  We investigate the behavior of energy momentum tensor correlators in
holographic $\mathcal{N}=4$ super Yang-Mills plasma, taking finite coupling
corrections into account. In the thermal limit we determine the flow of
quasinormal modes as a function of the 't Hooft coupling. Then we use a
specific model of holographic thermalization to study the deviation of the
spectral densities from their thermal limit in an out-of-equilibrium situation.
The main focus lies on the thermalization pattern with which the plasma
constituents approach their thermal distribution as the coupling constant
decreases from the infinite coupling limit. All obtained results point towards
the weakening of the usual top-down thermalization pattern.
