recommended an extended period of rest. The artist\u2019s condition is expected to be reviewed again in September. The KATSEYE member took to Instagram to talk about her break, saying that stepping away was difficult but that \u201chealth has to come first.\u201d She said that taking care of her mind and body was necessary to continue working as an artist.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Sophia\u2019s break comes several months after fellow KATSEYE member Manon Bannerman was put on hiatus back in February to focus on her health and well-being. The remaining four members, Lara, Yoonchae, Megan and Daniela, have continued promoting KATSEYE\u2019s music while showing support for both members during their breaks. While Sophia\u2019s condition is said to be reassessed later this year, Manon\u2019s status as a member has not been fully disclosed, and it is not clear whether she will return to the girl group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sophia Laforteza is taking time away from KATSEYE to focus on her mental health and overall well-being. Her mother, actress Carla Guevara Laforteza, discussed the singer\u2019s current routine in an interview with Vogue Philippines published on August 24, 2026. The actress said her daughter has been visiting Disneyland, baking, painting, and doing different activities to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":174427,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,7,4],"tags":[3392],"class_list":["post-174393","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\/174393","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=174393"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174428,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174393\/revisions\/174428"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}