My favourite thing about ateez is the way they’re so affectionate towards each other, each of their friendship are so cute. Disclaimer: kisses are quite a common sight🤣

hongjoong was very recently announced as an ambassador for balmain 😫😫 so proud of him especially since he's been a huge fan of the creative director's work for a long time

Thanks so much for reacting to my guide! I really enjoyed your reaction!

9:59 I still laughing when members said they were expecting to be a flower boy group. Singing love song. But after the LA training, they become a pirate and the songs mostly dark. HAHAHAHAHA But luckily they stick with this theme. It suit them well.

some updates/news/things that werent included : they won 4 times now on Immortal Songs, the only kpop group to have the most wins hongjoong has now a lee mujin service ep where he covered: billie jean, cupid, bouncy and starman yunho plays valorant and lol a lot. in valorant he said he reached radiant which is the highest rank u can get in valo. they are currently on their latam and asia tour and the highest capacity they recently had was a 40k in a stadium !! and yes atz and skz are really good friends. u should def watch KINGDOM !! a new atiny!!! welcome to the pirate life. thank u for checking out ateez. hopefully u enjoy the journey 😉 cant wait for u to reach world ep2 album CUZ ITS INSANEE

Ateez pride themselves as a performance based group and are well known for their impressive & thought out stages despite a small domestic fan base. Their stage presence is unmatchable. Unfortunately, their sound does not appeal to the Korean audience but they have stated that they will not change their sound just to sound mainstream and will continue doing what they want to.Ateez and their team of dancers and staff are the most dedicated to their storyline I’ve ever seen , with comebacks being planned years in advance and when you go deeper into the storyline (videos from atinys explaining can be found) you’ll realise that they are so detailed and put in so much effort to incorporate references and the creativity is off the charts.For example, their 3rd latest album The World Ep1: Movement is related to their Rhythm Ta performance in the show Kingdom and the mv of their title Halazia was filmed in an abandoned mall in Thailand because there was a song in The World album named New World. It blows many atinys mind really but don’t worry if you can’t fully understand the storyline, many of use still don’t fully understand it as well, not even half of it has yet to be revealed. Thank you for loving ateez❤

They do have American influences, tho ATEEZ is known as a global or international idol group within SK. They are introduced as such and this comes up a lot in their interviews. And they quite are popular in other parts of the world too^^ The thing is, their South Korean fanbase is quite small, which is the reason for them being big globally is so notable. Also you'll see that some of their MV's have been shot outside of SK, for example, Promise was shot during their first world tour 2019 in Sweden and Russia, Aurora in the US, and Halazia in Thailand. Their storyline is a big part of, well, basically _ATEEZ_. The story is so woven into their *everything* that you can't really separate it from ATEEZ. The story is present in 99% of their music and MV's, live stages, concerts, the physical albums have written snippets of the story as you know, there is a short film and multiple trailers etc. and there's even a few reality shows where the storyline is present. The story is also very much present when they choose marketing tactics - I won't say anything else because it's too spoilery, but let's just say that their team can get very creative and I haven't seen such dedication before.

Also yes Ateez has done 2 episodes on the React channel, they are both pretty funny and cute. And yes, the Wanteez series is hilarious, the health check ones are 9 and 10, but I also recommend watching 17 through to 21. Especially 19, 20 and 21. Absolutely the most hilarious content I have ever seen from any k-pop artists, in my opinion.

Ateez "easily" conquered the US because of these American influences as you said. When the KQ Fellaz Performance vids 1 & 2 (Plus Yunho's solo) dropped, it kinda went viral on kpop twt. It allowed a lot of people to realize they exist and to tune in for their debut/predebut content that was going on at the time. When training in LA, it kind of gave them an affinitive for a hip-hop dance group kind of idol group. I also assumed it allowed for their willingness to have extreme facial expressions and stage charisma (San being a kpop pioneer of this) due to their training in LA. Among most idols *at the time,* having dramatically weird and scary facial expressions was unpopular and not as accepted as now. But of course, dramaticism is emphasized in their lore and songs, so they felt as if understanding the meaning of the song and portraying it as such was important. They also teamed up with some american choreographers to create old choreo (like say my name was choreographed by Anze Skrube). While predebut, due to living in LA for a whole month, it allowed them to learn about different cultures, helping them become somewhat aware about the interests of international fans outside of South Korea. This also helped to build a strong (small, but mighty!) original fanbase for them, considering its hard to gain a fanbase in South Korea as an idol group from a relatively small agency (especially when groups from small companies come and go, a lot of SK fans don't latch on as easily as they would to a group under larger companies, like the Big 4). Unfortunately, I wasn't an atiny until 2021-ish, but apparently in the beginning, predebut/debut international atinys would trend ateez so often in order to promote them to the world. All of their awards and achievements have been thanks to their hard work, talent, and love for atiny... Their growth has been slow but steady, and we wish them the world :) Some things I always think about are the first ever atiny to meet ateez, who watched their performance videos and decided to to support them. While they were still in LA filming their predebut series, she happened to see them on the street filming and recognized them immediately... The joy on their faces when they met their first ever fan was so sweet, and she's still an atiny to this day! :') It also reminds me of their first music show stage, to promote pirate king/treasure, where before their segment came up, Hongjoong asked the vlog camera "people will come, right?" 🥲

I think it's fair for more than one group to call themselves 4th gen leaders because there are many ways to measure success: albums sold, Spotify streams, MV views, awards, growth in sales from debut, tour revenue, praise from sunbaes, number of new idols naming someone from their group as an idol they want to be like or a mix of any of these.

Aurora is a must see/listen.

Nice reaction, welcome to the fandom😊

AH IM SO EXCITED FOR THIS JOURNEY OF YOURS

The whole "will you love me even if I poop" thing was a joke made about this young teen girl who was being interviewed about being a k-pop stan. I believe she was a BTS fan, she had to be like 12 or 13 and she said in the interview that when she was younger she actually thought that k-pop idols don't ever poop or fart.

Congratulations on lasting this super long guide haha! To encompany this long video, I’ve brought a long comment lol. Hongjoong literally being the first trainee of KQ always felt so baffling to me. What’s even more surprising is how it all came to be. KQ was not a regular company wishing to debut an idol group. Initially, it was just a place meant for producers and songwriters. That was until one day, a staff member found a sample mixtape and letter, sent to the company address by a teenager who wanted to produce songs. Now for the crazy part, Hongjoong sent this stuff a whole year ago! He said he received a call from that staff member asking if he still did music, and lo and behold, it led to where we are now. For 6 months he was the only trainee. He was surrounded by producers all the time, which cultivated his self taught skills even more. For more backstory, Ateez’s main producer, Eden, was put in charge of Hongjoong when he first came. At first, Eden wasn’t very fond of being put in charge of HJ, and tried to make him give up on music. He gave HJ 200 vocabulary words to memorize in one day, hoping it’d discourage him. However, HJ surprised him by successfully doing it, sacrificing sleep in order to have it done. I truly recommend reading this article about it: www.koreaboo.com/stories/ateez-producer-eden-shares-incredible-story-showing-hongjoongs-dedication-music/ As such, I think that’s why many Atinys believe Ateez is a product of fate. With HJ reaching out and not even getting a response till a year later, from Seonghwa being inspired by a boy who he later found out was HJ, to the preexisting friendships in this group, it’s all insane to me and puts more meaning into the destiny part of our fandom name. Currently, KQ has a few solo artists, most prominent being Eden and Maddox. They both work in Ateez’s producing team and are very close to the members. KQ has also recently debuted another boy group named Xikers. Ateez takes good care of them like little brothers, and often calls them by the term “our kids.” They’ve expressed sentiments how because they didn’t really have sunbaenims to take care of them, they wanted to do their best in that role so Xikers wouldn’t have that same feeling. Their interactions are always super cute, and KQ’s performance monster blood has certainly been passed down to them. Fun facts: More members got their licenses! I believe it's Hongjoong and Wooyoung, though I’m unsure if there’s anyone else. Yeosangs former classmates came out to say how unbelievably nice he was. Wooyoung has stated how rare it is to see Yeosang mad or raising his voice. Also, the doberman vs maltese thing he’s got is so funny. He tried to get everyone in concert to agree he was a doberman, but he was saddened when he was met with an overwhelming no in the audience. San’s dad was a taekwondo instructor! If you say fix on quickly, it kind of sounds like song. Mingi explained that this was an intentional double meaning for his name, “Song Mingi.” So not only does it mean fixing your attention on him, it also alludes to his family name. Wooyoung’s dance in the mirror is from a documentary called Fill in the Blank. It’s super insightful to his character and I would definitely enjoy a reaction to that :)) Both Jongho and Hongjoong did Lee Mujin! They did incredible, as always. Recs for silly stuff: Hello82 is another good beginner series for them. It’s them more in the beginning of their careers, but an Atiny classic nonetheless. All 3 of their idol human theaters are hilarious! A few comps featuring each member (I have so many recs literally just ask for anything and us Atinys got it): woosanhwa the comedic duo of a lifetime (ft. hwachae): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mM5dptOdxJeycqs.htmlsi=DY-VtyhI8T2alr3e woosang's cooking show in a nutshell ft. seonghwa: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oNKbdbOqycqsZ5s.htmlsi=-KaewAXS23UEUr_- who allowed san and mingi to be roommates?: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nM9yp5qZrKmnoIk.htmlsi=ax8sKWM9WMj-Dqd- kim hongjoong's guide to raising demons: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eZmKhrR_r5uyfps.htmlsi=4mYQ910F2HJ0wSBC Yunho and his unique sense of humour: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r7ucfcR6qLe5poU.htmlsi=UtaaSoqrHNnV7Am1 Choi Jongho is way too funny: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fsdjdK-Yrb7Pcps.htmlsi=_C3zVCDqfpU_CKWv

I see ATEEZ ..I click! Just wanted to say HI as I am a new sub. I am excited to go on your ATEEZ journey with you...welcome aboard!

they really do have a lot of american influence! hongjoong said in a recent interview that originally their debut song was supposed to be a bright song (similar to wave or illusion) but after their month in LA, they decided to scrap that 😂😂

Bouncy is by far their most laid back and simplest song in terms of choreography. They released this song for their fans with an easier choreography because in kpop when they release a new song they do something called a “dance challenge”. They produce tiktoks doing the chorus part of the dance with other kpop celebrities. ATEEZ is a powerhouse performance group and up until Bouncy they have never been able to do the dance challenges because their choreo is simply too difficult for other idols. ATEEZ are kings of the anti-drop (Fireworks and Bouncy excluded). The true drop always happens near the end of the song where their dance break is. They are very rock/edm centric which isn’t the “norm” for kpop. Because of that they are/were heavily popular in the West but not so much in Korea. Their song Guerrilla changed that. They blew up quick after that. They are huge gamers. Almost all of them play league and the member Yunho is also highly ranked in Valorant. It makes sense that they would perform at worlds 😊

oh i loooved this thank u for getting to know out boys🥲

Love your reaction! The concert where they showed the special Atiny project at 11:42 was actually presented to Ateez during their last stop on their NA tour in Hamilton, Ontario. The video contained messages from their fans from all of their tour stops on the tour. I was at the concert and it was so amazing to see their reaction live, the entire stadium was in tears!

I can’t wait to watch your ateez journey !!

6:01 lmao It’s ok, everyone whipped to Yeosang even Ateez themselves

Thank you for watching/reacting to the guide and getting to know our boys better! 😊

You got a subscriber out of me because of Ateez, and I know you will love them ❤

I just found your channel, new subscribe here! Btw, Welcome to the *Pirate ship* 😊 I really really love these guys. They're like a bunch of the beasts and the 5 years old boys at the same time Lol 🤣 i stopped following K-pop for years, but ATEEZ brought me back. And became an ATINY is one of the best decisions that I've ever made ♥️ Can't wait for the next video!

i love ateezzzzzzzzz

thank you for your reaction to ateez! especially for the ultimate guide! i love their guide and i love ur determination for this hour and a half video haha btw, stray kids and ateez are best friends :) anddddd they did a collab stages (3 different stages for vocal, rap and dance) along with BTOB on kingdom i recommend for albums is their recent one, which is the outlaw album! it really shows their amazing music and yeosangs deep voice (also “halazia” is that music video with his deep voice)

Thanks for your reaction ❤❤

loved your reaction!! new subscriber from brazil here

Artist of the month uses different songs for each idol, Hyunjin performed a song by Post Molone I think you are getting the 2 confused. Ateez are very popular internationally and their training in LA predebut gave them a lot of American influence.

Thanks for reacting to Ateez again 😊looking forward to more Ateez reactions 😁 👍 I can't find the videos for Ateez 1,3 and 5. Just 2, 4 and 6. What happened?

1:01:47 he is now 178 cm. The heights in this video are old information. Anyway thanks reaction ateez and welcome atiny area ✌🏻

What a great reaction! Thanks for sharing this. If I could make one suggestion. Don't talk over the vids please. It is ok to pause as often as you need to as you share your thoughts. Pausing might help you figure out what really needs to be said and what can wait until later. You might want to have a pad of paper with you and you can write down notes to remind yourself about small details to be shared at the end of the vids. For me, someone with hearing challenges, struggling to hear what these artists are saying or singing while you are talking over them is really frustrating. Listen more. Talk less. 😀 All in all, you did a fine job! Welcome to Atinyville. I look forward to following your journey.

They are older than you? No shade, I thought you about my age 26-27

if i close my eyes u sounds like seth rogan