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In the 90s, you would send the 143 CODE via pager for i Love you. The beginning of the movie is definitely The Shining. Same carpet, etc. The heart monsters possess the Stray Kids first and then the police SKZ (Stray Kids) are chasing the heart monsters.
theres quite a few comments saying skz music isnt their favourite, and although i totally respect other peoples tastes and id never get mad over it, i cant help but assume theyve only heard title tracks cause cause MY GOSH does skz have a super diverse discography with so many different sounds. its impossible to not find a song that doesnt fit your taste !! im not expecting you to check it all out, but maybe keep that in mind when it comes to any more skz reactions hahahah
They are a very diverse group with an even diverse music range. Here's a few that are a taste of their different styles, District 9, Easy, Side Effects & Get Cool.
this is what always so weird to me. as a stayzen, i get a lot of people telling me they dont like their music, but clearly they havent looked that deep (which is fine, if a group does not interest me, im not gonna listen to their whole discography for that one song i do like) but at least say that you only mean title tracks (and the other popular songs, which are just as noisy because thats what the fandom likes). we can actually bond over that then, because hell, i dont listen to a single skz title track at the moment, i just dont like them as much. but with their diversity, there are so many other songs i love. (dont even get me started on nct 127…)
@@nickparkertv Just so you know, all of them are all rounders, meaning they can all sing, rap and dance, but even though it shows Felix and Hyunjin and rappers, they’re both are part of the dance racha. There are 3 rachas in Stray Kids, the Dance racha, which consists of Felix, Hyunjin and Lee Know, 3racha, which is the rap racha which consists of Bang Chan, Han and Changbin, and the Vocal racha which consists of Seungmin and I.N, but in the end all of them can rap, sing and dance.
Enjoy the journey & rabbit hole! I got pulled in a few years ago via my daughter. Can't wait for you to check out even more groups - there are so many good ones!
Hey, just leaving you some information since some people get it wrong (no hate, it is confusing as hell :D ): StrayKids doesn't really have any positions anymore, they all do everything (rap/vocal depending on the Song and they are really good dancers/Performers). However If you want to make it easier for you you can Put them in those 3 different "Teams": 1. 3Racha: 3Racha are Changbin, BangChan and Han. They are the producing line and If you check Out the credits of their discrography you will See that they are almost at every Song, because they produce and write their own lyrics and songs. They also released alot of rapheavy tracks predebut, which is why people often call them the rapline, even though Felix and Hyunjin both rap more often than BangChan in their StrayKids songs. 2. Danceracha: Lee Know, Hyunjin and Felix are often the center when it comes to performances. They are the 3 best dancers of StrayKids, although everyone of them is really really good at Dancing. 3. Vocalracha: Seungmin and I.N. are Part of the vocalracha, which means that they get more vocal lines than the others. Everyone of StrayKids can sing, but those two have really unique voices that stand out. As I said StrayKids doesn't have positions anymore, but they have these "Rachas" now and of you watch content from them the subtitels will often say Something Like "Vocalracha has done xy". I hope this wasn't too hard to understand, since english isn't my First language. Also I don't correct any capital letters since it would take way too long for me to do so typing on my mobile Phone. :D Enjoy your journey, If you want to Check Out more of StrayKids I highly recommend "Maniac", "Thunderous" and their 3 "The First Take" Performances.
@@nickparkertv Your welcome and thank you. :) It is just used by StrayKids, they used this name because of the hotsauce Sriracha. 3Racha was formed predebut, but after StrayKids came together they added to other two Rachas as well. :)
@@nickparkertv 3Racha maintained their name as the producing unit when Stray Kids formed, and the fans dubbed the dance and vocal line DanceRacha and VocalRacha. The members liked that and started using it as well. There are a few other 'Rachas' that have been formed (all informal and get added and disappear regularly, basically anything that two or more have become known for, or done can get labelled a 'racha') like meowRacha (Felix and Lee Know are both cat-like, and Lee Know is a cat-dad) and paboRacha (the idiots. Long and funny story, and the members change regularly. Hyunjin is normally acknowledged as the leader and has admitted to it) DanceRacha is also sometimes referred to as VisualRacha (they mainly get used for modelling etc) And then there is PetRacha (Lee Know's three cats, Hyunjin, Han and Chan's dogs)
Stray Kids are such a fun group, and like their song God's Menu suggests, they really serve an incredibly varied discography. They continuously subvert expectations and change up genres as new creative inspiration arrives. Case 143 heavily subverts the classic "boy crush/boyfriend" genre with elements of The Shining (the carpet is a direct reference and the "here's Johnny" moment Lee Know does at the beginning of the M/V). The leader, Bang Chan (aka Chan or Chris), along with members Changbin and Han, are the 3 primary producers of the group - collectively known as 3RACHA (three-racha). 3RACHA also actively collaborates with other producers on their music. All the members have participated in lyrics and composition. They are a unique group even for JYPE, as the company is relatively hands off with them when it comes to music trajectory, allowing the members the freedom to experiment with each comeback. Twice and Stray Kids have a long history together, specifically with the leader Bang Chan, since he trained with all the members of Twice and saw them debut while he was still a trainee at JYPE. He is close with many of the members (he and Sana especially). When Bang Chan was home in Australia, he talked about wanting to buy Aussie treats for his "Twice noonas" and loves to play their music on his lives because he is such a fan of theirs. Felix, the deep voice singer, is often dubbed the President of Once in Stray Kids because he knows every song and dance and will just randomly reference them. Felix was also featured on the song "No Problem" for Nayeon's recent solo album. If you find you would like to checkout more Stray Kids music, a recommend these songs for a good variety of their sounds: Thunderous Maniac The View Levanter Scars (this is a Japanese track, and while the M/V is wonderful, I actually recommend their First Take live performance) Easy Venom Chill Secret Secret Thank you so much for sharing your reaction and I hope you continue to enjoy your journey into kpop!
I got that shining feeling. Also love that fact he calls the Twice ladies noonas. I LOVE Twice. I am also seeing RACHA used a lot for SKZ. Is it a term exclusively used for them or is it a broader term?
@@nickparkertv well 3racha (consisting of Bang Chan, Seo Changbin, ६ Han Jisung) were a 𐌔𐊋𐤉 pre-debut rap group/unit. Eventually gathering up the other ‟lоst childrenˮ along the way until JYP propersistutioned Chan that if he wanted to debut with his team that they’d have to go through a Survival Show to see if they could debut as a (former) 9 member group. The survival show had its ups & downs, obviously the downs being brutally heartbreaking but they eventually got to debut together with all 9 members. After their debut they separated into 3 sub units as 3racha as their base as the rap line/producer line, then they had Dance-racha (consisting of Lee Minho [aka Lee Know], Hwang Hyunjin & Lee Felix [aka Lee Youngbok]) & then Vocal-racha (consisting of Kim Seungmin, Yang Jeongin [aka I.N] & former member, Kim Woojin) So since 3racha was already pre-debut the dance line & vocal line was nicknamed by the fandom as the know widely known danceracha & vocalracha. But only 3racha is the only unit that’s set in stone, as far as I can remember. Hope that helped explain the “racha” units.
I'm sorry I have to quote this but " oh my gawd, secret secret is so amazing, I love that song, it's sooo bootiful" lmao quote from Han jisung himself.
16:57 is hilarious that you managed to pick that up because in the Behind The Scenes of the music video, the director compliements him (Lee Know) for his convincing acting throughout 🤣
So glad you enjoyed their music! Fun fact, Stray Kids is a fully self-produced group, so what you're hearing is truly the result of their hard work (their blood sweat and tears, if you will). I also appreciate the fact you took the time to look for a video explanation of the God's Menu MV in order to undertsand it further, not so many people go to that extent and as a Stay I'm grateful to see you trying to get their message right. Another fun fact is that despite usually being listed as having one set position (rapper, dancer, vocal) for a matter of making things easier, each member can basically do everything really well, they are very versatile− though usually stick to what they're mostly known for. If you want to hear more of them, I personally reccommend 'Thunderous', 'Back Door' (which is kind of a sequel to God's Menu) and the 'I Am' trilogy, which starts with their debut EP 'I Am Not' and the title song 'District 9', followed by the 'I Am Who' EP with the title 'My Pace' and meets a conclusion with the 'I Am You' EP and the title track of the same name. The whole trilogy follows a sort of storilyne about growing up and finding who you are in life, and particularly 'I Am You' (the song) feels like a warm hug from a friend after enduring a tough time. I can't wait to see what you react to next, regardless of what you choose! Have a great day
Im 60 and I first listened to Stray kids in April now Im hooked. I think their music is amazing and they seem genuinely humble and decent young men. Im loving the music, Charmer is my favorite song Venom my fav MV and Chang Bin my Bias although they are all great!!
ABCDEFG, I WANT TO SEND MY CODE TO YOU (143 was the code used with pagers to say “I love you” - 1 is for “I”, 4 is for “love”, and 3 is for “you). 8 LETTERS IS ALL IT TAKES (“I love you” is 8 letters all together). AND I WANNA LET YOU KNOW. Thank you for your reaction to Stray Kids. They are an extremely talented group and I love their music and their personalities. I recommend Thunderous, Venom, Secret Secret, Slump (the Live One Take version), just to start. They are extremely productive and have over 140 songs (probably more now) to their credit. They like to experiment and are very creative. They never disappoint! Hope you will look into them more.
A fun introduction and way to learn the members names would be their song FAM (Korean version is the newer release and MV but the Japanese version is good too). They basically have every genre in their discography from ballads to drill. You’ll find something for every mood you might be in. 😊
Fun fact 17:00 This dude is Lee Know and yes the director did complement him for him jumping on chair n his acting skill 😂🤣 Thank u for reacting to Stray Kids n waiting for more Stray Kids reactions... These guys are talented 💗💗💗
Stray kids are not just a singing group they are self-producing group. They go by different names as Stage monsters. Dance perfectionists. The allrounders. Artists of kpop and many more. They are all rappers. Vocals and dancers ...
the thing abt skz is that theyre TOTALLY capable of doing whatever genre they want and they regularly do that! anything from ballads to rock to edm to hip hip to drill to dubstep. incredible guys
The person who directed the God's menu mv is bang jaeyeob he also directed their thunderous, back door and maniac mvs which have some of the best transitions I have ever seen
The girls in God's Menu are members of what soon after became SKZ's Japanese little-sister group, NiziU. They appear again in Back Door, the title track that follows God's Menu (notice the spoiler at the end of the MV). JYPE has a tradition of including dongsaeng (younger sibling/junior) groups or members in the videos of senior groups, often around debut time. Nope, not changing their style. Part of the reason their domestic market doesn't like them, but the international one adores them, is because they're one of the hardest and most experimental groups. They switch things up constantly, with everything from trap to psytrance to soft pop ballads to trip-hop to jazz to rock to r&b to samba to experimental rap and several dozen more styles/genres in their discography. They explicitly avoid settling into one consistently recurring style because they want to play and experiment and not fall into a rut. And funnily enough, this is exactly what the lyrics of God's Menu are about -- they keep making new things, creating new "dishes," and they're unique and have so much variety that even if not every single item suits your tastes, there will be something for everyone on their menu. No, SKZ aren't the people inside the hazmat suits, band uniforms, chef's outfilts, mechanics clothes, etc. As mentioned in the explanation from Bookish Theories, those jobs represent aspects of SKZ's music and creativity (experimenting, being infamously loud and bombastic, creating new dishes, teamwork, etc). The actual people playing those roles are people getting drawn into SKZ's world and joining in their music. Most of these characters will appear again in Back Door, which, as the followup, shows the next stage, when SKZ are partying and inviting in anyone who wants to join the world of their kind of musical chaos. As for the construction site, one of the most popular refrains of SKZ's haters is how they make "noise music"/"construction music"/"clanging pots and pans music." So SKZ seize on that and lean into it, even saying outright that "Yeah, we construct our own music, so we're happy to embrace the concept of 'construction music.'" And then they went and named an entire clapback album NOEASY (say it fast: NOISY). 24:12 Felix. His voice is much deeper than this. He was only 19 when this was recorded. He's 22 now, and he's very much following the basso habit of his voice getting deeper and richer and fuller, especially since he's put in some dedicated work on his vocal control over the years. He's turned his raw gift into a developed skill now. Also -- again in bass tradition -- he has a big range, including a very sweet falsetto and delicate middle. That member breakdown is both outdated and incorrect. Woojin left in October 2019 and is completely unconnected to SKZ since that time. Anything you watch up through Double Knot in October 2019 will include him; anything afterward, starting with Astronaut, will be ot8. Also, there are no official set positions (other than leader) in SKZ, though you will be told otherwise a million times. Nonetheless, the positions don't exist. All eight members are all-rounders who can and do rap, sing, and dance, and no one is locked into a set position. SKZ themselves will sometimes use the term "main" when talking about one of them in a dance, rap, or vocal role, but it's shorthand, for hype about the member, and the fact that it's not an actual hierarchical ranking is underlined by the fact that they will never refer to a member as "lead" or "sub" anything. If they're highlighting someone for some role, they sometimes say "main"...and that's as far as it goes. There _are_ three main units: 3RACHA (the trio of main producers -- NOT the rapline, though you will get told otherwise), Danceracha (three most dance-focused members), and Vocalracha (two most vocal-focused members). There's a de facto rap line comprising the four most frequent rappers, and a de facto vocal line comprising four of the five most frequent vocalists (because Han does double duty and is reasonably in both lines). But literally everyone does everything. The best thing to do is go in without expecting any connections to positions. That will keep you from getting confused when they don't do what you're expecting, and it will let you naturally start noticing who tends more toward what. Eight rappers, eight vocals, eight dancers (and also eight producers, though only three are the mains).
No only is it ‘Here’s Johnny’ but the carpet is the carpet in the hotel Johnny worked at and there was a maze at the hotel which the heart maze is a nod to. The movie is ‘The Shining’. I think the cops represent their control of emotions until they get so overwhelmed by emotions they go after their love interest. The whole video is inside the head of a lovestruck person struggling to decide if they should pursue love interest. Breaking thru TH-cam is a coming together and getting out of their headspace. Want a crying song from Stray Kids try ‘Deep End’ a solo by Felix, the deep voice one.
Stray Kids is an 8 member group (used to be 9 so older MVs will have 9 members). They are a FULLY 100% self produced and self song writing group. Their primary producers are 3racha. They consist of Bang Chan (leader), Changbin, and Han. But every member has a hand in it as well. Every piece of music they release is 100% them. There are 2 members from Australia. They are Bang Chan (leader) and Felix (guy with the deep voice). They used to have main roles (main rapper etc) however they got rid of those because each member can truly do it all. They all sing rap and dance. HOWEVER, there are members who do most of the rapping, vocals etc. But they switch it up all the time. The main rappers are: Changbin, Han, Felix, and Hyunjin Main vocals are: Seungmin, IN, Bang Chan and Lee Know. 3racha was an already established sub unit, they have been making music together since before debut. Because of this fans gave the dance unit and the vocal unit "racha" names as well to match and the members loved it and kept it. 3racha - as I said above. Danceracha - Lee Know, Felix, Hyunjin Vocalracha- Seungmin, and IN. But again they all do literally everything. They also put out unit songs as well. On the album Maxident that has Case 143 there are unit b sides from each of them. And they are incredible. Case 143 was their 1st time doing a love concept so they did it in a way only Stray Kids can do. The one you really wanted to know if he speaks fluent English is Seungmin. He lived in LA for a couple years I believe. So his English is pretty good. Han, one of the rappers, grew up i Malaysia and learned a lot of English there so he is pretty good as well.
This is totally based in the hotel of the shining (with the "here's johnny" scene at the beginning) I think it relates the mania of when you first fall for someone and at first try to fight it and reign in control of your emotions (police vs lovestruck kids) until it overcomes you and in the end they decide to give in
Back in 2015, my daughter brought me into the BTS universe and I was hooked. 2 years ago my Grandson (her son) wanted me to watch his favorite group, Stray Kids, and got hooked. Mind you my grandson is 6, never expected him to have such good taste in music. Stray Kids debuted in 2018. There are 8 members (were 9 originally), and they are heavily involved in the writing, choreogrraphy and production of their songs/MV's (especially the 3 original members Bang Chan, Han, & Changbin, aka the 3RACHA). They are known as 3 of the top 10 of Korea's top rappers, along with BTS's RM & SUGA (aka Agust D), as well as some other kpop singers... members Hyunjin, Lee Know & Felix can also rap, plus vocalists. Seungmin & I.N are also vocalists, but all 8 are really good vocalists... The name "Stray Kids", aka SKZ, evolved to represent the idea of finding a way together out of the ordinary.... I know you have watched some of these.Stray Kids songs/MV's suggestions: 1- Circus (newest from their new Japanese album) 2 - God's Menu 3 - Maniac 4 - Venom 5 - Freeze 6 - Backdoor 7 - Miroh 8 - Thunderous 9 - Case 143 (newest) 10 - All In 11 - Domino 12 - Red Lights. (Bang Chan & Hyunjin) 13 - Hellevator 14 - Sorry, I love you (slower) 15 - Winter falls (slower ballad) 16 - Lonely St. (Slower) 17 - Gone Away (slower) 18 - Waiting for Us (slower) 19 - Your Eyes (newest release, slower) 20 - Charmer 21 - Christmas EveL 22 - Cheese 23 - Super Board 24 - Chill 25 - Give Me Your T.M.I. Extra -- Hyungin has done some solo dance covers that are amazing and a must see -- "Play with Fire" & "Motley Crew". There are also some good live performances from their new Seoul concert of some of these songs on the "chan's room" TH-cam channel, including Red Lights performed by all 8 members.
I highly recommend watching guide videos to help get to know this group. Skz are fully self produced. 3 of the members (3RACHA) do the majority of song writing, producing, and arranging. So that makes them extremely unique compared to most groups. Bang Chan, the leader, actually chose each of the members himself which has never been seen in kpop. They don’t really have roles anymore bc they can all sing, rap, and dance so they like to mix it up and let all the members show off their abilities. Other than that they do have units: 3RACHA (producing and rap unit), DanceRACHA, and VocalRACHA which consists of the members that were originally training for those positions. There are 8 members: Bang Chan (Leader), from Australia, English name Christopher, fake Maknea, 3RACHA, Emojis:🐺🤙🦘 Lee Minho, stage name Lee Know, was a backup dancer for BTS before becoming a trainee, DanceRACHA, Emojis:🐱🐈🐰 Changbin, nicknames include Dwekki (pig rabbit) and Binnie, 3RACHA, Emojis:🐷🐰 Hyunjin, artist and known to be a drama llama, DanceRACHA, Emojis:🦙🥐 Han Jisung, nicknames Quokka and Squirrel, known as the Ace of Aces, 3RACHA, Emoji: 🐿️ Felix, Australian, Korean name is Youngbok, deep voice that doesn’t match his personality, DanceRACHA, Emojis: 🐥🐤🌞 Seungmin, is a savage but looks innocent, VocalRACHA, Emoji: 🐶 Yang Jeongin, stage name I.N, Maknae on top, VocalRACHA, Emoji: 🦊
3:47 as you were mentioning Seungmin’s English i wanted to also mention that the majority of the members are fluent in English while others are learning. Starting out Felix didn’t know any Korean but the basics and is now fluent in both, Bang Chan is fluent in both, Han lived in Malaysia for a while and is fluent (he even has a British accent, sometimes Australian), Seungmin lived in the United States for a little bit and is pretty much fluent, Hyunjin is learning and has gotten much better in the past year, all the others are still learning but are getting better with the help of their members
Ayyy!!! Stray kids is my ultimate group! so glad you checked them out! as the lyrics in gods menu suggests, "wonder what our secret ingredient is? we don't use such a thing" stray kids are honestly so diverse in their HUGE discography, and they don't just limit themselves to one 'sound', as you can see from Case 143 and gods menu. The best part of stray kids is that they're almost entirely self-produced, with 3 members (bang chan, han and changbin) producing and writing their songs. And they also don't even have any specific roles in the group as what you googled as all 8 of them are multi-talented kids, and they frequently change positions in rapping and singing. Do check out more of them! It's like a rabbit hole discovering stray kids, and you'll be in for a long ride with their arsenal of great songs! You can start by checking out Thunderous, Maniac, Venom, Christmas Evel :)
Case 143 is about Stray Kids fighting within themselves about falling in love. The colorful ones represent the heart, hence the heart monsters and the feelings of being in love. And the cops represent the logical side or the brain fighting against feeling the emotions. They look at love like it is infecting them. That's why at the beginning of the video it's referencing the Shining. Because the Overlook Hotel infected it's guests. In the Shining it was Evil, but in this "case" its infecting the members with love. The logical side (the cops) are chasing the other set of Stray Kids to try to stop them from getting infected and infecting others with love. If you notice at the beginning when the first heart monster jumps inside Felix (deep voice, gets slapped by the chicken) his eyes get hearts in them and he acts surprised. Then when he is sitting in front of the chicken and singing you'll notice hearts coming out of his mouth and falling onto the chicken, "infecting it". Then the chicken comes to life and slaps him and chaos ensues. Just another way to show how chaotic falling in love can be. At the end of the video after the rewind part, you can see their outfits kinda blend and there is both color and darkness everywhere like a fight happened. Then they break the screen. This represents them coming to terms with their feelings and combining their logical thoughts and their feelings of love together. So they accept it all and move forward. For God's Menu, they are telling us that they make music for every taste. They have so many flavors of music that you can always find something on their "Menu" that you will like. It's pretty straight forward. But also a nod to the fact that they are the ones creating their own tracks. Strays Kids writes and produces all of their own music. They do have a main producing unit within Stray Kids call 3Racha. But all members contribute to writing and producing. Also, the group is only 8 members. Woojin left shortly after their debut. Also all sing, dance, and rap. They are a group of all rounders. I think you would really enjoy the following Stray Kids songs: Easy, 0325, Freeze, Venom, Super Board, Taste, Red Lights, Connected, Doodle, Deep End, Heyday and 3Racha(by 3Racha). I also think you might enjoy another new K-Rock group called Xdinary Heroes. They are under the JYP umbrella too. Some good songs from them are: Test Me, Strawberry Cake, Pirates, Xmas, Ghost, Crack in the Mirror. Sorry btw for the long comment...lol. But Thank you for the great reaction!
STRAYKIDS ARE ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE! As God's Menu states, you will be satisfied 😌. I appreciate you not only asking the commenters to give you answers but actually looking up the info yourself during the video. It was quite refreshing to see you answer your own questions. I hope you continue to dive into StrayKids because they are one of a kind and extremely talented. Whenever someone asks what genre StrayKids are...the answer is always "StrayKids". They are literally their own genre because they are so unique, so experimental and so different. Anyone who dislikes StrayKids has never listened to their discography because there is literally something for EVERYONE. Over 40 genres of music. And they are self produced and write their own lyrics. These young men are very unique in the industry and incredibly gifted. Btw, their leader Bang Chan hand picked all of them which is extremely rare in kpop since groups are mainly created and constructed by the company. You're always in for a treat when you explore StrayKids.
For gods menu, people (haters) have called their music noise music so they picked a construction site, racing track and kitchen which are usual noisy and busy like how people say their music sounds. You got the rest after the video
I'll never understand why people who "don't like their music" feel the need to watch reactions to their music? Honestly, outside of it giving them a chance to talk trash about them in passive aggressive ways, or just to try and sway a reactor from listening to them, it makes no sense. If I don't like a group, I just don't watch anything that has to do with them, I don't comment on it about how I dislike them. However, from reading their comments, I can definitely say they haven't actually looked into them and are basing their decision off of a couple title tracks. I say that with 100% certainty. Because out of their 160+ discography, very little of their music is "loud", "clashing", or any other word I saw used to describe them. They have 45+ genres in their discography. Heck, they have more "pretty" songs than they do anything else, and most of their harder stuff are still "listen any time" songs. However, the industry started testing them like garbage the moment they debuted because they are different, and they have deep and sometimes controversial topics and opinions they use in their music. Well, people started calling them "noise" because of that, not because of their sound. Eventually though, they started making a new level of actual "noise music" for their title tracks and sometimes even the main B-sides. Starting with "Side Effects" where they introduced Trance music into kpop. People hated it but they didn't care anymore. People were always hating them for no reason, so SKZ gave them one. While staying true to themselves, and gaining a whole new set of fans. I found it to be the perfect move. They now have 3 sets of fans. The ones who like their softer stuff, then one awhile prefer their harder stuff, and the diehards. We love every song they have ever put out. That's me, if you are eclectic... Welcome home. If you are picky, you will definitely find more songs to love from them, if you care to look, than you will ever find from any western artist. Hell, I'm eclectic and even I'm lucky if a western artist has more than one song I like from them.) With that said, they put out a lot of music, and the majority of it really does fall between ballad beautiful, hip-hop and dance music.
I agree. I can't imagine wasting precious time and adding views just to comment on a group I don't like. It comes down to those people being petty because we know SDZ put our amazing music. This is confirmed by their awards, streaming numbers and album sales. Just imagine how these petty individuals lose sleep over every achievement made by SKZ. Well there's bound to be a few casualties on the road toward World Domination.
I've learned and am learning that there are many flavors of K-pop so I can understand it won't be everyone favorite, but I liked what I saw from these two videos. Case 143 is very fun and God's Menu goes HARD.
I just recently discovered Stray Kids about a week ago and I love them. They are so unique! I have learned they are self-produced, and write their own music as well. Their songs, their music videos, and their style is just on another level, and love it. This one is one of my favorite videos of theirs. You should watch the makings of their music videos as well. In the making of this one, you can see some of the members jumping back and forth from the camera, doing that random transition in the chorus. It's so funny 😅
You might check out their new video "Fam" it is a fun way to get to know members and their dynamics too. This group has amazing music but great personalities too.
the construction site in the god's menu mv is also a jab at the haters lmao since stray kids' music is experimental they get a lot of hate as in "noise music" "pots n pans music" and even gets called "construction noise" and in a live stream an anti commented "stray kids contruction music" and chan read it out loud and said "stray kids construction music? i mean yea WE are the ones that construct OUR OWN music so..." since stray kids are a self-made group that produces and writes their own songs
The "8 letters code" is "143". "143" means "I love you" (with each number representing the number of letters in each word) and 1+4+3 = 8, and there are also 8 members in Stray Kids :)
Loved this! Just some information here. There are 2 Australians in the group: Bangchan and Felix (the one with the deep voice). But nearly all of them are fluent in English or at least speak some of it. Also the number 12 at the beginning of the video I'd asume that's age rating. For example Red lights- Stray kids is age rated 15. Also Stray kids has 3 dancers, the dance line: lee know (who used to be a back up dancer even for BTS), hyunjin and felix,- a performance that i would recommend by the dance line is TASTE. Rap line, also called as 3racha: bangchan, changbin and han - they make songs together such as HEYDAY.
Hey I just wanna correct you real quick: 3Racha isn't the rap line, it is the producing line. There is also Danceracha (you pointed that out correctly) and Vocalracha (Seungmin und I.N.). In terms of vocal line there are I.N., Seungmin, Lee Know and BangChan and in the rap line are Changbin, Han, Hyunjin and Felix. But StrayKids doesnt have those positions anymore, since they all do everything depending on the song. The only thing that remains are the Rachas (Vocalracha, Danceracha, 3Racha)
For Case 143: There are 2 personas in the music video, one being consumed by emotions (portrayed by the "heart monsters") and the other one are the police. Kind of like the MV is a thing going inside your brain when you experience this types of emotions. The one being overwhelmed by love and other trying to investigate it, trying to figure out "why do I keep getting attracted" For MV story analysis, it's good to watch Jordan Orme's take on it. He explains the story clearly
Case 143 is about some part of him wanting to love the person and some part of him is like ‘No, you can’t fall in love’ but the love takes over that’s what the police and all that is The heart monsters are the love You should listen to some of their old classic songs like Maniac, Thunderous, Freeze, one of my personal favorites is Sunshine from the Levanter album. I’m glad Stray Kids are getting more recognized and getter more STAYs by the year. FAM also is a good song to remember their names and it’s a really catchy song too.
In bang chans words (the one singing the post chorus) he basically just sings the alphabet leaving out the “H” bc it can mean hate which is why he skips the letter. 8 letters represent I love you which is made up of 8 letters and is basically saying he’s gonna make sure you know his code “I love you”
I believe the number in upper corner is the age rating for the video. Honestly, super glad you're getting to Stray Kids, but they are best appreciated (in my opinion anyway) if you view some of the older vids first and then you can see some of the progression. There are 8 members now, and they are a self-producing. They don't have set roles as they can all do everything - and they do. They have sub-units, 3RACHA is their production unit, danceracha, and vocal racha - but they swap around a lot. They also go through a ton of different genres.
Pretty much all of them can dance, sing, and rap, but there are some who mostly rap: Changbin and Han those 2 with the leader, Bang Chan make up the production subunit of 3Ratcha. The main 3 dancers (Dance Ratcha) are Lee Know, Hyunjin, and Felix, who the last 2 also often rap as well as sing. Seungmin and I.N do a lot of the main singing along with Bang Chan and Lee Know. But there are songs where all 8 of them sing too.
I've been a fan of stray kids since before their debut and it's been so fun to be able to follow their journey as artists from the start. Also, their music videos are absolutely wild sometimes. I watched case 143 many times, simply for the mv. There are behind the scenes videos of the filming of their mv's btw which are fun to watch. Especially for case 143 because there are some fun greenscreen stuff and transitions
The horror film you’re thinking of is The Shining. The carpet you can see in the beginning of the Case 143 video is actually the carpet from The Shining. They also have it in the mv for Venom.
The transition for case 143 is felix🤣 he loves to run directly in front of the screen or group when performing, so my guess is that they wanted to kinda give that effect and let felix be felix😂
First of all! Loved your video. You seemed like you were really interested and seemed to enjoy SKZ, so I recommend watching 2022/2023 version of SKZ intrudiction video! There's already tons of great recs in the comments but few additional that don't get reacted that often are: Cheese (clapback to haters like Thunderous) Muddy water Victory song The tortoise and the hare (really experimental so it divades opinions) Maze of Memories (ot8 version) And then there's just some more common suggestions but some of my faves: Taste Domino Give me your TMI Venom Deep End Can't stop Doing good job 😊
I'll add an SKZ guide to the to-do list! We have a few more group to check out still and the BTS / TWICE content plus everything else. Big things coming to the channel over the next few months!
@@nickparkertv Also, unfortunately the rise of Bangtan series that I really wanted you to watch has recently been deleted. I'm so sad because that was probably one of the best fan documentaries ever and it was so well made but unfortunately she deleted it. I don't really know why she deleted it but now I guess people have to stick to the Bangtan 7. But that series really went into full depth of the members and everything they went through. 🥲
Hi! New here, came for Stray Kids. Loved your reaction and thoughts and how you analysed lyrics and the video. So fun! They're my ult group because talent is overflowing and they self produce no skip albums everytime. And they're so humble and grateful and total crackheads too. Looking forward to following your journey through their discography. They do have lots of softer music too, they are great vocalists, but every album has a variety. They change it up all the time, that's their thing. What I love about a lot of their music is that they aren't scared to tackle topics like mental health, depression, loneliness, being your authentic self, letting your inner Maniac loose rather than trying to confirm to what society deems normal just to fit in... They have a very positive message: everybody is welcome and accepted here. I.e. Stray kids everywhere all around the world. I recommend some of my favourites: Thunderous, Easy, Miroh, Scars, Double Knot, Cheese, Chronosaurus, Levanter, Domino, Mixtape Oh on "the first take", Venom, Maniac, Side Effects... There are so many I love, so I'll stop there.
For case 143 Haven't researched it but from what iv come across on the internet the beginning part is a reference to the hotel in the shining, the big heart monster send out yhe little ones to " infect" the hotel patrons and turn them into love zombies. The cops ate called, which is them again, to investigate so they go to the hotel but when they return to the police station they find the infected stray kids in the sation and they get attacked by the heart monsters. And in the split screens you see the cops running away as the civilians are happily dancing. Thats what iv picked up so far
omg yessss finally!!!! I'm an active army but i love k-pop in general so pumped that you finally checked out Stray Kids I'm pretty sure stays will provide a lot of information about the members and recommend you a bunch of other songs just a heads up, there are 8 members in SKZ, they debuted as a 9 member group back in 2018 but, 1 member left due to unknown/personal reasons in 2019
Stray kids have pretty amazing english all member round, they have 2 Australians that of course speak fluent english with an aussie accent, 3 other members don't have a korean accent when they speak english, specifically they have a bristish accent and 2 americany accents(slowly getting tainted with the aussie accents), and pretty much all of skz can understand most english. The random group of girls in God's menu is actually not random at all, it was a teaser for a new group from JYP, NiziU NiziU also i think is suppose to represent stay, know of course helping stray kids with their journey, that's why they the are pitstop girls, and of course cheering them on, the way they hold the flag and dance together with stray kids at the end Also Stray kids have no specific roles, all rap and sing. I suggest for future groups you check out kpop profiles, they don't always get the roles, height and weight right but it's good for getting recent pictures of them and updated info. For example Kim Woojin is no longer associated with Stray kids and hasn't been for years
Don't know if someone already explained it but the code he was talking about in Case 143 is a pager code. I love you in pager code is 143. The 8 letters is I L O V E Y O U.
I really liked your breakdown and that you took your time and it’s great! Enjoyed it. I scrolled the comments and it seems like a lot of people answered your questions. One thing Stray Kids do is have fun and have great music videos. Not all have deep meaning but are good. These guys are just different and not everyone’s taste. They are my favorite. Also note: they have amazing ballads that they don’t get recognized for and they have hard music and are known for it. People don’t realize the different genres they have because they don’t dive into the discography. They have a lot of music so it’s intimidating. See u on the next one
I love seeing new people discovering SKZ for the first time, welcome to the madness. These guys are so incredibly talented, the write a produce their own sound (very rare for kpop groups). If your going to go down this rabbit hole you should do a guide to get to know a bit more about the guys.
This was a great reaction - have to admit I was laughing so hard during the sped up version rewatch of God's Menu - can't say I've ever seen that before and watching the guys speed choreo was just amusing to me. You caught quickly onto a lot of things - can't wait to see you react to more.
The bandage on the nose thing, in Asian culture it refers to a cute kid who is often mischievous and always getting in scrapes, so it's an atheistic that's supposed to show Han is a the naughty/cute one
I hope you react to more Stray Kids. Draw your own conclusions to their music 🥰 I think you'll like the rest if you already are so positive about these 2. I recommend Back Door next as it's the "sequel" to God's Menu and also a completely different kind of musical style. I also recommend Maniac
I don't know if this has been said but in many mv they have this theme of multiple universes and I don't want to spoil story stuff so I will just say that they represent duality/ opposites a lot. Also quite a few, especially Channie, like Marvel and DC and mention some stories or characters from them in songs. Plus one cool fact is that Ryan Reynolds likes Stray Kids and mentions them on Twitter semi-often. Chan even had received a signed bottle of gin from him as a gift! Pretty much the two fan boy over each other and it is adorable
Also I would recommend a spoiler free guide to get to know them a bit and also watch some mv making videos to stuff you have seen to understand them more individually as it adds so much to their imagery and lyrics to know who they are and how they got to where they are now Any questions just ask and every Stay will help you out! Stays aren't called the most wholesome fandom for nothing! We love people learning about our boys
I'm so happy you reacted to them!! thank youuu And also yes, Seungmin is fluent, and so are like half the members, 2 are aussies, Seungmin lived in US some time and Han lived in Malaysia so they can speak it really well p.s. I'm so glad that you look deeper into the meaning of songs and look up explanations!! but their positions on google are a bit wrong, they don't really have strict official positions, maybe you'll see info about that in a guide
Hi! Thanks for reacting to Skz! I just wanted to chime in on the interpretation of Case 143. While there is an element of confessing their feelings to the other party, I think the song is more focused on the contrast between the logical mind and the romantic heart. In the video, you see the giddy, crazy in love part jumping about and the logical parts investigating this strange emotion that doesn’t make sense! ( why do I keep getting attracted?) In the Mv, just before the reversal, logic seems to pull the plug on romance. This is taken back and they end up as a blend of logic and romance! Anyway, that’s my take on it❤
A really good song that they have is called The Tortoise And The Hare , It's an experimental song of their but is still amazing I recommend it to listen to 🙃 And Woojin isn't actually part of the group anymore he left in 2019 due to personal reasons and is now a soloist
I think no one mention, the number is the age that is allow to watch the video, for example on Red Light by Bang Chan and Hyunjin of Stray Kids the number is 15 cause it can be considered explicit somehow.
Loved your in depth analysis of Stray Kids! I discovered them during the pandemic and God's Menu was the first song I ever heard and I was hooked by them and have gone into the rabbit hole and never looked back! I am subscribing for more Stray Kids content!
I really enjoyed seeing your reaction. I like the time you took to digest and understand each song and video. Stray Kids are an 8 member group who are completely self produced, and unusual in that the leader (Bang Chan) handpicked each member and made the group himself with very little company intervention. Their survival show pre-debut that 'formed' them was Bang Chan's line up essentially being tested by JYP. During it they wrote a bunch of original songs that were released as a pre-debut mixtape. Because of how they began and how they do everything as a team Stray Kids have an incredibly tight bond, one I've seen several kpop fans mention as standing out as especially close. Whilst they started out with official positions that was quickly dropped as they are all highly versatile and help each other develop and grow. They have a youtube series called SKZ Record/SKZ Player which is solo or small unit projects they have made just to try out new skills etc.. They recently compiled them into an album (SKZ Replay) with 8 new solo songs written by each member as a stream-only fandom Christmas present. Case 143 as a song is really interesting as it's their first love themed title song. Whilst they've had a few love themed b side tracks throughout their vast discography they've never really focussed on love or romance as a theme. It's something they said they didn't really feel ready to address until now. Thus, Case 143 is like a strange case/occurrence the police side of skz are investigating, puzzling over, trying to figure out confused and wary, whilst the emotional side of skz are just feeling and experiencing. Towards the end of the video after the rewind the two version of SKZ kind of merge as they go back and understand the feeling. Something I really love about SKZ is that when they write about love they make it applicable to all kinds of relationships, and they treat friendship with the same value as romance, in their introduction video for Maxident (the album Case 143 is the title track for) they spoke about how they understood the feeling of love from each other. Bang Chan said the members taught him what that was, and they use the feeling of intense love they have for each other to inspire how they relate to it as a wider concept. I hope you continue to enjoy and explore Stray Kids. To show off some of their variety and parts that especially draw me in I would recommend the songs 'Secret Secret' and 'Silent Cry', the first was written by Han when he was struggling with his mental health, the second is the band's response to that. I also recommend 'Mixtape: Oh' & 'The View' (the videos are linked), 'Victory Song', and 'Venom', just to give a flavour of their range. [In Korea when dancing they use the English number system to count '1, 2, 3...' but they pronounce '3' as 'sri'. 3racha made their name as a play off 'sriracha sauce' that adds heat, as producers they make 'spicy' tracks is their concept. Fans started using the 'racha' part as a way of describing the unofficial dance and vocal units and it stuck and was adopted by the whole group so they now called themselves 3racha (the main producers), danceracha (the main dancers/ who help lead dance practices), vocalracha (the ones who concentrate most on vocals). If you ever decide to check out one of the longer guides they tend to explain the units a bit more.]
Thank you so much for checking out Stray Kids! I appreciate you spending the time to dissect their work and for being open to their particular brand of music :)
Hey! You should listen to FAM (either the Japanese or Korean version, you choose, but the Korean version came out a few weeks ago so it's newer and they changed some of the lyrics) it's a song where they compliment eachother and kind of like a roll call, that way you can slightly learn about their personality with what the other members say!
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In the 90s, you would send the 143 CODE via pager for i Love you. The beginning of the movie is definitely The Shining. Same carpet, etc. The heart monsters possess the Stray Kids first and then the police SKZ (Stray Kids) are chasing the heart monsters.
If you like Skz pls check out Ateez they just had a comeback I highly recommend them 🙂🙂
“God DAYUM he’s good lookin” YESSSSSIRRR😭 Hyunjin literally ALWAYS looks good
he’s so real for that
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theres quite a few comments saying skz music isnt their favourite, and although i totally respect other peoples tastes and id never get mad over it, i cant help but assume theyve only heard title tracks cause cause MY GOSH does skz have a super diverse discography with so many different sounds. its impossible to not find a song that doesnt fit your taste !! im not expecting you to check it all out, but maybe keep that in mind when it comes to any more skz reactions hahahah
Right! Like there's this and CASE 143.... then there's, ya know, Gone Away and Secret Secret.
... and then Get Cool and Awkward Silence. 😂
They are a very diverse group with an even diverse music range. Here's a few that are a taste of their different styles, District 9, Easy, Side Effects & Get Cool.
this is what always so weird to me. as a stayzen, i get a lot of people telling me they dont like their music, but clearly they havent looked that deep (which is fine, if a group does not interest me, im not gonna listen to their whole discography for that one song i do like) but at least say that you only mean title tracks (and the other popular songs, which are just as noisy because thats what the fandom likes). we can actually bond over that then, because hell, i dont listen to a single skz title track at the moment, i just dont like them as much. but with their diversity, there are so many other songs i love. (dont even get me started on nct 127…)
Yeah lol my favourite song is Placebo which is like one of their least popular songs
They're 8 now, Kim Woojin left the group and he's now a soloist
Thank you for the clarification on the members.
I got exactly 143 likes rn 🤭
@@nickparkertv Just so you know, all of them are all rounders, meaning they can all sing, rap and dance, but even though it shows Felix and Hyunjin and rappers, they’re both are part of the dance racha. There are 3 rachas in Stray Kids, the Dance racha, which consists of Felix, Hyunjin and Lee Know, 3racha, which is the rap racha which consists of Bang Chan, Han and Changbin, and the Vocal racha which consists of Seungmin and I.N, but in the end all of them can rap, sing and dance.
You're pulling me deeper and deeper! 😭 I can't stop!
Enjoy the journey & rabbit hole! I got pulled in a few years ago via my daughter. Can't wait for you to check out even more groups - there are so many good ones!
Hey, just leaving you some information since some people get it wrong (no hate, it is confusing as hell :D ):
StrayKids doesn't really have any positions anymore, they all do everything (rap/vocal depending on the Song and they are really good dancers/Performers).
However If you want to make it easier for you you can Put them in those 3 different "Teams":
1. 3Racha: 3Racha are Changbin, BangChan and Han. They are the producing line and If you check Out the credits of their discrography you will See that they are almost at every Song, because they produce and write their own lyrics and songs. They also released alot of rapheavy tracks predebut, which is why people often call them the rapline, even though Felix and Hyunjin both rap more often than BangChan in their StrayKids songs.
2. Danceracha: Lee Know, Hyunjin and Felix are often the center when it comes to performances. They are the 3 best dancers of StrayKids, although everyone of them is really really good at Dancing.
3. Vocalracha: Seungmin and I.N. are Part of the vocalracha, which means that they get more vocal lines than the others. Everyone of StrayKids can sing, but those two have really unique voices that stand out.
As I said StrayKids doesn't have positions anymore, but they have these "Rachas" now and of you watch content from them the subtitels will often say Something Like "Vocalracha has done xy".
I hope this wasn't too hard to understand, since english isn't my First language. Also I don't correct any capital letters since it would take way too long for me to do so typing on my mobile Phone. :D
Enjoy your journey, If you want to Check Out more of StrayKids I highly recommend "Maniac", "Thunderous" and their 3 "The First Take" Performances.
Thank you for this information. Your English is very good. Is Rachas a term used only for Stray Kids or is it a general term?
@@nickparkertv just skz!
@@nickparkertv Your welcome and thank you. :)
It is just used by StrayKids, they used this name because of the hotsauce Sriracha. 3Racha was formed predebut, but after StrayKids came together they added to other two Rachas as well. :)
@@nickparkertv 3Racha maintained their name as the producing unit when Stray Kids formed, and the fans dubbed the dance and vocal line DanceRacha and VocalRacha. The members liked that and started using it as well. There are a few other 'Rachas' that have been formed (all informal and get added and disappear regularly, basically anything that two or more have become known for, or done can get labelled a 'racha') like meowRacha (Felix and Lee Know are both cat-like, and Lee Know is a cat-dad) and paboRacha (the idiots. Long and funny story, and the members change regularly. Hyunjin is normally acknowledged as the leader and has admitted to it) DanceRacha is also sometimes referred to as VisualRacha (they mainly get used for modelling etc) And then there is PetRacha (Lee Know's three cats, Hyunjin, Han and Chan's dogs)
@@nickparkertv also member woojin is not in stray kids anymore he left a few years back
Stray Kids are such a fun group, and like their song God's Menu suggests, they really serve an incredibly varied discography. They continuously subvert expectations and change up genres as new creative inspiration arrives. Case 143 heavily subverts the classic "boy crush/boyfriend" genre with elements of The Shining (the carpet is a direct reference and the "here's Johnny" moment Lee Know does at the beginning of the M/V).
The leader, Bang Chan (aka Chan or Chris), along with members Changbin and Han, are the 3 primary producers of the group - collectively known as 3RACHA (three-racha). 3RACHA also actively collaborates with other producers on their music. All the members have participated in lyrics and composition. They are a unique group even for JYPE, as the company is relatively hands off with them when it comes to music trajectory, allowing the members the freedom to experiment with each comeback.
Twice and Stray Kids have a long history together, specifically with the leader Bang Chan, since he trained with all the members of Twice and saw them debut while he was still a trainee at JYPE. He is close with many of the members (he and Sana especially). When Bang Chan was home in Australia, he talked about wanting to buy Aussie treats for his "Twice noonas" and loves to play their music on his lives because he is such a fan of theirs. Felix, the deep voice singer, is often dubbed the President of Once in Stray Kids because he knows every song and dance and will just randomly reference them. Felix was also featured on the song "No Problem" for Nayeon's recent solo album.
If you find you would like to checkout more Stray Kids music, a recommend these songs for a good variety of their sounds:
Thunderous
Maniac
The View
Levanter
Scars (this is a Japanese track, and while the M/V is wonderful, I actually recommend their First Take live performance)
Easy
Venom
Chill
Secret Secret
Thank you so much for sharing your reaction and I hope you continue to enjoy your journey into kpop!
I got that shining feeling. Also love that fact he calls the Twice ladies noonas. I LOVE Twice. I am also seeing RACHA used a lot for SKZ. Is it a term exclusively used for them or is it a broader term?
@@nickparkertv well 3racha (consisting of Bang Chan, Seo Changbin, ६ Han Jisung) were a 𐌔𐊋𐤉 pre-debut rap group/unit. Eventually gathering up the other ‟lоst childrenˮ along the way until JYP propersistutioned Chan that if he wanted to debut with his team that they’d have to go through a Survival Show to see if they could debut as a (former) 9 member group. The survival show had its ups & downs, obviously the downs being brutally heartbreaking but they eventually got to debut together with all 9 members.
After their debut they separated into 3 sub units as 3racha as their base as the rap line/producer line, then they had Dance-racha (consisting of Lee Minho [aka Lee Know], Hwang Hyunjin & Lee Felix [aka Lee Youngbok]) & then Vocal-racha (consisting of Kim Seungmin, Yang Jeongin [aka I.N] & former member, Kim Woojin)
So since 3racha was already pre-debut the dance line & vocal line was nicknamed by the fandom as the know widely known danceracha & vocalracha. But only 3racha is the only unit that’s set in stone, as far as I can remember.
Hope that helped explain the “racha” units.
Completely agree with the song recommendations plus circus, side effects, Christmas evel, lonely st, back door, and double knot
I'm sorry I have to quote this but " oh my gawd, secret secret is so amazing, I love that song, it's sooo bootiful" lmao quote from Han jisung himself.
16:57 is hilarious that you managed to pick that up because in the Behind The Scenes of the music video, the director compliements him (Lee Know) for his convincing acting throughout 🤣
Stray Kids is good choice. Mainly three members are songwriter for their songs.
So glad you enjoyed their music! Fun fact, Stray Kids is a fully self-produced group, so what you're hearing is truly the result of their hard work (their blood sweat and tears, if you will).
I also appreciate the fact you took the time to look for a video explanation of the God's Menu MV in order to undertsand it further, not so many people go to that extent and as a Stay I'm grateful to see you trying to get their message right.
Another fun fact is that despite usually being listed as having one set position (rapper, dancer, vocal) for a matter of making things easier, each member can basically do everything really well, they are very versatile− though usually stick to what they're mostly known for.
If you want to hear more of them, I personally reccommend 'Thunderous', 'Back Door' (which is kind of a sequel to God's Menu) and the 'I Am' trilogy, which starts with their debut EP 'I Am Not' and the title song 'District 9', followed by the 'I Am Who' EP with the title 'My Pace' and meets a conclusion with the 'I Am You' EP and the title track of the same name. The whole trilogy follows a sort of storilyne about growing up and finding who you are in life, and particularly 'I Am You' (the song) feels like a warm hug from a friend after enduring a tough time.
I can't wait to see what you react to next, regardless of what you choose! Have a great day
I’m always interested in seeing what the underlying meaning to songs are. Thank you for the recommendations I will check them out
Im 60 and I first listened to Stray kids in April now Im hooked. I think their music is amazing and they seem genuinely humble and decent young men. Im loving the music, Charmer is my favorite song Venom my fav MV and Chang Bin my Bias although they are all great!!
ABCDEFG, I WANT TO SEND MY CODE TO YOU (143 was the code used with pagers to say “I love you” - 1 is for “I”, 4 is for “love”, and 3 is for “you). 8 LETTERS IS ALL IT TAKES (“I love you” is 8 letters all together). AND I WANNA LET YOU KNOW. Thank you for your reaction to Stray Kids. They are an extremely talented group and I love their music and their personalities. I recommend Thunderous, Venom, Secret Secret, Slump (the Live One Take version), just to start. They are extremely productive and have over 140 songs (probably more now) to their credit. They like to experiment and are very creative. They never disappoint! Hope you will look into them more.
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A fun introduction and way to learn the members names would be their song FAM (Korean version is the newer release and MV but the Japanese version is good too).
They basically have every genre in their discography from ballads to drill. You’ll find something for every mood you might be in. 😊
totally agree!
Fun fact 17:00 This dude is Lee Know and yes the director did complement him for him jumping on chair n his acting skill 😂🤣
Thank u for reacting to Stray Kids n waiting for more Stray Kids reactions... These guys are talented 💗💗💗
Stray kids are not just a singing group they are self-producing group. They go by different names as Stage monsters. Dance perfectionists. The allrounders. Artists of kpop and many more. They are all rappers. Vocals and dancers ...
the thing abt skz is that theyre TOTALLY capable of doing whatever genre they want and they regularly do that! anything from ballads to rock to edm to hip hip to drill to dubstep. incredible guys
"8 letters is all it takes and I'm gonna let you know". As in like I(1) love(4) you(4)=8. I'm really glad you liked this song ❤
The person who directed the God's menu mv is bang jaeyeob he also directed their thunderous, back door and maniac mvs which have some of the best transitions I have ever seen
His "God dayyum his good looking" at 7:10 is literally all people when they see hyunjin
Lmao fr
The girls in God's Menu are members of what soon after became SKZ's Japanese little-sister group, NiziU. They appear again in Back Door, the title track that follows God's Menu (notice the spoiler at the end of the MV). JYPE has a tradition of including dongsaeng (younger sibling/junior) groups or members in the videos of senior groups, often around debut time.
Nope, not changing their style. Part of the reason their domestic market doesn't like them, but the international one adores them, is because they're one of the hardest and most experimental groups. They switch things up constantly, with everything from trap to psytrance to soft pop ballads to trip-hop to jazz to rock to r&b to samba to experimental rap and several dozen more styles/genres in their discography. They explicitly avoid settling into one consistently recurring style because they want to play and experiment and not fall into a rut. And funnily enough, this is exactly what the lyrics of God's Menu are about -- they keep making new things, creating new "dishes," and they're unique and have so much variety that even if not every single item suits your tastes, there will be something for everyone on their menu.
No, SKZ aren't the people inside the hazmat suits, band uniforms, chef's outfilts, mechanics clothes, etc. As mentioned in the explanation from Bookish Theories, those jobs represent aspects of SKZ's music and creativity (experimenting, being infamously loud and bombastic, creating new dishes, teamwork, etc). The actual people playing those roles are people getting drawn into SKZ's world and joining in their music. Most of these characters will appear again in Back Door, which, as the followup, shows the next stage, when SKZ are partying and inviting in anyone who wants to join the world of their kind of musical chaos. As for the construction site, one of the most popular refrains of SKZ's haters is how they make "noise music"/"construction music"/"clanging pots and pans music." So SKZ seize on that and lean into it, even saying outright that "Yeah, we construct our own music, so we're happy to embrace the concept of 'construction music.'" And then they went and named an entire clapback album NOEASY (say it fast: NOISY).
24:12 Felix. His voice is much deeper than this. He was only 19 when this was recorded. He's 22 now, and he's very much following the basso habit of his voice getting deeper and richer and fuller, especially since he's put in some dedicated work on his vocal control over the years. He's turned his raw gift into a developed skill now. Also -- again in bass tradition -- he has a big range, including a very sweet falsetto and delicate middle.
That member breakdown is both outdated and incorrect. Woojin left in October 2019 and is completely unconnected to SKZ since that time. Anything you watch up through Double Knot in October 2019 will include him; anything afterward, starting with Astronaut, will be ot8. Also, there are no official set positions (other than leader) in SKZ, though you will be told otherwise a million times. Nonetheless, the positions don't exist. All eight members are all-rounders who can and do rap, sing, and dance, and no one is locked into a set position. SKZ themselves will sometimes use the term "main" when talking about one of them in a dance, rap, or vocal role, but it's shorthand, for hype about the member, and the fact that it's not an actual hierarchical ranking is underlined by the fact that they will never refer to a member as "lead" or "sub" anything. If they're highlighting someone for some role, they sometimes say "main"...and that's as far as it goes.
There _are_ three main units: 3RACHA (the trio of main producers -- NOT the rapline, though you will get told otherwise), Danceracha (three most dance-focused members), and Vocalracha (two most vocal-focused members). There's a de facto rap line comprising the four most frequent rappers, and a de facto vocal line comprising four of the five most frequent vocalists (because Han does double duty and is reasonably in both lines). But literally everyone does everything. The best thing to do is go in without expecting any connections to positions. That will keep you from getting confused when they don't do what you're expecting, and it will let you naturally start noticing who tends more toward what. Eight rappers, eight vocals, eight dancers (and also eight producers, though only three are the mains).
Such perfect and complete comment thanks
Preach! Thank you for this comment 🙌🏻
woah i feel like i learned something new even though i have known all these facts for years. your comment is brilliantly worded.
Preach. Spread the good word.
1:06 that's the recommended age for watching! we use that system here in Brazil too
No only is it ‘Here’s Johnny’ but the carpet is the carpet in the hotel Johnny worked at and there was a maze at the hotel which the heart maze is a nod to. The movie is ‘The Shining’.
I think the cops represent their control of emotions until they get so overwhelmed by emotions they go after their love interest. The whole video is inside the head of a lovestruck person struggling to decide if they should pursue love interest. Breaking thru TH-cam is a coming together and getting out of their headspace.
Want a crying song from Stray Kids try ‘Deep End’ a solo by Felix, the deep voice one.
Stray Kids is an 8 member group (used to be 9 so older MVs will have 9 members).
They are a FULLY 100% self produced and self song writing group.
Their primary producers are 3racha. They consist of Bang Chan (leader), Changbin, and Han. But every member has a hand in it as well.
Every piece of music they release is 100% them.
There are 2 members from Australia. They are Bang Chan (leader) and Felix (guy with the deep voice).
They used to have main roles (main rapper etc) however they got rid of those because each member can truly do it all. They all sing rap and dance. HOWEVER, there are members who do most of the rapping, vocals etc. But they switch it up all the time.
The main rappers are: Changbin, Han, Felix, and Hyunjin
Main vocals are: Seungmin, IN, Bang Chan and Lee Know.
3racha was an already established sub unit, they have been making music together since before debut.
Because of this fans gave the dance unit and the vocal unit "racha" names as well to match and the members loved it and kept it.
3racha - as I said above.
Danceracha - Lee Know, Felix, Hyunjin
Vocalracha- Seungmin, and IN.
But again they all do literally everything.
They also put out unit songs as well. On the album Maxident that has Case 143 there are unit b sides from each of them. And they are incredible.
Case 143 was their 1st time doing a love concept so they did it in a way only Stray Kids can do.
The one you really wanted to know if he speaks fluent English is Seungmin. He lived in LA for a couple years I believe.
So his English is pretty good. Han, one of the rappers, grew up i Malaysia and learned a lot of English there so he is pretty good as well.
11:47 seungmin is in fact fluent in english!
This is totally based in the hotel of the shining (with the "here's johnny" scene at the beginning)
I think it relates the mania of when you first fall for someone and at first try to fight it and reign in control of your emotions (police vs lovestruck kids) until it overcomes you and in the end they decide to give in
Back in 2015, my daughter brought me into the BTS universe and I was hooked. 2 years ago my Grandson (her son) wanted me to watch his favorite group, Stray Kids, and got hooked. Mind you my grandson is 6, never expected him to have such good taste in music. Stray Kids debuted in 2018.
There are 8 members (were 9 originally), and they are heavily involved in the writing, choreogrraphy and production of their songs/MV's (especially the 3 original members Bang Chan, Han, & Changbin, aka the 3RACHA). They are known as 3 of the top 10 of Korea's top rappers, along with BTS's RM & SUGA (aka Agust D), as well as some other kpop singers... members Hyunjin, Lee Know & Felix can also rap, plus vocalists. Seungmin & I.N are also vocalists, but all 8 are really good vocalists...
The name "Stray Kids", aka SKZ, evolved to represent the idea of finding a way together out of the ordinary.... I know you have watched some of these.Stray Kids songs/MV's suggestions:
1- Circus (newest from their new Japanese album)
2 - God's Menu
3 - Maniac
4 - Venom
5 - Freeze
6 - Backdoor
7 - Miroh
8 - Thunderous
9 - Case 143 (newest)
10 - All In
11 - Domino
12 - Red Lights. (Bang Chan & Hyunjin)
13 - Hellevator
14 - Sorry, I love you (slower)
15 - Winter falls (slower ballad)
16 - Lonely St. (Slower)
17 - Gone Away (slower)
18 - Waiting for Us (slower)
19 - Your Eyes (newest release, slower)
20 - Charmer
21 - Christmas EveL
22 - Cheese
23 - Super Board
24 - Chill
25 - Give Me Your T.M.I.
Extra -- Hyungin has done some solo dance covers that are amazing and a must see -- "Play with Fire" & "Motley Crew".
There are also some good live performances from their new Seoul concert of some of these songs on the "chan's room" TH-cam channel, including Red Lights performed by all 8 members.
I highly recommend watching guide videos to help get to know this group. Skz are fully self produced. 3 of the members (3RACHA) do the majority of song writing, producing, and arranging. So that makes them extremely unique compared to most groups. Bang Chan, the leader, actually chose each of the members himself which has never been seen in kpop. They don’t really have roles anymore bc they can all sing, rap, and dance so they like to mix it up and let all the members show off their abilities. Other than that they do have units: 3RACHA (producing and rap unit), DanceRACHA, and VocalRACHA which consists of the members that were originally training for those positions.
There are 8 members:
Bang Chan (Leader), from Australia, English name Christopher, fake Maknea, 3RACHA, Emojis:🐺🤙🦘
Lee Minho, stage name Lee Know, was a backup dancer for BTS before becoming a trainee, DanceRACHA, Emojis:🐱🐈🐰
Changbin, nicknames include Dwekki (pig rabbit) and Binnie, 3RACHA, Emojis:🐷🐰
Hyunjin, artist and known to be a drama llama, DanceRACHA, Emojis:🦙🥐
Han Jisung, nicknames Quokka and Squirrel, known as the Ace of Aces, 3RACHA, Emoji: 🐿️
Felix, Australian, Korean name is Youngbok, deep voice that doesn’t match his personality, DanceRACHA, Emojis: 🐥🐤🌞
Seungmin, is a savage but looks innocent, VocalRACHA, Emoji: 🐶
Yang Jeongin, stage name I.N, Maknae on top, VocalRACHA, Emoji: 🦊
3:47 as you were mentioning Seungmin’s English i wanted to also mention that the majority of the members are fluent in English while others are learning.
Starting out Felix didn’t know any Korean but the basics and is now fluent in both, Bang Chan is fluent in both, Han lived in Malaysia for a while and is fluent (he even has a British accent, sometimes Australian), Seungmin lived in the United States for a little bit and is pretty much fluent, Hyunjin is learning and has gotten much better in the past year, all the others are still learning but are getting better with the help of their members
30:32 also Woojin isn’t a member anymore, he left the group a while ago and now has his own solo career
Ayyy!!! Stray kids is my ultimate group! so glad you checked them out!
as the lyrics in gods menu suggests,
"wonder what our secret ingredient is? we don't use such a thing"
stray kids are honestly so diverse in their HUGE discography, and they don't just limit themselves to one 'sound', as you can see from Case 143 and gods menu.
The best part of stray kids is that they're almost entirely self-produced, with 3 members (bang chan, han and changbin) producing and writing their songs.
And they also don't even have any specific roles in the group as what you googled as all 8 of them are multi-talented kids, and they frequently change positions in rapping and singing.
Do check out more of them! It's like a rabbit hole discovering stray kids, and you'll be in for a long ride with their arsenal of great songs!
You can start by checking out Thunderous, Maniac, Venom, Christmas Evel :)
Case 143 is about Stray Kids fighting within themselves about falling in love. The colorful ones represent the heart, hence the heart monsters and the feelings of being in love. And the cops represent the logical side or the brain fighting against feeling the emotions. They look at love like it is infecting them. That's why at the beginning of the video it's referencing the Shining. Because the Overlook Hotel infected it's guests. In the Shining it was Evil, but in this "case" its infecting the members with love. The logical side (the cops) are chasing the other set of Stray Kids to try to stop them from getting infected and infecting others with love. If you notice at the beginning when the first heart monster jumps inside Felix (deep voice, gets slapped by the chicken) his eyes get hearts in them and he acts surprised. Then when he is sitting in front of the chicken and singing you'll notice hearts coming out of his mouth and falling onto the chicken, "infecting it". Then the chicken comes to life and slaps him and chaos ensues. Just another way to show how chaotic falling in love can be. At the end of the video after the rewind part, you can see their outfits kinda blend and there is both color and darkness everywhere like a fight happened. Then they break the screen. This represents them coming to terms with their feelings and combining their logical thoughts and their feelings of love together. So they accept it all and move forward.
For God's Menu, they are telling us that they make music for every taste. They have so many flavors of music that you can always find something on their "Menu" that you will like. It's pretty straight forward. But also a nod to the fact that they are the ones creating their own tracks. Strays Kids writes and produces all of their own music. They do have a main producing unit within Stray Kids call 3Racha. But all members contribute to writing and producing.
Also, the group is only 8 members. Woojin left shortly after their debut. Also all sing, dance, and rap. They are a group of all rounders.
I think you would really enjoy the following Stray Kids songs: Easy, 0325, Freeze, Venom, Super Board, Taste, Red Lights, Connected, Doodle, Deep End, Heyday and 3Racha(by 3Racha).
I also think you might enjoy another new K-Rock group called Xdinary Heroes. They are under the JYP umbrella too. Some good songs from them are: Test Me, Strawberry Cake, Pirates, Xmas, Ghost, Crack in the Mirror.
Sorry btw for the long comment...lol. But Thank you for the great reaction!
STRAYKIDS ARE ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE! As God's Menu states, you will be satisfied 😌. I appreciate you not only asking the commenters to give you answers but actually looking up the info yourself during the video. It was quite refreshing to see you answer your own questions. I hope you continue to dive into StrayKids because they are one of a kind and extremely talented. Whenever someone asks what genre StrayKids are...the answer is always "StrayKids". They are literally their own genre because they are so unique, so experimental and so different. Anyone who dislikes StrayKids has never listened to their discography because there is literally something for EVERYONE. Over 40 genres of music. And they are self produced and write their own lyrics. These young men are very unique in the industry and incredibly gifted. Btw, their leader Bang Chan hand picked all of them which is extremely rare in kpop since groups are mainly created and constructed by the company. You're always in for a treat when you explore StrayKids.
For gods menu, people (haters) have called their music noise music so they picked a construction site, racing track and kitchen which are usual noisy and busy like how people say their music sounds. You got the rest after the video
I'll never understand why people who "don't like their music" feel the need to watch reactions to their music? Honestly, outside of it giving them a chance to talk trash about them in passive aggressive ways, or just to try and sway a reactor from listening to them, it makes no sense. If I don't like a group, I just don't watch anything that has to do with them, I don't comment on it about how I dislike them.
However, from reading their comments, I can definitely say they haven't actually looked into them and are basing their decision off of a couple title tracks. I say that with 100% certainty. Because out of their 160+ discography, very little of their music is "loud", "clashing", or any other word I saw used to describe them. They have 45+ genres in their discography. Heck, they have more "pretty" songs than they do anything else, and most of their harder stuff are still "listen any time" songs. However, the industry started testing them like garbage the moment they debuted because they are different, and they have deep and sometimes controversial topics and opinions they use in their music.
Well, people started calling them "noise" because of that, not because of their sound. Eventually though, they started making a new level of actual "noise music" for their title tracks and sometimes even the main B-sides. Starting with "Side Effects" where they introduced Trance music into kpop. People hated it but they didn't care anymore. People were always hating them for no reason, so SKZ gave them one. While staying true to themselves, and gaining a whole new set of fans.
I found it to be the perfect move. They now have 3 sets of fans. The ones who like their softer stuff, then one awhile prefer their harder stuff, and the diehards. We love every song they have ever put out. That's me, if you are eclectic... Welcome home. If you are picky, you will definitely find more songs to love from them, if you care to look, than you will ever find from any western artist. Hell, I'm eclectic and even I'm lucky if a western artist has more than one song I like from them.)
With that said, they put out a lot of music, and the majority of it really does fall between ballad beautiful, hip-hop and dance music.
What annoys me the most about comments like this is that they start promoting their favs. Bruh
I agree. I can't imagine wasting precious time and adding views just to comment on a group I don't like. It comes down to those people being petty because we know SDZ put our amazing music. This is confirmed by their awards, streaming numbers and album sales.
Just imagine how these petty individuals lose sleep over every achievement made by SKZ. Well there's bound to be a few casualties on the road toward World Domination.
Finally people are noticing Seungmin's angelic voice!
yesss they are my fav!! a lot of people have… mixed opinions on them and their music, but you cant deny their performances and energy is perfection :)
I've learned and am learning that there are many flavors of K-pop so I can understand it won't be everyone favorite, but I liked what I saw from these two videos. Case 143 is very fun and God's Menu goes HARD.
That aesthetic you were talking about on felix in case 143 is called LEATHER DADDY lol
THE PAIN OOOOOOH THE PAIN WHEN YOU FAST FORWARDED FELIX'S PART THE FIRST TIME
I just recently discovered Stray Kids about a week ago and I love them. They are so unique! I have learned they are self-produced, and write their own music as well. Their songs, their music videos, and their style is just on another level, and love it. This one is one of my favorite videos of theirs. You should watch the makings of their music videos as well. In the making of this one, you can see some of the members jumping back and forth from the camera, doing that random transition in the chorus. It's so funny 😅
You might check out their new video "Fam" it is a fun way to get to know members and their dynamics too. This group has amazing music but great personalities too.
the construction site in the god's menu mv is also a jab at the haters lmao since stray kids' music is experimental they get a lot of hate as in "noise music" "pots n pans music" and even gets called "construction noise" and in a live stream an anti commented "stray kids contruction music" and chan read it out loud and said "stray kids construction music? i mean yea WE are the ones that construct OUR OWN music so..." since stray kids are a self-made group that produces and writes their own songs
The "8 letters code" is "143". "143" means "I love you" (with each number representing the number of letters in each word) and 1+4+3 = 8, and there are also 8 members in Stray Kids :)
Love how you appreciate everything in the song and looking for the lyrics ant the message behind it you're the best reactor
Loved this! Just some information here. There are 2 Australians in the group: Bangchan and Felix (the one with the deep voice). But nearly all of them are fluent in English or at least speak some of it. Also the number 12 at the beginning of the video I'd asume that's age rating. For example Red lights- Stray kids is age rated 15. Also Stray kids has 3 dancers, the dance line: lee know (who used to be a back up dancer even for BTS), hyunjin and felix,- a performance that i would recommend by the dance line is TASTE. Rap line, also called as 3racha: bangchan, changbin and han - they make songs together such as HEYDAY.
Hey I just wanna correct you real quick: 3Racha isn't the rap line, it is the producing line. There is also Danceracha (you pointed that out correctly) and Vocalracha (Seungmin und I.N.). In terms of vocal line there are I.N., Seungmin, Lee Know and BangChan and in the rap line are Changbin, Han, Hyunjin and Felix. But StrayKids doesnt have those positions anymore, since they all do everything depending on the song. The only thing that remains are the Rachas (Vocalracha, Danceracha, 3Racha)
Thank you for the information
Thank you also for the info
@@lisannegudegast5667 oh sorry, I wasn't aware. Thanks for the correction ♥
@@tatianavitkova7103 your welcome, it is confusing and It really took some time until I understood the difference as well. :)
For Case 143:
There are 2 personas in the music video, one being consumed by emotions (portrayed by the "heart monsters") and the other one are the police. Kind of like the MV is a thing going inside your brain when you experience this types of emotions. The one being overwhelmed by love and other trying to investigate it, trying to figure out "why do I keep getting attracted"
For MV story analysis, it's good to watch Jordan Orme's take on it. He explains the story clearly
Case 143 is about some part of him wanting to love the person and some part of him is like ‘No, you can’t fall in love’ but the love takes over that’s what the police and all that is
The heart monsters are the love
You should listen to some of their old classic songs like Maniac, Thunderous, Freeze, one of my personal favorites is Sunshine from the Levanter album. I’m glad Stray Kids are getting more recognized and getter more STAYs by the year. FAM also is a good song to remember their names and it’s a really catchy song too.
Really enjoy your reactions and your attention to the meanings and details. Looking forward to following your SKZ journey!
In bang chans words (the one singing the post chorus) he basically just sings the alphabet leaving out the “H” bc it can mean hate which is why he skips the letter. 8 letters represent I love you which is made up of 8 letters and is basically saying he’s gonna make sure you know his code “I love you”
I believe the number in upper corner is the age rating for the video. Honestly, super glad you're getting to Stray Kids, but they are best appreciated (in my opinion anyway) if you view some of the older vids first and then you can see some of the progression. There are 8 members now, and they are a self-producing. They don't have set roles as they can all do everything - and they do. They have sub-units, 3RACHA is their production unit, danceracha, and vocal racha - but they swap around a lot. They also go through a ton of different genres.
Let's go Stray Kids... They are FIREEEEEEEEEE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥More STRAY KIDS pleaseeee 😍
Pretty much all of them can dance, sing, and rap, but there are some who mostly rap: Changbin and Han those 2 with the leader, Bang Chan make up the production subunit of 3Ratcha. The main 3 dancers (Dance Ratcha) are Lee Know, Hyunjin, and Felix, who the last 2 also often rap as well as sing. Seungmin and I.N do a lot of the main singing along with Bang Chan and Lee Know. But there are songs where all 8 of them sing too.
I've been a fan of stray kids since before their debut and it's been so fun to be able to follow their journey as artists from the start.
Also, their music videos are absolutely wild sometimes. I watched case 143 many times, simply for the mv. There are behind the scenes videos of the filming of their mv's btw which are fun to watch. Especially for case 143 because there are some fun greenscreen stuff and transitions
143 is a pager code for I Love You.
Can’t wait for more Stray kids content!!
The horror film you’re thinking of is The Shining. The carpet you can see in the beginning of the Case 143 video is actually the carpet from The Shining. They also have it in the mv for Venom.
Case 143
I = 1
Love = 4
You = 3
Case i love you
1+4+3=8
"8 letters is all it takes"
The transition for case 143 is felix🤣 he loves to run directly in front of the screen or group when performing, so my guess is that they wanted to kinda give that effect and let felix be felix😂
The hotel replicates the hotel from The Shining, even the hallway carpets
First of all! Loved your video. You seemed like you were really interested and seemed to enjoy SKZ, so I recommend watching 2022/2023 version of SKZ intrudiction video!
There's already tons of great recs in the comments but few additional that don't get reacted that often are:
Cheese (clapback to haters like Thunderous)
Muddy water
Victory song
The tortoise and the hare (really experimental so it divades opinions)
Maze of Memories (ot8 version)
And then there's just some more common suggestions but some of my faves:
Taste
Domino
Give me your TMI
Venom
Deep End
Can't stop
Doing good job 😊
Woojin is no longer in the group but he’s a soloist now❤️
143 is the numbers of the letters for the sentence “I love you” and 8 letters is 1+4+3=8
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Plz watch a guide to them next!!! They are my second favorite group!!
I'll add an SKZ guide to the to-do list! We have a few more group to check out still and the BTS / TWICE content plus everything else. Big things coming to the channel over the next few months!
@@nickparkertv Let's goooo!!!
@@nickparkertv Also, unfortunately the rise of Bangtan series that I really wanted you to watch has recently been deleted. I'm so sad because that was probably one of the best fan documentaries ever and it was so well made but unfortunately she deleted it. I don't really know why she deleted it but now I guess people have to stick to the Bangtan 7. But that series really went into full depth of the members and everything they went through. 🥲
Subscribed to the channel because it's Stray kids.
3Racha is the name of hot sauce in Korea.
Hi! New here, came for Stray Kids. Loved your reaction and thoughts and how you analysed lyrics and the video. So fun! They're my ult group because talent is overflowing and they self produce no skip albums everytime. And they're so humble and grateful and total crackheads too. Looking forward to following your journey through their discography. They do have lots of softer music too, they are great vocalists, but every album has a variety. They change it up all the time, that's their thing. What I love about a lot of their music is that they aren't scared to tackle topics like mental health, depression, loneliness, being your authentic self, letting your inner Maniac loose rather than trying to confirm to what society deems normal just to fit in... They have a very positive message: everybody is welcome and accepted here. I.e. Stray kids everywhere all around the world.
I recommend some of my favourites: Thunderous, Easy, Miroh, Scars, Double Knot, Cheese, Chronosaurus, Levanter, Domino, Mixtape Oh on "the first take", Venom, Maniac, Side Effects... There are so many I love, so I'll stop there.
143, the number of letters for I love you ❤
For case 143 Haven't researched it but from what iv come across on the internet the beginning part is a reference to the hotel in the shining, the big heart monster send out yhe little ones to " infect" the hotel patrons and turn them into love zombies. The cops ate called, which is them again, to investigate so they go to the hotel but when they return to the police station they find the infected stray kids in the sation and they get attacked by the heart monsters. And in the split screens you see the cops running away as the civilians are happily dancing. Thats what iv picked up so far
8 letters is all it takes. I LOVE YOU.
Also, their song VENOM has a completely different vibe. Try it out!
omg yessss finally!!!!
I'm an active army but i love k-pop in general
so pumped that you finally checked out Stray Kids
I'm pretty sure stays will provide a lot of information about the members and recommend you a bunch of other songs
just a heads up, there are 8 members in SKZ, they debuted as a 9 member group back in 2018 but, 1 member left due to unknown/personal reasons in 2019
Stray kids have pretty amazing english all member round, they have 2 Australians that of course speak fluent english with an aussie accent, 3 other members don't have a korean accent when they speak english, specifically they have a bristish accent and 2 americany accents(slowly getting tainted with the aussie accents), and pretty much all of skz can understand most english.
The random group of girls in God's menu is actually not random at all, it was a teaser for a new group from JYP, NiziU
NiziU also i think is suppose to represent stay, know of course helping stray kids with their journey, that's why they the are pitstop girls, and of course cheering them on, the way they hold the flag and dance together with stray kids at the end
Also Stray kids have no specific roles, all rap and sing. I suggest for future groups you check out kpop profiles, they don't always get the roles, height and weight right but it's good for getting recent pictures of them and updated info. For example Kim Woojin is no longer associated with Stray kids and hasn't been for years
Gods Menu was the first song I’ve heard from Stray Kids and I fell into a rabbit hole lmao, thanks for the video💜💜
The Google Profile is old Kim Woojin is no longer part of the group and is now a solo artist. He has nothing to do with stray kids anymore
Don't know if someone already explained it but the code he was talking about in Case 143 is a pager code. I love you in pager code is 143. The 8 letters is I L O V E Y O U.
I really liked your breakdown and that you took your time and it’s great! Enjoyed it. I scrolled the comments and it seems like a lot of people answered your questions. One thing Stray Kids do is have fun and have great music videos. Not all have deep meaning but are good. These guys are just different and not everyone’s taste. They are my favorite. Also note: they have amazing ballads that they don’t get recognized for and they have hard music and are known for it. People don’t realize the different genres they have because they don’t dive into the discography. They have a lot of music so it’s intimidating. See u on the next one
I love seeing new people discovering SKZ for the first time, welcome to the madness. These guys are so incredibly talented, the write a produce their own sound (very rare for kpop groups). If your going to go down this rabbit hole you should do a guide to get to know a bit more about the guys.
This was a great reaction - have to admit I was laughing so hard during the sped up version rewatch of God's Menu - can't say I've ever seen that before and watching the guys speed choreo was just amusing to me. You caught quickly onto a lot of things - can't wait to see you react to more.
The bandage on the nose thing, in Asian culture it refers to a cute kid who is often mischievous and always getting in scrapes, so it's an atheistic that's supposed to show Han is a the naughty/cute one
I hope you react to more Stray Kids. Draw your own conclusions to their music 🥰 I think you'll like the rest if you already are so positive about these 2.
I recommend Back Door next as it's the "sequel" to God's Menu and also a completely different kind of musical style. I also recommend Maniac
if you’re interested in dance, i recommend watching the MV for Easy bc the choreo for that song is so awesome !!!!
9:32 JEONGIN SUPREMACY YEA 👹🫶🏽
8 letteres is I Love You
1-I 4-LOVE 3-YOU
The number in the top right is the age rating for the music video I believe
I don't know if this has been said but in many mv they have this theme of multiple universes and I don't want to spoil story stuff so I will just say that they represent duality/ opposites a lot. Also quite a few, especially Channie, like Marvel and DC and mention some stories or characters from them in songs. Plus one cool fact is that Ryan Reynolds likes Stray Kids and mentions them on Twitter semi-often. Chan even had received a signed bottle of gin from him as a gift! Pretty much the two fan boy over each other and it is adorable
Also I would recommend a spoiler free guide to get to know them a bit and also watch some mv making videos to stuff you have seen to understand them more individually as it adds so much to their imagery and lyrics to know who they are and how they got to where they are now
Any questions just ask and every Stay will help you out! Stays aren't called the most wholesome fandom for nothing! We love people learning about our boys
He should react to Felix’s voice duality
By code the lyrics are indicating towards the title 143 which is a code for I LOVE YOU. Hence 8 letters.
I'm so happy you reacted to them!! thank youuu
And also yes, Seungmin is fluent, and so are like half the members, 2 are aussies, Seungmin lived in US some time and Han lived in Malaysia so they can speak it really well
p.s. I'm so glad that you look deeper into the meaning of songs and look up explanations!! but their positions on google are a bit wrong, they don't really have strict official positions, maybe you'll see info about that in a guide
Welcome to Stray Kids all is good. Thanks for reacting.
Hi! Thanks for reacting to Skz! I just wanted to chime in on the interpretation of Case 143. While there is an element of confessing their feelings to the other party, I think the song is more focused on the contrast between the logical mind and the romantic heart. In the video, you see the giddy, crazy in love part jumping about and the logical parts investigating this strange emotion that doesn’t make sense! ( why do I keep getting attracted?)
In the Mv, just before the reversal, logic seems to pull the plug on romance. This is taken back and they end up as a blend of logic and romance!
Anyway, that’s my take on it❤
12 normally in korea media means 12 years or older in order to watch. It is the equivalent of PG rating or Rated R rating
Ahh makes sense. Thank you for the clarification.
I am head over heel on Felix’s voice
A really good song that they have is called The Tortoise And The Hare , It's an experimental song of their but is still amazing I recommend it to listen to 🙃
And Woojin isn't actually part of the group anymore he left in 2019 due to personal reasons and is now a soloist
The girls from God's Menu are one of the Japanese pop groups from the same company. Just as a promotion
I read on Wikipedia they are NiziU
Thank you for your words ➕ checking 🎵🎶Stray Kids 💜 out!
Love Them... YES 🌸 Hyunjin 🌸 is beautiful (you should see him dance)❣
Having fun on U channel!
WOW..I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANY OTHER REACTOR INVESTIGATE THE MEANING OF A SONG......FANTASTIC. most reactors talk to hear themselves, usual.😍
I’ve been waiting for this one🤭 so excited to watch
I think no one mention, the number is the age that is allow to watch the video, for example on Red Light by Bang Chan and Hyunjin of Stray Kids the number is 15 cause it can be considered explicit somehow.
Welcome to your Stray kids journey!
I love stray kids
Loved your in depth analysis of Stray Kids! I discovered them during the pandemic and God's Menu was the first song I ever heard and I was hooked by them and have gone into the rabbit hole and never looked back! I am subscribing for more Stray Kids content!
I really enjoyed seeing your reaction. I like the time you took to digest and understand each song and video. Stray Kids are an 8 member group who are completely self produced, and unusual in that the leader (Bang Chan) handpicked each member and made the group himself with very little company intervention. Their survival show pre-debut that 'formed' them was Bang Chan's line up essentially being tested by JYP. During it they wrote a bunch of original songs that were released as a pre-debut mixtape. Because of how they began and how they do everything as a team Stray Kids have an incredibly tight bond, one I've seen several kpop fans mention as standing out as especially close. Whilst they started out with official positions that was quickly dropped as they are all highly versatile and help each other develop and grow. They have a youtube series called SKZ Record/SKZ Player which is solo or small unit projects they have made just to try out new skills etc.. They recently compiled them into an album (SKZ Replay) with 8 new solo songs written by each member as a stream-only fandom Christmas present.
Case 143 as a song is really interesting as it's their first love themed title song. Whilst they've had a few love themed b side tracks throughout their vast discography they've never really focussed on love or romance as a theme. It's something they said they didn't really feel ready to address until now. Thus, Case 143 is like a strange case/occurrence the police side of skz are investigating, puzzling over, trying to figure out confused and wary, whilst the emotional side of skz are just feeling and experiencing. Towards the end of the video after the rewind the two version of SKZ kind of merge as they go back and understand the feeling. Something I really love about SKZ is that when they write about love they make it applicable to all kinds of relationships, and they treat friendship with the same value as romance, in their introduction video for Maxident (the album Case 143 is the title track for) they spoke about how they understood the feeling of love from each other. Bang Chan said the members taught him what that was, and they use the feeling of intense love they have for each other to inspire how they relate to it as a wider concept.
I hope you continue to enjoy and explore Stray Kids. To show off some of their variety and parts that especially draw me in I would recommend the songs 'Secret Secret' and 'Silent Cry', the first was written by Han when he was struggling with his mental health, the second is the band's response to that. I also recommend 'Mixtape: Oh' & 'The View' (the videos are linked), 'Victory Song', and 'Venom', just to give a flavour of their range.
[In Korea when dancing they use the English number system to count '1, 2, 3...' but they pronounce '3' as 'sri'. 3racha made their name as a play off 'sriracha sauce' that adds heat, as producers they make 'spicy' tracks is their concept. Fans started using the 'racha' part as a way of describing the unofficial dance and vocal units and it stuck and was adopted by the whole group so they now called themselves 3racha (the main producers), danceracha (the main dancers/ who help lead dance practices), vocalracha (the ones who concentrate most on vocals). If you ever decide to check out one of the longer guides they tend to explain the units a bit more.]
Thank you so much for checking out Stray Kids! I appreciate you spending the time to dissect their work and for being open to their particular brand of music :)
Hey! You should listen to FAM (either the Japanese or Korean version, you choose, but the Korean version came out a few weeks ago so it's newer and they changed some of the lyrics) it's a song where they compliment eachother and kind of like a roll call, that way you can slightly learn about their personality with what the other members say!
The girls in God's menu were subtle promotion. NiziU were currently doing their survival show during this and Back Door so they appear in both videos.