INDIO, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 10: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) (NOT TO BE LICENSED FOR ANY STANDALONE OR SPECIAL INTEREST BOOK PUBLISHING USE CONCERNING THE COACHELLA MUSIC FESTIVAL AND/OR STAGECOACH MUSIC FESTIVAL) (L-R) Yoonchae, Lara Raj, Megan, Daniela and Sophia of KATSEYE perform at the Coachella Stage during the 2026 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at Empire Polo Club on April 10, 2026 in Indio, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Coachella)
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KATSEYE’s debut performance at Coachella was preceded by an unintentional announcement.
A video seemingly meant for Weekend 2 aired during Weekend 1's livestream, confirming a new project called 'Wild' — hours before the group took the Sahara stage.
KATSEYE’s Coachella debut on April 10 was preceded by an unintentional announcement. In the hours before the group performed on the Sahara stage, the Coachella livestream broadcast a video featuring five members (without Manon) — Sophia Laforteza, Daniela Avanzini, Lara Raj, Megan Skiendiel, and Yoonchae Jeung — that was clearly not intended for that moment.
In the clip, Sophia announces: "Today we just announced our new project, 'Wild.'" Lara follows: "We're so, so excited to share this next chapter with all of our EYEKONS." Megan closes by inviting fans to catch their performance at the Sahara Tent at 8 PM PT "this Friday."
The reference to "this Friday" placed the video squarely in the context of Weekend 2, which begins April 17 — not Weekend 1, which was already underway when the clip aired. The implication is that KATSEYE planned to use the second weekend's livestream to formally announce "Wild" alongside a performance, using the Coachella platform as a global launch moment for whatever the project is. Instead, the video reached audiences a week early.
The group's April 10 performance included no mention of "Wild." No formal announcement has been made by HYBE or Geffen Records, and neither the group's social media accounts nor the labels have acknowledged the leak. The performance setlist featured "Pinky Up," "Debut," "Touch," "Internet Girl," and "Mean Girls," among other songs, with no reference to a new project or era.
KATSEYE's release history to date consists of two EPs — SIS (Soft Is Strong) in 2024 and Beautiful Chaos in 2025 — along with a run of standalone singles including "Gnarly," "Gabriela," "Internet Girl," and most recently "Pinky Up," released April 9. "Pinky Up" is their seventh single, and the first released without Manon Bannerman, who has been on hiatus since February 20.
The E! News interview from January 2026 had Lara teasing that the group had "something really, really exciting planned" for Coachella. At the time, the comment was read as referring to the performance itself or a potential surprise guest — which materialised in the form of EJAE, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami, the singing voices behind HUNTR/X from the Oscar-winning animated film KPop Demon Hunters, who joined KATSEYE on stage for a performance of "Golden." Whether "Wild" was also part of that "something exciting" is now clearer: the group had a second announcement prepared, timed for Weekend 2.
Whether "Wild" is an EP, a full album, or something else has not been confirmed.
ForbesCoachella 2026: KATSEYE Performs ‘Golden’ With EJAE, Audrey Nuna And Rei AmiThe accidental broadcast raises questions about how KATSEYE plans to use Coachella’s second weekend. The festival’s April 17 date, where the group is again booked for the Sahara stage at 8 PM, was already positioned as an opportunity to reach a fresh audience — second weekends traditionally draw a slightly different crowd, and the livestream audience tends to spike for acts that generated buzz the first time around (like a stunning BINI in their Coachella debut).
ForbesBINI Make History For Filipino Music At Coachella 2026: Full SetlistBy Jeff BenjaminAnnouncing a new project mid-set, or releasing it in conjunction with the Weekend 2 appearance, would be a logical use of that platform. Coldplay debuted new material at Coachella. Beyoncé used her 2018 headline set to announce the Homecoming live album. For a group at KATSEYE's stage of career — commercially ascending, with their highest-ever chart position posted just three months ago — using both Coachella weekends to bracket a major announcement would be a textbook rollout strategy.
That plan, if it was one, has now been partially short-circuited. Fans watching the Weekend 1 livestream already know "Wild" is coming. The question for Weekend 2 is whether HYBE and Geffen lean into the leak with a formal announcement, or hold course as if nothing happened.
KATSEYE performs at Coachella Weekend 2 on April 17. "Wild" has not been given a release date.
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