ATEEZ
Today, December 13th, ATEEZ‘s agency KQ Entertainment announced that the group will return with a new album titled « SPIN OFF: FROM THE WITNESS » on the 30th of this month.
The day before, near Hongik University in Seoul and Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan, a photo of the emblematic figure of « HALA HALA », having his eyes covered with the logo present on the album « THE WORLD EP.1: MOVEMENT », was displayed. This poster particularly attracts attention since it burns and has a QR code engraved on the lower right corner.
Recognition of this QR code leads to an Instagram account called « @from_the_witness », which bears the same name as the new ATEEZ album, which seems to be the continuity of the storyline around the dystopian world presented in the previous album « THE WORLD EP.1: MOVEMENT ». The account has no posts but has two featured highlights with a blue feather cover. In these, we can see a poster with the name of ATEEZ‘s new album written on it followed by the release date of the album which is « 2022. 12. 30 », and a teaser video, raising expectations for the group’s comeback.
Additionally, a teaser video was shown during ATEEZ‘s world tour « THE FELLOWSHIP : BREAK THE WALL in CHIBA » which ended in Chiba, Japan on December 11-12. This showed the famous hourglass (named « Kromer »), object that plays an important role in the group’s worldview, followed by the message « I’VE SEEN IT, WILL YOU ? ».
To further arouse the curiosity of ATINYs (name of the fandom), a promotional video lasting 30 minutes was released on KQ Entertainment’s YouTube channel today from 12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. (Korean time), which got by the way deleted immediately after. This teaser has clues to ATEEZ‘s new album, such as bells ringing, Morse code, and graffiti lurking all over the background. This is not a simple teaser, but a video with interactive elements providing a highly immersive experience for fans in the ATEEZ universe.
Thus, after the announcement of ATEEZ‘s comeback, « ATEEZ COMEBACK » and « ATEEZ IS COMING » have been ranked in the global and real-time trends of Twitter, proving the interest of global fans.
ATEEZ‘s new album « SPIN OFF: FROM THE WITNESS » will be released on December 30th.
Journalist : Myriem
Translator : Myriem
Source : KQ Entertainment, ATEEZ SNS
