Gabriela

Album

Beautiful Chaos (EP)

Label

Geffen Records

Genre

Rhythm & Blues

Composer(s)

Andrew Watt;John Ryan

Entered Chart

Jul 5, 2025

Peak Date

Jan 17, 2026

Released

June 20, 2025

If Dolly Parton's "Jolene" were reimagined for the TikTok generation, given a Latin-R&B makeover, and handed over to a six-member girl group raised on Instagram drama and high-stakes eyeliner, you'd get something very close to "Gabriela." It's a slinky, sultry track in which Katseye plead for a woman named Gabriela to please stop flirting with their man. Or at least pick another one. There are plenty to go around. Musically, "Gabriela" leans into a Latin-tinged R&B-pop groove. Two-thirds of the way through, the track shifts into Spanish, a bridge sung in falsetto by group member Daniela, a first-generation Latina American, marking Katseye's first-ever Spanish-language verse. Translated, it reads: He came with me and he's leaving with me His eyes are mine, that won't change He loves me and the others don't matter No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no In other words: Gabriela, don't get it twisted. Katseye leader Sophia's take on the song is it's not really about a love rival at all. She sees it as a satirical jab at the constant rumors that Katseye's members secretly hate each other - a favorite pastime of solo stans and forum gossipers everywhere. "We're playing into the whole thing where we're competing with each other," she told Teen Vogue. "It's kind of us poking fun at that... We can't do our thing without the other person. It's six or nothing." So, the song works on two levels: a tale of love rivalry and a tongue-in-cheek parody of girl group mythology. Andrew Watt, John Ryan, Ali Tamposi, Charli XCX, and Sara Schell wrote the lyrics, with Watt and Ryan also producing the song. The track was originally written in 2019 for a potential collaboration between Rita Ora and Anitta, but they passed on it. The demo subsequently made the rounds at multiple labels before HYBE and Geffen Records scooped it up and retooled it for Katseye. The music video, directed by Andrew Thomas Huang (Björk, FKA Twigs, Kelela) was filmed in a telenovela-inspired setting. It opens with Jessica Alba - playing the CEO of the fictional Gabriela Enterprises - declaring that she's retiring and she will select one of the Katseye members to replace her. What follows is an over-the-top boardroom brawl where stilettos are sharpened like swords. It's Succession meets Ugly Betty by way of a high-gloss K-pop fever dream. Katseye performed the song live for the first time during their Lollapalooza set on August 3, 2025. Their rendition of "Gabriela" included an extended Latin dance-inspired break.

Yeah, yeah
It's Baby Miko, brrr

Hot like a bullet
Flying too fast, I couldn't catch it
Heart in the casket
You always knew it
The starring role, the main attraction
Got cameras flashing

Like, ooh
You got everybody's eyes undressing you
And I see it too
Yeah, ooh
You could have anyone else you wanted to
I'm begging you

Hands off, Gabriela, Gabriela
Hands off, Gabriela-la-la
Back off of my fella, Gabriela
Back off, Gabriela-la-la
'Cause, ooh
You could have anyone else you wanted to

I'm begging you (baby, please)
Hands off, Gabriela, Gabriela
Hands off, Gabriela-la-la, la-la-la-la

Skin amaretto
I bet you taste just like the summer
Under the covers (hey)
Me in the middle
Overprotective of my lover
You make me wonder

Like, ooh
If you made all of these fantasies come true
What would you do?
Yeah, ooh
You could have anyone else you wanted to
But I'm begging you

Hands off, Gabriela, Gabriela
Hands off, Gabriela-la-la
Back off of my fella, Gabriela
Back off, Gabriela-la-la
'Cause, ooh

You could have anyone else you wanted to
I'm begging you (hey)
Hands off, Gabriela, Gabriela
Hands off, Gabriela-la-la, la-la-la-la

La-la-la-la
La-la-la-la
La-la-la-la

Tú eres una baddie, shorty, tú 'tá haciendo trampa
Todos te hacen coro, ¿tú no ves cómo te cantan?
'Tás pa' perrearte con mi cadena dándote en la espalda
Mami, don't you wanna como Fanta? Yeah, yeah
You like to tease them, bandida, diabla, pero Dios te bendiga
Lowkey, si te pillo en la esquina, por ley va a querer que yo siga
Ven baja pa' Carolina, pa' que pruebe' una latina
Hands off, Gabriela, mejor pónmelas encima, hmm

Hands off, Gabriela, Gabriela
Hands off, Gabriela-la-la (Gabriela, puede' hacer lo que ella quiera)
Back off of my fella, Gabriela (Gabriela, ere' my girla)
Back off, Gabriela-la-la
'Cause, ooh

You could have anyone else you wanted to
I'm begging you (I'm begging you) (hey)
Hands off, Gabriela (Gabriela), Gabriela
Hands off (hands off), Gabriela-la-la, la-la-la-la (la-la-la-la)

No vino conmigo y conmigo se va (la-la-la-la)
Se siente la presión cuando la ves entrar (la-la-la-la)
La-la-la-la
Back off, back off, back off