Thanks for your reaction. They are brilliant aren’t they? Stray kids are an 8 member, self producing group. Bangchan is the leader and the oldest, b 1997. The member you think looks like Felix is Hyunjin a most fantastic dancer. You sound as if you like the dancing. If that’s the case you might like to see their dance practices for their songs. So good. Look forward to seeing more Stray Kids reactions.
Thank you so much for your comment. You have no idea how much I appreciate it. Thank you for confirming that it was Hyunjin. I actually watched the collaboration that he did with Yeji, and he's an amazing dancer who has a lot of control over his movements.
GQ Magazine interviewed: Felix said he got his deep voice from his father. Felix said his father have a very low deep voice. Felix said when he was 13, he woke up one morning with a deep voice. Felix said he thought he was sick. He asked his mother was he sick, she said no, you're going through puberty.
Wow, I'm sure that must have been a shock. Normally, male voices just go naturally and slowly, but for it to just hit you, it definitely must have been life changing. Clearly, for the better
Thank you for reacting to Stray Kids…You are so lucky, you now get to explore a treasure trove of new music , dance and visuals that belongs to this awesome group Stray Kids . Welcome to the SKZ rabbit hole because once they have you they don’t let go. 🫶🏻🔥
About Stray Kids: 3Racha - Stray Kids' main writing and production unit, consisting of Bang Chan (the leader of Stray Kids), Changbin and Han (two of their main rappers) Bang Chan was an idol trainee at JYP for several years. While waiting to debut with a group, he formed a rap group called 3Racha with two other trainees, Changbin and Han. They wrote and produced their own music. JYP gave Bang Chan the highly unusual opportunity to help develop his own idol group (which they did through a reality show, but Bang Chan had WAYYYY more say in picking the members than pretty much any other idol trainee in the industry), and when Stray Kids was formed 3Racha was absorbed into that group. 3Racha still performs on occasion. Several of their songs / videos are posted on TH-cam. They write and produce (and often compose/arrange) the vast majority of the music for Stray Kids. But over the years the other members have also gotten involved in writing and production. ---------------------------------- Stray Kids debuted in 2018. They started with 9 members (in their early videos, you'll see 9 people performing) but Woojin left in Oct 2019. Stray Kids have been an 8-member group ever since. ---------------------------------- DanceRacha - their main dance unit (Hyunjin, Felix (the deep-voiced guy), and Lee Know). But all 8 members dance very well. ---------------------------------- VocalRacha - their main vocal unit (Seungmin and I.N). But again, all 8 members have great singing voices and they switch around on lead vocals, depending on the song. ---------------------------------- Main rappers - Changbin, Han, Hyunjin and Felix - however unlike many K-pop groups, all 8 members can and have rapped, depending on the song. ---------------------------------- Languages: Bang Chan (the leader of the group) and Felix (deep-voiced guy) are both Korean-Australian, so English is their first language. The other 6 members speak English with varying degrees of fluency. All 8 members are fluent in both Korean and Japanese. The group can sing and rap in all three languages. ---------------------------------- Not all of their music is super hard all the time. Stray Kids also write / sing beautiful ballads and have also written a few songs for K-drama, anime and video game soundtracks. They also collab with / produce for other idol groups and individual artists from Korea, Japan, China, Thailand and the U.S.
god's menu is the title track of an album called "go live", back door is the title track of an album called "in live". "in live" is a repackage album of "go live". god's menu and back door were released just a few months apart, and a some characters you see in god's menu (kitchen chefs, the girls - who are Niziu members) also appear in back door. they also have a connection in the song meanings - to understand this point I have to explain the story line a bit. stray kids have a story line connecting their music videos, this story line was especially obvious before god's menu. the idea was that they lived in a place where they are trained to become perfect and the same. they escape that place and start traveling around (including traveling in different universes) in order to find their own path. god's menu is the result of that travel, after they found their path, in god's menu they talk confidently about who they are and what they want. in back door they create a safe space for their fans and invite everyone (lyrically and MV-wise there are references to their debut album teaser and to the debut video). I recommend you to not ignore their pre-god's menu songs, because they are amazing as well.
Thank you so much for your detailed comment and for helping me understand their songs. Thanks for recommending their older songs, too. I promise I'll check them out
Welcome to Stayville! We glad you started this journey and I absolutely sure you will love Stray kids like we love them. Stays helped you a lot with their amazing comments, so I don't know what I can add here. Just wanted to say "welcome" and "we are waiting for your new reactions to Stray kids"!
Aww thank you so much ^^ Every comment I have read from this videos has been so enjoyable and kind and supportive. I'm so happy to join this community ^^
Stays obviously love Stray Kids for their amazing music and live performances, but we also love them because of their adorable personalities and the genuine love and respect they have for each other. They have a lot of content called Stray Kids Survival, Skz Code and Skz in a room that give you insight into dynamic and the different relationships between the guys. They are also unintentionally hilarious.
Thanks for reacting! Their headline songs are awesome, they bring in a lot of people....but for me and many Stays, it is their B-Side and older stuff that keep us here. There is just so much to appreciate. ❤
@Kyle_B- obviously their newer stuff has amazing MV's but their older songs are just so good too. I only have a few I don't like. I have about 130 of their songs on my Playlist. I personally love 3 Racha songs. There are a few must see and listen to songs for various reasons that most Stays don't know about. I'll try posting them here with some links if you would like to see them.
@shellic5166 might take a while to post 130 songs, but yeah, I'd definitely appreciate that. Funnys aside, I really appreciate you for taking the time to help me learn about Stray Kids 🫰
@Kyle_B- you are very welcome 🥰 I will subscribe and look forward to watching more from you. Just running out right now, but I will message you with some links later. 😊
@shellic5166 Thank you so much, and please take your time, only do it ahen you have l free time. If the links don't work here, then I have optional socials if that works better ^^
4:59 its because the video is a representation of themselves. The construction, chefs and chemists represents how they've built up their careers and how they created their sound, mixing things up and experimenting. The chefs also represent their large variety of music and sounds and how if you dont like one specific song thats ok because they've done just about everything so there is bound to be something you like. I forget what the cars mean lol but you get the idea
@@KyleBloore yep, Bang Chan even said that the song he would recommend for any new stay would be God's Menu, because he feels that that is the song that best shows who they are as artists. Most of their MVs have a deeper meaning too. They don't always stick out so you have to know what you're looking for sometimes
4:14 Stray Kids produce and write all of their music so stays and stray kids actually take a lot of pride in the lyrics and we definitely read them and analyze them whenever they drop a new song (:
I know you said you only really wanted to react to Gods Menu on, but you are really going to miss out on some really great songs if you do so. Even though Gods Menu is widely considered their turning point, so many of their earlier songs are just as good imo. Please consider checking out their earlier stuff when you are able. You won't regret it 😊
They make their music and are so prolific that they probably have the next two comebacks lined up already as they promote the current one. So being able to tease the next one is not surprising in that context and super flex. They also do annual teaser videos about what they plan to release/do in the year ahead at the end of each year.
It definitely is. Although I have already seen Gods Menu before this reaction, I basically felt the same way as if others had heared his voice for the first time.
In Thunderous, they are superheroes/goblins, but you've got the right idea beyond that. Basically, haters said they were too loud, so they made thunderous.
Hyunjin is the guy that looks like Felix. I had a hard time telling them apart when I first got into Stray Kids. Who was worse for me was I.N and Lee Know. Those two had me confused for months. Now that I.N is older, he looks a lot different. Now I am a little embarrassed I ever was confused with who was who in Stray Kids because they are so different. But in the beginning it was hard.
No I completely agree, I had a hard time during this telling them apart too. but I'm glad to say that after watching A LOT of there side content (short clips) I think I know who is who. At least I'll need to find out when I react to the next couple songs
Pausing is just fine with Stay, enjoyed your reaction to them! Look forward to your next reaction to Stray Kids! If you wish to see their first Video, it was a pre-debut song, ‘Hellavator’ ( when they were a 9 member group) filmed during their survival show. They have so many vids! The official debut was ‘ District 9’ and many more. Just ask Stay. oh boy, you are going to enjoy this rabbit hole
Wait 9, I thought there was 8. Did one member leave? I guess I'll need to watch a lot more than I intended to, which is great, honestly. Don't worry, I love rabbit holes ^^
@@KyleBlooreyep they used to be 9 members but one left at the end of 2019 just before their comeback for the album ‘cle: Levanter’ which was the album just before the one with ‘God’s menu’ (the ‘go live’ album). So music vids from 2017 to the end of 2019 have the 9th member. The members have since embraced that they are now 8 often getting a little annoyed when publications use old photos of them as 9 members. They have also re-recorded most of their old songs and released them as OT8 versions of the albums ‘SKZ2020’ and ‘SKZ2021’.
@mazzy305 oh wow okay so there's a good but of history with them. I've been getting a lot of recommendations about their guide video, so I want to react to that and hopefully it'll tell me everything about that.
@@KyleBloore a guide video is always recommended to learn more about the members and their music, there is a great one called ‘the complete 2024 guide to stray kids’ by Chandra’s World. It is 2 hours long but certainly worth the watch (and if you react to it Stay will be with you the whole time, we don’t mind long videos). However the newer guides don’t tend to mention the ex member, Woojin. There was a lot of controversy and accusations going around about him when he left and shortly after. Whilst the controversies were either proven false or simply had little evidence to support them, it was still true that his sudden departure from the group caused a lot of confusion and hurt. After all the boys had been preparing for a comeback which then had to be completely re worked on a very tight schedule and the remaining members were visibly distressed. They had a lot more work thrust upon them, after all Woojin was their main singer at the time so other members had to step into that role, the remaining members also kept apologising on stage asking fans not to leave them, even breaking down crying as they did so and Bang Chan (the leader) kept apologising for not being able to keep the group as 9. Some (so called) fans attacked (verbally and written) either Woojin or the Stray Kids members (especially Bang Chan), even sending death threats. Because there was no official reason given for Woojin’s departure other than ‘personal reasons’, imaginations ran wild as to why it happened with some believing he was kicked out for doing something wrong or others believing he was bullied out, neither of which were confirmed. Woojin has since spoken up and whilst I don’t personally follow him since his solo music wasn’t to my taste and I try to stay out of Twitter drama (usually caused by angry ‘fans’) I believe he left of his own accord and didn’t understand at the time that his actions would hurt and confuse a lot of people. There are some fans who won’t believe him/ don’t want to have anything to do with Woojin, it was an emotional time and a lot of the fans who were there during that time were extremely hurt and so many won’t talk about Woojin. The SKz members themselves have moved on and been thriving as 8, they even mentioned when rewatching their own performances in a video that ‘Levanter’ (the first title track without Woojin) was their true start, especially as the next title song ‘god’s menu’ was when they blew up and became super popular. Also they’ve been an 8 member group longer than a 9 member group and the vast majority of their fans have only known them as 8, so that’s why guide videos won’t mention him. This isn’t just a Stray kids thing though, many times when a group has had a member leave, after a while their guide videos simply won’t mention the ex member because they aren’t as relevant to the group anymore, whether they left of their own accord or not. I know this is a really long comment and explanation I just thought it best to mention that the up to date guides are the best for getting to know the group as they are now and that they won’t explain about Woojin. To summarise, you are welcome to do some research on your own and make your own conclusions but it may be difficult as there is a lot of information that’s biased either for or against Woojin, I have done my best to make my explanation neutral but there is likely to be some bias in there too. He has a solo career and his own fans called Cubs, if you like his music you are welcome to follow him as it’s your decision to do so. There will always be people in all fandoms who like to cause drama and spread hate but please remember whilst they are loud they are the minority, it’s best to ignore them and keep doing what you want to do. Just note it might be best not to mention Woojin in videos about Stray kids and not to mention Stray Kids should you make videos about Woojin. I hope this helps. To end off on a more up beat note I thought it might be nice to mention how the fandom refers to each other some times. For the first year or so of being a fan you will likely be called a Baby Stay since you are new to the fandom. Many of the older Stay who have been following the group since debut or soon after tend to refer to themselves as Fossil Stay. Every now and then, toddler stay, teen stay and adult stay are used but no where near as often. The names don’t tend to refer to the age of the fan themselves but rather their time within the fandom. We do have fans ranging from young children all the way to mature adults in their 70s and 80s, SKZ music is extremely inclusive. And thus welcome to rabbit whole Baby Stay.
Stray Kids give clues throughout or toward end of their videos at times for STAYS. Stray Kids left clues in their music videos.... 'God’s Menu' Clue left toward end of video for next video to watch after watching 'God's Menu,' 'Back Door....Clue 'MEGAVERS' Clue left toward end of video. 'FREEZE' Clues left throughout video. Also Stray Kids left clues throughout their Short Film Movies for STAYS. Stray Kids Transitions, Visuals, Lyrics, Music, Beats, Rapping, Vocals, Energy and Dancing all on a whole different level of K-pop. All 8 members are Rappers, Vocalists and Dancers. 3 members are Producers. 2 members are Visuals. 2 members are Lead Dancers.
The Back Door Tease in God's Menu was 100% intentional but its not a thing that Stray Kids have done very often. I'm also new to K-Pop but the only other instance of teasing the next song at the end of a Video I know for sure is ATEEZ in Bouncy (and that was a musical tease at that) IN LIFE was the Album that Back Door was on which also included a rerelease of Gods Menu (it was their first Full length Album). Gods Menu was originally released on the Album Go Live which was before IN Life. Some of their albums with thematic through-lines have similar names (last year's 5-Star and Rock Star for Example) Welcome to Stayville I hope you enjoy the journey and even if you don't react to them the Pre-God's Menu Songs/MVs are still well worth diving in to.
Stray kids are for sure Kings of transition! Thank you so much for reacting and reading that line in the end of each video. And yeah, welcome to SKZ world! For sure you should react to 2023 Lalala and Megaverse. I can't wait to see it. Hope you will enjoy Korea, it will be interesting to see your experience there
Thanks for your reaction! I absolutely loooove Stray Kids, they are so insanely talented. Their dance practices are really great too. I'm looking forward for your next reactions to Stray Kids! ❤🔥
Thank you so much, I'll definitely be making more reactions to them. After seeing so may clipped videos of them I'm starting to fall in love with them too
They've also released a number of really great songs in Japanese. Check out Social Path, which was a collab they did with LiSA - a Japanese soloist who is popular for singing songs for anime soundtracks. (Also, in this song you hear more of Felix's deep voice.) th-cam.com/video/M0c04xfBtyc/w-d-xo.html
^^^^ Clarification: Social Path is actually mostly in English, with some Japanese. Their other Japanese releases vary in the percentage of Japanese vs English lyrics.
@@JAMoore-zz3ki I'm very happy to hear that honestly. Social Path will be one of the songs I'll be listening to in the next reaction, So I can't wait and I do hope you enjoy it ^^
New subscriber here! Thank you for being honest and respectful while reacting. Looking forward to your Stray Kids journey! Also, welcome to Stayville!!
Thunderous is for their haters a really good message, all their songs have deep meanings sometimes it helps to watch the lyric videos as well. If you love the dances please check out their dance practices amazing! Thank you for the reaction may I suggest you watch one of the long guides there are two I really enjoyed the long updated 2023 one by teanosuga or the 2024 long guide they are both so good.
They debuted in 2018 They are ages 23 - 26 Fandom name is Stay #2 Best Selling Artist in U.S 2023 #3 Globally Best Selling 2023 They are unique for several reasons... First, the leader Bang Chan was allowed by JYP to hand pick all of the members himself. They were not placed together in a traditional way, by the company. Second all of them are all arounders. They can all sing, rap, dance, produce and write. Third, they have written and produced about 99% of their music. Numbers of songs each member has copyrighted according to Korean Music Association (KOMCA) so far... Bang Chan 182 (#3 in KPop) Changbin 154 (#11) Han 148 (#12) Hyunjin 27 Felix 22 I.N 21 Seungmin 20 Lee Know 17 While they can all do everything they do have 3 different subunits... 3Racha... Bang Chan, Chang Bin and Han which are the main producers. They are always credited as 3Racha. 3Racha Achievements - Four Time Billboard 200 #1 Producers - Hot 100 Hitmakers - 3rd, 11th, 12th Most Credited Idols on KOMCA - Produced Albums Sold Over 20 Million Copies - Japan Hot 100 Hitmakers - 100+ Weeks on Hot 100 Lyricists - 100+ Weeks On Hot 100 Composers - 2023 Asia Artist Awards Best Creator - Makers of Time Magazines 2020 #8 Best Song (their song Backdoor) Danceracha... Lee Know (in charge of leading dance practices), Felix and Hyunjin. They also contribute to the choreography. Vocalracha... Seungmin and I.N While the songs are hype they always have significant meaning to them. Their lyricism is always insane. Since they are so experimental their sound has its own genre and they have a very diverse discography. Example... Gods Menu, Back Door and Case 143 all completely different sounds.
Oh wow, thank you so much for the information. I've learned so much just from this comment alone. I'm honestly so appreciative of everyone helping me learn about them, but also how dedicated you all are. Hopefully one day when I know more about Stray Kids, I can call myself an honorary STAY
I remember my intro to stray kids. The first song was Venom, when seungmans voice came in… I have since become so involved with K-pop! Stray kids are so diverse and talented. They dance, sing, rap and the music videos are awesome. The newer songs Lalalala and rock version at a music award show are fantastic. They have a lore and history - just so fun to follow. I will subscribe to watch your journey.😊
Loved your reaction. Not going to repeat everything everyone else is already saying, lol. Needless to say we’re very proud of our boys. Subbing now for more Stray Kids! ❤️🙏😇
trust me the more you see of felix and hyunjin the less you'll think they look alike lol they have completely opposite features, they're both just very pretty 😊
Yeah, that's true. They're both very pretty. At this point, I can definitely notice they don't look alike. I've seen tons of side content and vlogs too ^^
if you want to get to know them better there are some really good long skz guides out there also they have a song "fam" that is a nice intro to the group
Oh no I didn't realise that my volume was so low. I'll make sure that both volumes are loud enough, and thank you for the suggestion, many people have recommended it so I'll definitely react to it ^^
Thank you very much for your reaction!😊❤ The „In life „ is one of their albums of which „Back door“ is in. I`ll put a time stamp of the members, but for a better info, I highly recommend a „guide to straykids video“ ( which i`ll link 2 very good ones below,you may chose) 😊 believe me, you’ll learn to love these guys more, for not only their immaculate talents but also for their chaotic and warm personalities! 1 : th-cam.com/video/Wvl5MSDif0s/w-d-xo.htmlsi=EeQH4MGeHo7n7Vah 2: th-cam.com/video/SsaaldZ-bCA/w-d-xo.htmlsi=2QYyQZBoI66nnDwP Age order: Bangchan: 9:20 Leeknow: 8:27 Changbin: 10:32 Hyunjin: 9:01 Han: 9:56 Felix: 10:59 Seungmin: 10:06 I.N: 10:14 If your into the dances, ill highly recommend you check out their dance practice video, preferably the ones you’ve reacted to the mv or lyric video of, to avoid spoiling it for you 😅 I know you had previously mentioned that you were only gonna react to their latest ones, and i totally understand since it might be very overwhelming, but pls i hope you donn`t miss out on their old song because believe me, they’re bangers. E.g. their debut song „Hellevator „ and others such as, Levanter , Victory, Miroh, Awkward Silence, and more hahah Unlike many other groups,straykids are 99% self produced in terms of their music, lyric writing, sound etc giving them an opportunity to be more personal in their lyricism with stays😊 Their whole discorgraphy very well showcase their talent to create music their unique yet different styles of music genres be it Rap, a bit of rock, R&B and more. I hope this helps a bit!😊❤ hope you enjoy your STRAYKIDS journey, im looking forward to i!
Oh my god, thank you so much for the well-informed comment. This helps me so much because I'd really like to know them for the next video. You have no idea how much I appreciate this, and I'll definitely check out the dance practice videos toov^^
3 songs are not enough. U have to go more into strat kids. U’ll not regret it. Trust me. And dont worry, u’re not being racist. The other person is hyunjin and people always tend to confused them both, felix and hyunjin. And they both are really close as well (all 8 of them are really2 close btw, but felix and hyunjin sometimes do things together just the 2 of them)
It honestly makes me glad to hear someone say that because once I said it, I was like, "I hope this isn't going to be bad when I upload it." After watching these MVs again, I can see that there is a difference, but I'm glad you said it. I can also tell that they're close, at least from the videos here that they play well off each other.
They have never looked same to me. New stays might tend to confuse them due to the long hair they both possess at the same time but they have very different distinctive facial features
They don’t look alike at all tf you mean? 😭 If you’re new to kpop then it’s understandable that you'd confuse the, but once you actually know all the members they look completely different.
ITZY was the first K-pop group I ever got interested in, so I've seen Cake, Wannabe, Untouchable, and Mr. Vampire. Haven't seen any others, but I would love to react to more of them, and I haven't seen any of Twice, so I'd love to react to them too ^^
Thanks for your reaction. They are brilliant aren’t they? Stray kids are an 8 member, self producing group. Bangchan is the leader and the oldest, b 1997. The member you think looks like Felix is Hyunjin a most fantastic dancer. You sound as if you like the dancing. If that’s the case you might like to see their dance practices for their songs. So good. Look forward to seeing more Stray Kids reactions.
Thank you so much for your comment. You have no idea how much I appreciate it. Thank you for confirming that it was Hyunjin. I actually watched the collaboration that he did with Yeji, and he's an amazing dancer who has a lot of control over his movements.
GQ Magazine interviewed: Felix said he got his deep voice from his father. Felix said his father have a very low deep voice. Felix said when he was 13, he woke up one morning with a deep voice. Felix said he thought he was sick. He asked his mother was he sick, she said no, you're going through puberty.
Wow, I'm sure that must have been a shock. Normally, male voices just go naturally and slowly, but for it to just hit you, it definitely must have been life changing. Clearly, for the better
Thank you for reacting to Stray Kids…You are so lucky, you now get to explore a treasure trove of new music , dance and visuals that belongs to this awesome group Stray Kids . Welcome to the SKZ rabbit hole because once they have you they don’t let go. 🫶🏻🔥
I know for a fact that I'm going to be stuck in this rabbit holes for a long time, and you know, bury me. I'm happy here
@@KyleBlooreit’s a fantastic rabbit hole to go down, you won’t regret it! Enjoy your journey 🙂
About Stray Kids:
3Racha - Stray Kids' main writing and production unit, consisting of Bang Chan (the leader of Stray Kids), Changbin and Han (two of their main rappers)
Bang Chan was an idol trainee at JYP for several years. While waiting to debut with a group, he formed a rap group called 3Racha with two other trainees, Changbin and Han. They wrote and produced their own music. JYP gave Bang Chan the highly unusual opportunity to help develop his own idol group (which they did through a reality show, but Bang Chan had WAYYYY more say in picking the members than pretty much any other idol trainee in the industry), and when Stray Kids was formed 3Racha was absorbed into that group.
3Racha still performs on occasion. Several of their songs / videos are posted on TH-cam. They write and produce (and often compose/arrange) the vast majority of the music for Stray Kids. But over the years the other members have also gotten involved in writing and production.
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Stray Kids debuted in 2018. They started with 9 members (in their early videos, you'll see 9 people performing) but Woojin left in Oct 2019. Stray Kids have been an 8-member group ever since.
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DanceRacha - their main dance unit (Hyunjin, Felix (the deep-voiced guy), and Lee Know). But all 8 members dance very well.
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VocalRacha - their main vocal unit (Seungmin and I.N). But again, all 8 members have great singing voices and they switch around on lead vocals, depending on the song.
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Main rappers - Changbin, Han, Hyunjin and Felix - however unlike many K-pop groups, all 8 members can and have rapped, depending on the song.
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Languages:
Bang Chan (the leader of the group) and Felix (deep-voiced guy) are both Korean-Australian, so English is their first language. The other 6 members speak English with varying degrees of fluency.
All 8 members are fluent in both Korean and Japanese. The group can sing and rap in all three languages.
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Not all of their music is super hard all the time.
Stray Kids also write / sing beautiful ballads and have also written a few songs for K-drama, anime and video game soundtracks. They also collab with / produce for other idol groups and individual artists from Korea, Japan, China, Thailand and the U.S.
god's menu is the title track of an album called "go live", back door is the title track of an album called "in live". "in live" is a repackage album of "go live". god's menu and back door were released just a few months apart, and a some characters you see in god's menu (kitchen chefs, the girls - who are Niziu members) also appear in back door. they also have a connection in the song meanings - to understand this point I have to explain the story line a bit.
stray kids have a story line connecting their music videos, this story line was especially obvious before god's menu. the idea was that they lived in a place where they are trained to become perfect and the same. they escape that place and start traveling around (including traveling in different universes) in order to find their own path.
god's menu is the result of that travel, after they found their path, in god's menu they talk confidently about who they are and what they want. in back door they create a safe space for their fans and invite everyone (lyrically and MV-wise there are references to their debut album teaser and to the debut video).
I recommend you to not ignore their pre-god's menu songs, because they are amazing as well.
Thank you so much for your detailed comment and for helping me understand their songs. Thanks for recommending their older songs, too. I promise I'll check them out
Welcome to Stayville! We glad you started this journey and I absolutely sure you will love Stray kids like we love them. Stays helped you a lot with their amazing comments, so I don't know what I can add here. Just wanted to say "welcome" and "we are waiting for your new reactions to Stray kids"!
Aww thank you so much ^^
Every comment I have read from this videos has been so enjoyable and kind and supportive. I'm so happy to join this community ^^
Stays obviously love Stray Kids for their amazing music and live performances, but we also love them because of their adorable personalities and the genuine love and respect they have for each other. They have a lot of content called Stray Kids Survival, Skz Code and Skz in a room that give you insight into dynamic and the different relationships between the guys. They are also unintentionally hilarious.
Thanks for reacting! Their headline songs are awesome, they bring in a lot of people....but for me and many Stays, it is their B-Side and older stuff that keep us here. There is just so much to appreciate. ❤
There honestly isn't going to be many for me to react to with their latest songs, So I'll definitely be needing to delve deeper into there songs.
@Kyle_B- obviously their newer stuff has amazing MV's but their older songs are just so good too. I only have a few I don't like. I have about 130 of their songs on my Playlist. I personally love 3 Racha songs. There are a few must see and listen to songs for various reasons that most Stays don't know about. I'll try posting them here with some links if you would like to see them.
@shellic5166 might take a while to post 130 songs, but yeah, I'd definitely appreciate that.
Funnys aside, I really appreciate you for taking the time to help me learn about Stray Kids 🫰
@Kyle_B- you are very welcome 🥰 I will subscribe and look forward to watching more from you. Just running out right now, but I will message you with some links later. 😊
@shellic5166 Thank you so much, and please take your time, only do it ahen you have l free time. If the links don't work here, then I have optional socials if that works better ^^
4:59 its because the video is a representation of themselves. The construction, chefs and chemists represents how they've built up their careers and how they created their sound, mixing things up and experimenting. The chefs also represent their large variety of music and sounds and how if you dont like one specific song thats ok because they've done just about everything so there is bound to be something you like. I forget what the cars mean lol but you get the idea
Oh wow, so there's a lot of meaning behind God's Menu, that's really interesting ^^
@@KyleBloore yep, Bang Chan even said that the song he would recommend for any new stay would be God's Menu, because he feels that that is the song that best shows who they are as artists. Most of their MVs have a deeper meaning too. They don't always stick out so you have to know what you're looking for sometimes
4:14 Stray Kids produce and write all of their music so stays and stray kids actually take a lot of pride in the lyrics and we definitely read them and analyze them whenever they drop a new song (:
I know you said you only really wanted to react to Gods Menu on, but you are really going to miss out on some really great songs if you do so. Even though Gods Menu is widely considered their turning point, so many of their earlier songs are just as good imo. Please consider checking out their earlier stuff when you are able. You won't regret it 😊
They make their music and are so prolific that they probably have the next two comebacks lined up already as they promote the current one. So being able to tease the next one is not surprising in that context and super flex. They also do annual teaser videos about what they plan to release/do in the year ahead at the end of each year.
It’s always Felix 😂
It definitely is. Although I have already seen Gods Menu before this reaction, I basically felt the same way as if others had heared his voice for the first time.
In Thunderous, they are superheroes/goblins, but you've got the right idea beyond that. Basically, haters said they were too loud, so they made thunderous.
Hyunjin is the guy that looks like Felix. I had a hard time telling them apart when I first got into Stray Kids. Who was worse for me was I.N and Lee Know. Those two had me confused for months. Now that I.N is older, he looks a lot different. Now I am a little embarrassed I ever was confused with who was who in Stray Kids because they are so different. But in the beginning it was hard.
No I completely agree, I had a hard time during this telling them apart too. but I'm glad to say that after watching A LOT of there side content (short clips) I think I know who is who. At least I'll need to find out when I react to the next couple songs
It's spelled *Hyunjin.
@@yuzuhanyu thanks, it's a typo, I do know how to spell it.
I had a really hard time telling Lee Know and I.N. aprt at first too. It was the cheekbones! Those boys have cheek bones to die for!
@@jacismith7431 I 100% agree
Pausing is just fine with Stay, enjoyed your reaction to them! Look forward to your next reaction to Stray Kids!
If you wish to see their first Video, it was a pre-debut song, ‘Hellavator’ ( when they were a 9 member group) filmed during their survival show. They have so many vids! The official debut was ‘ District 9’ and many more. Just ask Stay.
oh boy, you are going to enjoy this rabbit hole
Wait 9, I thought there was 8. Did one member leave?
I guess I'll need to watch a lot more than I intended to, which is great, honestly. Don't worry, I love rabbit holes ^^
@@KyleBlooreyep they used to be 9 members but one left at the end of 2019 just before their comeback for the album ‘cle: Levanter’ which was the album just before the one with ‘God’s menu’ (the ‘go live’ album). So music vids from 2017 to the end of 2019 have the 9th member. The members have since embraced that they are now 8 often getting a little annoyed when publications use old photos of them as 9 members. They have also re-recorded most of their old songs and released them as OT8 versions of the albums ‘SKZ2020’ and ‘SKZ2021’.
@mazzy305 oh wow okay so there's a good but of history with them. I've been getting a lot of recommendations about their guide video, so I want to react to that and hopefully it'll tell me everything about that.
@@KyleBloore watching a guide is always a good idea! It gives information, but also fun content on their amazing personalities!
@@KyleBloore a guide video is always recommended to learn more about the members and their music, there is a great one called ‘the complete 2024 guide to stray kids’ by Chandra’s World. It is 2 hours long but certainly worth the watch (and if you react to it Stay will be with you the whole time, we don’t mind long videos).
However the newer guides don’t tend to mention the ex member, Woojin. There was a lot of controversy and accusations going around about him when he left and shortly after. Whilst the controversies were either proven false or simply had little evidence to support them, it was still true that his sudden departure from the group caused a lot of confusion and hurt. After all the boys had been preparing for a comeback which then had to be completely re worked on a very tight schedule and the remaining members were visibly distressed. They had a lot more work thrust upon them, after all Woojin was their main singer at the time so other members had to step into that role, the remaining members also kept apologising on stage asking fans not to leave them, even breaking down crying as they did so and Bang Chan (the leader) kept apologising for not being able to keep the group as 9. Some (so called) fans attacked (verbally and written) either Woojin or the Stray Kids members (especially Bang Chan), even sending death threats. Because there was no official reason given for Woojin’s departure other than ‘personal reasons’, imaginations ran wild as to why it happened with some believing he was kicked out for doing something wrong or others believing he was bullied out, neither of which were confirmed. Woojin has since spoken up and whilst I don’t personally follow him since his solo music wasn’t to my taste and I try to stay out of Twitter drama (usually caused by angry ‘fans’) I believe he left of his own accord and didn’t understand at the time that his actions would hurt and confuse a lot of people.
There are some fans who won’t believe him/ don’t want to have anything to do with Woojin, it was an emotional time and a lot of the fans who were there during that time were extremely hurt and so many won’t talk about Woojin. The SKz members themselves have moved on and been thriving as 8, they even mentioned when rewatching their own performances in a video that ‘Levanter’ (the first title track without Woojin) was their true start, especially as the next title song ‘god’s menu’ was when they blew up and became super popular. Also they’ve been an 8 member group longer than a 9 member group and the vast majority of their fans have only known them as 8, so that’s why guide videos won’t mention him. This isn’t just a Stray kids thing though, many times when a group has had a member leave, after a while their guide videos simply won’t mention the ex member because they aren’t as relevant to the group anymore, whether they left of their own accord or not.
I know this is a really long comment and explanation I just thought it best to mention that the up to date guides are the best for getting to know the group as they are now and that they won’t explain about Woojin.
To summarise, you are welcome to do some research on your own and make your own conclusions but it may be difficult as there is a lot of information that’s biased either for or against Woojin, I have done my best to make my explanation neutral but there is likely to be some bias in there too. He has a solo career and his own fans called Cubs, if you like his music you are welcome to follow him as it’s your decision to do so. There will always be people in all fandoms who like to cause drama and spread hate but please remember whilst they are loud they are the minority, it’s best to ignore them and keep doing what you want to do. Just note it might be best not to mention Woojin in videos about Stray kids and not to mention Stray Kids should you make videos about Woojin.
I hope this helps.
To end off on a more up beat note I thought it might be nice to mention how the fandom refers to each other some times. For the first year or so of being a fan you will likely be called a Baby Stay since you are new to the fandom. Many of the older Stay who have been following the group since debut or soon after tend to refer to themselves as Fossil Stay. Every now and then, toddler stay, teen stay and adult stay are used but no where near as often. The names don’t tend to refer to the age of the fan themselves but rather their time within the fandom. We do have fans ranging from young children all the way to mature adults in their 70s and 80s, SKZ music is extremely inclusive. And thus welcome to rabbit whole Baby Stay.
Stray Kids give clues throughout or toward end of their videos at times for STAYS. Stray Kids left clues in their music videos....
'God’s Menu' Clue left toward end of video for next video to watch after watching
'God's Menu,'
'Back Door....Clue
'MEGAVERS' Clue left toward end of video.
'FREEZE' Clues left throughout video.
Also Stray Kids left clues throughout their Short Film Movies for STAYS. Stray Kids Transitions, Visuals, Lyrics, Music, Beats, Rapping, Vocals, Energy and Dancing all on a whole different level of K-pop. All 8 members are Rappers, Vocalists and Dancers. 3 members are Producers. 2 members are Visuals. 2 members are Lead Dancers.
The Back Door Tease in God's Menu was 100% intentional but its not a thing that Stray Kids have done very often. I'm also new to K-Pop but the only other instance of teasing the next song at the end of a Video I know for sure is ATEEZ in Bouncy (and that was a musical tease at that)
IN LIFE was the Album that Back Door was on which also included a rerelease of Gods Menu (it was their first Full length Album). Gods Menu was originally released on the Album Go Live which was before IN Life. Some of their albums with thematic through-lines have similar names (last year's 5-Star and Rock Star for Example)
Welcome to Stayville I hope you enjoy the journey and even if you don't react to them the Pre-God's Menu Songs/MVs are still well worth diving in to.
Stray kids are for sure Kings of transition!
Thank you so much for reacting and reading that line in the end of each video.
And yeah, welcome to SKZ world!
For sure you should react to 2023 Lalala and Megaverse. I can't wait to see it.
Hope you will enjoy Korea, it will be interesting to see your experience there
Thanks for your reaction! I absolutely loooove Stray Kids, they are so insanely talented. Their dance practices are really great too. I'm looking forward for your next reactions to Stray Kids! ❤🔥
Thank you so much, I'll definitely be making more reactions to them. After seeing so may clipped videos of them I'm starting to fall in love with them too
Can't wait to experience your SKZ journey. They have a lot of amazing content! Hoping for a guide
They've also released a number of really great songs in Japanese.
Check out Social Path, which was a collab they did with LiSA - a Japanese soloist who is popular for singing songs for anime soundtracks. (Also, in this song you hear more of Felix's deep voice.)
th-cam.com/video/M0c04xfBtyc/w-d-xo.html
^^^^ Clarification: Social Path is actually mostly in English, with some Japanese. Their other Japanese releases vary in the percentage of Japanese vs English lyrics.
@@JAMoore-zz3ki I'm very happy to hear that honestly. Social Path will be one of the songs I'll be listening to in the next reaction, So I can't wait and I do hope you enjoy it ^^
New subscriber here! Thank you for being honest and respectful while reacting. Looking forward to your Stray Kids journey! Also, welcome to Stayville!!
Oh, of course. I will always be respectful, to whatever I'm reacting to ^^
I'm so grateful to how kind this community is ^^
FELIX DEEP VOICE MY KING HANDSOME🤴😍🥇⭐👑
IN LIFE is the name of the album that Back Door was in. I’ve been in Stray Kids deep rabbit hole for 2+ years now! Love them so much!!!
Oh I see, thank you so much. I now know the names of them so I then thought that I.N Life was referring to the actual person , I.N
@@KyleBloore You are doing great! I enjoyed your reactions to Stray Kids. Welcome to the rabbit hole!!😅😅
STRAY KIDS AMAZING GROUP FELIX AMAZING VOICE👼🌞🌟💙💛
They have a mv for a song called FAM. (it will be the Korean ver.) That may be good to help you with the members names and traits.
Oh really, that's great to hear actually, thank you ^^
Thunderous is for their haters a really good message, all their songs have deep meanings sometimes it helps to watch the lyric videos as well. If you love the dances please check out their dance practices amazing! Thank you for the reaction may I suggest you watch one of the long guides there are two I really enjoyed the long updated 2023 one by teanosuga or the 2024 long guide they are both so good.
They debuted in 2018
They are ages 23 - 26
Fandom name is Stay
#2 Best Selling Artist in U.S 2023
#3 Globally Best Selling 2023
They are unique for several reasons...
First, the leader Bang Chan was allowed by JYP to hand pick all of the members himself. They were not placed together in a traditional way, by the company.
Second all of them are all arounders. They can all sing, rap, dance, produce and write.
Third, they have written and produced about 99% of their music.
Numbers of songs each member has copyrighted according to Korean Music Association (KOMCA) so far...
Bang Chan 182 (#3 in KPop)
Changbin 154 (#11)
Han 148 (#12)
Hyunjin 27
Felix 22
I.N 21
Seungmin 20
Lee Know 17
While they can all do everything they do have 3 different subunits...
3Racha... Bang Chan, Chang Bin and Han which are the main producers. They are always credited as 3Racha.
3Racha Achievements
- Four Time Billboard 200 #1 Producers
- Hot 100 Hitmakers
- 3rd, 11th, 12th Most Credited Idols on KOMCA
- Produced Albums Sold Over 20 Million Copies
- Japan Hot 100 Hitmakers
- 100+ Weeks on Hot 100 Lyricists
- 100+ Weeks On Hot 100 Composers
- 2023 Asia Artist Awards Best Creator
- Makers of Time Magazines 2020 #8 Best Song (their song Backdoor)
Danceracha... Lee Know (in charge of leading dance practices), Felix and Hyunjin. They also contribute to the choreography.
Vocalracha... Seungmin and I.N
While the songs are hype they always have significant meaning to them. Their lyricism is always insane.
Since they are so experimental their sound has its own genre and they have a very diverse discography.
Example... Gods Menu, Back Door and Case 143 all completely different sounds.
Oh wow, thank you so much for the information. I've learned so much just from this comment alone. I'm honestly so appreciative of everyone helping me learn about them, but also how dedicated you all are. Hopefully one day when I know more about Stray Kids, I can call myself an honorary STAY
@@KyleBloore you're welcome, there's always more room in Stayville 😊
@@prmtv I'm so glad to hear ^^
I remember my intro to stray kids. The first song was Venom, when seungmans voice came in… I have since become so involved with K-pop! Stray kids are so diverse and talented. They dance, sing, rap and the music videos are awesome. The newer songs Lalalala and rock version at a music award show are fantastic. They have a lore and history - just so fun to follow. I will subscribe to watch your journey.😊
Aww, thank you so much, I really appreciate your comment ^^
As a someone who has watched this MV over a dozen times, this the first I even noticed that Felix comic book transition 😭😭
Haha, no, if I didn't look directly at the comic book, I probably would have missed it, too. I just looked at the right time ^^
Loved your reaction. Not going to repeat everything everyone else is already saying, lol. Needless to say we’re very proud of our boys. Subbing now for more Stray Kids! ❤️🙏😇
Thank you so much ^^
Everyone here has been so kind and supportive and has given me great recommendations for more Strat Kids content too ^^
BTS 💜 ..TXT...ATEEZ,,,Seventeen...Stray Kids...NCT 127 ...all good groups
The majority of their song are like a continuous story.
I think they are just untouchable!! 리액션 감사해요❤❤❤❤
I'm now singing Itzy's Untouchable in my head 🎶
The director of the majority of their videos is Bang Jaeyeob
trust me the more you see of felix and hyunjin the less you'll think they look alike lol they have completely opposite features, they're both just very pretty 😊
Yeah, that's true. They're both very pretty. At this point, I can definitely notice they don't look alike. I've seen tons of side content and vlogs too ^^
if you want to get to know them better there are some really good long skz guides out there also they have a song "fam" that is a nice intro to the group
You talk so sweetly and I enjoyed watching you. please react more for Stray Kids
Please react to the 2024 guide, it’s long but worth it. We will watch with you but please make sure your volume is set correctly.
Oh no I didn't realise that my volume was so low. I'll make sure that both volumes are loud enough, and thank you for the suggestion, many people have recommended it so I'll definitely react to it ^^
In life is the name of the album
Thank you very much for your reaction!😊❤
The „In life „ is one of their albums of which „Back door“ is in.
I`ll put a time stamp of the members, but for a better info, I highly recommend a „guide to straykids video“ ( which i`ll link 2 very good ones below,you may chose) 😊 believe me, you’ll learn to love these guys more, for not only their immaculate talents but also for their chaotic and warm personalities!
1 : th-cam.com/video/Wvl5MSDif0s/w-d-xo.htmlsi=EeQH4MGeHo7n7Vah
2: th-cam.com/video/SsaaldZ-bCA/w-d-xo.htmlsi=2QYyQZBoI66nnDwP
Age order:
Bangchan: 9:20
Leeknow: 8:27
Changbin: 10:32
Hyunjin: 9:01
Han: 9:56
Felix: 10:59
Seungmin: 10:06
I.N: 10:14
If your into the dances, ill highly recommend you check out their dance practice video, preferably the ones you’ve reacted to the mv or lyric video of, to avoid spoiling it for you 😅
I know you had previously mentioned that you were only gonna react to their latest ones, and i totally understand since it might be very overwhelming, but pls i hope you donn`t miss out on their old song because believe me, they’re bangers.
E.g. their debut song „Hellevator „ and others such as, Levanter , Victory, Miroh, Awkward Silence, and more hahah
Unlike many other groups,straykids are 99% self produced in terms of their music, lyric writing, sound etc giving them an opportunity to be more personal in their lyricism with stays😊
Their whole discorgraphy very well showcase their talent to create music their unique yet different styles of music genres be it Rap, a bit of rock, R&B and more.
I hope this helps a bit!😊❤ hope you enjoy your STRAYKIDS journey, im looking forward to i!
Oh my god, thank you so much for the well-informed comment. This helps me so much because I'd really like to know them for the next video. You have no idea how much I appreciate this, and I'll definitely check out the dance practice videos toov^^
@Kyle_B- ❤️❤️ I'm so glad! Also, wishing you a lovely time in Korea during your visitation! Cyaa ^~*🌸
@erzahikari3290 aww thank you so much, I honestly can't wait and wish I could fast forward time 💗
3 songs are not enough. U have to go more into strat kids. U’ll not regret it. Trust me.
And dont worry, u’re not being racist. The other person is hyunjin and people always tend to confused them both, felix and hyunjin. And they both are really close as well (all 8 of them are really2 close btw, but felix and hyunjin sometimes do things together just the 2 of them)
It honestly makes me glad to hear someone say that because once I said it, I was like, "I hope this isn't going to be bad when I upload it." After watching these MVs again, I can see that there is a difference, but I'm glad you said it. I can also tell that they're close, at least from the videos here that they play well off each other.
5:28 you should do it 😁 stays will like it
Aww that makes me happy to hear ^^
It would be great to get to know all the members. I recommend that you react to a guide: the ultimate 2023 guide to stary kids by TeaNoSuga
Thank you so much, I'll definitely check them out ^^
As for their hair, that would be JYP that dictates that
glad you noticed felix & hyunjin looks the same ^^ my hyunlix 💙
they don’t look the same relax
I don't think they look alike at all 🤷🏼♀️ They're both super gorgeous, but that's the only comparison between them 😅
They have never looked same to me. New stays might tend to confuse them due to the long hair they both possess at the same time but they have very different distinctive facial features
They don’t look alike at all tf you mean? 😭 If you’re new to kpop then it’s understandable that you'd confuse the, but once you actually know all the members they look completely different.
Would love to see your reaction to ITZY and TWICE ❤
ITZY was the first K-pop group I ever got interested in, so I've seen Cake, Wannabe, Untouchable, and Mr. Vampire. Haven't seen any others, but I would love to react to more of them, and I haven't seen any of Twice, so I'd love to react to them too ^^
FELIX DEEP VOICE ❤🔥
SO HOT 🔥 ❤
Stray kids leeknow love me or leave me cover pls
Thank you so much for the recommendation ls, I'll definitely check them out ^^
@@KyleBloore Thank you 🤗❤
@MarimeLeeknow no thank you, I really appreciate the support and love listening to more kpop ^^
Your volume was WAY too low. I turned mine all the way up and could hear you, but mv was basically a whisper.
Same
Oh god, I only realised that now, I'm so sorry. I'll make sure to make both louder, thank you for the feedback
It would be great if you react to stray kids guide 2024 ❤️
There's alot of people asking me to react to this, how can I possible say no now ^^
I loved your reaction
You are too sweet and cutee🥰🥰
Felix is the Tiktok star 😂
New subs! ❤️ Please react more of Stray kids. And pls. react to a Stray kids guide to get to know more of the group and each members.
So this video has some Korean mythology elements.. I think when they are in red it signafies Goblins or spirits..
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I know, me too ❣❣❣
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Lixie ✨💫🩵
Lol Felix and Hyunjin don't look alike, but they have a similar level of beauty. Maybe that's what you're seeing.
At first, they looked similar, but now I can see clear differences between them.
We want to see your itzy Reactions too