no. 10 - ateez (new york)

vocals: 9/10 || setlist: 8/10 || stage presence: 10/10 || audience: 9/10 || logistics: 6/10

I should have known something was off when soundcheck started 30 minutes early lmao. Since the stadium is open roof we had to evacuate when it started storming, so the concert was delayed by 2 hours. They still managed to put on a good show, which was really nice and honestly I respect them a lot for still pulling through. They did have to skip a lot of talking portions and just go straight from set to set, which is honestly impressive that they pulled it off. They only cut out Turbulence and Dreamy Day, which is really not a lot in the grand scheme of things. This was really funny because we all just got to bond over this crazy experience of getting rained on and I made some new concert friends. I think Citifield had a lot of opportunities to manage a lot of things better but overall the crowd didn’t seem that upset and it was really iconic when the venue’s announcer said fix on LMAO THAT SHIT TOOK ME OUT. I think the vocals were still really strong for having to sing later in the day and less rest time in between sets. Seonghwa also shared a really personal message and it was really beautiful to be there hearing it in person. I think it was something I needed to hear too! Super proud of ateez for still pulling this off :)