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“If I had to say something to my future self,” a young Megan Skiendiel reflects in an interview taped before KATSEYE’s debut, “I would ask, ‘How is it up there? What’s going on?’” As the recording echoed across MGM Music Hall, years after it was originally recorded, the thousands of live audience members erupting in cheers offered their response: It’s going really, really well up there.

On Nov. 19, KATSEYE lit up Boston on the third stop of “The Beautiful Chaos Tour,” bringing the high energy, charismatic humor, and magnetic pop star aura that fans — also known as “EYEKONS” — have come to expect of the group. As the first international girl group formed using K-pop artist development methodologies, KATSEYE demonstrated exceptional performance skills across all six highly-trained members: Daniela Avanzini, Lara Raj, Manon Bannerman, Megan Skiendiel, Sophia Laforteza, and Yoonchae Jeung.

At their best, KATSEYE’s live performance was limitless. They struck a balance between perfect synchronization in choreography and, at the same time, fascinatingly differentiated facial expressions that revealed their unique personalities. The elaborately choreographed ballroom-style dance break of “Gabriela” is the perfect example of KATSEYE’s artistic prowess; the girls wore flowing skirts, weaving quickly between background dancers and performing various complex lifts, kicks, and one-handed cartwheels. Certain sequences were even arranged to highlight the members’ distinct cultural backgrounds, for instance with a Bollywood-influenced section that featured Lara front and center.

It’s tempting to say it’d be worth watching the concert six times, just to get the chance to watch each performer individually in full.

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However, in other areas the girl group came up short. As a consequence of their short existing discography and the necessity to fill a concert-length runtime, KATSEYE also performed discordant songs like “Monster High Fright Song,” and songs from their pre-debut days on the survival show that brought them together, “The Debut: Dream Academy.” Though these songs could be generously described as merely incohesive with their newer, more popular repertoire like “Gnarly” and “Touch,” it felt more personally inauthentic. This is especially apparent given that some of the members have publicly expressed distaste for some of the “Dream Academy” songs and choreography, such as that in “All The Same,” which was still given a place as an emotional beat in the concert setlist.

Regardless, the show proved the vast potential of the talented group, with other highlights including their performance of “Internet Girl” — a new song they debuted as they kicked off the tour — a high-energy, bass-booming rendition of “M.I.A,” and many moments of banter and crowd engagement that showed how comfortable KATSEYE is with entertaining their adoring and ever-growing fanbase.

In a way, the concert felt like another letter to the future of KATSEYE. Between the girls’ well-rounded pop star skillsets and their still-ongoing meteoric rise to fame, it seems there’s very little the future of KATSEYE cannot hold. If younger Megan’s question was “How is it up there?”, this concert offered a promise in return: If KATSEYE can keep on climbing, the view will only get better from here.

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—Staff writer Stella A. Gilbert can be reached at stella.gilbert@thecrimson.com.