KATSEYE announced on July 9, 2026 that their feature documentary 'KATSEYE: WILD HEARTS' will arrive in cinemas worldwide beginning August 12 — two days before the global girl group releases their third EP, 'WILD,' on August 14 via HYBE x Geffen Records. The KATSEYE WILD HEARTS cinema event marks the group's first theatrical release, directed by Nadia Hallgren and produced by Interscope Films and Boardwalk Pictures in partnership with HYBE x GEFFEN. Tickets went on sale worldwide today, July 15, through major ticketing platforms and participating cinema chains.
KATSEYE: WILD HEARTS — WHAT THE DOCUMENTARY CONTAINS
The film traces KATSEYE's journey from the high-pressure audition process of HYBE and Geffen's 'Pop Star Academy: KATSEYE' on Netflix through to their current status as one of global pop's most rapidly ascending acts. Director Nadia Hallgren — whose credits include Netflix's 'Becoming,' the Michelle Obama documentary that drew over 30 million households in its opening month — brings her signature observational approach to what the production team describes as a love letter to the EYEKONS, KATSEYE's dedicated global fandom. The documentary features never-before-seen footage from rehearsals, touring, and off-stage moments, fan-submitted EYEKONS videos from around the world, and extended interviews with all six members: Sophia, Daniela, Lara, Megan, Yoonchae, and Manon.
Hallgren's involvement positions 'WILD HEARTS' at a level above the standard K-pop concert-film format. Her previous work prioritised emotional access over promotional spectacle, and the subject matter here — a multinational group formed through a reality competition and immediately exposed to the full weight of global parasocial scrutiny — offers genuine narrative material. The film is produced by Interscope Films in partnership with Boardwalk Pictures, the same production company behind several high-profile music documentaries for Universal Music Group artists.
KATSEYE WILD HEARTS, WILD EP, AND THE WILDWORLD TOUR: ONE CAMPAIGN
The August 12 theatrical release is timed with precision: it arrives two days before 'WILD,' KATSEYE's third extended play, drops August 14. The six-track EP includes the already-released single 'PINKY UP' alongside five unreleased tracks. 'PINKY UP' was first performed live at Coachella 2026 — KATSEYE's debut on the Coachella main stage and one of the year's most-discussed festival appearances — making the EP release the formal studio arrival of a song the group has already proven on the world's biggest festival stage.
The cinema event and EP drop lead directly into the WILDWORLD TOUR, launching September 1 — KATSEYE's first headline arena tour and already sold out across all announced dates. The tour builds on momentum established across a year of escalating live appearances: from their sold-out first North American headline run to Governors Ball, Lollapalooza Argentina, and Coachella. The three-act August-September sequence — film, EP, arena tour — is the most ambitious campaign KATSEYE has executed as a group and represents HYBE x Geffen's highest-scale investment in the project to date.
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