Pop Star Academy: KATSEYE , Netflix’s eight-episode build-a-band reality show, was filmed in 2022, as HYBE, the South Korean mega entertainment company that also built BTS , partnered with Universal Music Group to create a Los Angeles-based, globally-sourced girl group from the ground up. The training and development systems established by HYBE in Korea to fuel the ranks of K-pop talent would be applied, professional coaches would be employed, and after a year of preparation, the group’s lineup would be revealed. KATSEYE is that group, and 2024, the release of this series coincides with their debut EP.
But if you wanna catch all of the casting, selection, training, toil, competition, and heightened reality-style emotions that went into the process before seeing and hearing who made the cut, Pop Star Academy is giving you a front row seat. POP STAR ACADEMY – KATSEYE : STREAM IT OR SKIP IT? Opening Shot: “Can you guys make some noise for KATSEYE?” An announcer shouts, and a willing crowd of mostly Gen Z and Gen Alpha female fans raise their voices and phones. The Gist: “Two, three, four, five, six, seven! Sha-ka-ka ! We’re not moving on until every single one of you gets this step!” The giddy exclamations and joyful tears over being picked to participate in HYBE and UMG’s training and development program quickly wane once the first round of trainees enter an LA dance studio.
It’s a group of 14 young women from all over the world, whose audition tapes led the.