ATEEZ releases Japanese single for the first time in about a year

Group ATEEZ will release its third Japanese single album on February 28th.

On the 12th, ATEEZ's agency KQ Entertainment announced, "ATEEZ's 3rd Japanese single 'NOT OKAY' will be released on February 28."

'Not OK' is a Japanese single album released by ATEEZ about a year after their second Japanese single 'Limitless' released in March last year. A showcase commemorating the release of 'Not OK' is also scheduled in Tokyo, Japan on February 29th, the day after the album's release.

Previously, ATEEZ ranked first in the Japanese Oricon chart's 'Daily', 'Weekly', and 'Weekly Total' album rankings with their 3rd Japanese mini album 'THE WORLD EP. PARADIGM' released in November 2022. It also topped the Billboard Japan weekly ‘Hot Album’ and ‘Top Album Sales’ charts.

The 2nd Japanese single 'Limitless', released in March 2023, topped various charts, including No. 1 on Japan's Oricon Daily Singles Chart, No. 2 on the Weekly Singles Chart, No. 1 on Billboard Japan's 'Hot Animation' and No. 6 on the 'Hot 100'. It proved its extraordinary global popularity by being named in .

ATEEZ announced the news of the 2024 world tour 'TOWARDS THE LIGHT: WILL TO POWER', starting with Seoul on the 27th and 28th and Japan's 'Saitama' on February 3rd and 4th. They plan to perform at the ‘Super Arena’. (

Kim Ji-won, Ten Asia reporter bella@tenasia.co.kr