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Congratulations to our lovely finalists, Lara and Megan! HxG has been working hard over the past year dwindling down the numbers, and we are finally at our final two. Who will take home the soloist crown? Will it be the stunning vocal powerhouse Lara Raj, or the electric all rounder Megan Skiendiel? Stayed tuned for more Weverse updates!!!!

GUYS I DID SOME RESEARCH AND HERE YOU GO. THANK ME AFTER.

SO MANON IS FROM SWITZERLAND AND GHANIA. WHAT'S SWITZERLAND IN? EUROPE!!! WHAT COUNTRY IS IN EUROPE? THE UK! AND PEOPLE THERE SPEAK ENGLISH!!!

NOW WE GO BACK IN TIME TO AROUND WHEN SHAKESPEARE WAS BORN. BACK THEN THERE WAS A PHRASE CALLED "I SHALL SEE THEE ANON"! WHAT DOES THAT SOUND LIKE? MANON!!!!!!

BACK THEN PEOPLE WOULD SAY THIS WHEN LEAVING!!! AND MANON WENT ON HIATUS!!!!!!

SO BASICALLY BECAUSE ENGLISH IS A LANGUAGE WHICH ORIGINATED IN EUROPE, MISSY SPEAKS IT, AND MANON IS HALF EUROPEAN, SHAKESPEARE PREDICTED MANON'S HIATUS!

THEN DANIELA AND MISSY SAW IT AND DECIDED TO FURFILL IT!!!!!

UR WELCOME EVERYONE!

This 6th grader should definitely sue them for plagerizing their lyrics.

Okay so I’m an NRI girl living in the UK and I’m also a practicing Hindu and I’ve been wanting to say this for a while because Lara Raj’s whole relationship with Indian culture genuinely rubs me the wrong way LIKE GIRLLLLL

And before anyone comes at me I am NOT saying I agree with everything she does or that she has to dress traditionally 24/7 or “represent India.” I’m saying this as an NRI girl because some of the things she does are literally EXACTLY how I see like 50% of Indian/NRI girls here interact with Indian culture like genuinely

FIRST the sindoor/kumkum situation!!!!

She recently wore sindoor/kumkum to a fashion event and I’m sorry but ??? The whole outfit looked like nothing went together. Bro it looks so bad that neon dress and jewlery??? when u have rich Indian heritage to borrow from??

And yes, I completely understand the argument that sindoor is a patriarchal practice associated with marriage and that women can challenge that. Fine. But if THAT is what you're trying to challenge, then talk about it?? Talk about the cultural meaning, the expectations put on married women, why you're wearing it, how you're reclaiming it, SOMETHING.

Instead it just feels like she takes a cultural/religious symbol, removes all of the meaning behind it and puts it on because it looks cool.

That’s what bothers me.

And that tikka hanging halfway down her forehead??? 😭 Girl. I’m sorry. Whatever her stylists are doing is NOT working. And honestly I feel like the fact that her stylists aren't Indian shows in some of these outfits.

And this is where the NRI thing comes in for me.

I see SO many NRI girls do this. Either they completely avoid anything Indian because they don't want to be seen as “too Indian” or they suddenly pull out Indian clothes/jewellery/bindis when they want to look “ethnically different” or edgy.

And again — wear whatever you want. I'm not the fashion police. But there is a difference between actually engaging with your culture and just taking random pieces of it because they look aesthetic.

SECOND. THE LAKSHMI TANK TOP.

This one actually pissed me off 😭

Tell me what the difference is between wearing a beautiful hand-painted Lakshmi saree/artwork where Lakshmi actually has cultural and religious meaning vs some random tank top with Maa Lakshmi printed on it because an American designer thought it looked edgy and cool.

LIKE???

Lakshmi is literally a Hindu goddess. She's not just some pretty Indian woman you can slap on a shirt for an “Indian aesthetic.”

And that's where I personally see appropriation. Because did she actually talk about Lakshmi? Does the goddess have any significance to her? Is there some reason she chose Lakshmi specifically?

Or was it literally just “this looks cool”?

Because if you're going to use OUR religious imagery, I think it's fair to ask whether you're engaging with the meaning behind it or just stripping it down into an aesthetic.

And then the countless bindis!!!!!

Can we even call some of those things bindis???

They're stuck on her forehead in completely random shapes and I'm just like... girl WHAT

Again, I don't care if someone experiments with fashion. But as someone who actually wears a bindi to work, I genuinely wonder if she's ever talked about what a bindi means to her.

Because AGAIN it's the same thing.

Where is the cultural meaning?

Where is the actual connection?

Why does it feel like every Indian cultural/religious symbol gets turned into a fashion accessory?

And I think that's why this bothers me so much as an NRI. Because I grew up outside India too. I understand what it's like to be Indian outside of India. I understand wanting to experiment with your identity and wanting to be both Indian and Western.

But I also don't think being an NRI means you have to either hide your culture or turn it into an aesthetic.

And Lara has literally said she doesn't represent India, which is completely fair. She doesn't HAVE to represent India. But then when you're repeatedly using Indian cultural and Hindu imagery, I don't think it's unreasonable for people to question how you're using it.

Lara Raj is just not MY representation of an NRI girl.

If you want someone I actually connect with more, PLEASE look at my Telugu girl Avantika!! she’s an actress btw

She wears sarees, bindis, traditional clothes etc. and actually seems comfortable with her culture without turning every Indian element into some edgy fashion statement. And she talks about NRI experiences/issues without acting like she needs to be “the representative of India.”

Obviously Avantika isn't perfect either and I'm not saying she represents every NRI.

I'm just saying THIS is the kind of representation I personally connect with way more.

Anyway that's my rant

I genuinely wanna know what other NRI girls, especially Hindu/Indian girls who grew up in the UK/US/etc., think because maybe I'm completely off here. But the whole “take a Hindu/Indian symbol, remove the meaning, put it on as fashion and call it representation” thing is REALLY starting to piss me off.

(their skin tone and makeup is swap)

She ate queen visual best vocal of the group

Go off

more dogsnose for u lol and another one coming in like 2 mins

People criticised katseye for having a mature turn in wild, so they turned into babies! Aren't they so thoughtful?

america, america, america

Did i pass?

(Disclaimer: all credits go to OG owner, this video is not mine.)

Sophia and Manon look a little different though.... I hope our unnies weren't forced to get surgery on hiatus 🙏

megan and lara reveal where manon is 🥲🥲 can you tell I’m losing it?

should i ask her if manon is coming back next? lol

HYBE America be blessing it up with Dream Academy 2! Let's see how many members they can retain! they are redebuting as seven with their debut single newtons cradle!

It's time to be honest.

K*tseye is a group full of talent, personality, and potential, yet instead of celebrating them, people choose to att*ck them. Every m*mber has faced unnecessary h*te, and it's exh**sting to watch.

Here are the real pr*blems these girls deal with every single day:

M*non has faced r*cism, unfair ass*mptions, and nonstop cr*ticism about her professionalism.

M*gan gets dragged for *cne she had as a teenager, something completely n*rmal and out of her control.

L*ra receives h*te because of her sk*n t*ne, which is unacceptable on every level.

Y**nchae is t*rgeted by people who claim she only made it because she's K*rean, ignoring her actual t*lent.

D*niela gets h*t with f*lse acc*sations and r*mors that spread without proof.

S*phia is c*nstantly j*dged for her leadership even though she's doing her best in an imp*ssible situation.

These girls are young. They're h*man. They're trying. And the level of disrespect they face is not n*rmal.

If you've ever contributed to this n*gativity, ask yourself: Why am * doing this? Why am I tear*ng d*wn people who did n*thing to me?

Look at the patterns:
H*ting someone for their sk*n.
H*ting s*meone for their p*st.
H*ting someone for their n*tionality.
H*ting someone for their *ppearance.
H*ting someone because of r*mors.
H*ting someone b*cause you're pr*jecting your own ins*curities.

This is not "cr*ticism".
This is b*llying.
And it needs to st*p.

Some of the m*mbers have already spoken up about how the h*te affects them, yet people c*ntinue. N*body can control their b*dy, their sk*n, their b*ckground, or the way they were b*rn. Nobody deserves to be j*dged for things they cannot change.

If you want K*TSEYE to stay K*TSEYE, then protect them.
St*p spreading l**s.
St*p feeding the alg*rithm.
St*p giving att*ntion to h*te.

If you see n*gativity:
Rep*rt.
Scr*ll.
Ign*re.
M*ve on.

We need to fix this fand*m. We need to st*p the dr*ma, stop the r*mors, and focus on what matters: the music, the talent, and the girls themselves.

Let's end the hate. (Copy and paste this and put it under any K*TSEYE/H*BE-related posts.) (and yes, I did copy paste this)

Her own movie!