KATSEYE Talk Rocket Ride to Fame, First Tour & Watching Fans Do Viral Gap Ad Chreo IRL: ‘It’s Like So Iconic’

When miss radical KATSEYE met up with Billboard News for the latest variation of the chat-and-chew bid “Takes Us Out,” the six-member set were psyched to bid immoderate they wanted astatine L.A.’s Jollibee, which offers up a premix of emblematic accelerated nutrient (fried chicken) mixed with Filipino comfortableness nutrient (Palabok Fiesta).

Host Tetris Kelly deferred to “Filipino Queen” Sophia erstwhile it came to ordering, with the vocalist encouraging her bandmates — Daniela, Lara, Manon, Megan and Yoonchae — to decidedly spell for the adobo atom arsenic she broke down the vibe astatine the fashionable California spot. “I grew up person Jollibee similar each the time, astir each azygous week with my family,” she said, noting that erstwhile the set went to the Philippines past twelvemonth for a promo circuit she specifically requested that their catering beryllium each Jollibee astatine their promenade shows.

But it wasn’t each astir food, the planetary radical besides described what their archetypal nighttime unneurotic was similar aft being brought unneurotic connected grueling 2023 Dream Academy world contention series, a collaboration betwixt K-pop superstar mill HYBE and Geffen Records.

“Slept similar a baby,” Sophia laughed, arsenic Lara added that she, Megan and Daniela had a sleepover to observe and watched the series’ finale connected YouTube. They stayed up each nighttime and past drove to a accelerated nutrient associated successful the mediate of the nighttime aft promising themselves they’ve person a big, lavish solemnisation to people the peculiar ocassion.

Host Kelly reminded Lara that connected the finale she promised her bandmates that their euphony was going to “change the world,” a infinitesimal helium said brought tears to his eyes. “A twelvemonth aboriginal I’m like, wait, y’all doing it though!” Kelly said to a corporate “awww.”

They are decidedly making their mark, with large performances specified arsenic their spot astatine this summer’s Lollapalooza successful Chicago and their tally done their Billboard Hot 100 No. 90 deed “Gnarly” during the pre-show of the caller 2025 MTV VMAs; they were besides up for 2 awards astatine the VMAs and took location PUSH show of the twelvemonth for their azygous “Touch.” “Surreal, similar it’s so, truthful brainsick that we person made it truthful acold successful specified small time,” said Daniela.

Speaking of nominations, erstwhile Kelly brought up whispers of a imaginable champion caller creator motion astatine adjacent year’s Grammy Awards Lara was similar “no way,” saying it doesn’t consciousness similar their clip yet, contempt their illustration occurrence with “Gnarly” and their No. 63 Hot 100 azygous “Gabriela.” If it happens, Lara said, it would impact a batch of “crying and throwing up” and calling their families.

To beryllium fair, they’ve decidedly enactment successful the work, including successful an instantly viral Gap ad cued to Kelis’ “Milkshake” that featured immoderate fierce creation moves, not to notation accidentally spot-on timing successful the midst of the Sydney Sweeney American Eagle advertisement controversy. “It’s similar truthful iconic the choreo. I didn’t cognize it was gonna stroke up that much,” said Daniela of the manus motions that person go instant classics.

In fact, Manon said she visited a Gap store the time earlier the chat and saw a radical of girls taking turns signaling each different doing the ad’s moves among the racks. They besides got hyped talking astir the ...