ATEEZ Hong Joong Jong Ho feels the power of new music
Feb 02, 2025
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Hong Joong and Jong Ho heated up not only the field but also the home with a high-quality stage regardless of generation and genre on the KBS2 music travel reality show 『Germany』, which aired on the 1st.
Hong Joong and Jong Ho held a surprise guerrilla busking in Munich's Odeon Square to mark the opening of the world's largest beer festival, Octoverfest. The two perfectly captured the hearts of the audience with their sweet harmony by singing CNBLUE's 「Love Light」 to Jong Ho's guitar performance.
Jong Ho then performed Sung Si-kyung's 'Hee-jae' and Hong Joong performed Cho Deok-bae's 'When You Come to My Heart' with Sunwoo Jung-ah. As a group song, Jason Mraz's 'Lucky' and ATEEZ's 'BOUNCY' (K-HOT CHILLI PEPERS)' were sung, and the atmosphere was heated even more by performing a powerful live and point choreography.
There was also a scene of a romantic night busking performance at Beer Garden. Hong Joong sang Jason Mraz's 'Geek In The Pink' with Sohyang and poured out powerful rapping, while Jong Ho sang Taeyeon's 'UR' to give a deep and deep resonance.
In addition, Jong Ho sang Michael Jackson's 『Man In The Mirror』 along with Sohyang and Sunwoo Jung-ah to make the audience's shoulders flutter. As the last group song, Cho Yong-pil's 'Dream' was performed, and a lingering ending was met with enthusiastic cheers from the audience.
Hong Joong and Jong Ho toured various attractions in Germany for about two months, coloring viewers' weekend nights with strong emotions. In addition, the playlist video of all the first and second episodes released through the official YouTube channel 'I'm a Singer' boasted an overwhelming buzz online, with more than 500,000 and 700,000 views, respectively.
In addition, Hong Joong's song 'Falling' reached 250,000; Jong Ho's song 'Dream' with Suzy reached 240,000; and Sohyang's song 'I Must Erase You in Sadness' became popular with more than 110,000 episodes. In the last broadcast of the day, they sang 'Gig in the Pink, 'You R', 'Men in the Mirror', 'Bouncey', and even the names of ATEEZ and Jong Ho were on the real-time search keyword of Melon, the nation's largest music site, and burned their relentless firepower.
The two, who proved their outstanding musicality with a feast of high-quality stages reinterpreted with their own charm, filled with passion and authenticity for music, delivered their impressions at the end of the show through their agency KQ Entertainment.
Hong Joong said, "I was happy to share and perform good music with the artists I respected and liked. While preparing for various stages, I was able to feel the power of new music that I had not felt before, and it was a precious time when I learned a lot from new experiences. We will continue to work hard to create good performances, so please look forward to it," he said.
Jong-ho also said, "I really wanted to try busking, and it was a good opportunity to express my musicality. 'I could feel that I could reach the listeners like this through music, and that I could make various sounds and express them like that through music. I was also impressed that I could do various arrangements in accordance with the environment that had to consist only of guitar, piano, and voice, and it was a time where I could learn many things," he added.
Meanwhile, ATEEZ is meeting with fans around the world through 2025 World Tour 'TOWARDS THE LIGHT:'IN EUROPE'.
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