KATSEYE made their Saturday Night Live debut on September 26, performing Animal and Hootie Frutti from their latest EP Wild on the NBC sketch series. Four of the group’s six members performed; Manon Bannerman and Sophia Laforteza are currently on hiatus citing mental health reasons.
The appearance marked another mainstream U.S. television milestone following an August performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and a slot on the Today summer concert series. The SNL debut caps a rapid ascent for KATSEYE, who formed two years ago through the reality competition series Dream Academy, a joint venture between K-pop company HYBE and Universal Music Group’s Geffen Records.
Wild, released in August, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 170,000 first-week units—the group’s first chart-topper and the biggest sales week for an all-female group in years. Lead single Animal, co-written by Ed Sheeran, debuted at No. 24 on the Hot 100, a career high and the fifth consecutive solo single the group has charted.
KATSEYE earned Grammy nominations for Best New Artist and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 68th annual Grammy Awards. The group has drawn more than 30 million monthly Spotify listeners at points this year and is on their 31-date Wildworld Tour, which opened in Europe in September and heads to North America in October, beginning in Miami and wrapping in Mexico City in late November.
See Katseye live
Upcoming Katseye events with tickets available:
- Oct 13, 2026 — Kaseya Center, Miami, Florida · Get tickets
- Oct 15, 2026 — State Farm Arena – GA, Atlanta, Georgia · Get tickets
- Oct 20, 2026 — Spectrum Center, Charlotte, North Carolina · Get tickets
- Oct 22, 2026 — Capital One Arena, Washington, District Of Columbia · Get tickets
- Oct 24, 2026 — UBS Arena, Elmont, New York · Get tickets
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Source: Billboard
