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About ATEEZ

ATEEZ were assembled by KQ Entertainment, a smaller Seoul label founded by industry veteran Kim Sung-soo (formerly of Avex Trax Korea) and his production partners in 2017, with a clear remit to launch a self-producing eight-member group that would differentiate itself from the SM/YG/JYP/HYBE majors through narrative-driven concept work, theatrical live production, and a faster international touring rollout than the typical rookie group could pull off. The lineup that debuted in October 2018 brought together Hongjoong, the leader, main producer, and rapper who had been training since 2017 after auditioning with original music; Seonghwa, the oldest member, lead dancer, and vocalist who joined KQ in 2017 after winning multiple regional dance competitions; Yunho, the lead dancer and sub-vocalist from Gwangju who joined as a trainee in 2017; Yeosang, the visual, lead dancer, and vocalist who was part of the original KQ Fellaz pre-debut crew; San, the lead dancer and vocalist who was also part of KQ Fellaz and has become one of the group's most prominent solo performance figures; Mingi, the rapper and dancer from Incheon who co-produces alongside Hongjoong on much of the catalogue; Wooyoung, the lead dancer and vocalist from Ilsan with a distinctive performance style; and Jongho, the maknae, main vocalist, and the powerhouse high-note finisher of the group. The Treasure EP series — All to Zero, Zero to One, One to All, One to Zero, and the Treasure Epilogue full-length — ran from October 2018 through January 2020 and built the pirate-and-treasure-hunter narrative that has defined the group's visual identity ever since. Pirate King, Hala Hala, Say My Name, Wave, Wonderland, and Answer became the early-era setlist anchors. The Zero: Fever pentalogy through 2020 and 2021 pivoted the narrative into a more cinematic, action-driven space with Inception, Fireworks, Deja Vu, Eternal Sunshine, The Real, and Rocky as setlist staples and pushed the group's commercial scale up another tier — Zero: Fever Part 1 was the first ATEEZ album to break into the upper Billboard 200, Part 2 went further, and Part 3 confirmed the trajectory. The Spin Off: From The Witness EP and the Sectional The World album series — The World EP. 1: Movement, The World EP. 2: Outlaw, The World EP. Fin: Will, and Spin Off: From The Witness — ran across 2022 through 2024 with Guerrilla, Halazia, Bouncy, Crazy Form, and Work as the title tracks. The Crazy Form era in February 2024 anchored the group's first proper Western chart push outside the K-pop core, with The World EP. Fin: Will debuting at number two on the Billboard 200, the highest-charting ATEEZ release at the time. Golden Hour: Part 1, released later in 2024 with the lead single Work, finally pushed the album to number one on the Billboard 200, making ATEEZ the third K-pop boy group ever to top the chart after BTS and Stray Kids. Golden Hour: Part 2 followed in 2025 with the lead single In Your Fantasy and confirmed the chart-topping run. The touring story has scaled in lockstep. The Fellowship: Map the Treasure tour in 2019 ran small theatres across Asia. The Fellowship: Beginning of the End tour in 2022 returned to live performance post-pandemic and added the group's first solo North American dates. The Fellowship: Break the Wall tour in 2023 became the first K-pop boy group to play Madison Square Garden and the first to headline Coachella weekend-one and weekend-two as the special-guest fill-in for Frank Ocean — a slot that effectively made ATEEZ the first K-pop act to do the festival on the main stage with the full slot. The Towards The Light: Will to Power tour across 2024 and 2025 pushed the group to multi-night stadium-tier rooms — the KSPO Dome in Seoul as the multi-night home stand, Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles multi-night, the O2 Arena in London multi-night, Tokyo Dome multi-night, and stadium-scale rooms across continental Europe and the rest of the United States. The In Your Fantasy world tour cycle in 2025 and 2026 extends the multi-night arena and stadium template further. The fandom — ATINY — coordinates one of the tightest light-stick programmes in modern K-pop with the LIGHTIIZ light stick, an eight-pointed star design that ties to the group's pirate-compass visual identity.

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