Will Manon be part of KATSEYE: WILD HEARTS?
The press release shared July 8 made no specific note of what role KATSEYE member Manon Bannerman will have in the movie — though a screengrab from the film includes Bannerman posing with her fellow members: Daniela Avanzini, Lara Raj, Megan Skiendiel, Sophia Laforteza, and Yoonchae Jeung.
Bannerman, who has been on hiatus from the group since February, 2026, was recently seen with designer Simon Porte Jacquemus, where she wore a yellow set as part of Jacquemus’s Spring/Summer 2027 collection. Bannerman and her fellow girl group members have remained measued on the topic of Bannerman’s hiatus, but the active members did share some insight in their recent Vanity Fair cover, sharing that they speak with Bannerman “here and there” and that her hiatus had nothing to do “with race,” according to Laforteza. ““That goes against everything that we stand for.” The point came in response to ongong discourse about the historic treatment of Black girl group members, and speculation that Bannerman has been mistreated due to her racial identity.