Bouncing tomorrow, Bouncing today

They look motherfucking TIRED.

NOT the kind of tired you get from a few sleepless nights or some stressfull events in life. They look actually exhausted and DRAINED.

I cannot imagine the pressure they are under with everything, but they HAVE to have some time off because this is NOT healthy.

The way some people obsess over them on this level is crazy and it should be stopped. People were camping for A WEEK for what, an hour show in rome? I know there is always some obession when it comes to successful groups. But the way EVERYTHING is boiling up right now is kind of insane. The shipping is getting out of hand, the parasocialism, the prices for concerts and merch even though the quality is...well. okay, the intense schedules, the non-stop production of content AND stuff to buy...is anyone still just enjoying this or??? Is Ateez ?? Or are they just very much being "humble", have been trained and conditioned to be thankful for every chance? We KNOW this entire industry is MADE to be addictive and toxic. This feels more and more like a product being sold than artists having actual freedom or health opportunities.

I love their performances, but something is fading.

This has become an engine and while it is really cool on one hand because I honor and love the creativity and generous relationship between ateez and actual atiny, and also between atinys, this has slowly become some kind of overdrive.

I was already sceptical of their journey when kq offered AI FANCALLS (and this is not a joke, the slogan advertised was "do with them what you want")...even though ateez cares about mental health as it seems, the industry just doesn't and the korean society specifically has a really toxic work culture. It's all rather quickly boiling up and honestly they need a break just as much as some of these people involved need to grow tf up. That's pretty much all I can say because they are grown ass men and if they are on their limits THEY need to communicate that. The infantilization or however you call that is ALSO something we should adress but anyways.

I feel like this all kind of lost its chill, there is too much pressure and it's noticeable.