into the INSANE world of 'pop star academy,' and katseye

I always wanted to do something like this but I am a dark skin black girl and tbh I thought they would find a way to not let me debut cuz of that.
After watching the documentary I’m made the right choice because I was right!
Not a single dark skin black girl was chosen from audition or scouting.
It was all mixed raced or light skin black girls 😂
I think I’ve gotten used to the fact that the entertainment industry will never see a dark skin girl as pretty or desirable.

i have never been a big kpop person but katseye has got me in shackles. i am stanning so hard and i haven't been this obsessed with an artist or group in sooo long!! they are just so talented and they all radiate so much star power and it girl factor. i can definitely see myself supporting them for a long time, i've already bought their album books and i want them to go on a us tour so i can see them perform in person. they're also growing so fast so i can also see them staying for a while, just as long and hybe and geffen are smart and continue to promote them. i am worried that they'll pull what jyp did with vcha. but i am hoping for the very best for katseye <3 i want to see them flourish and become a global sensation!! also, while it was really sad to see other girls who worked so hard during dream academy not make it into the group, the final lineup just makes so much sense. the girls all compliment each other visually and they sound so harmonious together. also my biases are megan and sophia <3

Actually Brooklyn got eliminated after Mission 2. The three girls who were eliminated from Mission 3 was Celeste, the pink haired girl, Nayoung, and I think UA was also eliminated.

I was waiting for you to talk about Celeste but you didn't even remember her name when she was eliminated lol

Adela has original music out and Karlee is doing vlogs and has original music coming out soon, for all the others like me who were devastated when they were eliminated

As sombody that does follow kpop in general, most critics about the shows Formate, the strict trainee System with intese competition and even down to the whole discourse about manon: its nothing new but it has worked for years and many different groups so even if its newer to a more global audience I can see why they did it this way, even if I also disagree with certain choices

i didn’t see this as a documentary that was there to promote katseye but a documentary to document the process of putting together a global group using processes that are unorthodox ti western music industry standards. which is why i think the documentary was critical of hybe and geffen

I think Nayoung being eliminated was probably some kind of fate for her considering she ended up debuting from another survival show. A more vocal based group makes way more sense for her and in retrospect I think Yoonchae was a better fit for the group we ended up getting.

I really don't see Katseye flopping. I've heard "Debut" play on the radio and they have a really large Filipino fanbase. While most Eyekons right now are kpop fans, they're gaining new fans each and everyday. They're also promoting right now throughout Asia, although just Korea and the Phillipines so far. I hope they don't wait too long to release something new though because I feel like soon they're gonna need it to continue building momentum. I think their longevity is really going to be impacted by the amount of momentum they're able to build over the next year. I think if they're able to keep this up they really do have the chance to be really big although I 100% understand the difficulty in imagining it.

I think they need to do more promo in America cause they already have Asia in their bag because of Kpop. It’s funny that the Kpop formula that people are complaining about was taken from America I.E Motown..

I'M SOO GLAD U APPRECIATED DANIELA!! literally also couldn't take my eyes off of her every mission, she rlly did her thing

Eyekon here 🙋‍♀️

At the end of the day it was still a competition against 1 another, going public just made it more real and kinda woke them up and made them realize like oh shit at the end of the day it’s a competition

survival shows literally crush my soul everytime but they’re so addictinggggg

Still can’t get over that Emily was not included..I think katseye with her included would be still amazing

manon i think had something other girls didn’t have but like them all, had their areas. (emily-dance, sophia-leader & vocals, lara-star quality & vocals, ua-dance, etc), manon had star quality beyond anyone remotely close in the program (only lara & lexie showed some to me) so the producers wanted her badly to debut & it makes sense. plus she already had a nice following beforehand and has a beautiful lower vocal register.

Very good content of Katseye.

fuccckkkk i watched dream academy before pop star academy and i was so confused

I’m not into kpop at all but I am a fan of katseye now so I think it’s working

I always say, that if you’re gonna be an a**hole, then you’d better be exceptional, and Manon was. She was the reason I first noticed Katseye.

I think they are getting promoted really well on a global level. They were on good morning america and I think they were in amazon music interview, Billboard etc. I just wish they would do better with their visuals though, like style wise I mean. They are so beautiful and for instance I think Megan should get better hair and Lara should get more of like that pretty/cute fashion etc. I am hoping they will make it on an American award show…. That right there will get the THE platform to stay relevant

Regarding survival shows, the most draining and nerve wracking survival show I watched is I-Land (1) where Enhypen was created... It was draining so much that when the boys won, the winners didn't celebrate and were crying... I just felt bad to those guys cause they also have cctv like monitoring too... And the challenges really have them drained...

I’ve had this video saved in my watch later for a minute since I wanted to finish watching the show first and I’m so glad to hear your takes on it all! I’m a big kpop stan and was familiar with dream academy while it aired but I reallyyyy loved watching the show and getting to know them in that way. When the only way you learn about trainees is through survival shows,s since it’s already a high stress environment I feel like they don’t show as much of their friendships/growth together like I feel like the early episodes of pop star academy is. I love the girls and am rooting for literally all of them! I’d loveee lexrela to debut together somewhere else bc their friendships/personalities were so fun to watch. My faves were Daniela and Sophia!

I’m also hoping for their longevity and success but well for real just have to see! They’re playing some jingle balls throughout America this year so I hope that puts them on more people’s radars!

They had concept art of the show and you can see who they might have been aiming for. One piece of art had Lexi, Sophia, Manon, Nayoung, and Emily. A lot of people took this to mean this is what they kind of wanted the group to look like.

Adela’s debut single (and music video) is sooooo good I’m so happy for her , the production level is great too. Some of the other girls have gone off on their own too but I’m particularly obsessed with adela

The show made me a fan even as someone who doesn’t listen to K-pop ! They definitely need to be given more creative control tho!

i'm LOVING your outfit and hairstyle here!!!

Why are you racist with yourself?

Your natural skin color IS BEAUTIFUL
under that white foundation

I was ROOTING for Emily and it was very sad to see her go out because people just did not like her face, but these groups look for a lot of engagement, so i got it immediately. Same with Adèla, she is too unique and independent for this kpop industry

I LOVE Lara, who is your favorite?

As someone who never listens to Kpop and also doesn't really like Kpop, I LOVE katseye, because I watched the show and have more of connection to the girls than if I didn't watch the show. Their personalities really pulled me in. But what I like in bands and groups is chemistry with eachother, artistry (writing their own songs) and autheniticy. I'm not sure if katseye is going to give all that, but we'll see. For now I really like them and I am actually really amazed by the music they have put out, cause I thought that I wasn't going to like it. Also I was shocked when I saw that they already have 13 million monthly Spotify listeners, like that's actually insane

you would lose your mind at the diabolical shit korean survival shows pull fr. i have seen so much betrayal and brutality...

also if you haven't seen the documentary about the creation of le sserafim you should watch it! it wasn't a survival show, just a documentary. it probably gave hybe the idea to make the katseye documetary!

You need to watch BOYS PLANET Korean survival shows are something else and BOYS PLANET is such a favorite among girl group fans. I was an only girl group fan until I watched BOYS PLANET and now I’m a bigger ZB1 fan over anything else

all the girls from dream academy are extremely talented but there’s a reason why the blond white girls didn’t make it (& were always at the bttm of voting)… nobody wants to see another blond white girl in a girl group !!! so i’m extremely happy w/ the final lineup imo.

the makeup................

Tbh, I'm surprised you weren't a K-pop stan already 😂 K-pop would absolutely be your thing. If you're interested in more survival shows (in particular for girl groups), I would recommend Produce 101 S1 and Produce 48. I grew up watching these in middle and high school, and they had amazing groups come out of it.

i’m curious whether people who voted during Dream Academy feel any different after watching Popstar Academy. watching the doc with zero knowledge of Katseye or DA beforehand it was soooo shocking to see who fans were and weren’t voting for. i wonder if the show runners regretted the way they handled things too; if they hadn’t tried to push the drama with the eliminations Lexie likely wouldn’t have left, and it’s clear she was becoming one of their top picks for the group. she was one of my favs too and while i 1000% respected and understood her decision it sucked to see her go!

My dreamed Katseye would've been Sophia, Daniela, Lara, Yoonchae, Marquise and Samara 😮‍💨
Marquise and Samara were so robbed!

If you like survival show, the best one is the chinese survival show "Youth With you 2" (on IQIYI), Lisa from Blackpink is a mentor. You can see the effort put into the show, the mentors truly make the trainees become better etc.

as someone who grew up a huge little mix fan, ever since they disbanded ive been itching for a girl group to take their spot in my heart. and katseye really did it for me. im also american and this is the first kpop adjacent group ive been getting into, i didn't even realize how deeply rooted in kpop the group was until i watched the documentary. i really do think they have the potential to break the global market, and i know they are performing at jingle ball in various arenas in the us and its already giving them great exposure! overall, really hoping the group makes it further as i am just completely obsessed with them

This is great video!! I love their look and vibe the music is so fun

It was SO unethical how they surprised them 2 years in that it was a survival show. I cried when they eliminated Adela and again when Lexi and Emily left. This show was evil.