Musicians react to hearing Stray Kids 락 (樂) (LALALALA) MV!
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- Hey everyone, Chris and Sam are back with another reaction video!
Today we check out Stray Kids for the third time!
Here is our reaction to Stray Kids 락 (樂) (LALALALA) MV
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It's about facing your fears and following your dreams. Those little kids are SKZ when they were younger.
Moral of the story........ never let Anger, Sadness or Anxiety stop you from finding the Pleasures in life.
Chans fathers motto, whatever you do in life, JUST ENJOY.
I like your reactions to Stray Kids!
Yes there is an underlying concept.
The song's English title "Lalalala" refers to the key sentence of the song, but its Korean name is pronounced like "rock." The Korean title refers to the Chinese character that means "pleasure."
The emotions disappear one by one until only Rak is left, probably representing how this song makes you forget everything else but Rak/rock/pleasure!
怒 (anger) disappears at 1:03
喜 (happiness) disappears at 1:48
哀 (sadness) disappears at 2:00, leaving us with just 樂, so in the end, only joy/pleasure (the same character as music) remains!
They’ve been throwing more and more pop culture into their MVs over the years and this is a perfect example of that.
Pirates of the Caribbean, The Dark Knight, Mad Max: Fury Road.
The framing device is about how it's the children's or child's first performance and they're feeling a swirl of mixed and anxious emotions about it - and eventually learns to lean into enjoying the music, which parallels the hanja of each feeling eventually disappearing in the main MV until the kids can perform well.
I really hope they read this
also each of the scenes represents one of the emotions!
the pirate ship is anger, and you can see the character 怒 on the flags they're holding on and in front of the ship.
the clown/bank scene is happiness, and the character 喜 is on the flags hanging off of the building.
the white scene is sadness, and the character 哀 is on the pillar behind them.
the fiery scene with the vehicles is pleasure, and the character 樂 is on the red flags around them.
This is the best description I have read of lalalala! And with time breakdowns! ❤❤❤
You two need the rock version of this, and maybe the live performance of the rock version as well.
The rock version is really great too !
The for MV : The big creatures are the representation of stage fright and Stray Kids help the little kids beat them with their song (each stages are an emotion, anger, sadness, pleasure and happiness and throughout the music video, the emotions disappear one by one until only pleasure is left. The word for pleasure is Rak almost the same word as rock vocaly)
There's a short video that comes before this MV. In it you can see the children's band is about to go up to the stage and they're going through a lot of emotions. So, when this MV starts you can see those emotions represented with the alien monsters behind the public. The song is about conquering those fears and anxieties and plays a lot with the different meanings of the word "rak/rock", in english, korean and chinese, and how it sounds (YT channel Form of Therapy made a great analysis of this).
During the MV, SKZ are inside the mind of the children, and what could be more children-like than have scenes of different movies (Batman Dark Night, Pirates of the Caribean/One Piece, Mad Max, etc.) to represent their thoughts and imagination?
Noone ever remarks about how funny it is when Bang Chan suddenly gets chased. The concept for this whole video of the emotions fading and the lil kids finding courage to play in their band is fab.
But what about when chan is singing before that I.N is dancing with the clown 😂
SKZ m/vs are always ALOT. As a new visitor to Stayville, it's best to just go with it at first and take it all in. There is meaning to everything , but I think you still haven't gotten who Stray Kids are. Their lyrics and music almost always go hand in hand. For LALALALA, it's about facing everything (anger, fear, pleasure) to get to pure joy. Stray Kids music also doesn't fit into one genre. They tend to go for it all depending on the track.
What's fantastic for this American mom in her 50s who NEVER thought that she'd ever follow kpop, is that of all the different types music genres I've listened to over the decades (my tastes ran the gamut - Bee Gees, Rod Stewart, The Clash, Echo and the Bunnymen, U2, Duran Duran, B52s, Prince New Edition, Mary J Blige, Dashboard Confessional, Paramore, Bruno Mars are a few) influence their sound. SKZ have written and produced almost 200 tracks for me to choose from depending on my mood! Several compare to the sounds I am most used to hearing.
Try some of these m/vs:
- District 9
- Victory Song
- Cheese
- Super Board
- Social Path
- Miroh
Lyric vids:
Battle Ground
Why
Thanks for the reaction! I'll check out your band online!
Yes, this!
Well written as usual.. thanks for sharing.🖖🏽
Ya'll have to react to the making of lalalala music video and star prolouge!! You can learn about how all this was made and about their personalities out of music aswell!💞
I think you would like Back Door and Thunderous which are not current hits but really interesting musically.
the "aliens" are a representation of stage fright which is what thekids are feeling and Stray kids are helping the children do what they love and not give in to fear and anxiety
Thank you for reviewing. I love this song. There is a concept. It has to do with the Chinese characters that keep popping up.
They represent Anger, Sadness, Joy and I’m unsure on the last one. Confusion, frustration, sorry I don’t remember. But basically each set is based on a movie and represents an emotion. As the song moves along all the negative emotions disappear and only joy is left. It’s about joy in music. Also the kids conquer their stage fright (aka the aliens 😂) and give an awesome performance. All the crazy happens in the kids minds.
There is also a rock version of this song. That may be more up your alley. It has more traditional rock instruments. The guitar is glorious in that.
Try not to look too hard for patterns in SKZ music. They’re very loose. They cover several genres. If you want rock like music from SKZ check “Awaken” and “Why” there are more that I can’t think of off the top of my head. No videos for those, but lyric vids are available.
Felix's voice is a real treasure💙
It might not be obvious to you at first, but nothing is ever random for SKZ. they put a lot of thought and design into everything they do. I see people explaining in the comments, so hopefully that helps, but honestly, you can figure a lot of it out on your own if you really take it seriously and spend some time. I mean no disrespect, bc you guys seem genuinely nice and open-minded, but you do seem to be approaching them as if they fit into the pattern of American boy bands, and nothing could be further from the truth (I say this as an American who is unimpressed with American boy bands). Thus far, you have seen a couple of their "radio hits," but their catalog is deep and varried. They have actually struggled in Korea for not fitting into the kpop mold. You might like their new OST called "Why?" It's musically interesting, and while there isn't an mv, there are lyric videos for it❤.
Explained my feelings so well! I know it's easy to be lulled into complacency with #1 the boy band image, #2 it being labeled Kpop, and #3 the language barrier, but Stray Kids are so much more than any of those things! There is such a deep and meaningful message behind their lyrics and music, but I understand it's hard to grasp with one run thru of a singular music video. It can be overwhelming. Just know there's ALWAYS more there than what you see at face value. Go in knowing that, ask questions, and most definitely read the comments and you'll definitely move closer to understanding!
Nicely said Stay.. this is well written 🖖🏽
There is a hard rock version of this song as well. When you said "what do you want in this video...yes" we often say the same concept for the S-Class mv(which you need to react to) that they were asked "how much do you want to spend on the mv...yes" Looking forward to more reactions
Stray Kids always have a reason for their MVs and often include Easter eggs for fans. As someone has already explained, this MV is no different. They are known for their high energy songs but they can surprise with some beautiful ballads too. Their lyrics are often about empowerment, self-confidence, overcoming, resilience, being authentic, pursuing your dreams, living your best life. You can go rap heavy, edm, regular pop, chill, ballad, etc. They mix up their genres and you won’t find many song’s exactly the same though their more recent title tracks are all high energy. Given your punk leanings, I wonder if you’d like their debut song from 2018 called District 9, Cheese and also Superboard. I’d suggest Battleground too but no MV.
You need to listen to the rock version I think you are going to like it.
S Class next pls ❤
My best advice to the concepts, you need to watch the album trailer before the main title track. They set up the story in those 1ish minute trailers that is usually resolved in the album, or introduces the theme.
Even if it’s off-screen, I’d recommend checking out the rock-star album trailer now to get an idea of the set up.
Edited to add, this particular album trailer is titled:
Stray Kids "樂-STAR" Prologue
No MV but u have to check the rock version now for sure!
It's funny skz mv's seem all over the place but they are in fact not lol they're quite deliberate. Best simple quick breakdowns I've seen are from Bookish theories. But this MV is heavy in meaning I'm sure someone else will fill u in!
S-class next pls...
I’d suggest watching Thunderous, it’s pretty epic also Megaverse and
S Class are really good!
Also, if you like Stray Kidz you’d probably enjoy Ateez…. If you want to check them out I’d suggest Crazy Form or Bouncy
FYI, Stray Kids is a self produced group… That consist of the sub unit 3racha, the groups leader- Bang Chan, and the two rappers Han & Changbin…
Love to hear about Stray kids from you as you are also a musician.
Stray kids are huge in the music industry. They are a top self-produced group ( 3 Racha ). They are a legendary group with the most diverse discography.
You can watch their newest album 5 star and Rock Star like hall of fram ,FNF, item,leave ,cover me, the sound, super bowl, Youtiful,blind spot,time out and obviously S-Class, lalalala etc .
Soft song recommendation - never ending, winter fall,4419, spread my wings, 24 to 25, OH, leventer, blue print, Ex, red light, hoodie season,for you , lonely st, silent cry,charmer, on track,time out, novel , there, the view your eyes, blue print, star lost etc.
Brilliant song - venom, freeze, grrr, mirror, miroh, maze of memories, chronosaurus, 3racha side effect ,top, 3racha , slump,god's menu, thunderous, TA, cheese,muddy water, the sound, slump,top etc.
You can watch the album intro ( making of album) where you watch behind the scenes of the album they talked about how they come up with the idea and meaning of the song , recording etc.
Stray kids know for quality of music and dedication for music.They are very creative and unique and versatile. Stray kids is inspiring to so many people. Their music is something connected with people .They give motivation, inspiration to express yourself it's ok to be unique You are beautiful the way you are. stray kids discography is very diverse with life philosophy.
I describe stray kids music is
"EXPRESSION OF LIFE"
EXPRESSION OF PEOPLE" "EXPRESSION OF EMOTIONS"
Lyrics are beautifully expressed with so many meanings .
They have a diverse discography. I love the intellect, cleverness and creativity in songs. They have a very organic,fresh and unique sound. They didn't limited themself and explore the new side of music. You see so many new, refreshing and experimental sounds in their music. They explore different genres and express different emotions and touch so many important subjects like social pressure , anxiety, mental health, loneliness, depression insomnia etc.
They break many stereotypes in music. The more you listen to them the more you admire and become addicted to them and respect them more as artists. The music they made is connected with people with beautiful messages , inspiration and motivation . ❤❤❤
Thank you for the reaction. Please review ATEEZ Coachella performance. :) :)
we need a megaverse reaction fr
lol the little kids were facing their stage fear, sort of, hence the “aliens” behind the crowd
They are underwater too in parts
There is a rock version of this song in the album
Somebody likely already opened the story of the music video so I won't go into that and likely has already also told more about SKZ but I'll still do an info dump.
Let's start with Kpop. Unlike the name suggests it's not just pop nor is Kpop a genre per se (It is nuanced topic as lot of kpop music is recognizable as kpop) but kpop has multiple of genres inside the spectrum from bubblegum pop to rock bands that even play the instruments while performing. I think the only area that's not as present is metal music, but there is elements of it found too.
Kpop generally means a idol group formed by a label. Like SKZ is from JYP and Taemin is or was from SM. Usually artist join as kids/teens to the company and become trainees where they learn and practice singing, dancing, performing etc the whole idol etiquette. When they are ready typically the label pick the members and creates a group, gives them a concept. Nowadays more and more artist participate in the music production, either by concept creating, lyrics writing or even the music production. Kpop is separated into 5 generations where 1st started in the 90's and the 5th kickstarted this year. SKZ debuted in 2018 thus they are 4th gen boy group.
SKZ is special in many ways what comes to typical kpop groups. First they are formed by the leader, Bangchan who is also the main producer of the group. SKZ produces all their music themselves. They do have the company's production team at their disposal. The production team of SKZ is called 3racha (Yes, the hotsauce, number 3 is pronounced similarly in korean so it sounds like sriracha) 3racha consist 3 of the members Bangchan, Changbin and Han. But they always include the other members too into the production. So that was already 2 oddities in the industry, the way they were formed and that they fully produce their music. Third is that they don't have set roles for the members but all member can and do everything, rap, sing, dance. So they really are multitalented. These are not unique traits just for SKZ but definitely uncommon in the industry. We love to call them the stray of the industry because they are a wild card that with few other groups started a whole new wave and style in the industry.
Hope this helps to give more perspective what goes into the music.
SKZ has a huge discography and there is so many styles of music they have made. Their Japanese releases typically have little more rock feel to them (Social Path, WHY?, The Sound and others). They have videos for lot of their music too. And those that don't have there is these color-coded lyric videos that fans have made where you can see which member is singing which part. Great way to learn the members too btw (some of them have some weird extra music playing at the end that confuses some reactor sometimes). All of their Korean videos have captions, Japanese typically don't. You can recognize the Japanese song by the [brackets] on the title.
Guess I could also rec some songs now too :'D Some of my faves as a metalhead who also loves trap and edm are Side Effects (MV), Easy (MV), Thunderous (MV), Hall of Fame (Lyric video), Muddy Water (Lyric Video), The Sound [MV], All In [MV], Cheese (MV) and Domino (Dance Practice video, only has the unveil video which is only part of the song which is why I suggest the dance practice one).
Other recs that I feel are important part of the SKZ journey:
Hellevator (This is a pre-debut when youngest of them was still only 16)
District 9 (Their debut song, includes original 9 members)
MIROH (This is first title that kinda brought them into bigger audience)
Victory Song (Just because)
Levanter (Closing a era and starting a new with the 8 of them)
Mixtape: OH (The First Take version. First take is a youtube channel who invites artist to perform their songs live with one take)
Christmas EveL (Sure its a seasonal song but it's not what you except)
FAM (kor. version with the video, Fun introduction song)
S-Class (You will know why)
Their more rock type of songs are Social Path, YAYAYA, Time out, Awaken. Tho all of their music has edm, hiphop, trap and some pop influence in them.
They also made a rock version of the LALALALA but if you ask me it's more of a metal version haha.
Hope you have great time with SKZ and the Stays~ See you in the next reaction.
the rock version of zs song
u would l❤ve itttt
See the MV, distict9, hellevator and Victory song
Did u know
Straykids bangchan English name is CHRIS
Straykids hyunjin English name is SAM
And its your name tooo😮
It is such a coincidence 😂😂
the figure in the video are there to represent stage fright for the kids
next we need more skz!! Megaverse
Please listen to the Rock version of this, or one of the live band performances
Please listen to Guerrilla!! It’s my favorite Ateez song ever and it has all my favorite parts (rap, singing, dancing, and screaming!!!) if you like rock you should also listen to flag version.
And for Stray Kids recommendations, I recommend Freeze and Venom
You guys need to react to "Social Path - Stray Kids"! Please
You should React to Megaverse Next!!! Or Venom!!! Or Sclass!!! all good videos!!!
I would recommend you watching S-Class
School bus -clowns - pirates ..etc ..all represent the fears inside the little kids head
PLEASE LISTEN TO MEGAVERSE IF YOU WANNA HEAR SOME RAP KINGS!!!
There's a rock version to this song you guys may like better. They are young geniuses. Writing and producing their own music. Basically video is about overcoming your anxiety, fears...the "monsters" were the bad elements in your mind.
You need to check the rock version
There is a rock version of this song
Please do EASY by Stray kids it's so good I feel like you will like it
Check out Social Path! It’s a rock song feat LiSa from their Japanese album. They have sooo many good songs though in a variety of genres- it’s easy to go down a SKZ rabbit hole. 😂
ROCK VERSION PLEASE
They also have a rock version of this song which I enjoy very much❤ it would be cool to see you guys react to it❤❤
Please “ BOCA “ by Dreamcatcher you will loved ❤❤❤
Please listen to the rock version of the song now lol
SKZ have a rock version from Lalalala. I think you would like it.
try listening to Ateez, guerilla for example, I think you might like it😊
React to S-class music video
its about stge fright...i think
Rock version of Lalalala is worth a listen 😊
There's a rock version 😐
I suggest you listen to it
FELIX POWERFULL VOICE💫🔥🤴🚨👑
Your comments were painful when you actually understand the concept of the video.
es la conquista del miedo
This song was one of their easier songs to interpret,no? The kids are fighting their fears, the kids represent stray kids and all of us, for that matter
SO EXCITED FOR UR STRAYKIDS JOUNREY
Thank you 👍👍
The little kids performing in a recital represent the group. The dark giants represent the anxiety of performing and chasing your dreams. You'll notice Chinese symbols that represent the emotions: anger, sorrow, joy, and pleasure (happiness). One by one each emotion is conquered until only happiness remains.
Stray Kids do a lot of play on words in their music and the Korean word for happiness sounds a lot like "Rock".
They also are big fans of anime and Marvel and DC, so you'll often see references in their MVs.
there is a rock version of this song tho i think rock is just an umbrella term because in my opinion it could be categorized as metalcore
The name of the song in Korean (Rak) is actually correctly translated into «Pleasure/ Enjoyment». Rock vs Rak, you see the wordplay right?
Its about celebrating taking pleasure/ enjoyment out of doing whatever you do.
Not aliens, but internal emotional conflict depicted as imagined monsters. But, in the end those feelings cannot hurt the marching band or Stray Kids. And in the end Stray Kids salutes the marching band for completing their performance and overcoming their internal emotional battles.
The different scenes refers to movies (Dark Knight, Pirates of the Caribbean, Mad Max:Fury Road) and the feelings that are defeated in them (Happiness, Sorrow and Anger).
So this song is inside of the children's heads.
The children are trying to give a preformance, and are suffering from stage fright.
Each 'set' represents a different emotion. There are also 4 Chinese characters of the emotions shown in the mv. (喜怒哀樂) as in happiness, anger, sadness, and joy(pleasure).
Through out the MV, Stray Kids are 'defeating' each emotion. When they defeat it, the Chinese character desolves.
In the end, only Joy (Pleasure) Is left, and the children complete their preformance successfully.
A fyi:
-They write, conpose and produce pretty much every bit of their music and have almost total control over it
-The leader, Bang Chan, trained for a very long time, so JYP trusted him and he was allowed to hand pick each member instead of the company doing it. This is unheard of.
-They have a huge collection of music in only 5ish years and an insane amount of awards. They have started to rack up awards in the US and have headlined festivals all over the world, including the US. They are headlining Lalapalozza in Chicago this year.
-Many videos have intros that are seperate and give background to the story of the music video. th-cam.com/video/52HQOPBtwrQ/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared Albums usually have full on story videos that give the overarching story of the album and the songs.
People have already given the meaning behind the video, so I won't rehash it, but pretty much EVERYTHING they do is linked with story lines, Easter eggs, or themes. IE the bus is from their first debut song, District 9, and the numbers on the bus are the date they debuted.
idk about other Stays but I think District 9 - which also happens to be their debut song - had a good rock/metal influence to it and would really love to know what you guys think of it.
They came a long way from District 9 in terms of genre. They have anything from generic kpop to phonk and everything in between but generic is definitely not a term to describe Stray Kids.
Also, the "What the heck" at the start was hilarious because yeah most of us feel the same too😂😂
Please react to BTS as well and Ateez
They use alot of movie references in their videos.
Case 143..the shining
Kingdom performance was deadpool
District 7 was their 1st on 3 25its in every video..like an easter egg in movies.
They produce their own so it does get interesting and fun to see.
There’s also a rock version of the song if you guys are interested!
I highly recommend Crazy Form, and Guerrilla by ATEEZ! I hope you give their songs a listen soon 💕
ALSO! If you haven’t given it a listen yet, Cheese by STRAYKIDS is also a really good song 👀
Why are Western viewers so clueless about the meaning of MV??? You only see the flickering of pictures..
Please react to stray kids freeze and megaverse
As if you didn’t listen to the rock version omg 😅
Lalalala is off their Rockstar album. It's ok 3Racha (Stray Kids main producers; Bang Chan, Changbin and Han) has been known create 10 songs in a few days so they're always making something new 😂
Skz suggestions...
S-Class
District 9 (debut song)
Grr (predebut song)
Hellevator (predebut song)
Please react ISYANA SARASVATI FT DEADSQUAD - IL SOGNO (LIVE AT IDGAF 2021) from INDONESIA.,,,
They can also react to RM, JOKE is very good
react to J HOPE, more or arson you are going to love it too J HOPE appeared on LOLLAPALOOZA
React to J HOPE, more or arson you going to love it too J HOPE appeared on LOLLAPALOOZA
Please react to Ateez - Guerilla
Boring reaction . SKZ deserves better
I wouldn't say boring, but I do agree that they deserve some actual time spent on them...
their intro was longer than the song.. and they didn’t say much during did they