Katseye is K-POP (and also not)
Since everyone is throwing in their two cents about the recent Manon situation, I figured I'd add my paise in there too. Katseye is a mess. And it was from the start. They were literally manufactured to be an 'International Girl Group'. Which is not really that weird, considering some of the most recent disbanded bands in pop were also manufactured, like 1D, Fifth Harmony, Little Mix, etc. The difference is that they were trained under the K-pop system by HYBE, a known K-pop industry giant, and Geffen, a label under Universal Music. But besides that, the girls were set up from the beginning. They were put on a survival show, against their knowledge, and forced to compete to get a spot in the group against many other girls, and their experience was used as footage to later entertain the masses on Netflix. Dream Academy, the aforementioned competition, was basically, like any reality show, a breeding ground to pit both the girls against each other to 'make it', and ...