ATEEZ have given fans their first listen to “Drip.” KQ Entertainment released the music video teaser for the pre-release track at midnight KST on October 21 through the group’s official channels, allkpop reported, opening the final stretch of the rollout for ATEEZ’s 15th mini album, GOLDEN HOUR : Part.6. The full song and its complete music video arrive on October 23 at 1 p.m. KST, and the album itself follows on November 13 at 2 p.m. KST.
The teaser is built around performance rather than plot. According to allkpop, the members perform across a variety of locations, moving between different spaces as the scenes change, and the centerpiece is a large-scale group dance in which ATEEZ perform alongside a large crew of dancers. The choreography combines a hip groove with sharp, precise movements, and the sheer number of performers on screen is meant to signal the scale of the full video. For a group whose reputation rests heavily on stagecraft, leading with choreography is a deliberate choice: the first impression of “Drip” is not a hook sung to camera, but a formation filling the frame.
The first sound of “Drip”
The teaser also revealed part of the audio for “Drip” for the first time. allkpop described a heavy beat underneath the dynamic performance, giving fans an early taste of the song’s musical mood and raising curiosity about the full track. Teasers in K-pop are carefully rationed pieces of information, and this one follows the pattern the group set earlier in the week: on October 19, KQ Entertainment posted music video spoiler images for “Drip” that combined close-up shots of parts of the members’ bodies, such as hands and lips, without fully revealing their faces, with rough, gritty styling and the song title printed throughout the images, allkpop reported. The sequence matters — fragments first, then movement, then sound — and each step has been timed to midnight KST drops on the group’s official social media channels.
What the teaser does not do is settle what the finished song sounds like beyond that heavy beat and groove. That restraint is the point of a pre-release structure. “Drip” is not the album; it is the advance single, released three weeks ahead of GOLDEN HOUR : Part.6 to establish the era’s look and energy before the full tracklist lands. Fans will get the complete answer quickly: the full release of “Drip,” with its full music video, is scheduled for October 23 at 1 p.m. KST through online music sites, according to allkpop and Soompi’s coverage of the comeback schedule.
A rollout with fixed dates
The calendar around the teaser is unusually complete, which lets fans plan rather than guess. The spoiler images arrived October 19 at midnight KST. The music video teaser followed on October 21 at midnight KST. The full “Drip” music video and song release land October 23 at 1 p.m. KST. The 15th mini album, GOLDEN HOUR : Part.6, is released November 13 at 2 p.m. KST. Soompi’s running coverage of the comeback adds the earlier beats of the campaign: the group kicked off the countdown on October 8 at midnight KST by announcing the comeback date and releasing a first teaser titled “CRASH TO BEGIN,” followed by individual concept photos in mid-October and group concept photos, all building toward the same November 13 date.
Coming off a record-setting run
The new album does not arrive in a vacuum. ATEEZ’s 14th mini album, GOLDEN HOUR : Part.5, released in June, gave the group their third No. 1 on the Billboard 200, the main album chart in the United States, allkpop reported. The album sold more than 1.88 million copies in its first week, setting a new personal record for the group. Its title track, “BAD,” even picked up an additional music show win after the group’s official promotions had ended — the kind of trailing victory that suggests a song kept finding its audience after the formal campaign closed. Those are the benchmarks Part.6 will be measured against, and they explain why a pre-release single three weeks out is being staged with a large dancer crew and a full teaser campaign rather than dropped quietly.
There is also a series logic at work. The GOLDEN HOUR sequence has carried the group through consecutive chapters, and Part.5’s chart peak raised the stakes for what a sixth installment has to do. A third Billboard 200 No. 1 is not a starting point most groups ever reach; following it means the new record has to read as a continuation of momentum, not a reset. The “Drip” teaser’s emphasis on scale — more locations, more dancers, sharper formations — is consistent with a group presenting growth in the most visual terms available to it.
A world tour is already confirmed
Along with the new album, ATEEZ have confirmed a new world tour titled “ZERO TO ALL.” According to allkpop, the tour will kick off in Incheon in January 2027 before traveling to Japan, Europe, North America and South America. That sequencing turns the November album release into the opening move of a much longer cycle: new music in the fall, a pre-release single to carry the first weeks, and then a multi-continent tour beginning weeks into the new year. For international fans, the tour confirmation also means the Part.6 material is being built to travel — songs introduced through a performance-first teaser are songs designed to be staged.
What happens next
The next date on the calendar is the nearest one: October 23 at 1 p.m. KST, when “Drip” is released in full along with its complete music video. That release will answer the questions the teaser deliberately leaves open — the full sound of the track beyond its heavy beat, and whether the large-scale choreography glimpsed this week anchors the whole video or only its peaks. After that, attention shifts to November 13 at 2 p.m. KST and GOLDEN HOUR : Part.6 itself, and to whether the group can extend a run that already includes three Billboard 200 No. 1 albums and a personal first-week sales record of more than 1.88 million copies. You can follow the group in Previously’s Music section, where ATEEZ’s catalog and artist page are kept current.
