ATEEZ Work Album (Patreon)

It's the way I was SO excited at the start and thoroughly realised this is ATEEZ's first hard miss.

The energy is not connected here and I can say that confidently after experiencing the last few releases probably since Fireworks I really started paying attention to them closely and everything just MADE sense.

Work as a title track is underwhelming and is sonically missing a lot of pazzaz that you usually get from ATEEZ, I was waiting for that UH HUH moment for it to click but it didn't and I've come to realise I think they ABSOLUTELY need to get uncomfortable and really experiment with producers that can expand their formula in a way that's exciting and makes sense. They need to record their vocals in new ways to suit the new genre they're expanding in to.

Especially after how well Bouncy and Crazy Form were executed this feels more half hearted. I just remembered I saw tiktoks pretending this was a p1harmony song and I'm inclined to agree when you hear the rhythm of the vocal on that hook. The video is good and I commend them for heading into a new direction and I hope these are growing pains as they find a way to bring something new and exciting to the table whilst maintaining their identity.

I hope it still does well because I don't want them to be discouraged by experimentation but this was a shaky start.

Enjoy!