ATEEZ Golden Hour: Part 1 Album | First Time Reaction 

Stray Kids 🤝🏻 Ateez ....both only have the best songs. 😍

This is by FAR their most rap/hiphop album and it's very different for them. If you want an album closer to their normal sound, listen to the "The World" series, beginning with "The World EP.1: Movement"

For me, Ateez's Jongho has the best vocals in kpop. 🫡

Pretty much all my friends who love Stray Kids also really like Ateez and all my friends who love Ateez also really like Stray Kids, and the boys themselves like and respect each other a lot. Changbin from SKZ and Wooyoung from Ateez are close friends and often do dance challenges together, which are really fun.

On a popularity point. ATEEZ is from a small production company. Their growth as a group is spectacular, because in the k-pop space there’s 4 giant pillar production companies that dominate the industry. Big company guarantees more promotion opportunities and more visibility obviously. Both Ateez and Stray kids are more popular internationally than back in Korea, at least that’s how they started, obviously now they are very popular back home too. They debuted within the same year, and both had a reputation of producing “noisy” and “loud” music, not typical for the k-pop sound. And although Stray kids is from the big pillar company they faced a lot of hate about their sound. It’s so funny, cause now ATEEZ and Stray Kids are considered leaders of k-pop in their generation- 4th generation leaders.

oh my goodness I am so glad you are listening to Ateez especially this album, there’s so much Hispanic and Latino influence. I haven’t even started watching but I’m so excited. Thank you for being super open to exploring genres and groups

wake up babe, tony stocco is listening to ateez! can’t wait to see you get to the world eps!!

I can confirm blind destroys subwoofers in a car

The term "popularity" within K-pop is complicated, but objectively Stray Kids is generally more popular than ATEEZ in terms of global recognition, album sales, streams, and social media. Although skz is a recognized group today, it has taken them a long time to get to what they are today, so even though they are less "mainstream" in musical terms, their popularity is on the rise more than anything globally...They always went for a more different sound and it was not very appealing to the Korean public, luckily they kept with their style and today they achieved several achievements and recognition. Other groups that I could name more popular than skz could be bts blackpink who, although they have some songs that are more appealing to the general public, also have their own personality... In k-pop there is a lot of effort for each group to obtain personality and concept, so it is quite common for them to be original, but not so for them to stand out on a large scale as in the case of those named... Another thing, in kpop in general it is very common for several genres to be explored (it does not mean that everyone does it well).. some groups do the genres that are fashionable in each era in some cases.. If you would like to listen to a more generic or popular kpop like what you think for comparison, I could recommend enhypen, txt, bts (recent years) or girl groups like; Ive, new jeans, leesserafim... idk there are millions of groups out there, already they will seem different to you because it changes a lot compared to normal pop... but it is true that there are many more that go down that generic path of pop sound and not so experimental... I really like kpop in general and I also love groups that make traditional pop, but it is true that I am a fan of skz for their distinctive sound... I'm sorry this is so long but it's very complicated to answer the qs about popularity and sound in a single sentence when kpop itself is a huge, never-ending industry

Wait till he hears Geurrilla by Ateez. "BREAK THE WALL" IS SO ICONIC!! got to listen.

I’M SO EXCITED!! Stray kids and ATEEZ are my two favorite groups! Based on what you liked from stray kids, you’ll love a lot of the songs from THE WORLD EP.2: OUTLAW Album! It’s more pots and pans!

Ateez has 4.04 M RU-vid subscribers, Stray Kids has 18.2 M RU-vid Subscribers. According to IFPI Global charts in 2023, Rock Star by SKZ sold 224,000 physical albums and Ateez The World Episode Fin sold 152,000. You were asking comparison numbers. But as a kpop stan and knowing other kpop stans, I know that they get equal love from most!

Oh you’re going to love Guerrilla

Been only listening to SKZ for more than a year now. This is my first time listening to Ateez as well. I’m impressed. Shaboom - added to playlist. ✅

19:55 I’d say Stray Kids is more popular based on streams and listeners, skz has gotten 8.6 billion Spotify streams overall, and ateez has 2.5 billion, they both were formed in 2018. Skz is pretty big internationally and Ateez is climbing up and getting more popular internationally but, so far skz has more listeners.

Yeah…the guy with the high belting voice is jongho. He’s easily got one of the best voices in kpop…I’m a die hard STAY and i can recognize it. He’s amazing. Ateez as a whole…if you like skz, typically you’ll like Ateez

Stray Kids 🤝 Ateez : -best songs -best rap parts -best vocals -best production -best leaders -best dance -BEST FRIENDS❤ proud to be StayTiny❤

you NEED to listen to THE WORLD EP.2: OUTLAW by ATEEZ, every song on it is 10/10😁

Aye-teez, buddy. Omg, you’re about to be a Staytiny and I’m HERE for it! 💗

ATEEZ tells stories with there albums. This is a new chapter in ATEEZ's lore of albums. Treasure Epi 1, 2 3 and Epilogue. Zero Fever 1,2,3 and Epilogue. The World 1, 2, and Fin. They do have Japanese releases as well. To your question , "Is this want they do?" YES ATEEZ is known to go nuts in the last 30 seconds of there songs. Not so much with this album. Others for sure. Siren is a "typical" ATEEZ song. ATEEZ spent time in LA during there trainiee days. So the first two song have that influence. As far a popularity. Both groups are popular. For ATEEZ they are popular internationally. The Korean music industry is really competitive. Since ATEEZ comes a smaller company. They don't really get attention in the industry. That is changing. More people in Korea are definitely paying attention. Welcome to Atiny.

What I like the most about this group is there lyrics, most of them are about society, politics, mental health, and life in general. They resonate a lot with me for someone with depression and anxiety.

omg i'm so excited you are getting into Ateez! I cannot wait for you to hear "Guerrilla”!!

The silent scream I let out when I refreshed my RU-vid home page! As a big Atiny, I'm so happy you're listening to ATEEZ. Another group I recommend listening to is Xdinary Heroes. They make rock music and just recently released a metal song called iNSTEAD! Happy reacting!

Oh yay! I knew once he got into SKZ that ATEEZ couldn't be far behind! Welcome to the StayTiny world!

As the other comments said, this album has a lot of latino influence. The World series that everyone is recommending is a lot darker, more grunge, which closer to their usual sound. But for me I associate pirate music /sea shanties with them because of their earlier sound (Songs like Wonderland, Horizon, Answer, Pirate King, etc.) Thank you for taking your time to give Ateez a listen! I really enjoyed your videos on Stray Kids.

Welcome to Ateez! The band has a very strong lore/storyline and they release their albums in story arcs, with each arc having at least 3 albums, then some spinoffs and Japanese albums. So far we have 4 major arcs: Treasure, Fever, The World and Golden Hour is starting which you've listened to here. Their sound is very varied and they explore a lot of genres. The World has been my favorite arc so far, but I love their whole discography.

FUCK YEAH I LOVE ATEEZ. this album is a bit different from their usual music. I recommend checking out the three eps from THE WORLD series!!

I clicked so fast when I saw ATEEZ and your name together!! thank you for reacting to them! Definitely check out more! The World Ep. 2: OUTLAW would be a great next move!

I can't wait for you to hear their other albums and realise how different they are😂

Just keep watching those subs rise 😊 StrayKids and Ateez are gold mines when it comes to talent and fan bases. I am also a STAYTINY.

OH LET'S GO!!! stray kids and ateez are my favorite kpop groups, along with nct. you'd love all 3 of those groups. i won't pester you too much with nct right now because stray kids and ateez already have a gigantic discography, nct's is probably even bigger- so starting with skz and ateez is great already! for ateez, i STRONGLY recommend for you to listen to their "the world" EPs- it's a triology. one of the most cohesive bodies for work in kpop. songs like guerilla are life changing

26:25 "im not gonna say anything..." and the face 😈☠️❤️‍🔥

I'm obsessed with Shaboom! The production of this song?!!!!

ATEEZ! This is exciting. I would totally love if you continued to review all sorts of kpop music. Your analysis of the sounds makes me enjoy the songs in new ways. Thank you!!

Ateez's stage presence is unmatched. Ateez' live vocal is insane. Better than CD. It's 100% true.

omg i'm so happy you're reacting to ateez!! ateez and stray kids are probably my favorite music groups at the moment and being able to watch your reactions and see all the little details you pick out just makes me love the music even more :) keep doing what you're doing, don't be afraid to take breaks, and i hope you continue to enjoy the amazing music these guys put out :)

And you have discovered my second fave boy group. Ateez have a large crossover in fans with SKZ. (Those who aren't ones who only follow one group & no others. It's strange how every fandom has a few of those. Most of us enjoy variety. It's the spice of life, after all.) Ateez are another group that has producers in the group. (Hongjoong & Mingi, the two main rappers, are the main producers for Ateez.) And they have a very impressive discography as well. And Ateez have their own sound that is all their own. Personally my fave song is Halazia, and that's off their Spin Off: From The Witness mini album. My second fave is Wonderland, off their Treasure Ep. Fin: All To Action album. You might like those albums.

20:05 they're both heavily popular groups, stray kids is more popular however. stray kids came from a company that was already successful whereas ateez made their company successful. they both created their own success in their own ways with skz being fully self produced and self made and ateez having no background and having to build themselves and their company from the ground up. i fully believe though that if ateez's company (KQ) was already successful when they debut then ateez would be in the same lane as skz in terms of numbers and success.

Yes!! So exciting to see you react to Ateez! Them and Stray Kids are close! They have some performances together on a TV show they did! Fans of both groups are called staytiny (Atiny- pronounced A teeny) ☺️

No one like #Ateez so excited about your reaction, definetely need to cheek their The World EPs

FINALLY!!! Stray Kids and Ateez have a lot of crossover in their fan base ever since they preformed together and did colabs for Kingdom

"What's happening now?" The catchphrase of Atiny across the globe 😂😂

You reacting to my two fav Kpop group is just so awesome!

I love this so much! Both Stray Kids and Ateez are the first kpop groups that I started to listen to, and since then they completely changed my perception towards kpop! Can't wait to see your reactions for "Bouncy", "Guerrilla", "Halazia",... and all their discography 'cause all their songs are too good! As well as Stray Kids'! (I'm looking forward to seeing "Rock-Star" album reaction)

My little Atiny heart (Ateez fan name) is so happy that you love Ateez!!!! Fun fact Ateez and Stray Kids are actually friends! Also Shaboom is super underrated!

Honestly, I suggest "The World" series of albums starting with Ep:1 Movement and moving forward through the other two Ep:2 Outlaw and Ep:Fin Will.... most of their albums are in sets of three because they tell different parts of the story for their lore so doing each "set" in order is how it's intended to be heard 💕

20:24 i guess stray kids are the most popular group in the 4th gen and the most successful group after bangtan and bp (you know stray kids everywhere all around the world But ATEEZ are also really famous and great group with a really good songs and like you said there is a deference between these two group (both of them are friends) anyways for me Stray kids put a lot of different songs and changes in just one song and they make any type of music you want and can put it togrther in a perfect way and also can do something new like its there own vibe and type of music and yeah our kings Ateez also can do a lot of types in music but they dont mix it together too much and they have there own vibe when you listen to them you feel like youre in middle of jungle running or just walking in a cloud LOL and they make you move following there flows and dance But both of stray kids and ateez have the strongest songs in kpop and the most different group and both of them have the best performance and the best rappers and vocalist and dancers and you can watch tbere collaboration in KINGDOM they burn the stage together they are just crazyy 🔥💀 I am not a big fan of ateez i just told you what i feel about them they are amazing for real Im only STAY and im happy to see you react to ateez im waiting for your next reaction to stray kids And also tony your face expression told us a lot 😂 thank you tony ❤ (no hate to any kpop group its my own opinion)

"They're more straight forward, less genre bending" then comes Shaboom 🤣

Oh he's gonna LOVE The World Ep2: Outlaw dooowwwwn.

Oh, I am begging you for an Outlaw album reaction!! But I agree with the rest of the comments, too, to check out Guerrila. It's a must.Thank you for checking out Ateez!

If you ever want to hear them sing live, killing voice from dingo would be perfect. They sing many of their songs there. 💕

Reggaeton vibes in this album

STAYTINY IN THE MAKING LETS GOOOOO 😁

fun fact: ateez and stray kids are actually besties

Xdinary Heroes next pls

I HIGHLY suggest the World EP.2 Outlaw. And I am so happy you have also started your Ateez journey. Stray Kidz and Ateez are 2 of the main groups that keep me excited for new releases.

omg can’t wait for him to get to guerilla

Oh I am SO excited you’re doing Ateez!! I hope you continue on, and check out the World Eps. Those three albums are masterpieces, in my opinion. I’d like to hear your thoughts on them! Thanks again for the awesome reactions!

When the stank face came out I knew we had him hooked 😂😂 welcome to the Statiny club 😂😂.

INSTANT CLICKED WHEN I SAW ALBUM!!!! Hope you love as much as we do, they are so unique and addictive haven't found a song that I don't like yet. They are not as popular in Korea as they are internationally because they are not the usual sound.. they are one you need to know the lyrics because it makes the songs that much meaningful

ATEEZ are like Stray Kids crazy cousins.❤

You did ATEEZ! This is very a “look what we can do” album. The World CD is probably my favorite and more “Core” for their sound.

Guys guys guys wake up Tony is reacting to ateez, start running

I'm so excited for your Ateez journey, and continuing Stray Kids journey! Like you, SKZ was my intro to kpop, and Ateez followed soon after. I absolutely love both of these groups, but If I want to listen to something and don't know what song I specifically want to put on, I pick any Ateez song on my playlist first. Ateez works closely with their production team, with 2 of the members also producing, and all members contributing to lyrics. So, like SKZ, they're really able to get the sounds they want out of their tracks and make them unique to their members. They do have more straight forward songs, like you said, as well as plenty of pots and pans tracks, and covering several genres. Everyone else has recommended "The World" series of albums, and I agree since a lot of my favorite songs come from that series. They absolutely EXCEL at stage performance, and have great live vocals, so after you've thoroughly familiarized yourself with their music, I highly recommend watching some of their live stages.

My heart when I saw this come up ❤ please give The World Eps a listen you’ll absolutely love them, it’s more their sound as they tried a more different style with this album still amazing tho.

The big 4 in 4th gen boy groups are Straykids,TXT, Enhypen, and Ateez

Ateez is awesome! I’ve seen them in concert twice, they’re such great performers. Everyone saying listen to The World is correct, but I’d also throw Zero Fever Part One and Two into the mix. I think you’d really like the song Take Me Home. The World is fantastic, but Fever has a special place in my heart. When I first heard Golden Hour, it reminded me of the THANXX days.

Please react to their album: THE WORLD EP.2: OUTLAW.

I LITERALLY LOVE THE LAST 30 SECONDS THING OF ATEEZ IT’S ALWAYS DIFFERENT AND SLAPS 🔥

These guys are amazing live as well. Next one to listen to should be The World EP.2: Outlaw

Keep up the videos!!! Hard rocker here but have an appreciation for good music in general. Appreciate how you break everything down in these videos. You're great!!

So excited to see you reacting to Ateez! It's so fun to see you checking out other k-pop groups as well!

You will lose it when you hear Guerrilla. So glad to see you listening to all my favorite bands!

While listening to your reactions and insights to the music I feel it’s making me a more educated and nuanced listener to these two bands’ music that I love so much (SKZ and ATEEZ). I think you will love the Outlaw EP. For a single song I think you will really enjoy Halazia. I’m really excited to hear the different types of music you end up reacting to, and hopefully expanding my own music horizons!

For when you want to expand your musical adventures beyond kpop. If you like the "Ricky Martin" vibe you should listen to the Bad Bunny's album "nadie sade lo que va a pasar mañana"

and it keeps getting better and better! tiktok recommended your channel to me after your first stray kids reaction and Im so glad they did bc your reactions are my favorite. i love how you appreciate music, so glad I followed!

I am SO EXCITED you are doing Ateez! I have been into them since they did the show Kingdom with Stray Kids, but in a kind of "title track" way. I haven't deep dived into their discography because honestly I feel like my life can only handle one fandom obsession to the level that I am a Stay, buuuuuut I like them enough and love their VOCALS enough that I've low key been considering doing exactly this and listening to each album, and since YOU are doing it I'll do it with you! Yay!! 🥰

Clearly this album has a very Latin atmosphere compared to their other albums. Ateez is definitely one of the two best Kpop groups (in my opinion). I recommend their album "The world: ep2 Outlaw"

The next album by Ateez you should listen to is "the world ep. 1: movement". Its the one with Guerrilla on (which everyone is recommending). Its got two big fan favourite songs on it "Cyberpunk" and "Guerilla". To answer your question about their genre, they very much explore different genres - so the Spanish vibes on this EP are not typical across there albums. And its A-teez, like "80's" and the fandom is atiny - pronouced a-teeny.

Yessss! I’ve been waiting for you to discover Ateez

well if you like Stray kids is only a given you would like Ateez these 2 bands go together!!! their fans and even the members are all friends !! Staytiny!

Ateez has tons, I repeat, TONS of songs with pots and pans! Brace yourself 😂

Very excited to see you getting into ateez along with stray kids! I'm an armystaytiny and fan of kpop since 2010 and I really love these groups. Funny enough, and like some others have said, this album is different than their others, and I find it to be probably their "calmest" album lol. They also self write and produce like stray kids and pull from every damn genre out there.

i second everyone in the comments recommending their The World series. I have a playlist with all three albums in the series in a row and i love to listen to them straight through that way but The World Part 2 is my absolute favorite of theirs, every single track is a banger.

ATEEZZ

You will often hear a giggle or fix on before or during the main rappers' (Hongjoong and Mingi) rap parts. Hongjoong/ Captain - giggle Mingi - fix on

straykids are more rap heavy while ateez are more vocal heavy

By the way, one tip for your "safety", Kpopers usually don't like comparisons between Kpop groups, some fans get in the worse behaviour possible when that happens, some fandoms more than others, so if you are going to explore more Kpop groups just be aware and either avoid it or if you don't care just be aware. that some people could get nasty, you are a great guy and I would hate your experience is ruined by that stuff. Also about popularity it's hard, I personally would say Straykids are more popular than Ateez from the knowledge I have but both are breaking it big world wide and have their own achievements, both amazing bands with different sound. Also yes, if you listen to another album it's going to be a different genre, even tho, both groups have his own colors that makes each very recognizable and unique. Like always I enjoy it your reaction, Ateez have some amazing songs and I'm sure you are going to have fun exploring some of their albums I definitely think you should listen to "The World EP.1: Movement" the "Guerrilla" song is just WOW, like, WOOOOOOWWWWWWW,

had to wait 11 hours to watch this because I refused to without my headphones

You should try reacting to some of their older albums like Clé 1: Miroh or I am Who? They used some really interesting sounds in those songs and I think you’d like them. There’s also another person who just released a new album called Yuta. It’s a rock album and sounds amazing.

I remember the other day i was listening to shaboom and thought Tonys reaction in this would be crazy!! and here we are im so happy

26:02 LOVE it!! It is so fun watching your expressions!

I can’t wait until you hear Guerilla, Dune, Halazia, Hala Hala, Cyber Punk and Matz. Total bangers.

PLEASE listen to Outlaw! It's one of my fav's albums from them! It's got their actually most popular song like with the most stream's called Bouncy

The big 4 in 4th gen boy groups are Straykids,TXT, Enhypen, and Ateez. 25:45 I was thinking this song had raggae vibes

ATEEZ and Stray Kids are my faves! Glad you're checking ATEEZ out as well!

If you only ever listen to one Ateez song, listen to guerrilla! It is a banger and in my opinion my favourite Ateez song. I don't have a favourite album, more fave songs of theirs.

Ateez are extremely underrated, that's why straykids are more popular. I love them both though. Check the album The World:ep2 Outlaw It's my favourite Ateez album. As a rock fan it really does it for me. Each album has different styles of music. They are extremely versatile. You will see how many different genres they attack. I swear they don't have 1 bad song. You can play all the music back to back and not want to press skip

This album is a new sound for their whole discography, their original sound more like epic, dark and glorious sound like the previous album series such as The World Album series, theres 4 EP and I would love to see u check them out.

It’s not surprising to me that someone recommended Ateez to you. They were one of the first groups I was drawn too after finding Stray Kids. In particular watching them on Kingdom with Skz and their song Guerrilla. Not anywhere near as deep in to their music as Skz but still really like them. I feel a lot of their stuff has Latin influences.