Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago

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edited by Danae O.

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Links:

Manon Taking a Hiatus From KATSEYE to ‘Focus on Her Health & Wellbeing’
billboard.com/music/pop/manon-katseye-hiatus-1236184318

KATSEYE’s Manon posts a clarification on Weverse following the announcement of her hiatus reddit.com/r/kpop/comments/1raebl4/katseyes_manon_posts_a_clarification_on_weverse

The father of KATSEYE member, Daniela, left these comments under videos about Manon's hiatus reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/comments/1rb3i5c/the_father_of_katseye_member_daniela_left_these

Father of KATSEYE member, Daniela, leaving more comments under posts about Manon's hiatus in threads reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/comments/1rbl3k6/father_of_katseye_member_daniela_leaving_more

Dream Academy: the TV show forging the next big global girl group
dazeddigital.com/music/article/61066/1/the-debut-dream-academy-the-reality-show-forging-k-pops-next-big-girl-group

youtube.com/watch?v=p0ew0wI1EUU

Global girl group Katseye have received 'thousands' of death threats | BBC bbc.com/news/articles/cj6ng8w1xrjo

youtube.com/watch?v=si8y2DRZedY

HYBE launches K-Pop NFT platform for fans of TOMORROW X TOGETHER, SEVENTEEN and more, via ‘LEVVELS’ JV
musicbusinessworldwide.com/hybe-to-launch-k-pop-nft-platform-for-fans-of-tomorrow-x-together-seventeen-and-more-via-levvels-jv

HYBE’s AI voice cloning company Supertone unveils text-to-speech tool that can create a custom voice ‘in just 10 seconds’
musicbusinessworldwide.com/hybes-ai-voice-cloning-company-supertone-unveils-text-to-speech-tool-that-can-create-a-custom-voice-in-just-10-seconds

Scooter Braun Steps Down as CEO of HYBE America variety.com/2025/music/news/scooter-braun-steps-down-hybe-america-1236445101

linkedin.com/in/sri-rajagopalan-09a0062

00:00 the katseye dystopia
03:45 what's the situation?
08:16 the manon problem
13:37 it's the company's fault... duh
24:41 how to exploit young women
27:35 the art suffers
33:57 Hybe: K-pop is capitalism
40:43 the system has always been like this
42:41 colonialism, war and K-pop
52:29 it's falling apart
56:39 'please s3xualize my kids'