KATSEYE wants to collaborate with Charli xcx.
The girl group – formed of Manon Bannerman, 23, Sophia Laforteza, 23, Daniela Avanzini, 21, Lara Raj, 20, Megan Skiendiel, 19, and 18 year old Yoonchae – said it would be a dream to work with the hitmaker, who co-wrote the band’s hit track, Gabriela.
Manon told People: “I just recently met her, and I think we all really hope to work with her more in the future.
“She’s definitely a KATSEYE girlie, and we’re in love with Brat and everything about her. She’s such an inspiration to us. We don’t know what the future holds, but we’re definitely, definitely super into that idea.”
The girls – who were formed in 2024 and have just received their first Grammy nomination in the Best New Artist category – revealed that Folded singer Kehlani recently offered Raj “a lot of advice” on how to navigate the music industry.
Raj said: “Kehlani reached out to me, and I met her in person. She gave me a lot of advice because she’s been in the industry for so long. And she’s someone I really, really look up to.
“She’s such an R+B girl, and she gave a lot of advice about pushing through. I also think a lot of artists that we look up to have given us the advice to really stay in the present and enjoy real life. Not the internet or the things that aren’t in real life.
“Enjoy the performances, enjoy meeting the fans in person, things of that nature. Just stay present and enjoy every single moment. And I try to apply that to my everyday. We all do. It has really, really helped me stay grounded and happy through this journey.”
Raj – who recently told BBC News that death threats are “jarring”, with Laforteza adding that they know trolling is “a part of fame” – and the rest of the KATSEYE girls are always surprised to find out that celebrities are fans of theirs.
Laforteza said: “Recently, we have had a lot of people that we look up to [in terms of] celebrities, and when we meet them, we introduce ourselves like, ‘Hello, we’re KATSEYE.’ And they would be like, ‘I know, you guys are amazing.’ It always shocks us every single time.
“We just had two nights in Los Angeles, and even on the first and the second night, we would be looking at the crowd, and then we would see familiar faces of people with their kids.
“We had Dwayne Johnson, The Rock, his kids were there. And then we had North West in the crowd, which was so cute.”
She continued: “It was crazy to see a lot of people that we’ve looked up to, and we know we were inspired by and grew up watching, bring their kids, trust us to be the inspiration for their kids and allow them to go to our concerts and meet with us.
“It’s a never-ending gag for us to meet people we look up to be fans of us as well.”
