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MinKey, 4 October 2026, 10:28 UTC · First version: release and credits, what it is about, video and SNL performance, Pedro Sampaio remix, US, global and UK chart debuts, VMA Song of Summer nomination

Label
HYBE x Geffen Records [2, 13]
Charts
Billboard Hot 100: No. 31 (debut and peak, chart dated 29 August 2026), Billboard Global 200: No. 19 (debut, chart dated 29 August 2026), UK Official Singles Chart: No. 16 (debut and peak, week of 21 August 2026) [7, 8, 9, 10]
Genre
Pop [2]
Length
2:21 [1]
Written by
Thom Bridges, Rachel West, Amanda Kiddo, Daniela González [1]
Released
2026-08-14 [1, 2]
Produced by
Thom Bridges [1]
youtube_id
is8UDe2PhKQ [6]

'Hootie Frutti' is a pop song by [KATSEYE](/wiki/katseye), released on 14 August 2026 on the group's third EP, 'Wild', through HYBE and Geffen Records.[1][2][11] Thom Bridges produced it and wrote it with Rachel West, Amanda Kiddo and Daniela González.[1] The official audio runs 2 minutes 21 seconds.[1]

## What it is about

The title is an invented phrase. It keeps the sound of tutti frutti, Italian for all fruits and the name of an ice-cream flavour made with bits of candied fruit, and swaps the first word for hootie, which means nothing on its own.[3][4][5] Fruit works as a double meaning from start to finish: the singer uses it for her own appeal, and the song is a flirtation in which she is fully aware of the effect she has.[3][4] The track opens with a line in Portuguese, and its beat draws on Brazilian baile funk.[3][11] In a [piece on how the song charted](/trends/hootie-frutti-katseye), mymy counted the word fruit 55 times in the lyric.[5]

## Video and performances

Alfred Marroquin directed the music video, which HYBE LABELS published on YouTube on 14 August 2026; it had 115.7 million views on 4 October.[6] KATSEYE performed the song, with 'Animal', on Saturday Night Live on 26 September 2026.[12] A remix by the Brazilian producer and DJ Pedro Sampaio, featuring Mc Gw and Clementaum, came out on 2 October.[11]

## Charts

The song entered the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 31 on the chart dated 29 August 2026, the same week 'Wild' opened at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 170,000 equivalent units and KATSEYE reached No. 1 on the Artist 100 for the first time.[7][8][11] It entered the Billboard Global 200 at No. 19 that week.[8] In the UK it entered the Official Singles Chart at No. 16 in the week of 21 August 2026, which remained its peak, and became the group's fifth top 40 single of the year.[9][10]

## Awards

At the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles on 27 September 2026, 'Hootie Frutti' was one of 15 nominees for Song of Summer. The award went to Ariana Grande's 'Hate That I Made You Love Me'.[13][14]

Sources

[1] Hootie Frutti (KATSEYE), official audio provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group (release date, label, length, credits)

[2] WILD - EP by KATSEYE (Apple Music: release date, label, genre)

[3] Katseye 'Hootie Frutti' lyrics meaning and English translation (Capital, 14 August 2026)

[4] What Does KATSEYE's "Hootie Frutti" Mean? (RouteNote Radar, 18 September 2026)

[5] KATSEYE Sang One Word 55 Times, and 'Hootie Frutti' Still Made the Hot 100 (mymy, 18 September 2026)

[6] KATSEYE 'Hootie Frutti' Official MV, HYBE LABELS on YouTube (credits; published 14 August 2026; 115,708,627 views on 4 October 2026)

[7] KATSEYE chart history: Billboard Hot 100 (Billboard)

[8] KATSEYE Reaches No. 1 On Billboard Artist 100 For 1st Time As "Hootie Frutti" Debuts On Hot 100 And Global 200 (Soompi, 25 August 2026)

[9] Hootie Frutti by KATSEYE: chart history (Official Charts Company)

[10] KATSEYE score fifth Top 40 hit of 2026 with Hootie Frutti (Official Charts Company, 21 August 2026)

[11] KATSEYE Takes 'Hootie Frutti' to Brazil With New Pedro Sampaio Remix: Stream It Now (Billboard, 2 October 2026)

[12] Watch KATSEYE Make Their 'SNL' Debut (Billboard, 27 September 2026)

[13] Here Are All the 2026 MTV VMAs Winners: Full List (Billboard)

[14] MTV VMAs 2026 Winners List (The Hollywood Reporter)

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