Katseye stopped by Genius to talk about their hit “My Way,” the standout track from their 'SIS' (Soft Is Strong) EP. You might also recognize the ladies as the stars of Netflix’s new docuseries, Popstar Academy: KATSEYE. On today’s episode of Verified, the ladies dive into the personal stories behind the song, share how each member brings something unique to the group, and open up about navigating life and growth together as a team.
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00:00Megan I've known for the longest so she's like my little sister. Yoon Chae is the youngest. She's like our baby sister
00:06We're all very protective of her. Danny. Oh this girl. She's a little spicy. She's got like those like Shakira hips
00:12You know what I mean?
00:14Lara is oh my god
00:16She is the songbird like she like embodies like music and we also have Mano who isn't here with us today
00:21Unfortunately, she's so like chill. She's like your cool like cool older sister vibes. Sophia is our straight A student
00:29She is our leader. If nobody's doing something Sophia's the one that like
00:34Gets us together. Yeah
00:45I
00:46Remember like the first time hearing it back. I was just so excited to be able to like perform this song
00:52I felt like seen and heard. Yeah, like hearing our stories in there
00:56It was like wow, like we're using like music. I was like this like outlet
01:00I think my way was also the first song that we think it was
01:06And so when we all heard it together we were just like damn it was also we came right out of the survival show
01:13Dream Academy. We were just like damn like this is our song. It was just it was such a moment
01:20Wake up
01:22Mama's mad cuz I stayed up
01:24Sneaking out trying to meet with someone I shouldn't see picking up. What's wrong with me?
01:31Pre cats
01:32I debut me and Laura would like just hang out all the time and this one specific time that we're hanging out
01:38We actually snuck out
01:40To go to like a viewpoint to maybe meet someone we weren't supposed to see
01:45And it was the first time I actually got yelled at by her mom
01:54And my mom doesn't do that. I've never seen her like that and it was like a big bonding experience
01:58I don't know how it's coming into the family
02:00She became a part of the Rush family that night
02:02I remember we were in the car
02:04And it was really late. Sorry mom
02:06The house
02:08Sometimes it gets too loud
02:10So I wait till my girls pull up and their dads and three careful that we don't lose those kids
02:17I relate to the lyric cuz
02:21Laura's house is so loud and Megan's car
02:41There's moments when you're a teenager and you're just like I just want to figure it out myself
02:46I honestly still go through this. There's moments where I feel like I'm like mom
02:50I can do it myself
02:51Like I can learn from my own mistakes and I know you're just trying to help but like there's just moments where like you just feel
02:58Like you're all grown up and like you can do it all by yourself
03:04They care
03:05Big curls and they all stare
03:08Yeah, I try to fit in your box of pink Barbie dolls found. I still couldn't win them
03:14I feel like when I started the program
03:17That's kind of when I started to embrace myself and my natural beauty
03:21Like my whole family has like curls beautiful curls like these Latin
03:25Big thick curls and I lost myself in high school
03:28It's because I was trying to please everybody once all those people were gone and I was in a new environment
03:35With new girls, that's when I was like, okay, like I can be me. I can be myself
03:39I can let it out
03:41Amazing to be able to inspire other people and tell people my story because I know other people relate
03:48Kind of miss being young. I'm a naive cause now I realize growing up
03:53I wanna seem so now I just live for today and if I make a couple mistakes
03:59We've had a very unique and like abnormal
04:03Version of growing up and becoming adults because we've been like training and we're kind of in this bubble with each other
04:10And we've seen each other grow up
04:14Honestly growing up is confusing
04:16It's really, really confusing
04:29One of the biggest experiences especially recently that makes me relate to that lyric a lot is the whole training program
04:37I feel like every month we had these monthly evaluations and every single evaluation
04:42We were told one thing you learn from a lot of those things which is like quote-unquote the mistakes if I never had those
04:48moments of
04:49Pushing myself to try things my own way
04:51Like I feel like if I never had those experiences that I wouldn't have the knowledge that I have now
05:12It's funny because I'm kind of almost like the opposite like some of the stories the girls shared where it's like I have to
05:28Experience it myself the type of person I am it's kind of like if I know that something bad is gonna happen
05:32Then I'm not gonna do it
05:33I feel like I didn't do a lot of the things like my way like I like
05:37Was trying to listen to people a lot and just be like don't do this. Don't do that
05:41I kind of like had to switch up my perspective and say like well me deciding to do that actually was like me doing it
05:48My way. Yeah, and once I switched that perspective when I realized that that was how I was relating to the song and the story
05:55It really helped me like sing the song and now I'm able to sing it so wholeheartedly
06:12I
06:15Say my way is a lot about being kind to yourself and just
06:20Having confidence and knowing that just as a human
06:24You are allowed to do things and make your own decisions
06:27Like it's a gift and it is a power that you have like you did it your way like you did that
06:32Do it your way don't listen to anybody listen to your gut embrace yourself
06:36Who you are and make your own decisions do what you want for you not others