I can't believe what I just heard! Seonghwa rap rapping and Hongjoong chop rapping. What! #ateez #matz #kpop You can watch the video here: • ATEEZ(에이티즈) - 'MATZ (홍... Thank you for watching!
Hongjoong recorded a behind the scenes of his part of making MATZ. It is a great watch because it gives a lot of insight to his work process and how a song is born. When this song came out, it dropped a bunch of jaws. We knew there was a unit song with Hongjoong and Seonghwa, but most fans thought it would be a ‘Thank U’ version 2.0… which is a midtempo song that Hongjoong wrote inspired by things he never said to Seonghwa who is his best friend and helps take care of him while he takes care of the group. NOPE. Seonghwa asked Hongjoong if they could do a proper rap song and here you go.
"Matz" roughly means older brothers. Hongjoong and Seonghwa came up with the name to counter the notoriety of gleeful chaos of the 99z (Yunho, Yeosang, San, Mingi and Wooyoung) with the fandom. While Matz is well mannered and calm off stage, they are fire and dangerous on stage. From lyrics to visuals, there is a lot of stuff going on in this mv that only longtime Atiny would understand and appreciate; I think that is why they made a less controversial performance mv for the song.
Mat Hyung (the oldest hyung in a group) + Ateez = Matz The name they gave themselves, bcs they the oldest ('98). You see Atiny either call them Seongjoong or Matz. Now rapper Seonghwa is something else. We first got to really see him during Mingis hiatus. He had rap parts in "dreamers" and "be my lover". Atinys absolutly love rapper Seonghwa and always ask for more. And they delivered! Ofc Hongjoong produced a lot of "Matz" and both wrote their own lyrics. There is a lot of references in there. Eg 05:43 a doctor once told Hwa he has an untypically large stomach. He is also the member who eats the most. 06:21 a "fan" once put a gps tracker on one of their cars to stalk them. ...omg just listen to HJs crazy flows. 🫠
SEONGHWA gets what SEONGHWA wants... When KQ asked MATZ (oldest bros - Seonghwa and Hongjoong) if they wanted to do a ballad, Seonghwa said he wanted to do a proper hip-hop song... So, Hongjoong made this treasure... Seonghwa entered KQ wanting to be a rapper, so... Also, all the lyrics for the unit songs were written by the members themselves...
Fun facts : Hongjoong is dissing Sasaeng (stalker fans) in his 2nd rap line - "If you’re going to use GPS, Put it on a carrier, not a Carnival. You can be busy too." Refer to when a sasaeng puts gps on ATEEZ's car to follow them. (Carnival is a type of car in Korea) - "Numbers without sources don't mean a thing to me at all." Refer to sasaeng calling members phones and selling members phone numbers. And i really loveeee his metaphor in here
Matz before 3 years I saw vlive seonghwa and hongjoon created 98 linear group called matz and wooyoung messing with them bcoz 99 linear had a group who tease them 😅😅 after 3 years finally I saw them 2 matz as song😅, in this album they have 3 sub yunit group songs but solo Jongho bcoz he is alone 2000 line 😅
I was so happy when Seonghwa said he wanted to do hip hop because I wanted Rapper Seonghwa:) and glad we got rapper Seonghwa 🔥 ( he had bits and pieces here and there. The first longer part was in Bouncy) I think they both together are perfect. Seonghwas lower tone. Hongjoongs higher tone. They both wrote the lyrics and they are fire. MATZ is a masterpiece
