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September 12, 2025 53 mins
In this episode of The Track Record, I sit down with Rae Khanna, a writer and a budding film director, to unpack the phenomenon of Katseye in 2025. 

We trace their journey from The Debut: Dream Academy to their bold new EP, "Beautiful Chaos", asking what holds them together, how they balance health with fan pressure, and what their place really is in an industry obsessed with control.

Along the way, Rae and I dig into Manon’s contested narrative, the bigotry around Lara Raj’s queerness and identity, and Katseye’s daring choice to keep a trans-affirming lyric in Mean Girls when others would not. 

Are they pioneers of a new kind of global pop, or artists navigating impossible double standards?

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