ATEEZ are officially opening the next chapter of their GOLDEN HOUR series. The group has announced GOLDEN HOUR: Part.6, titled CRASH TO BEGIN, with the new release scheduled for November 13, at 2 p.m. KST.
The announcement arrived with a 25-second cinematic teaser that immediately leans into ATEEZ’s surreal visual storytelling. Among its striking images are a skeleton watching a sailing ship inside an icy cave, rooftops scattered with books and debris, office workers moving through an unusual setting and a ship navigating a gigantic watery vortex that resembles a portal.
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Rather than explaining the story outright, the teaser leaves its imagery deliberately open to interpretation.
The announcement continues a rollout that began roughly a month ago, when ATEEZ posted two cryptic images alongside the message, “The journey will be endless, eternal, and infinite. And still, I choose to begin.” One image appeared to show a high-tech spaceship cockpit overlooking a cloudy sky, while the other featured two silhouetted figures standing near a large tree in a fog-covered nighttime setting.
At the time, ATEEZ did not reveal a comeback date or album title, leaving fans to speculate about what the mysterious material could mean. The new announcement now confirms that the group was indeed beginning another chapter, with CRASH TO BEGIN becoming the sixth installment in the GOLDEN HOUR series.
The project follows GOLDEN HOUR: Part.5, which arrived in June and delivered another major Billboard milestone for the group. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 dated July 5 with 228,000 equivalent album units, giving ATEEZ their third chart-topper on the U.S. albums chart and their biggest U.S. sales week to date.
That result also strengthened the group’s position among Korean acts on the Billboard 200. With nine Top 10 albums, ATEEZ matched BTS for the most Top 10 entries among Korean acts in the chart’s history, adding another milestone to a run that has included No. 1 albums such as THE WORLD EP.FIN : WILL and GOLDEN HOUR: Part.2.
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