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Ateez's Full Storyline Explained - Updated Regularly!

Xikers' Full Storyline Explained - Masterlist

Ateez's label, KQ Entertainment - Everything you need to know.

Creative Spotlight Masterlist (Ateez Solo Projects)

Mini Lore Nuggets - Masterlist

Everything is in chronological order and updated whenever new information/content is released so, if you start from the top and work your way down, you should be fully caught up with the entire storyline up until now!

Side note: Early Japanese comebacks are not included since they're fully self-contained and Don’t Stop was left out since it's part of Ateez‘s 'Universe' (now 'Klap Entertainment') content which is separate from Ateez’s true storyline.

Masterlist:

Part 0: Glossary (Left Eye, Sopro & more)

BONUS: The Cromer Explained

BONUS: The Members (A-World)

BONUS: The Kingdom Performances

BONUS: Turbulence & The Real

BONUS: The Meaning of Hala Hala & Mito

BONUS: Work MV

BONUS: Ice On My Teeth MV

BONUS: Aniteez Lore

BONUS: The History of Strictland

Part 1: Fever Series Masterlist

Part 2: Treasure Series Masterlist

Part 3: The World Series Masterlist

Part 4: Golden Hour Series Masterlist

Part 4.5: Halazia Masterlist

Want to look at other people's theories? Try clicking here!

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Ateez on M:ZINE | 260710

Btw, Yunho literally called Seonghwa unc ('おじさん') for walking with his hands behind his back.

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Hongjoong updated us on his hand injury and cough, addressed the rumor that they will definitely be performing at Coachella next year, gave advice about how to deal with bad days, & more | 260712 TokToq Live [Translation & subtitles by 𝓢𝓽𝓮𝓵𝓵𝓪_𝓽𝓮𝓮𝔃]

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Winter Kim - editor at Singles Magazine and StyleD, plus Sports Donga editor-in-chief - posted these on Instagram with the caption:

ATEEZ hit No. 1 on Billboard…? Now I have to watch them. I have to listen to them. I have to look them up. How am I only finding out now? 북부대공상.

The last line translates to "Northern Grand Duke" Archetype.

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[📷] ATEEZ JAPAN 5TH SINGLE 「BAD (Japanese Ver.)」

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#YEOSANG #여상

2026. 07. 29 RELEASE

#ATEEZ #에이티즈 #エイティーズ

#ATEEZ_BAD

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[📷] ATEEZ JAPAN 5TH SINGLE 「BAD (Japanese Ver.)」

Concept Photo B

#HONGJOONG #홍중

2026. 07. 29 RELEASE

#ATEEZ #에이티즈 #エイティーズ

#ATEEZ_BAD

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[📷] ATEEZ JAPAN 5TH SINGLE 「BAD (Japanese Ver.)」

Concept Photo B

#SEONGHWA #성화

2026. 07. 29 RELEASE

#ATEEZ #에이티즈 #エイティーズ

#ATEEZ_BAD

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[📷] ATEEZ JAPAN 5TH SINGLE 「BAD (Japanese Ver.)」

Concept Photo B

#YUNHO #윤호

2026. 07. 29 RELEASE

#ATEEZ #에이티즈 #エイティーズ

#ATEEZ_BAD

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'Golden Hour' Pt. 5 is still going strong

United World Chart | Album Chart:

#1 GOLDEN HOUR : Part.5 🆕

Circle Global K-pop Daily Chart:

#5 BAD (+1) *New peak

(This is ATEEZ's highest rank on the chart.)

GOLDEN HOUR : Part.5 - EP:

#84 Worldwide iTunes Song Chart (+7) (Peak #10)

Worldwide Apple Music Song Chart:

#88 BAD (+6) *New Peak

"BAD" on Apple Music Top Songs:

#13 South Korea (+1) *New peak

"BAD” on Spotify:

#12 South Korea (+1) #15 Taiwan (-7) #20 Singapore (=) #58 Hong Kong (-3) #105 Malaysia (+19) #123 Thailand (+22)

"BAD" on Spotify Daily Top Songs:

#12 South Korea (=) ㅡ 40,764 Streams *New peak

"BAD” Daily Chart:

#10 BUGS (-1) *peak #1 #26 VIBE (=) *Peak #44 Melon (+20) *New peak #64 Genie (+12) *New peak

ATEEZ’s longest charting song on Melon Daily Chart:

#1 Adrenaline - 50 Days #2 WAVE / #BAD * - 16 Days *still charting #3 Be my lover - 9 Days #4 Deja Vu - 4 days

MelOn Top 100:

#22 BAD (+3) *New peak

"BAD” Melon Daily Streaming:

[DAY 1] 21,475 streams [DAY 2] 61,507 streams (+40,032) [DAY 3] 97,982 streams (+36,475) [DAY 4] 144,448 streams (+46,466) [DAY 5] 191,157 streams (+46,709) [DAY 6] 240,011 streams (+48,854) [DAY 7] 304,143 streams (+64, 132) [DAY 8] 392,902 streams (+88,759) [DAY 9] 483,925 streams (+91,023) [DAY 10] 569,038 streams (+85,113) [DAY 11] 705,094 streams (+136,056) [DAY 12] 856,402 streams (+151,308) [DAY 13] 1,006,891 streams (+150,489) [DAY 14] 1,160,310 streams (+153,419) [DAY 15] 1,329,694 streams (+169,384) [DAY 16] 1,480,074 streams (+150,380) [DAY 17] 1,606,408 streams (+126,334) 🆕

Genie Real-time Chart:

#23 BAD (+11) *New Peak

"BAD” on Shazam:

#2 Thailand (=) #7 South Korea (+3) #11 Singapore (+1) #31 Japan (+10) #45 Philippines (-3) #46 Malaysia (+4) #106 Vietnam (+2)

Melon Weekly Chart:

#79 BAD 🆕 (This is ATEEZ's first time entering this chart.)

"BAD” — Weekly chart:

#8 BUGS (+29) #79 Melon 🆕 #92 Genie (+127) *New peak

MelOn Daily Chart:

#44 BAD (+20) *New peak

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So San's chest-pumping move has been going viral in Thailand… (Part 2)

Who did it best?

Tutor

Boat

TeeTeePor (PTTP)

OhAe

ZeeNunew

Junior

FirstOne

Keng

James

Voting ended onJul 12

I hope you can sleep easier tonight~

This is Jummo's world and we're all just living in it~☀️💛🌙💙

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I don't know how y'all did it but there's a perfect tie between Tutor and OhAe and I think that's beautiful.

If you wanna see Tutor on screen (in a project less... strange than 'ChermChey' lmfao), then look forward to 'The Scent of Sorrow' which seems like it's actually gonna let him and Yim show off their range as actors for once. It's a supernatural horror murder-mystery set in post WWII Lampang with award-winning actress Nune Woranuch as a main cast members and Tle and FIrstOne in supporting roles.

There's no official release date yet, but with a Dexx comeback in the near future, I assume they'll start shooting after the comeback promotions and before they step into their supporting roles on 'Friend Benefit' which is set to air next year.

If you wanna see more of OhAe, you can find the official Twitter account here (though be prepared for mostly KengNamping content lmao)~

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We brought BAD to Rome #ATEEZ #에이티즈 #GOLDENHOUR_Part5 #BAD

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Just Xikers members being so very normal about receiving their Golden Play Button

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Throwback to the time Ateez were put in charge of rebranding KQ and handling the staff's concerns | WANTEEZ EP.31

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First half: FixOn | Second half: Mingi

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⋆˚✿˖° Yeosang Update ❀˖°

[260711 - 6:53AM KST] [Translated by lovelifebeauty_]

🌻: (Sneak sneak) 🌻: Yeodoongie-deueueueueul 🌻: Did I come too early this morningㅎㅎㅠ 🌻: I couldn’t adjust to the time difference yesterday and 🌻: while I was asleep without even noticing, 🌻: we’d gotten 1st place on Music Bank 🌻: After hearing the news, I felt so grateful 🌻: I came running over right awayㅎㅎ 🌻: Thank you so muchㅎㅎㅠ 🌻: Thanks to ATINY, we’ve been receiving happy news from all over, so 🌻: I'll keep running even harder from now on 🌻: Fightinggggggggg!! 🌻: [emoticon - 🙇🏻]

🌻: Today isn’t a day off! 🌻: because I’ll/we’ll probably have quite a lot to practice today 🌻: So I think I'll be busy all day! 🌻: The dobez live 🌻: was so fun? 🌻: ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 🌻: Mingi and I got called the ‘awkward duo,’ 🌻: but honestly, every time we were called that, I was like, “eeng/huh?” 🌻: ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 🌻: You’re asking if I got to rest a little in Rome?! 🌻: On the day we were returning to Korea 🌻: Yesterday! 🌻: because our flight departed a bit later, so 🌻: I got to see the Colosseum too, 🌻: ate delicious food and 🌻: even if only a little, I enjoyed it before leaving 🌻: Have you watched the setlog?! 🌻: ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 🌻: I wasn’t really sure how I was supposed to do it, 🌻: I just went with whatever worked, but 🌻: thank you for looking at it nicelyㅎㅎ 🌻: Oh, right! 🌻: The photos I took in Rome 🌻: The fact that I was going to upload them to Instagram 🌻: I completely forgot 🌻: Thank youuuㅎㅎ 🌻: [📸]

🌻: Out of the photos I was going to upload, 🌻: this is one of them 🌻: Here you go! 🌻: I’ll go upload it and come back! 🌻: because I feel like I’ll forget again, 🌻: Since it came to mind 🌻: I uploaded (them on IG) and came back 🌻: ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 🌻: When uploading a post, what’s the criteria for choosing a song?! 🌻: I choose what I think matches the mood of the photos 🌻: I choose by based on the vibe 🌻: Thank you for looking at it nicelyㅎㅎ 🌻: [emoticon] 🌻: [emoticon]

🌻: You ask if I still drink detox water?! 🌻: These days, I’ve been eating well too, 🌻: that’s how it’s been! 🌻: Detox water is only when I’m really focusing on dieting 🌻: You're asking what detox water tastes like?! 🌻: Umm, depending on the product, it’s probably different, but 🌻: the one I drink has apple flavor 🌻: and there’s one that’s kind of grapefruit-flavored too 🌻: You’re asking if I don’t want to drink soda when I’m dieting?! 🌻: Of course I want to drink soda! 🌻: ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 🌻: So if I do drink soda, then zero-calorie or diet 🌻: I drink those ones! 🌻: But wait a second - 🌻: Yeodoongies, even if you don’t diet, 🌻: you’re already more than pretty, cute, and everything else, 🌻: Please don’t start dieting because of me! 🌻: What do you mean I’m the only pretty one?ㅋㅋ 🌻: That’s absolutely not, 🌻: It’s just that I appear 🌻: in front of Yeodoongies more oftenㅎㅎ 🌻: You’re saying ‘BAD’ is good to listen to 🌻: while working out?! 🌻: Me too, while driving and 🌻: while working out, before the comeback, 🌻: I tried listening to it, and 🌻: I really liked it! 🌻: You’re saying you’re practicing ‘BAD’ choreography, but you’re flapping around so much you’re having an existential crisis?! 🌻: Have confidence! 🌻: You can do it!! 🌻: Since I woke up this early, 🌻: what am I going to do?? 🌻: Actually, I woke up for a bit, and 🌻: I was originally going to go back to sleep, but 🌻: I heard the news we’d gotten 1st place on Music Bank, and 🌻: as I opened my eyes to the bright light and kept chatting on fromm, 🌻: I gradually woke up completely 🌻: But Yeodoongies too 🌻: looks like all of you 🌻: woke up really early too?! 🌻: To the Yeodoongies heading to work, 🌻: fightinggg! 🌻: To the Yeodoongies getting off work, 🌻: you’ve worked really hard 🌻: To the Yeodoongies who don’t want to go to academy, 🌻: even sol, you have to go - but I’ll be cheering you on 🌻: To the Yeodoongies who miss me 🌻: I miss you so much too 🌻: With the fanmeeting on my mind, 🌻: I think I'll be practicing until late tonight, but 🌻: I'm going to do my best! 🌻: My usual morning routine?? 🌻: 1. open my eyes 🌻: 2. accept the reality that I have to go to work 🌻: 3. swallow my tears 🌻: 3. was a joke - I go to the fridge instead 🌻: 4. put two eggs in the egg cooker 🌻: 5. wash up 🌻: 6. eat the eggs 🌻: 7. go to work… 🌻: Pretty simple, right?! 🌻: Ah, 🌻: 0. thinking about Yeodoongies 🌻: because this one’s so obvious 🌻: I didn’t even mention itㅎㅎ 🌻: Aaahㅋㅋ What do you mean “boiled eggs vs. Yeodoongies”ㅋㅋ 🌻: Of course, Yeodoongies! 🌻: You’re asking if I’m boiling more eggs right now?! 🌻: Nope! 🌻: Chicken breast vs. Yeodoongies 🌻: Yeodoongies, of course! 🌻: Detox water vs. Yeodoongies 🌻: Yeodoongies, of course! 🌻: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 🌻: No more questions 🌻: ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 🌻: You’re asking what about boiling the eggs in advance 🌻: and keeping them in the fridge?! 🌻: No, 🌻: I (like them) soft-boiled 🌻: Eggs that have been boiled 🌻: I have to eat them warm 🌻: Heading to work, my heart 🌻: becomes warm 🌻: Maybe it was because the eggs were warm? 🌻: When I go into a company meeting 🌻: [emoticon]

🌻: When I get off work 🌻: [emoticon]

🌻: When I'm eating with the members 🌻: [emoticon]

🌻: When I accidentally spoil something 🌻: [emoticon]

🌻: ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 🌻: What do you mean, an uninhabited island episode?! 🌻: That’s the first time I’ve heard that?! 🌻: Hahaha 🌻: Alright, alright, let’s get this straight! 🌻: Who was the one that mentioned the uninhabited island?! 🌻: Exactly! 🌻: Mingi-ya… I’m sorry 🌻: What do you mean I’m throwing my own member under the bus?ㅎㅎ 🌻: ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 🌻: You’re asking shouldn’t I sleep a bit more 🌻: If I have to go to work?! 🌻: But getting to chat 🌻: with Yeodoongies this early in the morning, 🌻: I like itㅎㅎ 🌻: Ah 🌻: Ah…! 🌻: A Yeodoongie said they’re sleepy 🌻: Ahh 🌻: I heard having a miracle morning is good!

For context: He's referencing a book called 'The Miracle Morning' by Hal Elrod which blew up in Korea with its localized translation. It tells readers to intentionally start their days a few hours early in order to practice a routine that allows for self-development, i.e. via doing stretches, journaling, reading a book.

🌻: Oh, 🌻: since everyone’s already up early, 🌻: having a healthy breakfast 🌻: sounds like a good idea, doesn’t it?! 🌻: You’re saying 🌻: you’re eating ice cream 🌻: first thing in the morning?! 🌻: No way 🌻: What do you mean ice cream 🌻: on an empty stomach in the morning?! 🌻: Please make sure to eat something healthy 🌻: In the morning, you should eat 🌻: something that’s easy to digest 🌻: and good for your body first! 🌻: Really when I'm feeling lazy, 🌻: eating boiled eggs like I do 🌻: is a good option too 🌻: Aah, 🌻: if it’s in a region where it's really hot from the morning 🌻: ATINY, ice cream 🌻: If (you) say, ‘it’s so hot,’ then you should eat it! 🌻: Woah, 🌻: soy sauce egg rice 🌻: It’s been a while 🌻: When (you) don’t have much of an appetite 🌻: it’s really delicious 🌻: You’re asking if I know 🌻: how to fry an egg?! 🌻: Haㅋ 🌻: No, of course! 🌻: Of course I canㅋㅋ! 🌻: What do you mean ‘how far do Kang Yeosang’s cooking skills go’ 🌻: What do you mean I need a meal kit just to fry an egg 🌻: You’re saying I absolutely have to try the fried egg-flavored potato chips in Taiwan?! 🌻: I'll remember that! 🌻: You’re asking if I'm eating fried eggs with a runny yolk?! 🌻: Umm, I just take it out when I think it’s done 🌻: It ends up being runny though?? 🌻: [emoticon - 👍🏻]

🌻: When I put an egg in ramen?? 🌻: I just add it when I think, ‘okay, time to put it in.’ 🌻: I add it! 🌻: Of course! 🌻: Cooking is all about instincts! 🌻: [emoticon - 👍🏻]

🌻: Inviting Yeodoongies over for a cooking content 🌻: I’d like to try it sometime?! ⭐ 🌻: Huhu… 🌻: What do you mean, I need to have digestive medicine ready?! 🌻: What do you mean, I need to have an ambulance on standby?! 🌻: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 🌻: What do you mean, ‘just spare our lives’?! 🌻: No, it’s not dangerous! 🌻: [emoticon - 👍🏻]

🌻: ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 🌻: What do you mean, it’s Russian roulette?ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 🌻: Ha, someday I’ll definitely have to show you. 🌻: a meal I've put my heart into! 🌻: [emoticon - fighting]

🌻: Ah slowly 🌻: I think it’s time to open it now 🌻: Alrighttt, today as well 🌻: I’m taking recommendations for 🌻: checkpoint emoticon! 🌻:. long-awaited long-anticipated...  

￣￣＼／￣￣￣￣￣￣￣ ❤️     🌼 ₍ᐢˊo̴̶̷̤ ̫ o̴̶̷̤ˋᐢ₎ (⸝⸝^▽^⸝⸝) ( つ ⊂) ❤️⊂ ヽ 。 ｏ ╭ ◜◝ ͡ ◜◝ ͡ ◜◝ ͡ ◜◝ ͡ ◜◝ ╮ ( chekpoint open(⸝⸝^▽^⸝⸝)🌻 ) ╰ ◟◞ ͜ ◟ ͜ ◟◞ ͜ ◟ ͜ ◟◞ ╯

🌻: This one’s cute, isn’t it?! 🌻: I’ll go with this one! 🌻: Long-awaiteddddd 🌻: long-anticipatedddddd 🌻:. long-awaited long-anticipated...

￣￣＼／￣￣￣￣￣￣￣ ❤️     🌼 ₍ᐢˊo̴̶̷̤ ̫ o̴̶̷̤ˋᐢ₎ (⸝⸝^▽^⸝⸝) ( つ ⊂) ❤️⊂ ヽ 。 ｏ ╭ ◜◝ ͡ ◜◝ ͡ ◜◝ ͡ ◜◝ ͡ ◜◝ ╮ ( chekpoint open(⸝⸝^▽^⸝⸝)🌻 ) ╰ ◟◞ ͜ ◟ ͜ ◟◞ ͜ ◟ ͜ ◟◞ ╯

🌻: Alrighttt, today too 🌻: I'm getting slogan recommendationsㅎㅎ 🌻: . ⋆ ˙/) /) ( ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ ) / づ づ ~ ♡Thanks to you, my life is warmer than a boiled egg𐔌՞. .՞𐦯 ᢉ𐭩.ᐟ 🌻: This is so cute, isn’t it?! 🌻: I'll make this candidate no. 1! 🌻: Today’s slogan suggestion👏🏻👏🏻 Eggs are soft-boiled🥚, but the love between Yeosangie and Yeodoongies is fully cooked💛 🌻: This one’s really clever too, isn’t it?! 🌻: I’ll make this candidate no. 2! 🌻: Boiled egg? (Life is egg?) No!! My life is nothing but Kang Yeosang!!! 💛💛 (wordplay on 삶은 (salmeun/boiled) and 삶은 (salmeun/my life) 🌻: This is so cute, isn’t it?! 🌻: ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 🌻: I'll make this candidate no. 3! 🌻: Alrighttt then, 🌻: today we have 🌻: up to candidate no. 3, 🌻: Which one should we go with?! 🌻: Oh! 🌻: No. 1 🌻: is coming up a lot 🌻: Then today, no. 1 🌻: let’s go with that! 🌻: Alrighttttttttt 🌻: Let’s give it a tryyyyy 🌻: Oneeeeeeeeeeeeeee 🌻: Twoooooooooooooooo 🌻: Three! 🌻: . ⋆˙/) /) ( ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ ) / づ づ ~♡Thanks to Yeodoongies, my life is warmer than a boiled egg 𐔌՞. .՞𐦯 ᢉ𐭩.ᐟ🥰 🌻: Yeodoongies you are super adorableㅎㅎ 🌻: [emoticon - 🥰]

🌻: Hihi 🌻: It must’ve been hard to come on fromm this early in the morning 🌻: Thank you so much for coming to fromm and 🌻: to Yeodoongies who are in different time zones from me, 🌻: thank youuu so much for coming to fromm too 🌻: It feels like the weather’s gotten a lot hotter 🌻: Yeodoongies, be careful in the heat and! 🌻: make sure you eat your meals and! 🌻: be even happier and healthier today 🌻: Have a great dayyyy 🌻: I love you all so, so much tooㅎㅎ 🌻: Don’t forget your vitamins either! 🌻: Then, byeeeeeeee! 🌻: Byeeeeeeee! 🌻: Bbyong!