Written by Cat Mulholland
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“Birthday”
On October 2, ATEEZ released their Japanese song “Birthday” along with an album that contained their previous release “Royal” with the J-Pop group BE:FIRST. It also included a B-side called “Forevermore” and instrumentals of both new releases. It was announced that “Birthday” has been selected as the ending theme song for the 2024-25 NBA season to be broadcast on WOWOW Japan. Previously, “BOUNCY” was the ending theme song for the 2023-24 season.
ATEEZ Present
On October 3, Yunho released an original song called “Be Alright” which was written and composed by him and Hongjoong along with Balm and a few others. Hongjoong later confirmed on a livestream that this is the start of the project that he spoke about months ago. He stated that it will be done if and when the members want to do it. He elaborated that he’s already working with two of the members on the next songs.
Music Festivals in October
ATEEZ performed at a few music festivals this past month, following their restful break and eventful fashion week. They first went to Jakarta where they performed at City Camp Indonesia Festival on October 5. They flew from Indonesia to Thailand to perform at KPOP MASTERZ in Bangkok the next day. The next weekend, they flew to Japan to perform at Inkigayo Live in Tokyo, which Yunho MC’d.
Jongho’s Birthday
While on stage at Inkigayo Live in Tokyo, the members celebrated Jongho’s birthday which was the same day. Jongho shared a cover of James Smith’s “Tell Me That You Love Me” to celebrate with ATINYs. He also released a painting kit for his birthday merch.
Best K-Pop Icon
On October 17, San attended the ELLE Style Awards 2024 in Seoul. San won “Best K-Pop Icon” at the awards show and was able to make a speech thanking ATINY, KQ Entertainment, and ATEEZ.
2024 MAMA Awards
ATEEZ is nominated for the “Fans’ Choice Male” category and THE WORLD EP.FIN : WILL is nominated for the “Album of the Year” category. ATINY can vote for ATEEZ as “Fans’ Choice Male” on the Mnet+ app and on Twitter once per day.
November Comeback
ATEEZ announced their upcoming album Golden Hour: Part.2 to be released November 15 with the title track “Ice on My Teeth.” Be sure to check out Tinytown News’ schedule page to see the full details of their comeback schedule.
ATEEZ’s 6th Anniversary
ATEEZ had their six-year anniversary on October 24 and released a few pieces of content to celebrate with ATINYs. On their official YouTube channel, they released two videos. The first was “Who Has the Face to Become King?” which had them visiting a famous fortune teller who read their fortunes and compatibility with the members.
They also released their annual Anniversary Interview where the members watch the message their past selves left for them during the last Anniversary Interview and reflect on the last year. They discuss whether they’ve achieved the goals they set for themselves the year prior and what they would like to achieve in the upcoming year before leaving a message for their future selves in their next Anniversary Interview.
ATEEZ also held a YouTube Live called “Invitation to the House of ATEEZ” where they saw the results of the survey ATINYs filled out a few days earlier. ATINYs sent in their first and current impressions of each of the members. The data was gathered and the most common answers were shown to the members in turn. They discussed their own first and current impressions of each other. They finished the livestream with a performance of “WITH U”.
The World: To The End DVD released
The DVD boxset with nearly nine hours of new footage from over the last two years was released late October. A lot of ATINYs were confused about where all these new clips were coming from. It covered behind footage from the filming of “Guerrilla”, “BOUNCY”, and “Crazy Form”. It also contained behind footage of their Break the Wall Europe and North America concerts as well as their Anchor in Seoul concert and behind footage.
ATINY’s “WORK” Trend
ATEEZ’s song “WORK” has been trending for the last month or two, but not with the original choreography. The current trending dance challenge was originally made with a few different factors. It started when “WORK” was first released at the end of May, when a fan account on Twitter called 1024 Reaction Videos placed the “WORK” audio over a video of Zoe Baptiste’s choreo. This was used as a way to promote the newly released song across Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok.
It started picking up steam in August, and Zoe Baptiste herself recreated the choreo video to “WORK” in late August. Various dance crews and idols participated in the dance challenge, including members of KISS OF LIFE, BlackSwan, Bebe, HolyBang, Lusher, H1-KEY, Candy Shop, Girls’ Generation, PIXY, DKB, and xikers. It finally caught the attention of the ATEEZ members because on October 6, Yunho and San also took part in the challenge.
Fashion Show Behinds
ATEEZ’s official YouTube channel released the behind-the-scenes of the members’ individual appearances at fashion shows in September this month. ATINYs got to see all the preparation the members did for the shows and their thoughts and feelings about getting these opportunities.
October TikToks
After their rest period, ATEEZ released a sudden surge of TikToks in October. Not including their promotional TikToks, they released nine TikToks in October. Seonghwa did the “Emergency” outfit trend when he was in Paris. Jongho did the vocal trend with the filter where you can control a ball with your singing voice. Yunho did an Indonesian dance trend (Baket Yete’s Keras Kepala X Badut Meiska Breakbeat remix) when they were in Jakarta for the City Camp Indonesia music festival. Yunho and San did the ATINY version of “WORK”. Hongjoong, Seonghwa, Yunho, Yeosang, San, and Mingi all did a chaotic dance party in a hotel hallway. Mingi did a dance challenge to Brother Louie Remix ‘98 of Modern Talking. Hongjoong did a dance challenge to “Keep Up” by Odetari. Hongjoong, Seonghwa, Yeosang, San, and Mingi did the “Give Me That Money” prank challenge. All of ATEEZ spelled out LOVE with their bodies to Michael Bublé’s “L-O-V-E” for their debut anniversary.
Mingi’s Schedule
Mingi had an interesting personal schedule this month. He appeared on the Bibim-pop podcast, where he performed “Youth” and spoke about himself as a songwriter and artist, as well as ATEEZ as a group. He also went on Omniscient Interfering View where he was interviewed while he shared a meal with the hosts.
Magazines
ATEEZ were featured in a few different publications this past month. Mingi’s for the Marie Claire Korea October Issue also included an interview and a video from the Marie Claire YouTube channel “My 10 Favorites.” In it, Mingi shared a few of his favorite items, like perfume, headphones, and the ATEEZ team ring.
ATEEZ was featured as a group for Cancam Magazine’s December Issue, which also included an interview and some extra footage.
ATEEZ was also featured for Billboard Italia’s Autumn 2024 Cover Story. It’s being shipped out late October, so photos and interviews should be available in the coming days.
Strange Mansion
On October 28, ATEEZ’s official Twitter account posted the username of a new account called “Strange Mansion”. This led ATINYs to the account which only had two posts at the time. The posts read “Read the rules before entering” and “Will you respond to the waiting of the strange mansion?” with art of a mansion and one of the photos featuring Mito at the threshold of the open front door.
There were a lot of theories being thrown around on twitter, but it soon became clear that it’s a “Choose Your Own Adventure” type of game. Around 11pm KST everyday, the Strange Mansion account will provide a bit of backstory, and then a poll for ATINYs to vote on. Whatever wins the vote will determine what happens next in the story.
As of November 1 KST, the story goes as such: ATINYs are acting as a singular main character who got a job cleaning at the Strange Mansion. They are given instructions such as no outside food, no personal talk amongst the staff, as well as even stranger rules, such as “If you hear a violin, stop the work that day immediately and return to your room to stand by” and “The room at the very end of the second floor of the mansion is vacant. As it is always locked, please do not enter this room.”
So far, the main character arrived a few minutes late to their new job — which provides room and board — and ATINYs were given a choice between two options: 1. Ring the doorbell or 2. Go inside without ringing the doorbell.
Option 1 won the vote, so the next day, the post described being let in by the manager who tasked the main character to clean the tennis court, but they lose their way and explore around in order to find it. They spot a few curious items like a lot of chandeliers including one that’s swaying precariously, paintings and statues, a large fountain that “looks deep enough that something could be locked away in it without anyone knowing,” and, finally, a notebook on the ground outside.
This leads to the next poll: 1. It’s a diary OR 2. It’s a work log. Option 1 won the vote and the main character looks inside the diary. It’s an entry from the gardener who is disgruntled by the sheer amount of space they are in charge of and has had their requests for more staff denied by the owner. They say that the owner only hires the bare minimum staff and that the mansion’s food is delicious but it’s not understood why outside food isn’t allowed in. It then concludes that they won’t be at this job much longer given how many complaints they have about it.
The next poll is currently up and will determine if the main character looks around 1. Inside the mansion OR 2. Outside the mansion.
A few early theories for this Twitter thread story were that it was for Halloween, but since it’s still going and seems to be only the beginning of a longer story, ATINYs have settled on the idea that it’s for the comeback on November 15. There is also ATINY Day on November 17 to watch out for as well.
Coming Up in November
The Grand Mint Festival is this weekend, November 3, which will be a 70-minute band set. This will be ATEEZ’s 4th major music festival this year, joining Coachella, Mawazine, and Summer Sonic.
Hongjoong’s birthday is November 7, and the week leading up to it is his charity event, 6K for Water.
The busking show I Am A Singer that Hongjoong and Jongho went to Germany for will be airing November 9.
The Golden Hour: Part.2 comeback is November 15.
The Korea Grand Music Awards are on November 16 & 17.
ATINY Day is November 17.
Wooyoung’s birthday is November 26.
ATEEZ is performing at MMA 2024 on November 30.
Be sure to check out our calendar to keep up to date with the complete comeback schedule!
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