KATSEYE’s Post About HYBE’s Upcoming Girl Group Hit With Anger
HYBE recently announced a new global girl group, seemingly after the popularity of KATSEYE.
The lineup of PRELUDE: The Final Piece consists of former Dream Academy stars Emily, Samara, and Lexie, with many netizens believing that the survival show announced will pick the final member.
On August 29 (KST), the intro film for the project was posted.
PRELUDE: THE FINAL PIECE – Intro Film
watch now: https://t.co/SmhsEWfb1V#HYBE #Geffen #ABEMA #PRELUDE_THEFINALPIECE pic.twitter.com/3l6pFGefPR
— prelude_thefinalpiece (@preludethefinal) August 28, 2025
It showed the members and teased what netizens might expect.
Yet, when the project was first introduced, it caused a stir among KATSEYE fans who believed the whole Dream Academy seemed pointless if some of those who didn’t make the group already had a guaranteed debut.
It meant that when KATSEYE retweeted the intro video, it sparked major backlash.
we are so proud of our girls. this is just the beginning of something amazing 🖤 https://t.co/RwaRio0TAE
— KATSEYE (@katseyeworld) August 28, 2025
Netizens hit back at the tweet, claiming that HYBE or the group’s social media team did it without consulting the members, especially due to the past racism allegations against Samara. Others also hated that HYBE was seemingly using KATSEYE to promote the new global group while they are still rookies, and that it didn’t seem right after all the KATSEYE members had been through to gain support.
https://t.co/cI8ohlJyob pic.twitter.com/27VJe9A6RP
— ★ (@sarpongz) August 28, 2025
it’s not too late to delete pic.twitter.com/dsTFlZddon
— amoura (@eyekondoll) August 28, 2025
girl read the room pic.twitter.com/HZR4QIpQve
— Niya ᥫ᭡ (@mark_kie99) August 28, 2025
now why are they using katseye to promote this group https://t.co/Lwo8HVbFGV pic.twitter.com/UJCLgHdYHZ
— cay (@koralinadean) August 28, 2025
Taking the absolute piss. The Katz got the shitty end of the documentary, just so those girls could debut anyway, used the mean girls visualiser to promote their new group and now their socials.
pic.twitter.com/eizUTyRa6q https://t.co/HeJKXRsvkc
— Botkon 🐯 (@Lili7381864265) August 28, 2025
Yall were hacked or something? 😭
— NothinOBTR (@NothinOBTR) August 28, 2025
