- 1 year ago
ATEEZ joins Bru inside our Los Angeles studios to talk about their new album, touring across the US, and more.
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00:00We just want to prepare for our AT&E some gift.
00:05So yeah, we just prepare for that.
00:08So please wait a little bit.
00:14What's going on?
00:15It is Brew and it is another Odyssey check-in today.
00:18It is ATEEZ hanging out with me, a few of the members here.
00:21What's up, guys?
00:22Yeah, two, three.
00:23Hey, Mr. Lee.
00:24Hello, I'm ATEEZ.
00:25We are ATEEZ.
00:27And I'm Hong Joong.
00:28I'm Oh Young.
00:29And Zahn.
00:30Yo.
00:31How are you?
00:33So good to see you.
00:34And ATEEZ is here.
00:36How are you feeling?
00:37Yeah.
00:38It's good.
00:39It's really great, right?
00:40Yeah.
00:41Finally, we came here.
00:42I know.
00:43I'm so happy to have you.
00:44You guys are great.
00:45That's right.
00:46Yeah.
00:47We are so happy to come here.
00:48Yeah, totally.
00:49Thank you for being here and welcome to LA.
00:50It's one of your favorite places, right?
00:51Yeah, right, right.
00:52What do you like to do when you come into LA?
00:54What's some of the bucket list things?
00:55I know you're busy, but.
00:56Bucket list.
00:57Actually, we did many almost things in LA because we lived here a month before.
01:05Yeah.
01:06And he always told to other people, here is our second hometown.
01:11Yeah.
01:12What's your favorite thing to do?
01:16I really love cycle.
01:18Cycle?
01:19Yeah.
01:20It's a biking in?
01:21I went to Santa Monica to Venice Beach, but I'm so happy.
01:28Yeah.
01:29Oh my gosh.
01:30That's amazing.
01:31You can bike everywhere, which is nice.
01:32You gotta be careful though.
01:33People are nuts driving.
01:34Yeah.
01:35You're a little dangerous.
01:36Yeah.
01:37How about the weather?
01:38You guys fans of like the warm weather getting outside?
01:39Yeah.
01:40Yeah.
01:41Weather is so good.
01:42I know, right?
01:43The first season is almost the same.
01:45Yeah.
01:46Yeah.
01:47That's really good.
01:48Gotta soak it up.
01:49Gotta wear your sunscreen though.
01:50You can get cooked out here.
01:51Yeah.
01:52But I really miss this weather when I'm in Korea.
01:54Korea is really so hot.
01:55Oh yeah.
01:56I really miss it.
01:57Yeah.
01:58It's a good baseline.
01:59Absolutely.
02:00And it gets cold out there too, right?
02:01Yeah.
02:02Absolutely.
02:03Well, you guys have been all over.
02:04Congratulations on all the success on another huge show at Citi Field on the other coast.
02:08Yeah, yeah, yeah.
02:09You're only like one of the only people that get to do back-to-back shows there.
02:12Yeah.
02:13Gosh, what was the energy like of that show?
02:15So actually, last year, the weather is not good in Citi Field.
02:21Oh really?
02:22Yeah.
02:23Because it's open.
02:24Yeah, open.
02:25And there is storm and many problems.
02:29And this concert, in this tour, the Citi Field, we have some kind of electronic problem.
02:39Oh no.
02:40Yeah, so always when we go to Citi Field, there is little problem.
02:46Oh yeah, always.
02:47Yeah, but our AT&E, our fans really hyped up with that problem too.
02:53So, and when we need the time to solve the problems, they just wait and they just sing along with like, there is no playing music, but they just shouting our names and they sing along and dance.
03:10And yeah, that's the, that's very wonderful because, yeah, we feel a little like difficult emotion because it's so sorry to our fans.
03:23Yeah.
03:24But they always enjoy what happened behind that.
03:29So.
03:30Yeah, no matter what, they're having a good time.
03:31Yeah, yeah, yeah.
03:32They're keeping the energy up.
03:33You need that.
03:34Yeah.
03:35Hopefully next time.
03:36No problem, yeah.
03:37We'll be straight.
03:38Um, congrats on Golden Hour Part 3.
03:40Yeah.
03:41When putting that together, is there a mood or a vibe that you were like thinking when you were building that project?
03:47And the same thing for In Your Fantasy, when you kind of, what would you consider that?
03:50It's like a, not a rebrand, but you know, a different package of the album.
03:54What was the mood or vibe for those projects?
03:57Or maybe a bike ride.
04:00No, a bike ride.
04:01Yeah.
04:02You know?
04:03And the In Your Fantasy title, we used it to our songs.
04:05We used it to our songs.
04:06We used it to our songs.
04:07Maybe a bike ride.
04:08Maybe a bike ride.
04:09You know?
04:10Maybe a bike ride.
04:11You know?
04:12And the In Your Fantasy title, we used it to our tour title too.
04:17So it's the same.
04:18The song and tour.
04:19And it's the ending song of this tour.
04:21So we just like, we just like, we just want to connect the whole tour and the new song.
04:33And because the song is, all of the song lyrics, you know?
04:38So we just like, we just want to connect the whole tour and the new song.
04:45And because the song is, all of the song lyrics is English too.
04:52So we just want to give some gift to our global fans.
04:57And it can be like, give back that like 2000 vibe.
05:05So it can give to like, like some of our fans just can feel that like old, like old home vibe.
05:17Like, how do I say it?
05:18It's like a little bit of a girl's smell.
05:20Yeah.
05:21Yeah.
05:22Yeah.
05:23I love that.
05:24Another huge vibe on this album is Lemon Drop.
05:27Is Lemon Drop the song of summer?
05:29Yeah.
05:30It's a really beat on summer, right?
05:31You know?
05:32Yeah.
05:33Everyone's saying there's no song in summer.
05:34It could be Lemon Drop.
05:35Yeah.
05:36Definitely.
05:37What is, when you're making that song, which is so much fun.
05:40What is maybe a behind the scenes moment between you guys or just a favorite memory when creating a song like that?
05:47When we're recording and if we have a opinions, we tell them and they, and how about it?
05:54And how about that?
05:55So, so let's go to the, let's go to the best result.
06:00So we're just recording and when we took a video, the music video and we going to the pool and eight members are going to the swimming pool.
06:15So it was really good memories.
06:17Good memories.
06:18So I never forget today.
06:20So it was indoor swimming pool.
06:22Yeah.
06:23So we just run and go to, we really into water.
06:29Yeah.
06:30During the filming.
06:31So that's so funny that someone like just like take off his clothes and like someone don't, someone want to hide their, like their body.
06:46So they just keep their clothes.
06:49The situation is very funny.
06:52And also we have in-house producing team and we always talk with them.
06:59What kind of vibe do you, we have to choose for the next concept or next song.
07:05Totally.
07:06And, but this time we want to, so actually we did a few summer songs before, four or five years ago, but we want to bring back that summer vibe again.
07:19And we want to do, we like, we want to re-release some very kind new, new kind of 80s version summer song.
07:30Yeah.
07:31So that's why we figure out that song.
07:33Yeah.
07:34It's amazing.
07:35I love that.
07:36So much fun.
07:37Such good memories.
07:38Yeah.
07:39Another great memory.
07:40I mean, when you think of summer is Coachella.
07:41You guys have gotten to do that.
07:42What was the other festival in Morocco?
07:43Mawazine festival.
07:44Yeah.
07:45It's a surprising country or city in a country where the fans energy just blew you away.
07:50I think I didn't have a surprise.
07:52I didn't have a surprise.
07:53I didn't have a surprise.
07:54I was so curious.
07:55I was really curious.
07:56I watched the show on the show on the phone.
07:59I was on the phone.
08:00I was so curious.
08:01I was really curious about that.
08:02Yes.
08:03And if we get the chance, we want to go with Ooyoung and together eight members, we want to go there again.
08:08Yeah.
08:09So for Ooyoung and for Boo, if I explain.
08:14If I explain the Mawazine's vibe, there was crazy.
08:20Oh my gosh.
08:21Because it's like in from the South Korea to Morocco, it's almost we takes 15, 14 hours to fly.
08:31Wow.
08:32But when we arrived, we felt that, oh, what happened in like, what kind of happened where, what will happen in here?
08:45And then tonight, at the night, their vibes is really different with the daytime.
08:55Crazy.
08:56Because daytime, it feels like very peaceful and like so calm and beautiful.
09:04But at the night, the people are going crazy.
09:07Oh my gosh.
09:08And everyone sing along and dance in the backside.
09:12That's awesome.
09:13Yeah, that was crazy.
09:14Awesome.
09:15We can't see audience face one by one.
09:17Because there are a lot of people are there.
09:19So we can't see their face.
09:21Just a sea of people, huh?
09:22Wow.
09:23That's on my bucket list to go.
09:24I've never been to Morocco.
09:25Really?
09:26Let's go together next year.
09:27Alright, alright.
09:28Put me out there.
09:29I'll be one of those faces in the crowds.
09:30Yeah, yeah, yeah.
09:31It's awesome.
09:32Well, music is so powerful.
09:33Obviously, like, people relate so strong to lyrics and different groups and, you know, the bands that people are fans of.
09:41So for your fans that have really connected with lyrics and, you know, have said that they've helped him through tough times,
09:48have you ever had an experience with a fan that's really stuck with you from those words of that experience?
09:53So, in my case, they...
10:20Sometimes I think our team is so genius because they use our lyrics in their banners or slogan, right?
10:32Because...
10:33So, in my case, we have the song, Now This House Ain't A Home.
10:39And I really love that lyrics because, you know, I think you understand the house and home difference of vibe.
10:49But first time I didn't know that because I'm Korean and I don't know the similar difference of the...like similar words, but the vibe is different.
11:01Yeah.
11:02So, house and home.
11:03So, house and home.
11:04Oh, what's the difference?
11:05And I ask too many people.
11:07And then I understand now.
11:09And when I go...when I come to America for this tour, some of banners said,
11:19Now, you're my home.
11:22There is no house, but now you're my home.
11:25And I really...like...yeah, I really get emotional on the stage.
11:32At the first show in...like...first show in here, Atlanta, I almost cry when I sing.
11:40And after that...see that banners, every...that stage is gonna be emotional.
11:47Yeah.
11:48So, these days, maybe in LA.
11:50That's so nice.
11:51Yeah, I'm sure you will.
11:52I think so.
11:53That's amazing.
11:54That's so nice.
11:55On the flip side of that, you guys are global.
11:57You're always traveling and on the road.
11:59What is something that makes it feel like home though when you're away from home?
12:02Comfortable.
12:03Of course, comfortable.
12:05And now we stay in the hotel, but I don't think hotel is not our whole house and home.
12:15And when I...when I go on the stage and doing our performances, I saw my fans.
12:23And I feel like, oh, this is home.
12:25Yes.
12:26I feel...
12:27With the fans?
12:28Yeah, I feel.
12:29Room service is nice in the hotels, but it's not home.
12:30Yeah, room service is nice.
12:32But, you know, actually, we live together from 17, 18 years old with our members.
12:43Wow.
12:44So, it's more...it feels more home vibe with the members.
12:52Like, with family, that's good too.
12:55But it's more...for me, our members gave me more home vibe.
13:01Yeah.
13:02Yeah.
13:03Not a place, right?
13:04Yeah, yeah.
13:05Not a place, just people can give me home vibe.
13:08Right.
13:09But that's the member for me.
13:10Totally.
13:11Members.
13:12Wherever you go, which is so nice.
13:13As long as you guys are together, it's amazing.
13:15So, you've obviously been crushing it on the road with tour, new music.
13:19When you think about the next five years of ATEEZ, what's like on the goals bucket list?
13:24Is it Grammys?
13:26Is it a film?
13:28Yeah.
13:29What's on your...what's in the front mirror there?
13:31Or, you know, windshield?
13:32I think that's a good idea.
13:34Grammy.
13:35Perfect.
13:36Throw it out there.
13:37Of course.
13:38Because, recently, we into Billboard Hot 100 chart.
13:44Mm-hmm.
13:45It's very honor to us.
13:47But, not because of the statics.
13:52I'm just happy that when I see our ATEEZ happy, our fans happy because of the result.
13:59Yeah.
14:00So, actually, we think and I think, I don't want to focus on the result or statics.
14:09But, if when I see our fans and our staffs being happy with that, I just want to do that too.
14:18I just want to make that.
14:20Totally.
14:21And I just want to give F14 or F14 to make that.
14:26So, yeah, Grammy.
14:28I want to say that they won for my goals too.
14:32Yeah.
14:33And do you have any more?
14:34It's like you all win, right?
14:35Everybody.
14:36When you win, everyone wins.
14:37Grammy, Super Bowl.
14:38Oh, my gosh.
14:39Yeah.
14:40Hey, they're looking.
14:41We hope.
14:42We hope so.
14:43Yeah.
14:44It's not just dream.
14:45We can.
14:46Absolutely.
14:47I love that.
14:48Result is important too.
14:49The more important thing is, of course, eight members are still healthy.
14:51Yeah.
14:52And happy.
14:53When you just walk around and you ask someone, you ask someone, who do you listen to nowadays?
15:01And they say, oh, of course, ATs.
15:04I want to hear this answer.
15:06Have you ever seen that trend where they're walking?
15:07Who are you listening to right now?
15:08Yeah.
15:09Right, right, right.
15:10Yeah.
15:11I'll make that happen.
15:12If I ever get asked, I'll make sure you guys are on.
15:15That's so good.
15:16I love that.
15:17Yeah.
15:18Also, when it comes to putting more drops into your songs from like random sounds.
15:24I love that video.
15:25You guys did.
15:26Yeah.
15:27Is there any other samples that you have on deck ready to throw into a song?
15:31Or can we make this one right here?
15:32I can do a beat.
15:33Let me know.
15:34Yeah.
15:35Yeah.
15:36So, yeah.
15:37I used that to my solo song, the fans' voice.
15:41Yeah.
15:42Yeah.
15:43Sometimes, almost of our fans and many of staffs and many of members think me very serious person
15:55or like too much thinking person, but sometimes when I'm in the studio alone, I really do many silly things.
16:07Oh, really?
16:08Like kind of that like fans' voice or sometimes I find our members' voice too.
16:16Yeah.
16:17Yeah.
16:18I put many things like sometimes I just like want to put in my music.
16:23Woo Young's laugh.
16:24Yeah.
16:25I just do.
16:26Oh, yeah.
16:27Yeah.
16:28It's so funny.
16:29Yeah.
16:30So, I think that's very good communication and very another way to communicate with our fans.
16:40Mm-hmm.
16:41And nowadays, many of fans think, oh, my voice can use it.
16:47Oh, yeah.
16:48Yeah.
16:49In our ATEEZ songs too.
16:50So, they always do very-
16:53Crazy stuff.
16:54Yeah.
16:55So.
16:56It's like a contest.
16:57Yeah.
16:58It's like kind of, kind of.
16:59Yeah, I love to do.
17:00I would love to be in that group chat where you're sending like clips from the studio.
17:02Yeah, yeah, yeah.
17:03Like, hey, look what I threw into this song.
17:04Yeah, yeah.
17:05That's so funny.
17:06I can use your voice today too.
17:07I'm ready.
17:08Yeah.
17:09I'll start throwing in random things for you.
17:11Like, start beatboxing.
17:12Um, okay.
17:13So, this could be anybody from the group that's, even if they're not here right now.
17:16Who's most likely to go rogue and throw in like a different choreography dance or move mid-concert, do you think?
17:25Now it's Mingi.
17:27Mingi.
17:28Mingi did something always.
17:30Mingi.
17:31And sometimes Woo-young too.
17:33Yeah.
17:34Yeah.
17:35And sometimes took off his shirts like, and opened his shirts.
17:40Yeah, like this.
17:41But fans really loves that.
17:42Yeah.
17:43And I like it too.
17:44You do many, very, many new ad-riffs.
17:47Yeah.
17:48Yeah, I understand.
17:49Throwing in lyrics.
17:50Yeah.
17:51Throwing in lyrics.
17:52And he do some, like, try to another melodies too.
17:56Oh yeah.
17:57Yeah.
17:58Might as well.
17:59Yeah, but I loved it.
18:00Yeah, of course.
18:01And Mingi jumps in front of our fans.
18:03Yeah, yeah, yeah.
18:04He jumps hard.
18:05You're so surprised.
18:06Sometimes he just go down to stage, like, stage, just jumping.
18:11Oh my gosh.
18:12And everyone very, you know, in concert, we rehearsal many times to check camera positions.
18:22Mm-hmm.
18:23But if Mingi do kind of that crazy, like, crazy things.
18:27Mm-hmm.
18:28Camera is just very-
18:29Can't find them.
18:30Oh.
18:31They're looking around.
18:32Where is him?
18:33Where is he?
18:34Oh, he's in the crowd.
18:35Yeah.
18:36Oh man.
18:37What about, who would be most likely to forget a lyric?
18:38Forget a lyric.
18:39Yeah.
18:40Who do you think?
18:41Who do you think?
18:42Who do you think?
18:43I think, these days, it's me.
18:45It's you.
18:46That's why you ad-lib.
18:47Yeah, it's me.
18:48Let me just make something up real quick.
18:49Yeah, but his changing lyrics is so funny.
18:53Yeah, it's so funny.
18:54So actually, original is Mingi.
18:56Mingi always change very silly, kind of silly version.
19:01Yeah.
19:02But, in Korean, that's very funny.
19:04Yeah.
19:05But, Wee Young, just repeat it.
19:07Repeat it.
19:08Just keep it going.
19:09If he, like, he forget his lyrics, just repeat it two times.
19:14Perfect.
19:15Recently, we can hear his voice in here really clearly.
19:18Like, like a lemon drop.
19:22One more time.
19:24Sing it with me.
19:26It was so fun.
19:31It's this original version, but he changed it.
19:35One more time.
19:36Two more time.
19:37Two more time.
19:38One more time.
19:39Two more time.
19:40I believe it.
19:41In Korean, it means, just you and me, tonight, just you and I's party.
19:48But, that's just our party.
19:50But, he just, he just repeat it.
19:53So, after the show, we said, oh, you like the party.
19:57You like the, you like just, you like just night party.
20:01Okay, I understand what you mean.
20:03Yeah.
20:04It's perfect.
20:05Why not, you know?
20:06Just roll with it.
20:07If you have enough confidence, anyone will believe it.
20:08Yeah.
20:09But, these mistakes are really cute.
20:10Yeah.
20:11So, it's okay.
20:12Yeah, it's not a bad thing.
20:13We love it.
20:14Everyone loves a little ad-libbing.
20:15Alright, some individual questions for y'all before I let you go.
20:16Hongjoong, you're by Hongjoong covers.
20:18They're so fun.
20:19Is there any song that you're dying to reinterpret next and why?
20:23So, actually, I did finale of that content.
20:30I finished it by Hongjoong already.
20:33But, if I can try another song.
20:37Yeah.
20:38I wanna try, these days, I have a very good idea to cover and rearrange the song.
20:48These days, my favorite old song is The Chemical Romance.
20:58Mmm.
20:59Yeah.
21:00Wow.
21:01Yeah.
21:02Your punk rock era?
21:03Yeah.
21:04I wanna do kind of that songs, that vibe, the songs.
21:08I wanna try some, someday.
21:10That'd be amazing.
21:11Yeah.
21:12Alright.
21:13The much rock version.
21:14Yeah.
21:15Yeah.
21:16For sure.
21:17Just go all out.
21:18Just go all out.
21:19Scream.
21:20Yeah.
21:21Yeah.
21:22I wanna do it.
21:23Get some anger out.
21:24Yeah, yeah, yeah.
21:25Love it.
21:26Yeah, and he's really good at remakes.
21:27Because he's always, and he often do, this project.
21:35Ah, yeah.
21:36I changed all the intro of my solo song.
21:38Yeah, solo song.
21:39He makes a remix.
21:40Every CD.
21:41Yeah.
21:42It's kind of a flex when you just remix your own song.
21:43Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
21:44And just keep like, I'm gonna cover myself.
21:45It'd be amazing.
21:46Yeah.
21:47Thank you for mentioning it.
21:48Yeah.
21:49Of course.
21:50Of course.
21:51Absolutely.
21:52Okay.
21:53Son, you're best known for your stage presence, but fans also love your soft side.
21:54What's something you do off stage that helps you reset or stay grounded?
21:59Um, nowadays, nowadays, I've been studying English and just workout for one hour every day.
22:11Yeah.
22:12And just, I want to rest today.
22:14Just, I want to rest today.
22:15If I have a free time.
22:16Yeah.
22:17Just laying in my bed and watching Netflix or YouTube.
22:20Yeah.
22:21Like this and swimming.
22:22Yeah.
22:23You got just me time, I think.
22:25Yeah.
22:26Huge.
22:27Yeah.
22:28And these days, when I see the swimming pool on the room, he always in there.
22:36Oh, yeah.
22:37Yeah.
22:38Yeah.
22:39You're like a, you can see me.
22:40Yeah.
22:41He's just watching.
22:42This hotel, I can see the swimming pool in my room.
22:45He always in the swimming pool.
22:47Hey, someone's got to use it.
22:48Yeah.
22:49You know?
22:50A couple of cannonballs.
22:51That takes the stress right away.
22:52It's really good.
22:53It's really good.
22:54Yeah.
22:55I love that.
22:56Alright, last one.
22:57Ooyoung, your stage energy is magnetic.
22:58You're also hilarious off stage.
23:00What is something that made the whole group crack up recently on tour?
23:04I think these days, it sounds so crazy.
23:06It sounds everywhere, every time.
23:08I have a high tension on the stage, off the stage.
23:11So...
23:12I make him happy.
23:13Yeah.
23:14Is that you?
23:15Yeah.
23:16I said, Ooyoung.
23:17So...
23:18Yeah.
23:19Because...
23:20And...
23:21And...
23:22San, every time.
23:23So actually, original...
23:26The...
23:27The...
23:28The...
23:29The...
23:30The...
23:31The...
23:32The...
23:33The mood maker.
23:34Yeah.
23:35In our team, original mood maker was...
23:37Ooyoung.
23:38And still, Ooyoung.
23:40But...
23:41These days, San and Mingi...
23:43Going up.
23:44Yeah.
23:45Take it over?
23:46Yeah.
23:47I'm so happy when they laughing.
23:48Yeah.
23:49So...
23:50I make them happy.
23:51Yeah.
23:52That's always a good feeling.
23:53Yeah.
23:54Well, it's so fun to get to meet you guys and learn more about ATEEZ.
23:56Is there any last message for your fans?
23:58Anything you want us to know about the rest of your 2025 that we can look forward to?
24:02So actually, these days, we had so many good happening.
24:07Yeah.
24:08Because of ATEEZ.
24:10Because we...
24:11Now we are good on our tour.
24:14And also, we get many good results from the new albums.
24:20And also, recently, we released that we contract with our company all together seven years more.
24:32Wow.
24:33Yeah.
24:34You know, it's quite long.
24:36But...
24:37Yeah.
24:38Every happen can do because of our ATEEZ.
24:45So I just want to really thank for that.
24:49And also, for last of our year, we just prepare many good and cool things for our fans and audience.
25:03Totally.
25:04So I can't say everything, but we just want to prepare for our ATEEZ some gifts.
25:12So...
25:13Sure.
25:14Yeah.
25:15We just prepare for that.
25:16So please wait a little bit.
25:17Well, congrats on that, by the way.
25:18Seven years.
25:19What do you think you're going to look like in seven years?
25:21What are you going to be doing?
25:22Seven years?
25:23What does ATEEZ look like in seven years?
25:24Seven years?
25:25Yeah.
25:26He's still in the pool.
25:27We know that.
25:28Yeah, we're still in the pool.
25:29And he's still making music.
25:30And I still find the ATEEZ members' voice.
25:35Yeah.
25:36Yeah, include you.
25:37I can't wait.
25:38We'll have ten songs by then.
25:39Yeah.
25:40And also, he's still the mood maker.
25:43Yeah.
25:44And I think...
25:45Oh, yeah.
25:46I think there is not that big change.
25:49Yeah.
25:50But I think our members and our fans' connection is going to be much deeper than now.
25:58And after seven years, we're going to be more ordered.
26:03So, we can do more journalists and more messages in our songs.
26:10I love that.
26:11Yeah.
26:12Wait for that.
26:13Can't wait.
26:14Absolutely.
26:15Well, thank you so much for the time.
26:16Have a blast on tour at the L.A. Show.
26:18Thank you so much.
26:19And ATEEZ, thank you for the time.
26:20Appreciate it.
26:22Thank you, guys.
26:24ATEEZ.
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