Zero: Fever Part.1

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Zero: Fever Part.1
Ateez Fever Part 1.jpg
Digital cover
EP by
ReleasedJuly 29, 2020 (2020-07-29)
Recorded2020
Genre K-pop
Length22:21
Language
  • Korean
  • English
Label KQ Entertainment
Ateez chronology
Treasure EP.Map to Answer
(2020)
Zero: Fever Part.1
(2020)
Zero: Fever Part.2
(2021)
Singles from Zero: Fever Part 1
  1. "Inception"
    Released: July 29, 2020
  2. "Thanxx"
    Released: August 24, 2020

Zero: Fever Part.1 is the fifth extended play (EP) by South Korean boy group Ateez. It was released on July 29, 2020, with "Inception" and "Thanxx" serving as lead singles. The physical album comes in three versions: Thanxx, Inception, and Diary. [1] The album is composed of seven tracks, and incorporates different genres such as dance-pop, trap, hip hop, D&B, reggae, pop rock, and synth-pop. [2]

Contents

Commercially, the album debuted atop the Gaon Album Chart, becoming Ateez's third number-one release in South Korea. [3] It also charted on the US Billboard World Albums chart at number 6, with tracks "Inception" and "Thanxx" peaking at numbers 9 and 18, respectively, on the digital songs chart. [4] Ateez promoted the album with a series of live performances on various South Korean music shows, performing both title tracks as well as tracks "Good Lil Boy" and "Fever". Music videos were also released for both "Inception" and "Thanxx," released on July 29 and August 24, respectively. The music videos are the two fastest Ateez music videos to reach 10,000,000 views on YouTube, each achieving the feat in less than 24 hours. [5]

Track listing

Zero: Fever Part.1 track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Dear Diary: 2016.07.29"EDEN, James.SEDEN, LEEZ, Ollounder, BUDDY2:33
2."Fever"EDEN, LEEZ, Ollounder, BUDDY, Kim Hong-joong, Song Min-giEDEN, LEEZ, Ollounder, BUDDY3:24
3."Thanxx"EDEN, Ollounder, LEEZ, BUDDY, Kim Hong-joong, Song Min-giEDEN, Ollounder, LEEZ, BUDDY3:01
4."To the Beat"EDEN, BUDDY, LEEZ, Peperoni, Oliv, Kim Hong-joong, Song Min-giEDEN, BUDDY, LEEZ, Peperoni, Oliv3:02
5."Inception"EDEN, LEEZ, Ollounder, BUDDY, Kim Hong-joong, Song Min-giEDEN, Ollounder, BUDDY, LEEZ3:31
6."Good Lil Boy"EDEN, Kim Hong-joong, LEEZ, Ollounder, Song Min-giEDEN, Kim Hong-joong, LEEZ, Ollounder3:26
7."One Day at a Time"EDEN, Sophia Pae, Isaac Han, BUDDY, LEEZ, Peperoni, OlivEDEN, BUDDY, LEEZ, Peperoni, Oliv3:24
Total length:22:21

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (2020)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [6] 41
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [7] 92
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [8] 9
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [9] 9
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [10] 4
South Korean Albums (Gaon) [11] 1
US World Albums (Billboard) [12] 6
Year-end charts
Chart (2020)Position
South Korean Albums (Gaon) [13] 25

Accolades

Awards and nominations
YearOrganizationAwardWorkResultRef.
2020 Golden Disc Awards Disc BonsangZero: Fever Part.1Nominated [14]
Gaon Chart Music Awards Album of the Year – 3rd QuarterNominated [15]
Mnet Asian Music Awards Song of the Year"Inception"Nominated [16]
Best Dance Performance – Male GroupNominated
Year-end lists
Critic/PublicationListWorkRankRef.
BuzzFeed 35 Songs That Helped Define K-Pop In 2020"Inception"14 [17]
Teen Vogue The Best K-Pop Moments of 2020Zero: Fever Part.1 'Diary Film'Placed [18]
Music program awards
SongProgramDateRef.
"Inception" The Show (SBS MTV)August 4, 2020 [19]
Show Champion (MBC M)August 5, 2020 [20]

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