{"id":1875945,"date":"2026-04-10T12:53:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T09:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1875945"},"modified":"2026-04-10T12:53:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T09:53:07","slug":"katseye-talk-sister-forever-manon-and-beyonce-inspiration-for-coachella-debut-the-most-iconic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1875945","title":{"rendered":"KATSEYE Talk \u2018Sister Forever\u2019 Manon and Beyonc\u00e9 Inspiration For Coachella Debut: \u2018The Most Iconic\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tKATSEYE are gearing up to take make their debut at the Coachella Festival in Indio, Calif. on Friday night (April 10) and to hear the group tell it they are taking inspiration from one of the event\u2019s all-time greatest headliners. <\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cI feel like we\u2019re heavily inspired by Beyonc\u00e9 at Coachella,\u201d member Lara Raj told Apple Music\u2019s Zane Lowe in a new interview ahead of the show of Bey\u2019s iconic 2018 \u201cBeychella\u201d sets that paid tribute to HBCUs and Southern Black culture. \u201cI mean, the most iconic. We are so inspired by the 2000s and how the showmanship of those artists were so valued, and to have shows that were so maximal and so many things going on. I think that\u2019s something we really want to carry. We want it to be a circus; people are watching and they\u2019re constantly excited by something that\u2019s going on. That\u2019s definitely a big inspiration.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tRaj said Friday\u2019s performance is also very inspired by the currently five-member group\u2019s hyper pop new single,\u2019 \u201cPinky Up,\u201d which dropped on Thursday (April 9) and is their first not to feature on-hiatus member Manon Bannerman. \u201cYou\u2019ll see that [inspiration] within the outfits and the set design,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

\n\tWhen Lowe asked how it\u2019s been getting ready for the show as a five-piece, she added, \u201cI don\u2019t want to say too much \u2026 it\u2019s been a grind. It\u2019s been crunch time. We actually only had two weeks to do this whole thing and there\u2019s a lot of new things that we\u2019re working on, including our new single. So it\u2019s going to be really exciting. We\u2019re really happy about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHer bandmates, Sophia Laforteza and Daniela Avanzini, also told Lowe that \u201cPinky Up\u201d is a testament to their restless energy and, according to Laforteza, their inability to \u201cstay still.\u201d She said they always feel like they, \u201chave to be doing something and we always want to make an impact and sort of leave an impression anywhere we go. And I think the biggest way we can do that is through our music. So we like keeping people on their toes and we like releasing things that we enjoy and want to dance to or connect to or bring out a lot of emotions and also bring to the stage.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tLowe wondered how they\u2019re feeling about performing \u201cPinky Up\u201d for the first time live on stage, with Avanzini noting that it is \u201calways so exciting when we start a new era and start a new song. And we all love, love, love this song so much. And we\u2019re really excited to perform it on stage for the first time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAs EYEKONS are very aware, this weekend\u2019s show will be the group\u2019s latest since Bannerman recently went on temporary hiatus\u00a0to \u201cfocus on her health and well-being.\u201d Lowe said he didn\u2019t want to pry to much about what the situation is with Bannerman at the moment, but when asked to comment on her absence, Laforteza said, \u201cManon has been on hiatus and we love her so much and we know that she\u2019s doing well. You know, she got to talk to the fans about it and we\u2019re just really excited and we\u2019re really just rooting for all of us, like each other. You know, we\u2019ve gone through so much with each other.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tAt the end of the day, she said the group that also features members Yoonchae and Megan Skiendiel, \u201call want each other to win. And to be good. And to feel good and to be happy and just, you know, just keep showing up for what we want.\u201d Raj added, \u201cI think we also want to say like she\u2019s our sister forever. You know what I mean? Like we love her so much and we built this together. So we just want to give her all the space and love she needs right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cPinky Up\u201d was written by Justin Tranter (Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande) and produced by dwilly, \u201chitman\u201d bang and FRANTS, with the video directed by Bardia Zeinali (Kacey Musgraves, Troye Sivan).\u00a0The high-gloss, frenetic visual, also their first not to include Bannerman, features a series of glamorous, high-fashion setups, as well as cameos from Elon Musk\u2019s daughter, Vivian Wilson, who briefly appears alongside musician Mel 4Ever, model Katalina, drag queen Vhex and DJ Saturn Risin9. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cPinky Up\u201d dropped on the eve of KATSEYE\u2019s Coachella debut, which will be their latest show without Bannerman, following gigs at Lollapalooza Argentina and Lollapalooza Chile last month; KATSEYE will also take the stage at the second weekend of Coachella on April 17.<\/p>\n

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