KATSEYE’s “Hootie Frutti” Remix Makes the Brazilian Connection Real
Pedro Sampaio, MC GW and Clementaum push a track already shaped by Brazilian funk into an actual Brazilian collaboration—not just a borrowed texture.
See What the Remix Changes
KATSEYE’s official media post puts Pedro Sampaio’s version beside choreography led from the Brazilian side of the collaboration.
Three Layers of the Remix
The release does not replace the original idea. It identifies where that idea came from, brings in Brazilian makers and shifts the track’s public context.
“Hootie Frutti” arrived on WILD with Brazilian-funk rhythm and Portuguese already in its palette.
The Brazilian DJ and producer recasts the track and moves his baile-funk language to the centre.
Two Brazilian collaborators make the remix a network of contributors rather than a name-only feature.
A remix can be a marketing afterthought: a faster beat, a new verse and another reason to place an existing song back in the feed. KATSEYE’s new “Hootie Frutti” version has a more specific job.
Released October 2, the single credits Brazilian DJ and producer Pedro Sampaio alongside MC GW and Clementaum. Apple Music’s release page lists the track as a HYBE x Geffen release, while KATSEYE’s official Weverse channel confirms that the remix is out now.
The Original Already Pointed to Brazil
“Hootie Frutti” was not a neutral pop song waiting for an international guest. The original track, released on KATSEYE’s August EP WILD, already used Brazilian-funk cues and Portuguese language as part of its identity. That makes the choice of Sampaio more consequential than a random celebrity add-on.
Billboard Brasil reports that this is KATSEYE’s first official collaboration with a Brazilian artist. The publication also notes that the remix was previewed at Rock in Rio 2026 and opens with Yoonchae voicing Sampaio’s producer tag.
Why Pedro Sampaio Is the Point
Sampaio’s presence matters because it brings a producer associated with Brazil’s current pop and funk ecosystem into the record itself. Universal Music Brasil’s official release note presents the version as a baile-funk collaboration, not simply a global-pop remix with a Brazilian label attached.
The distinction is important. Pop regularly borrows styles that have travelled far from their local scenes. Crediting and involving artists from that scene does not resolve every question about cultural exchange, but it makes the creative route more visible. Listeners can hear who is shaping the translation.
The Dance Video Extends the Credit
The visual presentation follows the same logic. Billboard Brasil says the accompanying dance video is led by Sampaio’s ballet, shifting attention toward the movement language around the remix. It is a compact release asset, not a full cinematic music video, but it shows the collaboration as performance rather than leaving it as metadata.
That makes the video especially useful for understanding the project. The remix is not asking listeners to forget KATSEYE’s original. It is showing how the song changes when its Brazilian references are handed back to Brazilian collaborators and performers.
This is best heard as a clarification rather than a reinvention. The original established the hook and cross-cultural palette; the remix makes the Brazilian side of that palette more explicit, more credited and more visible.
What the Remix Does—and Does Not Do
It does not constitute a new KATSEYE comeback, and it is not a replacement for WILD. The release is one remix, running roughly two minutes, built to extend one album track.
But within that small format, it does something useful. It connects global-pop styling to identifiable people: Pedro Sampaio, MC GW, Clementaum and the dancers who carry the record into a Brazilian performance context.
For KATSEYE, a group designed around movement between markets, that specificity is more interesting than another generic “international” feature. “Hootie Frutti” already looked toward Brazil. The remix finally invites Brazil into the credits.