Banking on the recent commercial success of KATSYE, HYBE and Universal Music Group<\/a>\u2018s Geffen Records are launching a new talent search for their second global girl group.<\/p>\n The collaboration, which produced<\/a> the six-member global act through The Debut: Dream Academy<\/i> in 2023, is now expanding operations with World Scout : The Final Piece<\/a>, <\/i>with Japanese auditions already underway and exclusively streaming on Japanese platform ABEMA<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n KATSEYE<\/b>\u2018s performance metrics suggest the strength of HYBE<\/b> and Geffen<\/b>\u2019s partnership. The group\u2019s EP Beautiful Chaos<\/i> appeared on both\u00a0Billboard<\/a><\/i> and UK Official charts while their 13-city North American tour sold out completely.<\/p>\n The group\u2019s singles\u00a0Gnarly\u00a0<\/i>and\u00a0Gabriela\u00a0<\/i>also saw multi-week runs on the\u00a0Billboard<\/i>\u00a0Hot 100.<\/p>\n KATSEYE were among the performers during the recent Lollapalooza<\/b> in Chicago. In an interview<\/a> with\u00a0The Korea Times\u00a0<\/i>on Saturday, KATSEYE\u2019s Manon<\/b> said: \u201cIt\u2019s our first festival ever\u2026 We\u2019ve worked so hard for it, and now we\u2019re at a point where we\u2019re just ready to take over the stage and let Chicago know who we are.\u201d<\/p>\n According to HYBE\u2019s latest earnings report<\/a>, just\u00a01%<\/b>\u00a0of the group\u2019s\u00a0Spotify<\/a><\/b>\u00a0listeners are based in Korea. Over\u00a020%<\/b>\u00a0are in the United States,\u00a017%<\/b>\u00a0in Europe, and\u00a012%<\/b>\u00a0in the Philippines. The data supports HYBE\u2019s strategy of developing acts for international markets rather than exporting Korean-developed groups.<\/p>\n![](\"\/files\/2025\/05\/MBW-jobs-MPU.jpg\"\/)
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