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  1. Something familiar, something strange by

    Fandoms: ATEEZ (Band)  

    20 Jan 2026

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    It all started with a shutter.

    A soft buzz, then static, played from the radio as Hongjoong turned it on. Growing up on a farm with only his mother and father, two younger brothers, and an older brother, he was lonely. The two youngest, Sumin and Minaje, were twins, while Bumjoong, his older brother, already had a wife and had moved away.

    Saying he was lonely was an understatement.
    He was just alone. Not any -ly to it. Just simply, alone.

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    Hongjoong grew up feeling like he was an afterthought. They can fix that.

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