lexie

ateez revealed on the knowing bros that they had once planned to run away from their agency. the company said they would select the debut team and let them participate in a survival program, but as time went on they keep delaying their debut. so ateez members got on the same page and gathered at mingi's house. at first, it was mg who suggested it, but during that time, they were all committing to this tgt, they couldn't afford for anyone to betray the group (also sh has been with company for only less than 6 months, so there's no reason for him to run away🤣) so they thought they needed to confine the members to prevent betrayal and they spread out 8 phones. the comoany started calling them one by one in the order they had joined the company. they all didn’t answer the calls and lived at mingi's house for a week. meanwhile, only hongjoong and seonghwa was an adult and the rest were students, so the older members picked them up after school to make sure hat none of them escape/ran away. there was a big mess, but it was effective/worked. however, the amount of practice increased tremendously. the company had originally set such a demanding schedule five monthly evaluations a month assuming the members wouldn't be able to handle it. but seeing the sheer passion of the ateez members, the company ultimately decided to let them debut🥹🫳🏻