00:00I remember on that stage, when they called my name,
00:03we all started freaking out.
00:04I feel like I blanked out.
00:06I was so shocked.
00:08Give it up for your new global girl group, Cat's Eye!
00:15Hi, InStyle. It's Cat's Eye.
00:18And welcome to our social cover.
00:20So our group name, Cat's Eye,
00:21is actually inspired by the gemstone Cat's Eye.
00:24And depending on the viewer's perspective,
00:26you can see a different view of the gemstone.
00:29You see different colors.
00:30And that represents each and every one of our talents
00:33and our different backgrounds.
00:34We're all very different girls with our own charms,
00:37personalities, where we come from,
00:39and what we represent.
00:40K-pop methodology is about singing and dancing
00:45and performance and also synchronization
00:50for the choreography.
00:52Some of us were kind of new about groups
00:54such as BTS or Blackpink.
00:56But going really deeply into the K-pop methodology
01:00and the strategy of the training that we all went under,
01:03we experienced it to sort of know.
01:04I feel like everybody knows that all these K-pop idols
01:07who we have so much respect for
01:08have gone through this rigorous training.
01:10And to be able to experience it firsthand
01:14really was an amazing experience for all of us.
01:17And we're really excited for it to be shown
01:19and unlocked in our NETFLIX Office Series,
01:22Popstar Academy, Cat's Eye.
01:23Daniela, I want you to get back to
01:25what it was like recording your first single debut.
01:28The very first time recording was surreal
01:33because it was our very first song,
01:35the very first time we were going to hear
01:38our voices on a track all together,
01:40finally like girl group, you know?
01:44And it was just so cool to hear all of us.
01:48We all were like,
01:50like when we heard it for the first time,
01:53like the demo.
01:55It was just like, we were so excited.
01:58I loved recording in the studio.
01:59I always love recording in the studio
02:02and shooting music videos too.
02:03I think that's like so, so much fun.
02:07But of course there are some challenges
02:09that come to it vocally,
02:11but I always have the best time recording it.
02:18It's called a fan kick.
02:19And I feel like we all really didn't like struggle too hard
02:22because during our training days,
02:24we would like stretch all the time
02:25to get like our splits and everything.
02:27So we were all pretty flexible by the time
02:29that we had to learn the dance move.
02:31But getting it synchronized at the same time
02:34was the hardest part.
02:35That is true.
02:38And we had to like put on the floor,
02:40make sure like it all slams at the same time.
02:42You know, we...
02:43We drilled that so hard.
02:45It's actually the first time we learned it.
02:46We all like kicked our leg up
02:48and we all like kept whipping our hair
02:49and they were like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
02:53Yes, we have this little hand choreography
03:02that is very catchy.
03:04A lot of people are like copying it and doing it.
03:06So it's very fun to like see icons or fans doing it.
03:10Touch and debut kind of showcase our duality
03:13because debut is very like strong, punchy, powerful, fierce.
03:18And then touch is more like soft.
03:21And I always like to say it's like velvety and dreamy.
03:24It's two very different sounds.
03:25And it's kind of us still like looking for our sound
03:30and experimenting.
03:31Lauren, what has it been like to watch social media
03:34and see people pick up on your choreography,
03:37pick up on the songs and enjoy it
03:39and remake you or copy you as a work?
03:41Oh my God, it's surreal.
03:43I don't think it's like really hit us yet.
03:45People are like singing our song.
03:47We're such big fans of music.
03:50We love like getting into an artist
03:52and like into their journey and their story.
03:54People are actually doing that for us.
03:56It's wild.
03:57Like yesterday, my friend, she texted me
04:00and she said that she came home from the gym
04:02and she heard someone blasting Touch in their car.
04:04Like, I never told you guys this.
04:07She said that someone like drove past her
04:10and like Touch was like blasting in her car.
04:17My best friend all the way in the Philippines
04:19has sent me, I swear, like four videos already
04:21of it playing on the radio.
04:23And I was like, that's insane.
04:26It's so unreal.
04:27We're so grateful.
04:32At first, I was really nervous
04:34and I was really excited to come to LA.
04:38I have older sister in Korea.
04:40So I felt like our members are my sisters
04:44and like five sisters.
04:47So I love it.
04:56I think we're all really funny.
04:59We have different humors
05:00but I feel like they all work together.
05:03Someday it's Megan.
05:04Someday it's Yoonjae.
05:05Yoonjae says the funniest random stuff
05:08and she's like so unintentionally funny.
05:10Yeah, I think we all laugh a lot.
05:14Organized?
05:16The most organized has to be Sophia.
05:19Our leader, Sophia.
05:20Honorable mention, Dani.
05:21Honorable mention.
05:24I have to give it to Dani.
05:26Dani is actually also really organized.
05:28You know what?
05:33Who loves fashion the most?
05:35Lara.
05:36She's like the most,
05:37one of the most expressive people in fashion
05:39that I've ever met.
05:40I feel like that's one of the biggest outlets.
05:43I feel like Lara has.
05:44Who has the best beauty products?
05:48I feel like we all have like similar ones.
05:52Can we talk about the skincare?
05:54We like all have the same skincare routine.
06:00When we went to Korea for one of our Dream Academy missions,
06:02we all came back with overweight baggages
06:06full of skincare and makeup.
06:08Oh my god.
06:08And when Yoonjae's mom comes to visit her,
06:11like she brings us all skincare.
06:14She gets our order.
06:15My mom got like extra bags.
06:18Oh my god.
06:19Who is the mom of the group?
06:22Sophia's the mom.
06:23Leader's the mom.
06:24She cooks for us.
06:25She's mommy.
06:26She's our mommy.
06:27She's mommy.
06:29The best cook.
06:33Or Yoonjae.
06:34Or Lara.
06:34Yoonjae actually cooks.
06:36I cook everything.
06:37Or Lara.
06:37I cook spices.
06:40Spices.
06:40I'm good with spices.
06:42We have all tried each other's like food,
06:44and it's just, it's so cool.
06:46I've never tried Korean food before this.
06:48Oh, so good.
06:49But yeah, we always-
06:50We eat it every day.
06:51Literally.
06:52But we all like try and like,
06:53like share our food with each other
06:56so we can have like a little taste of each other's like culture.
06:58Food is one of our main love languages.
07:00Like food and laughter,
07:01I feel like that's like one of the things that-
07:03Food and laughter.
07:03Food and laughter.
07:05Right?
07:05Like isn't that true?
07:06It's like live, love, love.
07:07Like we are live, laugh, love, eat.
07:10Yeah, that's what we actually do.
07:12You should see our pantry at the house.
07:13Oh my god.
07:14It's, Mano said it's a global supermarket.
07:16Yeah, there's a global supermarket.
07:18I love it.
07:19It's instant ramen, so probably not healthy.
07:22So don't-
07:23No, but they're so good.
07:23Don't get into that.
07:24They make you sweat.
07:25It's fine.
07:26I literally had it yesterday.
07:28Is there something you binge together?
07:30So Love Island, we watch Too Hot to Hit.
07:32We watch all the love shows.
07:34Love reality shows.
07:35We watch-
07:36You guys watch Perfect Match.
07:37No, I don't-
07:38You'll have to watch Singlish Birdo.
07:40I've never heard of that one.
07:41Yeah, Singlish Birdo.
07:42Yoonje and I love to like start kdramas together
07:45and then we like go at our own pace after that.
07:47I would love to hear who some of your favorite girl groups are, who inspired you.
07:51There's so many amazing artists and girl groups that have inspired me, have inspired us.
07:56I think one of the main ones is Pussycat Dolls.
07:59We love Pussycat Dolls, Destiny's Child, Spice Girls.
08:03Pretty much everything that Dani has already said, I love them all.
08:06I think some to add is like Blackpink.
08:09I love Blackpink.
08:11ITZY, TWICE, you know, all those K-pop groups.
08:15aespa
08:16aespa, aespa.
08:18Yeah, we love Kiss of Life, Seraphine, EXY.
08:22Oh, it has to be Destiny's Child. Yeah.
08:24All already said.
08:27Put them all out.
08:31We all have very similar like tastes.
08:33For me, Destiny's Child and Pussycat Dolls. I can't pick.
08:37Let me just ask you, what are you most excited about?
08:40I think I'm most excited for like the touring and like meeting the icons like face to face.
08:45I feel like that's going to be like the most fun part,
08:47especially like feeling the energy from the crowd.
08:50I feel like it's just going to be like a feeling that like,
08:52I don't know, like you'll never be like match.
08:54Like it's so fun and like energetic and like to be able to like perform for the icons
09:00and to show them like what we've been working on for so long.
09:03And it's just our passion to be able to perform and like inspire.
09:07I would say same because we just recently had our first performance ever at the Crypto.
09:12And it was insane.
09:13Like it was such a surreal feeling because we've been working towards that for so long
09:17and having it turn into reality and like seeing all of the people that support you
09:21is a feeling that is like unmatched.
09:22So I think same for me.
09:24What can you tease out?
09:27What's the next dance move?
09:29Can you like show us?
09:30What are you going to cover?
09:31Same like a musical?
09:33What can you show us?
09:35What can you show us?
09:37I don't know, what can I do?
09:38Just gotta wait and see.
09:40Glad I might show you my way because I'm pretty.
09:43Here he is.
09:43Oh, that was really good.
09:52So last question, looking back to the people who like didn't make it,
09:57who weren't selected to be members, are you in touch with them?
10:00Have you like been friends with some of the people who weren't selected?
10:04I feel like we all have this like such strong bond with every single contestant
10:09because like this experience that we all went through is so just so like unique
10:16and like we'll always be able to have like that special bond because they are our sisters.
10:23I'm still very close with like some of the members or some of the past contestants
10:27and they're like my best friends to this day.
10:29So yeah.
10:30I still talk to them like almost every single day.
10:34I talk literally every single day.
10:36I'm still talking to the other contestants.
10:37Yeah, yeah.
10:38Yeah, I feel like like nobody can really understand like what we went through
10:45and like how it was except for those girls.
10:48So like our experience like that training like changed our lives forever.
10:53Like no matter whether you ended up in the group or you didn't,
10:56like it changed the trajectory of all of our lives.
10:59So I feel like we can really always relate to each other about that.
11:03We'll always be connected like in some way.
11:05Sisters forever.
11:06Yeah, forever.
11:07Besties.
11:08Thank you!
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