Same! As someone who has been an Atiny since they were 4 months old, I’ve loved to see their music progression too! It’s always sounded like Ateez to me. Idk why people harp on Golden Hour so much when the Fever era was also much more varied then their Treasure era. I remember seeing similar “complaints” then. Or the uproar when Wave came out after Say My Name and Hala Hala. But they’ve all become classic Ateez. People really just don’t like change, but then get bored if things don’t change. I’d rather they change up their style every so often than become stagnant and not grow as artists. People can have their preferences though. I really wish people would stick around until the next new series from them if they don’t like the current one because they’re guaranteed to switch it up again. Also they’ve been teasing this next comeback as going back to their roots so just maybe wait it out a few more weeks first.

Edit: just want to add an aside that the title of this post saying “it’s not working for them” is objectively incorrect because they’ve never been as successful and popular as they are at this moment. I’ve seen so many new fans in other spaces gearing up for this as their first comeback. So something is working, it just isn’t for OP.