{"id":2365920,"date":"2026-04-09T18:57:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T18:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2365920"},"modified":"2026-04-09T18:57:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T18:57:14","slug":"katseye-put-their-pinky-up-on-techno-pop-new-single-without-manon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/katseye-put-their-pinky-up-on-techno-pop-new-single-without-manon\/","title":{"rendered":"KATSEYE Put Their &#8216;Pinky Up&#8217; on Techno Pop New Single Without Manon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/katseye\/\">KATSEYE<\/a> gave their EYEKONS fan group plenty to look forward to on Thursday (April) when the HYBE K-pop girl group dropped their beat crazy new single, \u201cPink Up.\u201d In addition to being a fresh track for the now five-piece crew to perform at their upcoming Coachella Festival debut this weekend, the song is the first one without OG member Manon Bannerman, who recently went on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/pop\/manon-katseye-hiatus-1236184318\/\">temporary hiatus<\/a> to \u201cfocus on her health and well-being.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-related-artists \/\/ lrv-u-margin-tb-1 lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop-xl u-flex-direction-column@desktop-xl-max lrv-u-align-items-center lrv-u-margin-l-00@desktop-xl a-glue@desktop-xl lrv-a-glue--t-0 lrv-a-glue--l-0 u-margin-t-29px@desktop u-margin-t-250@mobile-max u-margin-lr-auto@desktop-xl-max u-max-width-400@desktop-xl-max u-width-100p@mobile-max u-max-width-80@desktop-xl\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-u-color-white a-font-primary-fancy-m lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-text-align-center a-article-related-module-title lrv-u-padding-tb-050\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tExplore\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<div class=\"a-article-related-module-wrap lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop-xl lrv-u-flex-grow-1 u-width-100p\">\n<div class=\"o-card lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop-xl u-flex-direction-column@desktop-xl-max u-align-items-center lrv-u-position-relative u-flex-basis-100p lrv-u-padding-b-075\">\n<div class=\"o-card__image-wrap lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column u-width-80 u-width-160@mobile-max lrv-a-glue-parent lrv-u-flex-shrink-0\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-height-100p\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/katseye\/\" class=\"c-lazy-image__link lrv-a-unstyle-link\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"a-crop-1x1 lrv-u-height-100p\" style=\"\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"o-indicator lrv-a-glue a-glue--b-n050 lrv-a-glue--r-0 a-glue--t-auto a-glue--l-0 lrv-u-margin-lr-auto u-pointer-events-none lrv-u-background-color-brand-primary lrv-u-border-radius-50p u-width-20 u-height-20 a-icon-related-artist lrv-a-icon-after\"><\/p>\n<p>\t<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"c-tagline  a-font-secondary-fancy-xxxs@desktop-xl a-font-secondary-fancy-s@desktop-xl-max lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-color-black u-padding-t-13 lrv-u-padding-b-2 lrv-u-margin-tb-00 lrv-u-text-align-center lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-border-color-black lrv-u-width-100p\">See latest videos, charts and news<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cOne day, soon, the world\u2019s gonna end\/ I\u2019m gonna make out with my new bestest friends\/ I wanna live large, right before\u205fit\u205fall\u205fburns down\/ Up, up, pinky up\/ Go hard like we\u2019re robbin\u2019 the Louvre\/ We Mona Lisa with a cute attitude\/ I wanna get high right before we\u2019re in the ground,\u201d members Daniela Avanzini and Megan Skiendiel sing on the hyper pop song\u2019s first chorus in the video in which the group show off their fierce nail art while, naturally, putting those pinkies up to take a sip of tea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cOoh, we\u2019re screaming from cloud nine\/ No one can touch us if they tried\/ Ooh, but it\u2019s a state of mind\/ I-I-I-I bet it goes like this\/ It\u2019s a state of mind\/ We\u2019re screaming from cloud nine,\u201d they all sing defiantly before dipping into the \u201cPin-pinky up\u201d chorus on the tune that at points sounds like a video game soundtrack cranked up to double speed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cPinky Up\u201d was written by Justin Tranter (Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande) and produced by dwilly, \u201chitman\u201d bang and FRANTS, with the video directed by Bardia Zeinali (Kacey Musgraves, Troye Sivan). The group began teasing it on March 30 via a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWg7FtejyHh\/\">cryptic video<\/a> in which the Mona Lisa brings a steaming cup of tea up to her mouth, with her little finger extended just so. The followed it up the next day with another head-scratcher with no taste of the music in which a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DWjgFsRCZop\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==\">KATSEYE-themed claw machine<\/a> pulls a sword out of a pile of jewelry-wearing stuffed animals, revealing the release date for the single.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAll those images show up in the video, with the visual keeping that vibe going, as the women are surrounded by a forest of plushies and lounge around in their usual colorful, outr\u00e9 outfits, which include glittery knee-high boots for a minibike burn-out in an office and patterned mini skirts for a sweaty dance party. Near the end, they slip into matching shaggy blonde wigs and sip some more in a bland hotel ballroom while wearing clear white smocks with furry accents over glittery blue bodysuits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cPinky Up\u201d dropped on the eve of KATSEYE\u2019s Coachella debut on Friday (April 10), which will be their latest show without Bannerman, following gigs at Lollapalooza Argentina and Lollapalooza Chile last month; KATSEYE will also take the stage at the second weekend of Coachella on April 17.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe group, kind of, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/pop\/katseye-manon-talks-group-dynamics-before-hiatus-1236216761\/\">discussed their interpersonal dynamics<\/a> in a new <em>NYLON<\/em> cover story that took place before Manon announced her leave-taking. \u201cBeing in a group, it\u2019s just about good communication and setting good boundaries and building a friendship, but also work relationship, and always remembering that it\u2019s a shared goal that we have,\u201d Manon told the magazine, which noted that current members Yoonchae Jeung, Sophia Laforteza, Daniela Avanzini, Lara Raj and Megan Skiendiel declined to answer additional questions about Manon\u2019s hiatus when the news broke of after the initial interview was completed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWatch the \u201cPinky Up\u201d video below.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"\/>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ubpass.co\/billboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/2HpFicp.png\" alt=\"Billboard VIP Pass\" style=\"max-width: 100%;height: auto\"\/><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.billboard.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KATSEYE gave their EYEKONS fan group plenty to look forward to on Thursday (April) when the HYBE K-pop girl group dropped their beat crazy new single, \u201cPink Up.\u201d In addition to being a fresh track for the now five-piece crew to perform at their upcoming Coachella Festival debut this weekend, the song is the first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2365921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[350578,21932],"class_list":["post-2365920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-genre-kpop","tag-music-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/KATSEYE-Put-Their-Pinky-Up-on-Techno-Pop-New-Single.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2365920"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2365922,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365920\/revisions\/2365922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2365921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2365920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2365920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2365920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}