K-Pop boy band ATEEZ talks about being a part of the Grammy Museum's K-Pop exhibit with their label mates XIKERs, their experience performing at Coachella last month, being inspired by watching other artists at Coachella like Tyler the Creator, how they define K-Pop and how they feel about the rise of the global genre, working on their 10th mini-album 'Golden Hour: Part 1' and more!
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00:00Hey, it's Tetris with Billboard News hanging out at the Grammy Museum for the first ever
00:07K-pop exhibit featuring ATEEZ and Psykers.
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00:31Hey, it's Tetris with Billboard News hanging out with ATEEZ.
00:33What's up?
00:34What's up?
00:35Long time no see.
00:36I know.
00:37It's been a minute.
00:38And now you guys have a Grammy Museum exhibit.
00:39I mean, that's crazy.
00:40How does it feel?
00:41Feels so like so good.
00:43We're so happy we can introduce our things and ourselves to our fans and audience in
00:51Grammy Museum.
00:52So it's so special to us, too.
00:54I mean, it's iconic.
00:55Your costumes are right next to, like, Michael Jackson.
00:58That's wild!
01:00We want to be, we want to be.
01:02It felt like a dream.
01:04There's Michael Jackson's jacket and our outfits beside of that.
01:09We're really surprised about that and really love it.
01:12And then what are some of the items that you guys saw that are your favorites that they put in the museum?
01:16T-shirts.
01:17T-shirts?
01:18Yeah.
01:19So what kind of T-shirts?
01:20Inner T-shirts is my favorite brand.
01:23In the music video, we're wearing clothes that are theirs.
01:25It's really crazy.
01:27It was really crazy form.
01:29So and our megaphones and like the trump cards, like these are theirs.
01:34So look forward to it too.
01:35And also there is many like introducing sentences with our name.
01:41And there is psykers and our KQ introducing too.
01:44So that means a lot to us too.
01:46Yeah, I was going to ask you about that.
01:47How does it feel to share the exhibit with your label, Made Psykers?
01:51It was crazy.
01:52This is family, right?
01:53It's not just the company.
01:55We are the family.
01:56So we can do this, man.
01:57And then of course, you guys have, it's been a while since you debuted.
02:00And now you kind of have all your career celebrated here at the museum.
02:03So what's some memories that you guys look back on since your debut that you love?
02:14Coachella.
02:15It was really special to us.
02:17And also it was really like memorable because yeah, it was crazy.
02:22Also, I remember our first concert, first expedition tour in LA.
02:27We are in like not that big venue, but these days we go bigger and bigger.
02:34So yeah, that was a good memory to me too.
02:36I saw you guys react to the sign that said, what is K-pop?
02:39And you're like, oh, what is K-pop?
02:40Like how do you feel about the rise in popularity of the genre now that you guys have this exhibit?
02:52Yeah, it's an honor to like, we can like include in K-pop and we go together with everyone.
03:12That's really meaningful to us too because K-pop is bigger and bigger.
03:17And also like doing same way, like go same way with them.
03:23So that's really like honor to us too.
03:26And how do you feel the fans are going to react when they walk in and see it today?
03:31Yeah, they are so cute.
03:33You guys have to come out and check it out.
03:35And are you guys going to be working on any new music soon?
03:37So actually we already prepared for our next step.
03:42It will be really different with our before music.
03:45And also it will be, I hope everyone really enjoy our next music too.
03:51What's been inspiring you then?
03:52If you can tell me that.
03:53What's some artists or sounds that you've been like listening to and enjoying?
03:57A few members watching Coachella other artists stage and they're really crazy.
04:01Zay Barvin and Doja, The Rose.
04:05We really learned from them.
04:07Yeah, so I think Tyler the Creator gave me big inspiration.
04:11So after that, I just make music after go back to hotel.
04:16Oh, nice. I love it. You were right back to work.
04:18Yeah, yeah.
04:19That's cool.
04:20The fans are ready to see you guys again.
04:22Can fans get excited?
04:32Oh, well, they will be looking for you.
04:34Thanks for the spoiler.
04:35And thanks for having me here today, guys.
04:37I really enjoyed seeing the museum.
04:38Thank you so much.
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