r/ManonMeret

Has there been any confirmed interaction (online or in person) between Manon and the rest of the group since she went on hiatus in February?

Beyond the usual “we talk sometimes / the door is open” comments from the other members, has anyone actually seen likes, comments, tags, or real-life sightings?

From a company perspective, it actually makes a lot of sense:

• The group schedule is extremely demanding. Manon has spoken before about different cultural expectations around rest and work (coming from Switzerland). If there was ongoing friction around absences, recovery time, or pace, the company would rather remove that friction from the group so the remaining members can keep a full schedule without disruption.
• At the same time, they’ve already invested heavily in her training, image, and fanbase. Completely cutting her loose means losing any future return on that investment and risking a messier public exit. Keeping her under the company for solo projects lets them still profit off her while framing it more softly (“focusing on solo work”) instead of a full, bitter departure.

So the logic would be: take her out of the group system she may not fully fit into, but keep her as an asset for solo activities.

I’m curious how Manon fans would actually feel about that outcome. Would you still support her under HYBE x Geffen as a soloist? Or would you rather see her leave the company entirely even if it means starting over with less support?

If Manon does come back, which parts will she be singing in the songs that she unfortunately didn’t record with the rest of the group? Will they just remove that EP / era completely if it does happen? Idk i was just thinking about that and i am also convinced she actually did record it with them but they removed her :/

With the new EP from Katseye out, I’ve been listening and thinking about if Manon returns to the group and they re-record the songs she has not been included in to make them OT6 (commonly done in the kpop industry), what lines in each of the songs do we think she’ll get?

I’ll try to keep this structured. Just in case HxG staff lurks here. Like it so it’s visible. That darned contract they don’t seem to want to release Manon from is doing a lot of heavy lifting for them and that’s a fact. Okay here goes.

- That movie/documentary release (I did not purchase any tickets and there’s a great review about how it was just an ad and bait to draw attention to their project) did not mention Manon negatively. HxG seems to be learning. Slowly. But they still name dropped Manon.

- There is a movement going on to boycott HxG and everything they’re involved with until they either release a statement, do a staff cleanse, train their staff how NOT to be racist, and, if they want Manon fans interested again, to redo everything Manon wasn’t included in especially music videos. To show they have realized their mistakes and how they crushed the hearts of all the kids teens and adults that are (half)black by their actions against Manon.

- If Sophia’s hiatus is going to be used as a way to force Manon back in the group, especially with how Manon was treated like Voldemort and now all of a sudden she’s being mentioned by the group after the documentary didn’t make any noise.. it’s either they’re gearing up to use and abuse Manon round 2, or they’ve finally realized they need Manon and that Manon has a lot of supporters that were lost when they forced her into a hiatus. They mentioned their “sister” Sophia but not Manon even though the crowd was screaming Manon’s name a couple days before their documentary dropped. But after the documentary basically made no splashes and evil edited two reviewers.. now all of a sudden Manon is remembered on stage.

- If they pull their contract over Manon and force her to return against her will.. they need to honor her terms. I haven’t seen anything happening in their choreography post-Manon that indicates Manon couldn’t keep up. If anything, she’s going to eat it up and leave no crumbs.

- Nobody wants Manon under HxG. Nobody. They don’t even treat her well. But the contract is there and they’re going to refuse to let her go, it seems, and use her as much as they possibly can. So I’ll personally be side eyeing everything till Manon is free, and even after, I’ll be checking for any blacklisting and blast any company that folds for HxG blacklisting Manon in the industry. Any company that tries to silence her or folds to a blacklist should be boycotted cause it’s 2026. HxG should feel more confident about their choices and learn to realize that it’s about Manon for Pokenons, not about HxG.

- Let’s all channel our inner Manon and resist any type of company bullying no matter its form. We’ve seen that it works to speak up cause HxG stays trying to change the narrative against one single dolphin laughing girl!

Resist and boycott. Never fold. Love you all! And this is going into helping all the young boys and girls and in betweens so they won’t face racism or other forms of discrimination and mistreatment for daring to gain fans against the company’s will.

I know the entire WILD EP came out not too long ago, but in my opinion it feels wrong to give HxG (I would NEVER blame the girls) more attention. They recruited Manon for this group but throughout her time in KATSEYE, there small moments of her being intentionally left out. This is seen with Monster High Collab (everyone had a solo shot/got to talk about their doll except for her), and whenever other K-POP groups would collab with them she would hardly be featured in duo or trio Tiktok dances despite being seen in the background. Now that it has been 6 months with no real update, I feel like it is clear that HxG doesn’t really care about her and …dare I say Black fans. Streaming the rest of WILD just doesn’t sit right with me, what do you all think?

Hi, i wanted to share how I feel, and I feel like everything fell apart when manon left, like maybe I just see them as they are whereas before I was just distracted idk how to say that lmao.

I hate how involved I am in this group, i don't know how/if i could distance myself from them. I became a fan when touch came out and really like SIS. Then I loved gnarly and gabriela and beautiful chaos overall. Then I hated every song that came after until today i kinda like hootie frutti but not the rest of the EP.

So, me not really vibing with their songs, plus all the constant drama around them, the racism, the oversexualization (since debut), the non stop ads, the tiktok music, the rage bait, the lies, the constant cash grab, the hardcore fans, the absence of communication, the choices their company make over and over, not to mention the manon hiatus (i dont want to go deeper in details for that cause there is too much to say lmao).
Like I loved touch then loved the girls then once i got attached to them, the veil dropped and all those bad stuffs appeared/were shown and i'm like constantly frustrated cause this all feels too much, especially for a 2year old group. All i wanted, for the group i liked, was a good song, and now my hand are filled with non stop drama, and even when i do enjoy something, there is always something in the back of my mind. Like hootie frutti (i wont say anything about the sexual parts lmao) why do we make an ad for slimes, arent this toy for kids ? Or when they talk about sisterhood, but nothing scream sisterhood about how manon was set apart.

So here it is, i'm pretty sure if manon didnt vanish from katseye it would all have been more enjoyable too lmao. I'll have to avoid some kateye content to avoid being this frustrated all the time xD. I still really like the girls tho, tell me what do you think !

PSA there’s a Dear Manon and a Boycott HxG and a release the statement movement going on rn. Idk if Reddit will allow it. *****

The reach and homework people do against her is so funny. The narrative against her continues to change based on what people want to excuse when it comes to others but not Manon.

And honestly, if she’s such a “terrible” person to work with, why are they holding on to her? Why do they need to name drop her whenever they want views and attention for their projects?

We’re tired. Manon has fans and supporters. It’s time to boycott so they’ll release her or have her go solo. Blacklisting Manon means a blacklist for them. No we won’t budge idgaf what they try.

Every time that group releases anything, it’s like they’re spitting on every black and half black girl on this planet by making their only (half) black member miss out on over 6 months of projects.

The more they hold on to her and hold her career hostage, the more they prove that Manon isn’t what they want so bad to make her out to be. They let Garam go, and let Lexie go twice.

Manon is clearly not the issue here. And I’m sick of her ops pretending that she is.

Hi guys, I don't really go here but wanted to talk about something if that's okay.

In Pop Star Academy there seems to be a double standard in the way Manon's fans are represented vs. Sophia's fans.

For Manon, they found a clip of a fan saying she was just voting for Manon because she is Black. They cut the video off before any explanation was provided and showed it with no context. This leaves the audience with the impression that Manon earned her spot unfairly because of her race.

However with Sophia, they tell us about how Sophia is the first Filipino artist signed by Hybe and we see comments from Filipino fans excited to have representation, and Sophia talks about how meaningful that is for her.

It's the same situation, but portrayed in a completely different light. Does this bother anyone else?

I think HYBE x Geffin is waiting for the public to lose interest in Manon before they let her go. Reasons being:

1. Avoiding a massive fallout publicly: once people truly stop caring, stop talking about her, etc. They will be less of a mess for them to have to clean up through PR.

2. If she loses traction and the public loses interest in her, whatever opportunities she has lined up- pre-recorded music with other artists, fashion show invitations, and, more generally, any social invitations she gets to hang out with A-listers- start to dwindle.

3. Sabotaging her career advancements: keeping her in a contract makes it so that any other artist, record label or opportunity that comes up has to go through whoever her contract is signed with; this is how interal/industry black balling happens. So we, the public might not be privy to what's happening behind the scenes possibly affecting our girls ability to succeed after Katseye

I think they're keeping her signed to make sure she loses all opportunities waiting for her. We've seen this happen to several artists: Halsey, Normani, Megan thee stallion, victoria Monte, where theyre trapped in shittu contracts and are only let free when they fight back with lawsuits or they "lose traction" (Victoria Monte bounced back with "On my Mama", Normani teased another come back as she has finally been released, once ppl stopped caring about her, Halsey is still stuck in her contract and cant make music because they won't let her, she revealed this late last year/early this year, and Megan had to grt the help of Rock nation to sue her old management team).

I hope Manon is let go soon, and I hope thay regardless of how long it take fans still drag hybe x geffen through the mud for this. Its evil to her and the other girls who likely will get snatched publically for all this too.