“Fireworks (I’m The One)” by ATEEZ

“Fireworks (I’m The One)” is a braggadocious track, K-pop style. What that means in this particular case is that the artists are bragging about their success. But it isn’t in the sense of them being paid or anything like that. Rather their pride is two-fold.

First the homeys are able to perceive that there are a lot of wannabes out there, i.e. others who wish they had their standing.  The implication is that such individuals are akin to haters. Indeed the vocalist refers to these types as “drunk fools”, which of course is a less-than-flattering statement. And this leads to Ateez also touting themselves, conversely, as being “sober”.

And such is what the subtitle of the track points to. The singer(s) perceives himself as being “the one” – or as some would say Stateside the sh*t – when he’s “in (his) zone”. Stated otherwise, he is confident and holds himself in very high regard. 

And the overall implication behind the refrain is that Ateez not only believe that they are superior to their competitors but moreover are so at least partially due to their discipline and how such translates into their overall product.

And indeed their overall product is the main issue at hand here. For as you have probably already deduced, the titular “fireworks” points to the explosiveness, shall we say, of Ateez’s music and performances.

In all…

At the end of the day, this is of course K-pop we are dealing with. As such, the artists at hand can’t just boast and leave the listener hanging like that. Instead there has to be some words of wisdom or encouragement imparted along the way also. And this song features such, even if only briefly, with Ateez reminds the audience that they too have their “own passion”. 

The band however, fails to expound on this idea. However, the overall implication is something like just as they have blown up via their music, the listener can also achieve their place in the world by doing his or her own thing. And they may even be addressing this statement to their haters also, advising them to focus on their own endeavors as opposed to, you know, hatin’.

But with all of that being noted, the thesis sentiment of the lyrics, as in the one point which comes through the most, is quite simply. And that is Ateez possesses the ability to get the party jumping.

Facts about “Fireworks (I’m The One)” and Ateez

Ateez is a boy band from South Korea, tracing their professional origin back to the year 2018. As of this track’s release date, which was 1 March 2021, all eight of the original members of the crew are still active. And that would be as follows:

• Hongjoong
• Jongho
• Mingi
• San
• Seonghwa
• Wooyoung
• Yeosang

The group was put together under the guidance of KQ Entertainment, which is also the label that put out Fireworks.

Mingi is on hiatus as of the release of this track and as such does not appear in its music video. However, he still had a hand in writing “Fireworks”, doing so alongside his bandmate Hongjoong and other musicians named Eden, Ollounder and Leez.  And he also provided vocals to the track.

Ateez’s first studio album, “Treasure EP.Fin: All to Action” (2019) topped South Korea’s Gaon Album Chart. And generally speaking the crew has been wildly successful during the first few years of their existence. And that trend has reportedly continued with Fireworks as well as the EP it is featured on, “Zero: Fever Part. 2”, which would be the band’s seventh extended play. For instance, the track topped India’s iTunes chart. It also apparently topped the Worldwide iTunes Song Chart on the day of its release (but its standing decreased by four places by 2 March). And the song’s music video has surpassed 300,000 views within a day of being released.

Said video is set “in a dystopian city universe” and is said to have been inspired by the Mad Max movie franchise.

According to Google Translate, the title of this track actually translates to “Fire Play”.

According to the official Ateez wiki, the name of the band “is an acronym for A TEEneager Z, and “it also stand for “A to Z”, meaning everyone”.