ATEEZ’s “Captain” Hongjoong Earns Nothing But Praise For His Compassionate Leadership Behavior At The Chaotic “2024 HMAs”

We’d follow this captain anywhere!
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Mikayla Berry
Mikayla Berry

The 2024 Hanteo Music Awards held on February 18 is likely going to go down as one of the most chaotic, bizarre, and disastrous music shows in K-Pop history. From fans assaulting each other to a fansite master being knocked unconscious to various bodily fluids making a mess at the event, stories from this year’s HMAs sound like something out of a movie rather than reality. But multiple sources have confirmed all these and more happening at the music show, and it makes one wonder how things got to be so out of control.

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In the midst of the chaos, though, there was one person who really stood out in the most positive way due to his behavior at the event: ATEEZ‘s leader and captain, Hongjoong.

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Hongjoong (ATEEZ)

ATEEZ fans and the members of the K-Pop group themselves have long looked to Hongjoong as a shining example of someone to admire and aspire to be like, and the way he took charge at the 2024 HMAs when he shouldn’t have needed to shows just how genuinely kind, considerate, and responsible he is.

Hongjoong can be seen looking concerned and upset in multiple videos shared online from the music show, clearly worried for the fans caught up in the dangerous environment that led to pushing and crowding. In some videos, he’s seen directing staff members in order to take care of attendees, acting every bit the compassionate and respectable leader that he is.

In one instance, he was even seen going off stage to talk to the HMAs staff himself, still looking visibly upset and stressed by how things are going.

And when ATEEZ went on stage to accept their “Top Global Performer” award, Hongjoong took time before their speech to kindly ask fans to step back to try and prevent more dangerous crowding and smothering.

And Hongjoong wasn’t the only ATEEZ member who was trying to get things under control at the event — Mingi was also seen trying to help direct staff and instruct them to give out water to dehydrated fans.

San also asked fans to be careful and considerate of each other during the group’s speech.

ATEEZ’s own staff members from KQ Entertainment even stepped in to help a fan get to safety.

After the event, other members of ATEEZ such as Seonghwa, Jongho, San, and Yunho expressed their concern for people who attended the HMAs.

Hongjoong and the other members of ATEEZ’s considerate behavior at the music show was praised even by fans of other groups who attended the event.

Fans of ATEEZ love the members for their talent, charisma, and music, but they also have a massive amount of respect and admiration for the idols’ kindness, generosity, and genuinely good hearts. Seeing Hongjoong and the rest of the members take care of fans like this at the HMAs when it wasn’t their responsibility to do so is a perfect example of why everyone that meets them has nothing but good things to say about their behavior outside of just being a K-Pop idol.

Here’s what people are saying in response to everything that happened at the music show regarding Hongjoong and ATEEZ.

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We’re so grateful for what these kind-hearted idols did to take care of everyone who attended the 2024 HMAs.

Source: Reddit (1) and (2)

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