Head in the Clouds 2026 Captured KATSEYE — and an Industry — in Flux

Yasmin Barranca of Pomona, CA brought her four kids to Head in the Clouds Festival at Brookside at the Rose Bowl this past Saturday, August 8th.It was Barranca’s first time at the music and arts festival that centers Asian talent, but she didn’t know much about most of the acts. She just wanted to see the look on her daughters’ faces when they saw their favorite group perform live for the first time. This was right before KATSEYE’s headlining 8:55 PM set, and Barranca was as close as she can get, a stroller pushed up to a crowd that seemed evenly divided between buzzed twenty-somethings and elementary-age concert goers, parental cohorts in tow.Find KATSEYE Tickets Here“All the diversity [it] has, and the dancing, they love it,” she said, cradling her baby son.“I love her,” twelve-year-old Danielle, Barranca’s oldest daughter, told me. She’s referring to Daniela Avanzini, one of the KATSEYE members performing tonight. She loves her because they share a similar name, an affinity for dance, and “I exaggerate my moves too,” an excited Danielle told me, referring to the group’s expressive choreography.When Lara, Megan, Yoonchae, and Daniela, young Danielle’s favorite, finally appeared t...