ATEEZ “THE WORLD EP. FIN WILL”
BY AMANI SALAHUDEENATEEZ’s new album The World Ep. Fin: Will is an album fans have been looking forward to hearing. In terms of this genre of music, Crazy Form is undoubtedly leading the way with its intense, confrontational style, and, to be honest, they are that group. It would be better if they would occasionally reduce the vocal effects they use in their songs since I would prefer to hear more of the vocalists' real voices. I understand that it's there for stylistic reasons, but I still don't think much of it. It does, however, give the music that extra buzz that they are aiming for. It’s ’s always good that they stick to their own style till the very end since it makes them stand out from the crowd.
One of the songs that stood out is Silver Light which consists of some incredible ATEEZ melody and has great vocal moments. It was also cool to see the sub-unit songs and that they had the chance to experiment there a bit. The next one that will be discussed is the song: We Know. The lyrics like “You better run, hide and seek, coming close on you then I got ya!” is the perfect song to dance to. It is an upbeat and relatively good song.
“Arriba” follows “Crazy Form” on the album, maybe because they’re in total contrast: there’s loads of flutes and flourishing melodies on this track compared to “Crazy Form” and the opening track I mentioned before. “Arriba” is already the audience favourite, due to changes in rhythm and vocal experimentation by the members.
The mix of vocals and rap is essential in K-pop groups, and Ateez have people like Yeosang and Mingi to cover these roles perfectly, with “Emergency” also following the same path. The song “MATZ” is already considered the strongest (even between people I know) and it has entertaining lyrics, such as “Some can say it can give you heart attack,” and that’s when a professional artist (or two, in this case, as this is a unit song) is at work. Following up, there is a solo called “Everything,” is a more simplistic ballad.
When fans continue listening to the album, they might realize that nothing is perfect and that they can find it out on the tracks titled “It’s You”and "Youth” two unit songs on the album, in which the greatest mistake is the use of autotune. Nestled in the middle of the album are “Silver Light” and “Dreamy Day,", which feel like continuations of both of Ateez’s previous two eras. They are also the perfect songs to bookmark this album’s circle of moods that are opened with the opening track, right before the true ending with “Crescent Part 2” and Fin:Will”.
Their incessant questions and the sound of waves and sea in the background are the perfect description of the group’s moving forward with their sound idea. Hopefully, they will continue to shine in every step of their explorations without being afraid. Despite the obvious autotune, ATEEZ’s new album will be enough to hold fans over until the next album comes out.