ATEEZ’s San Shares His Honest Opinions On Dancing Hard Vs. Being “Pretty” On Stage

On August 13, ATEEZ performed a variety of songs at Korea On Stage at the Blue House, including their most recent hit “Guerrilla”.

As always, the members put on an amazing performance, and looked extra sleek and sexy in their all-black outfits.

ATEEZ ‘Guerrilla’ at the Blue House pic.twitter.com/TsqB4VOw1j

— za| vote for hot stage (@zhouang) August 15, 2022

Based on how great the stage was, you would probably never realize that at least one of the members was actually unsatisfied by their performance: San.

San (ATEEZ) | SBS

When you watch his fancam in particular, he seems to be putting in just as much energy and charisma that any other K-Pop idol would.

But in reality, when you compare it to his other “Guerrilla” fancams where he really went all out, it’s clear to see he toned things down for this performance!

He later came on the fan app Universe to discuss his performance. He shares that the toning down of his dance was intentional after requesting to wear a beret that made his face clearly visible.

: this time for the 1st and 2nd week
: i really performed without paying attention to my face at all, you know?
: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
: so for the 3rd week
: i suggested the beret and ballcap
: and wanted to show a performance with my face clearly seen

— celine (@sandorokis) August 14, 2022

In order to keep the beret from falling off, he didn’t go as all-out as he usually does during the show. Of course, he still did an incredible job, but after reviewing his performance, he realized that he was unsatisfied with how he looked during that stage in particular.

: but after monitoring
: should i say it was a bit disappointing
: no, rather than feeling disappointed
: i thought
: why did i do that?
: honestly, being in a tired condition and all those situational conditions are all excuses

— celine (@sandorokis) August 14, 2022

He shared his thoughts about “maintaining a pretty face” on stage by “dancing softly”, and how he thinks it would have been better if he’d gone ahead and danced as hard as he usually did, even if his beret flew off in the process.

: seeing myself dancing softly to maintain a pretty face and not dropping my beret
: i thought
: is this really the performance that i think of?
: having my face look nice on stage is good, it’s all good
: but is it the best stage that i imagined?

— celine (@sandorokis) August 14, 2022

: it would’ve been better for me to dance hard
: even if my hat flies away
: it’s all an excuse
: since the performance doesn’t lie
: i just think the parts that i paid attention to were small
: i want to be the best
: i didn’t like that i wasn’t confident

— celine (@sandorokis) August 14, 2022

It really goes to show just how important stage presence is to San. He’s not known as a “stage genius” of the modern K-Pop generation for no reason, and it’s obvious that he puts a lot of thought and energy into how he presents himself when he performs!

| SBS

Regardless of his own dissatisfaction with the stage, we still think he did an incredible job. And it’s likely only going to lead to even more incredible performances from San in the future!