Hongjoong Covers

3rd Blogaversary Series Day 4

After diving into Ateez covers as a group, it is now time to see them shine individually. For the next three days we will be diving into member specific covers. As I said in my 3rd Blogaversary Series Day 1 post, because of their personal content being devoted to covers and their participation in Moving Voices, Hongjoong and Jongho have way more covers than the other members. Therefore, I will be splitting the posts into one each for Hongjoong and Jongho and then one for the remaining members. I am teetering on the edge between having 4 biases and 4 wreckers or being OT8, so the way I have chosen to divide my posts in no way is to show favoritism to any particular member, it is purely logistical when considering the amount of content each member has released.

By. Hongjoong

At some point prior to me becoming Atiny, the members were asked to create personal content of their choice. Seonghwa chose ASMR, Yunho Anews, San became a food critic, etc. For his personal content Hongjoong chose to recreate songs by some of his favorite artists through covering them but adding his own personal flare in a series called, By. Hongjoong. These videos start small with Hongjoong being a one man show of producer, set designer, costume maker, and artist and gradually morph into a music video level production with a full team to support him.

Song: Space Oddity Performed by: Hongjoong Original artist: David Bowie

Song: Purple Rain Performed by: Hongjoong Original artist: Prince

Song: Black or White Performed by: Hongjoong Original artist: Michael Jackson

Song: So Long Time Performed by: Hongjoong Original artist: Yoon Jong Shin

Song: Numb Performed by: Hongjoong Original artist: Linkin Park

Song: Lemon Tree Performed by: Hongjoong Original artist: Fools Garden

Song: Wonderwall Performed by: Hongjoong Original artist: Oasis

Song: Beat It Performed by: Hongjoong Original artist: Michael Jackson

Special Clip

Not going to lie, I was today years old when I finally realized this video was not a part of the By. Hongjoong series. It was kind of staring me in the face with the title not saying By.Hongjoong and instead saying Special Clip, but I never noticed. I love the fact that Hongjoong gave us a Christmas song. I wish he would release it so I could add it to my Spotify Christmas Playlist.

Song: Last Christmas Performed by: Hongjoong Original artist: Wham!

Beyond ASF

Hongjoong promised Atiny that he would do a busking session if his By. Hongjoong video hit over a 1 million views. His cover video for Linkin Park’s “Numb” was highly praised by Linkin Park member, Mike Shinoda, and surpassed 1 million views within a week of its release. Therefore, a busking event had to be scheduled. Hongjoong is a man of his word which bodes well for a certain other promise he made regarding a certain Be Original video that as of the time of writing this post is at 14,872,254 views. During this event, Hongjoong performed many of his By. Hongjoong covers and even did a cover of All About You with Maddox.

Song: Space Oddity Performed by: Hongjoong Original artist: David Bowie

Song: Purple Rain Performed by: Hongjoong Original artist: Prince

Song: Black or White Performed by: Hongjoong Original artist: Michael Jackson

Song: Numb Performed by: Hongjoong Original artist: Linkin Park

Song: Last Christmas Performed by: Hongjoong Original artist: Wham!

Song: All About You Performed by: Hongjoong & Maddox Original artist: Ateez

Leemujin Service

Hongjoong was the second Ateez member to be invited to Leemujin Service. During this episode, he talked about his relationship to music and sang several covers.

Song: Bouncy Performed by: Hongjoong Original artist: Ateez

Song: Starman Performed by: Hongjoong Original artist: David Bowie

Song: Cupid Performed by: Hongjoong Original artist: Fifty Fifty

Song: Billie Jean Performed by: Hongjoong & Lee Mujin Original artist: Michael Jackson

When Hongjoong released his most recent By. Hongjoong cover, Beat It, KBS K-Pop released his Billie Jean duet with Lee Mujin as a separate video.

Song: Billie Jean Performed by: Hongjoong & Lee Mujin Original artist: Michael Jackson

Moving Voices

In November of 2024 through January 2025, Moving Voices Munich, a show where idols come together to busk around a city, was aired. Both Hongjoong and Jongho participated as two of the cast members along with Sohyang, Henry, Zai.Ro, and other Munich cast members Sunwoo Junga, Nau, and Suzy. In these five episodes, cast members sang up to 60 different songs as solos, in duets or trios, and as a full group. This was a time for Hongjoong to show off his singing chops and he even threw in playing the harmonica for good measure.

Full Group Songs

Since both Hongjoong and Jongho are in all of the full group songs, and even some smaller group songs, I had to come up with a way to pick which song to post on either Hongjoong's or Jongho's cover post. I chose to use the very scientific method of "whoever sings first" as my determining factor.

Song: Shake It Off Original artist: Taylor Swift

Performed by: Sohyang, Henry, Sunwoo Junga, Hongjoong, Jongho, Zai.Ro, & Nau

Song: Hug Original artist: TVXQ

Performed by: Suzy, Henry, Hongjoong, Sohyang, Jongho, Sunwoo Junga, Zai.Ro, & Nau

Song: Sugar Original artist: Maroon 5

Performed by: Henry, Hongjoong, Jongho, Sohyang, Sunwoo Junga, Suzy, Zai.Ro, & Nau

Duets & Trios

Song: OMG Performed by: Hongjoong & Sunwoo Junga Original artist: Sunwoo Junga

Song: If You Come Into My Heart Original artist: Jo Deokbae

Performed by: Hongjoong & Sunwoo Junga

Song: 200% Performed by: Hongjoong & Sohyang Original artist: AKMU

Song: Geek in the Pink Original artist: Jason Mraz

Performed by: Hongjoong & Sohyang

Song: Stay Original artist: Blackpink

Performed by: Hongjoong, Sohyang, & Sunwoo Junga

Song: The Reason Original artist: Hoobastank

Performed by: Hongjoong, Sohyang, Sunwoo Junga, & Zai.Ro

Song: Gangsta's Paradise Original artist: Coolio (Feat. L.V.)

Performed by: Hongjoong, Sohyang, & Jongho

Song: Girl Performed by: Hongjoong & Jongho Original artist: Lee Moonse

Song: Love Performed by: Hongjoong & Jongho Original artist: CNBlue

Can we please take a moment to appreciate Jongho playing the guitar and RAPPING in this?

Solos

Song: The Lazy Song Performed by: Hongjoong Original artist: Bruno Mars

Song: Falling Performed by: Hongjoong Original artist: Harry Styles

Song: Eys, Nose, & Lips Original artist: Taeyang (Big Bang)

Performed by: Hongjoong

I think that's all as of March 2025. I have loved getting to hear Hongjoong sing since he mainly raps in Ateez group songs. I hope you enjoyed and I'll see you tomorrow for Seonghwa-Wooyoung Covers.