‘The future of pop girl groups’ Catseye, dominating the US charts

MUSIC Jun 25, 2025

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Catseye, a global girl group formed in collaboration with Hive and Geffen Records, is creating a sensation on the global charts by successfully charting on Billboard’s ‘Hot 100’ for two consecutive weeks with their single ‘Gnarly’.Photo courtesy of Hive
Catseye, a global girl group formed in collaboration with Hive and Geffen Records, is creating a sensation on the global charts by successfully charting on Billboard’s ‘Hot 100’ for two consecutive weeks with their single ‘Gnarly’.Photo courtesy of Hive

HYBE and Geffen Records ‘global girl group KATSEYE has once again entered the US Billboard main song chart,’ Hot 100 ‘.

According to the latest US Billboard chart(dated June 28)released on the 24th(local time), KATSEYE(Daniella, Lala, Manon, Megan, Sophia, Yunchae)’ s single ‘Gnarly’ ranked 98th on the ‘Hot 100’ this week.It has been on the chart for 3 weeks.

“Gnarly” first entered the “Hot 100” at No.92(dated May 17), then took a breather before re-entering at No.90 last week(dated June 21), settling on Billboard’s main chart for two consecutive weeks.”Gnarly” is also maintaining solid popularity on Billboard’s Global Songs chart.

The song ranked 56th on the ‘Global 200’ and 47th on the ‘Global(Excluding the US)’.Both charts have been on the chart for 7 consecutive weeks.Unlike the ‘Hot 100’, this chart calculates rankings based solely on streaming figures and music sales.It is considered one of the standards for reading global music market trends more quickly.

Another single, ‘Gabriela’, is also receiving a hot response.This song soared to 13th place on the latest ‘Daily Top Song Global’ (June 23rd)of Spotify, the world’s largest music streaming platform.Ranked at 44th on the day of its release(20th), it has been rising every day, reaching 34th(21st)and 25th(22nd).

Meanwhile, KATSEYE will be releasing their second EP ‘BEAUTIFUL CHAOS’ on the 27th.The album contains a total of 5 songs including ‘Gnarly’, ‘Gabriela’, ‘Gameboy’, ‘Mean Girls’, ‘ M A, etc.Their popularity surge is expected after their hot warm I up.

Influential foreign media outlets, including the American music magazine Rolling Stone, are also paying attention to KATSEYE’s activities.Rolling Stone described KATSEYE as “a team that has emerged as the present and future of pop girl groups” and expressed great expectations for their new album ‘BEAUTIFUL CHAOS’.


Reporter Jang Eun- eunj@donga.com

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