Forget that other boy group. ATEEZ are the ones who impress me today

You know this comes from an authentic place, given how rare it is for me to give flowers to a boy group that isn't from the third generation or older.

But I did not in any way expect ATEEZ to pull this off

ATEEZ | Biography, Music & News | Billboard

ATEEZ is an eight-piece K-Pop boy band made up of KQ Entertainment’s trainees-turned superstars Hongjoong, Yunho, Mingi, San, Seonghwa, Yeosang, Jongho and…

www.billboard.com

I remember they were in the lineup for KCON LA 2019, and back then I got a fan engagement perk for ATEEZ and gave it away, because I had no idea who they were and all I cared about was hitting the secondary market to buy MAMAMOO engagement perks.

I have been vaguely aware of their strong fandom in the West in particular, not unlike that other boy group, but I didn't expect them to have enough of a fandom to pull off a Billboard Hot 100 entry, and they're not in the basement either.

What impresses me the most is that they did this and they're not from a big company. The difficulty rating for becoming a huge success as a group, especially today, is 5 out of 5 stars for groups that don't hail from HYBE (yuck), SM, YG or JYP.

So, ATEEZ fans, they officially have my acknowledgement and respect. It is well-earned.

You see, AKP? You do things like this and I have no problem conceding ground, even if it's a boy group I never ever listen to.

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Only because you don’t consider them a threat to your favs and nothing more

I don't always look at everything within the prism of an insecure sense of rivalry

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Honestly I never seen you do otherwise even a single time so

I was trying to go for a different vibe and say something nice, and I still get accused of having ulterior motives

I am legit impressed ATEEZ could pull this off

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The Saja Boys debuted less than a week ago and are already on spotify global, ATEEZ better start counting their days

Hmmm. You boy group stans are moving kind of shady in my praise thread

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They didn't chart anywhere. Not even Spotify global.

i'm expecting billboard to change the rules again like it did every time kpop fans acted like kpop fans lol. And yes, i include my fandom too

Stop being a killjoy. Let the ATEEZ fans have this moment. It's still a flex to have a fandom dedicated and big enough to even pull this off.

Well done, ATEEZ. Well done.

Lemon Drop is also better than the other boy group slop I've heard this year.