| Download KATSEYE BEAUTIFUL CHAOS artwork here (May 6, 2025 – Santa Monica, CA) — KATSEYE will release their new EP, BEAUTIFUL CHAOS, on June 27 via HYBE x Geffen Records. After debuting at No. 1 on Billboard’s Emerging Artists and Heatseekers Albums charts with their 2024 debut EP SIS (Soft Is Strong), KATSEYE returns with a bold set of songs that explore the complexities of modern girlhood, and how the real and digital worlds often blur. Pre-order / pre-save BEAUTIFUL CHAOS HERE. After the world watched them compete and come together through HYBE and Geffen Records’ groundbreaking Dream Academy show and artist development program (and later, the Netflix docuseries, Pop Star Academy: KATSEYE), the idea of “beautiful chaos” felt oddly comforting. The EP is about cultivating connection, up close and afar, in a world that moves too fast. Wearing lipstick with armor. Embracing the unknown. KATSEYE – comprising Daniela (Cuban/Venezuelan-American, from Atlanta, GA), Lara (Indian, from New York, NY), Manon (Ghanaian-Italian, from Zurich, Switzerland), Megan (Chinese-American, from Honolulu, HI), Sophia (Manila, Philippines), and Yoonchae (Seoul, South Korea) – expand their creative circle on BEAUTIFUL CHAOS. Returning collaborators like Justin Tranter (Selena Gomez, Chappell Roan) reinforced KATSEYE’s core chemistry, while fresh faces such as Andrew Watt (Lady Gaga, Jungkook), John Ryan (Sabrina Carpenter), and Kristin Carpenter (Nessa Barrett, JISOO) pushed them into new sonic territory. Lead single “Gnarly,” released last week, is a hard-hitting club banger built on earth-quaking 808s, gritty rave synths and a pugnacious attitude.THE FADER said, “It’s abrasive, camp, totally chaotic…As the first taste of KATSEYE’s next EP, ‘Gnarly’ pushes the group out of its comfort zone as they embrace an edgier sound and discover new elements in their evolving relationship.” Read THE FADER’s Q&A with KATSEYE HERE. Hypebaenoted, “The first of its kind, KATSEYE taps the talent of K-pop idols with no rules to creativity — the perfect recipe for genre-defying music.” The official video for “Gnarly,” directed by Cody Critcheloe, quickly shot to #1 on Trending for music on YouTube and views surpassed 8 million on the platform. Watch HERE. Praising the video as “high-octane,” Billboard said, “We can’t wait to see the journey the girls are about to take us on, and hint: We know it’s good.” Named an artist to watch for 2025 by VEVO DSCVR and TIDAL and nominated for two 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards, the global girl group is the first of its kind, forged within the high standards of the K-pop system, but armed with the explicit goal of smashing through boundaries both cultural and creative. The group made its recording debut with the aptly titled single “Debut” in the summer of 2024, which was featured on Rolling Stone’s “Songs You Need to Know” playlist. KATSEYE’ssecond single, “Touch,” found a spot on Billboard’s Staff List of “The 100 Best Songs of 2024.” Their chart-topping debut EP, SIS (Soft Is Strong), included both singles plus three new songs. SIS received widespread critical acclaim, with features running in Interview Magazine; PAPER; the Los Angeles Times (including an appearance on the cover of Image Magazine); Associated Press; Cosmopolitan; V Magazine; OUT Magazine;and the first-ever social-first cover of InStyle. The group performed on “Good Morning America,”“GMA3” “The Kelly Clarkson Show” as well as at the MAMA Awards, where they were joined by the Los Angeles Rams Cheerleaders squad. KATSEYE stars in Fendi’s new “Fendi For Yourself” global digital campaign and Pepsi has tapped “Debut” for a new ad campaign. BEAUTIFUL CHAOS presents the clearest picture of who KATSEYE is as a group and the force that they’re becoming. As they look ahead, they seek to measure success not by stats, sales, or awards, but by the mark they leave behind. “We want KATSEYE to be timeless and to have lasting influence. Not just for now — we want forever,” says KATSEYE. |
