Stray kids are a self-produced kpop group meaning they make their own lyrics and beats, the main 3 that produce are a unit called 3racha which is composed of 3 members from stray kids. Stray kids are pretty much 100% involved in their songs like there isn't a stray kids song that doesn't involve at least one member. Stray kids have no set roles all rap and all sing but mainly like 4 of them rap and 4 of them sing. The rappers can sing and the singers can rap there isn't any restrictions on it it just depends on who or what fits the concept and what the members want to do

Since you talked about camera work i’d like to recommend their ‘Stray Kids Kingdom God’s Du Du’ live performance. It’s really good and you’ll be surprised how good it is. Also it was all one-take so they had only 1 chance to make this stage perfect. (Kingdom is a tv show where kpop groups do insane stages with crazy camerawork)

Pro tip : most kpop music videos come with English subtitles ^^ Also "kpop" isn't really a genre, more of an industry. The common ground of kpop groups is that they went through the trainee system - agencies scout young talent, trains them, and debut them when they're deemed ready (which can take a long time, depending on how young they started to train). Stray Kids are a pretty unusual group for kpop in the sense that their leader, Bang Chan (blue hair in the music video), is the one who picked the guys he wanted in his group (among the agency's trainees), rather than the company putting the group together like is usually the case. The premise of their pre-debut show "Stray Kids" was pretty much that he was trying to get company approval for his chosen lineup.

Stray Kids are extremely talented and their videos are amazing,. I recommend Venom, Freeze, God’s Menu, Thunderous, Easy, and The Tortoise and the Hare. There is a lot more. Stray Kids’ discography is pretty large, so there is a lot to choose from.

Thank you for your reactions and for you having an open mind to listen to kpop. Here is a little bit more about stray kids. Fandom name is Stay. What sits stray kids apart from most of kpop is yes they were in a reality survival elimination show but it was after they were already picked their members. Most kpop groups are put in a survival elimination show then they eliminate them until they have the final numbers of members the company wants to have. With Stray Kids the leader BangChan (blue hair) hand picked his members before they were on a survival show to prove they had what it takes to ne a stray kids member. BangChan also created the name stray kıds and their logo. No other kpop entertainment company has ever let the members have that much control before. Also 3 members are in a sub rap unit called 3Racha who not only have their own rap songs they also the producing team for stray kids. They writ their own lyrics, compose, arrange and produce their own music 99.9% without help some times with help. BangChan is from Australia and he makes all the beats for them. He also trained for 7 years starting at the age of 13 years old. Stray kids has 8 members that are rappers, vocalist and dancers they don't all. Felix is has one of the deepest voices in kpop and was born in Australia. He moved to Korea at 17yrs old with little knowledge of how to speak Korean. They have 3 rappers that were in the top 10 fastest rappers in kpop. 3Racha members are BangChan, Han (white hat), Changbin (green sweater and green highlights in hair). Love for you to react to more stray kids older and newer songs. Here are a few. Gods Menu mv, Double Knot (English version) mv, Venom mv, Freeze mv, Thunderous mv and Lonely St mv.

SKZ is a self-produced group, the 3 members of them (3RACHA) produced 99% of their discography, you can check their "God's Menu", "Back Door", "Thunderous", and "Christmas EveL"

Fun fact is that Stray Kids have created their own genre of music (Called Mala Taste) Originally coined for their song God's Menu but Maniac does fit into the genre as well.

Thanks for checking these guys out. I’m an American and graduated 89 so I love old school hard rock. Going to see Iron Maiden this August. With that said I love music and Stray Kids really hit a spot for me. I don’t like all Kpop but I do like a few groups. Stray Kids music is really different and has been considered noisy music because their beats are so hard and their music can be aggressive. I like that every song sounds different and can be hard but At the same time they can do rock inspired soft ballads (off the new album)called Lonley Street is an example. If you listen to Venom off the new album, you will see that this song is rap heavy and not as poppy as this Maniac. Freeze is my favorite and is actually has a cool dub step mix. What draws people to BTS and Stray Kids are the lyrics along with the music. They are deep and meaningful. For me, Kpop has filled the void that American music has been lacking. I’m tired of the sex and drug concepts and mediocre entertainment. Hope you continue your journey. Kpop has some really interesting music and the newer groups coming out are fire.

Thank you for your reaction and your openness. - Something to know is that SKZ uses the title tracks to get attention, appeal to as wide of an audience as possible, and bring new people in to hear more. And then they put the even better tracks on the b-sides so you'll find them once the title tracks have done their job and pulled you in. I love all the title tracks, but of probably 80% of the albums in their extensive discography, I find b-sides to be even better than the titles. And SKZ themselves will frequently name non-titles as their favorites. So if you find a title track like Maniac sufficiently interesting to keep delving into SKZ, you might well like a lot of their other stuff even better. - While most members do have one or two areas of primary focus, literally all eight can and do both rap and sing (and dance). They have both all-vocal and all-rap songs, and every member is genuinely good at both sides. Yes, they have the ace that everybody knows (Han), and honestly at least three more could reasonably bear that title if they were interested and not already overshadowed with expectation, but all eight members are solid all-rounders. - I'm sure others have already clarified that kpop is an industry rather than a genre, and as such, groups within kpop incorporate various genres/styles in their music. However, it's also true that there's a mainstream-approved overall sound and way of doing things, and anyone who falls outside of that expectation has a lot of challenges that aren't present for groups who follow the middle of the road. SKZ has a diehard fanbase within Korea, but outside of those fans, they're _really_ not popular with or often even known by the public. Their music is too experimental, often too loud, too "not Korean," so their popularity and recognition are heavily skewed toward international audiences. Their sound tends to differ too much from the classic concept of kpop that mainstream Korean audiences prefer, so in that sense, they don't "sound like kpop." SKZ are referred to -- even by a Korean media that has little interest in them -- as being pioneers of a "flavor" of music previously not considered of note in the kpop flavor concepts of "sweet" (the bubblegum stuff) and "salty" (the sexy stuff). So you'll hear "mala" ("spicy" in reductive terms) or "mala taste genre" in relation to SKZ at some point. - Don't assume or anticipate any particular sound from SKZ. Most new people do, and then they either get confused or disappointed. SKZ has everything from melancholic slow raps to contemporary ballads to psytrance to pure rock to a million types of EDM to dubstep to experimental rap to r&b and beyond, and they like to play with and mix genres, sometimes in a purposefully jarring manner. One of them even specifically clarified recently that he doesn't want them to ever have a signature sound, as that would tie them down and limit their freedom to experiment and make whatever music they want. The nice thing is that this means you're virtually guaranteed to find songs you like in their catalogue, simply because it's so diverse. - Always check subtitles. Barring Japanese releases, most videos -- certainly for SKZ, anyway -- will have subtitles. And they're known for their lyrics nearly always being deep and meaningful and/or clever and full of wordplay. - The majority of kpop songs tend to incorporate a bit of English to make things catchy and to help with rhyming (the structure of Korean language means there's a somewhat limited number of sounds that end sentences, so throwing in English can add some variety). In SKZ's case, since two out of eight of them are Australians who are native English speakers and another three are fluent or near-fluent, their English content is higher than in a lot of other groups. There are other native English speakers in kpop (a surprising number to many people), but SKZ is pretty much the only group with a native English-speaking Australian leader who's writing the music along with two wordplay nerds, one of whom is near-fluent. - As filmmakers, you might enjoy some of SKZ's "behind films" -- the behind-the-scenes content they release about their music videos. As musicians, you might appreciate their intros -- a behind-the-scenes look at the production, concepts, backgrounds, etc for each album. Being as the members are literally the ones writing/producing the music, they can give firsthand insight into it, right down to how they tweaked the sound of power tools to make an effect. As a music nerd and a performer, I enjoy both of these sets of content. - The partnership with Clio ended in 2021. SKZ are currently partnered with cosmetic/skincare company Nacific, as well as the fashion house Etro and clothing brands Mahagrid and BENCH. - 3RACHA is a rap trio that predates SKZ, has their own music from that time, and still makes an occasional new piece (usually to perform for awards shows in conjunction with a SKZ performance). But they're the producing unit within SKZ. They've just recently started taking on collabs with other artists and producing for other artists. But as the engine within SKZ, they're not so much "a second band" as "the rap trio who are the main producers of the group and like to entertain themselves with the occasional return to their rap trio roots with a one-off performance." Barring one song (which isn't out yet), their producing so far is for SKZ's songs and the independent songs SKZ members release. They're the three most prolific idol producers in history, the three youngest to surpass 100 credits, in the top 20 idol producers ever, and the top three 4th-gen producers. Eventually, yeah, they're bound to take over the industry on the production end of things. But for now, their efforts virtually all go into SKZ. Again, thank you for your thoughtful reaction. I look forward to more.

Closed captions are good to put on to follow along with the lyrics.

i glad you guys are becoming more open minded to giving k-pop a chance. i’m looking forward to more stray kids and definitely more bts.

You will enjoy reacting to this group because they are a self produced group. 99% of their discography is them being engage with music production from beats, lyrics, and arrangements. And fun fact, this is so RARE for a kpop group to be self produced. They have 3 members who are producing unit. The rest of the members are producers as well, but the 3racha (producing unit) are most likely the one making songs :)

i was the same way before i got into kpop/found stray kids, my mind was blank on the topic but when i first listened to “god’s menu” by them ... speechless. that song singlehandedly got me into kpop. i was automatically hooked, their whole discography is amazing and it’s even more amazing the fact that they write their own music, they’re involved in the making process of every single song in their albums! and yes 3racha are the producer line of stray kids, they are 3 members of the group, 2 of the eldest (one being the leader of stray kids) and one of the younger members. they were making music and posting it on soundcloud before stray kids was formed! another fun fact, the owner of their company gave bang chan (the leader) the opportunity to handpick his members to debut with him, which is not a common thing in kpop, usually the members are picked and put into a group by the company. chan’s also australian (along with another member, felix) and chan also designed the stray kids logo himself! there’s so much more but thanks for the reaction guys and i hope to see you reacting to more of them!

When watching music videos you can turn on closed captions. Pretty much all kpop music videos usually have english subtitles. The reason I'm saying this is cause not just Stray Kids but kpop in general tends to have very deep and meaningful lyrics. You'll enjoy the musuc even more if you get an idea of what they're saying.

Stray kids is one of the more experimental boy groups and 3 of the members are heavily involved in the production. When u watch them making music, they're just... Having fun and it's so cool.

Thanks so much for taking a chance on K-pop. I’ll be 50 this year and I fell down the rabbit hole of K-pop last year when I discovered BTS and have loved every minute of it. BTS, Stray Kids, TXT, Ateez and so many more are in my daily playlist. I love the visuals in K-pop videos and if you enjoy the cinematography of these groups definitely check out “The Real” by Ateez, “Thunderous” and “God’s Menu” by Stray Kids. Heck, just check them all out, you won’t be disappointed 🤗

BTW the korean language sounds so good in songs and especially rap bc of the language's syllable system

Straykids are really their own genre. They all rap, sing, dance. When you get a chance, read the lyrics. Oddinary album just came out. All the songs are flipping amazing. God's menu, back door, thunderous, some good songs to start with. Just fall down the rabbit hole.

Fun fact that I found rather hilarious Han the rapper in the subway train keeps saying “ping ping” in the chorus but it’s not even a Korean word or anything he’s literally just saying “ping”😂

I really enjoyed this reaction. Stray Kids' music really is popular with so many people, no matter age or nationality. That's what makes them so great in my opinoin. The fact that they produce their own songs obviously helps in that they have full control over what messages to sent to us fans. They also cover a lot of different genres in their music (everything from ballads to alternative rap). Some of my favorite songs of theirs are: Domino, God's Menu, Easy, Lonely Street, VENOM, Sorry I love you, Red Lights... the list doesn't have an end to be honest lol

I applaud you guys for taking the chance/stepping out of your norm, and also for researching prior to reacting. 👏👏👏 Good reaction! when you have the chance, react to GODS MENU, BACK DOOR, THUNDEROUS - these are some pretty cool videos with "camera trick"/production, awesome transitions and visuals! Take your time - there is so much. looking forward to more of Stray Kids reaction

Mad respect to both of you for doing research before jumping into any reaction 🤠! Also I’m actually more interested to know your take from a different point of view, not just from people who are fluent in the same area. Can’t wait for more reactions to stray kids!

just to give you guys ideas of what to look for or can talk about: -maniac had really nice transitions between clips -if you turn on english subtitles or read the lyrics, it's nice how the lyrics are shown in the video and choreography -Stray Kids is known for putting unconventional sounds in their music. ex: the birds and the drill hope that helps! I know there's always a LOT going on in these MVs

i also recommend thunderous by stray kids AND BTS black swan :)

One of the members of Stray Kids, Lee Know was a back dancer for BTS for many years before joining as a trainee of JYP and ultimately debuting as a Stray Kid member. An interesting fact you guys should know!

Two of the members 2:44 FELIX (deep voice of the group) and 2:46 Bang Chan (Leader/Oldest) are both Korean-Australians. ALL THE MEMBERS CAN SING, RAP AND DANCE, NOT JUST A FEW. *BE CAREFUL WHAT INFORMATION YOU COME ACROSS B/C MUCH OF IT IS STILL OLD AND CAN BE MISLEAD*

Stray Kids are beyond the "K-pop" genre of music!! They're hugely talented & are popular with people of all ages, races & genders.

You're doing great, so don't worry. Some of Stray Kids songs talk about go on your own pace, take your time to do it right , it doesn't matter if you make mistakes because you're trying hard and that's the important part. 'Going ahead of you doesn't mean they'll end up in the first place'. Also, most of kpop groups are formed by the companies putting together their best trainees, giving them a concept, a name and the songs they'll have to sing. Stray Kids, instead, was formed by the same members. First was 3Racha (Leader Bang Chan, Changbin and Han) who are a rap trio, doing music outside of the company and uploading their own songs to Soundcloud. Then Bang Chan, who'd been a trainee for already 7 years in the company, started recruiting other trainees who'd been there with him for a while and, at the end, Bang Chan presented the group to the company and JYP took the risk to debut this unpolished kids, after a reality where they had to proof they could do it altogether and not just a few who were 'ready for it' (though it gets clear at the end that they would had let them anyway), giving them complete freedom over their music, that's why 99% of their songs are self-composed and self-produced, and that's the reason why they didn't do well at the beginning, because they were too noisy and didn't sound like other kpop groups, mostly because isn't just bubblegum, you have to go back and listen to it a few times to catch every detail they put in each track (and sometimes you need a wide range of hz to get them all). So... yeah. Give this kids a chance and I can assure you won't regret it.

Thanks for adding k-pop into your reactions! I’m also an 80s kid with wide-ranging musical taste, from pop to hip-hop to blues and jazz. I think the biggest surprise for me when I started listening to BTS (and then other groups) was how diverse their catalog of music and styles is. Stray Kids is one of my favorites, too. There’s so much talent and hard work in all these groups and everyone involved in their videos, performances, and albums. I hope y’all find a lot of surprises and joy as you explore the genre more!

That song Maniac is one of the 7 songs from their latest mini album ODDINARY. Here are some facts about their album ODDINARY (on the Week of April 2, 2022) #1 Billboard 200 #1 Top Album Sales #1 Top Current Album Sales #1 World Albums Chart Their song Maniac was #1 on the Digital Song Sales Chart on the weeks of April 2 and 9. Before Stray Kids, my favorite groups are Green Day and Linkin Park. Now, Stray Kids is added to the list of my favorites. I highly recommend these songs/videos 1. God's Menu 2. Easy 3. Slump (a Japanese theme song for a Japanese Animè) 4 Thunderous 5. Venom 6. Freeze 7. Lonely St. 8. All In (Japanese song) 9. Red Lights (a unit song)

Thank you thank you, for being one of the few to appreciate the song whether "you don't understand it." Sometimes you don't have to understand the song to listen to it. Music is not just about languages but it's about the sound of it!!!

Stray kid's is huge in music industry. They are top producer. They are legendery group with most diverse discography. You can watch their newest album 5star and Rock Star like hale of fram ,FNF, item,leave ,cover me, the sound, super bowl, Youtiful,blind spot,time out and obviously S-Class, lalalala etc . Soft song recommendation - never ending, winter fall,1149, spread my wings, 24 to25, OH, leventer, blue print, Ex, red light, hoodie season,for you , lonely st, silent cry,charmer, on track,time out, novel ,, there, your eyes blue print, star lost etc. Brilliant song - venom, freeze, grrr, mirror, miroh, maze of memories, chronosaurous, side effect ,top, slump,god's menu, thunderous, TA, cheese,muddy water, the sound, slump,top etc. Stray kid's know for quality of music and dedication for music.They are very creative and unique and versatile. Stray kids is inspiring to so many people. Their music is something connect with people .They give motivation, inspiration to express yourself it's ok to be unique your are beautiful the way you are. stray kids discography is very diverse with life philosophy. I describe stray kids music is "EXPRESSION OF LIFE" EXPRESSION OF PEOPLE" "EXPRESSION OF EMOTIONS" Lyrics is beautifully expressed so many meanings . They have diverse discography. Love the intellectual, cleverness and creativity in songs. They have very organic,fresh and unique sound. They didn't limited themself and explore new side of music. They explore different genres and express different emotions. They break many stereotypes in music. The more you listen to them the more you admire and addicted to them and respect them more as artist. Music they made is connect with people with beautiful message , inspiration and motivation . ❤❤❤

What’s so amazing about most KPOP music videos is how well thought out and planned they are. You really don’t see anything like this in the Western music industry. It’s really something amazing.

I really like the guy with the red shirt’s outlook on things. He seems so open and interested to learn more :)

One of my favorite videos by Stray Kids is "Thunderous". I think ya'll would be super impressed with that video and song. There are lots of cool camera tricks that you like in that video.

"Just countdown! Makes me feel better." HAHA Great video!

It’s so great that you guys do background research beforehand, love how you guys are putting hearts into reaction. Wish you guys can dive into more Kpop, the industry is always surprising and amazing!

I’m so glad that you guys decided to check them out! I’m sure a lot of other people have pointed this out but if you are interested in getting a better understanding of what these songs mean most of the time they will have captions available! Also with these guys the most amazing thing is that pretty much any type of music you might be into you’ll probably find at least one song in that style!

what i like about stray kids is the instrument, they like to used a instrument that i think no one ever used it.

all 8 of them can rap , can sing , can dance and even produced their own songs .

Just FYI most of the time the MVs have english subtitles for the lyrics! loved the video and am looking forward to checking out more

Loved the reaction!! Fun fact! One of the stray kids members (Minho) actually used to be a backup dancer for bts! Also if ur into funky beats I suggest you listen to nct dream glitch mode! Or actually any nct song in general,they have a wide variety of songs and concepts that are amazing

I love BTS "Daechwita" but I think some great videos visually are DPR "So Beautiful" as it has a horror vibe, Ateez "The Real" with it's weird high school, and Exo "Lotto" as it is so smooth. And please put on the captions!

Thank you so much for reacting to Stray Kids! They're an awesome group. I got into them last August for the Noeasy Album and now I'm an offical fan / Stay. They don't have any set genre - they do it all. 3Racha is the main producing unit of the band but all members write lyrics and are engaged; several songs were written outside of 3Racha as well. I think out of all their songs there is only one song that was handed to them by the company... and they decided whether or not to do it. They have a lot of freedome because they're so good. Every other song was created by the Stray Kids members. As said before no member has a single role - rappers sing and singers rap. They decide who does what as it suits the song! They're super talented 😀 Song suggestions: 1. GOD'S MENU 2. BACK DOOR 3. EASY 4. DOMINO 5. SLUMP (OST Anime Tower of God) - One Take live performance 6. Kingdom - God's Du Du Du 7. HELLEVATOR (pre-debut song) Anyway you can't really go wrong... Hope you keep reacting to SKZ and I'll subscribe to your channel!

Thanks for the reaction! I highly recommanding God's Menu, Venom and Freeze if you like the beat stuff. If you like camera works still recommanding God's Menu.

Stray Kids having a connection to a cosmetics brand is not unusual in kpop when it comes to male groups OR female groups - you'll find many groups will have commercial deals with beauty, fashion and cosmetics companies. Makes sense, since everyone in Stray Kids is STUNNING.

Stray Kids are their own genre. Why didn't you put the subtitles for yourself? First time seeing you guys and you are legit fun to watch.

Props on the Tom & Jerry shirt!! My favorite part is Hans the Ping Ping it adds so much

Really appreciated the review. Honestly, I think you all will appreciate this track a lot more after you read the lyrics.

I would like to correct you on one comment that you made. Stray Kids is their own genre proven by their self written discography from debut to present ;)

Boy did you open up the flood gates when you said educate us. Nothing a Stay likes more than showing love for Stray Kids

I heard/saw them for the first time two days ago and I’m completely obsessed with them lol.

I would suggest "God's Menu" or "Thunderous" as your next Stray Kids

thanks for your reaction! And it is nice to see that you did some research beforehand - thank you for your interest! I hope to see more Stray Kids reaction! They create their songs themselves (with some help from outside here and there) and they love experimenting, so be prepared to hear different styles from them, if you go into b-sides (b-side - is a song in an album which is not a title track). Stray Kids have one of the best rap lines in k-pop (the best one in my personal opinion). Since you love rap, I recommend you songs "easy" (has MV), "the tortoise and the hare" (watch lyrics video, because there is no MV), "maze of memories" (watch lyrics video), "double knot" (has MV), "muddy water" (lyrics video, there are just 4 members here, it is from the same album as "maniac"). Must-see are previous title tracks from 2020-2021 "god's menu", "back door" and "thunderous". You should also check out "venom" and "freeze" from the same album as "maniac". All these songs have MVs. Btw all the MVs always have subtitles. Someone recommended their live performance at the "kingdom legendary war" show with a song "god's ddu ddu ddu" - I join that recommendation. For your information, this is their cover of a song called "ddu ddu ddu" from a k-pop girl group Blackpink, which they slightly mashed with their "god's menu". So maybe it would make sense to watch "ddu ddu ddu" and "god's menu" before watching "god's ddu ddu ddu". P.S. BTS has one of the best rap lines in k-pop as well, which especially shines in their older songs (in my opinion). Classic is "mic drop" which I recommend. Aoki remix of that song has an MV and a big portion of the lyrics is in English (the original is mostly in Korean) - so you can just watch that one.

I’m really liking you guys a lot. Thank you for giving stray kids a chance. If you guys like video graphic type videos I would recommend a song called gambler by monsta x. Also the song thunderous by stray kids. You may like these videos. Stray kids is actually really good with the videos they put out. Also I would also recommend you can put on the captions to get a better understanding of what they are saying. I do understand it can be hard to focus on the video and reading the lyrics at the same time. With us who are used to kpop we are used to be able to focus on both. But the more you get into it it does get a lot easier to be able to read the captions and focus on the video but it does get some used to :) I am subscribing to you guys. I hope you do get more into this a little more. The Korean videos are a lot different than what we are used to here in the states. And also stray kids actually reached number one on the billboard 200 with this song (if I’m wrong others can correct me) 3racha yes is the guys who are the producers :) thank you again for this.

Ayyyy I grew up on rock, metal, and rap; I was NOT expecting to like Kpop either! But now Stray Kids is one of my top bands of all time 😂

This is actually their experimental phase so it does and doesn't showcase their skills. It's probably the weirdest song to react to first for them (except for maybe Freeze or Venom) thus you may not understand how they got to this particular sound. Thanks for the reaction and welcome to KPop!!!

Next time u watch a kpop video turn on cc/captions It just depends on what type of music you guys listen to if you like rap most than stay on stray kids. Songs God menu or my favorite "easy." I do like stray kids but i found kpop cause of bts. Hope you guys keep reacting. 😄

Nice. Pro's objective comments always hit me hard and i appreciate u both. Really do. This group has been out since 2018 and have been doing their own stuff. From writing, producing and creative choreos, they are so much involved in all those. So they are one heck of an act of this generation. Thankyou for reacting to them and liking their music too. It meant a lot. 👍

If you love rap their song "Muddy Water" has major old school vibes!

I'm really glad you're checking out kpop and Stray Kids specifically. I used to be under the misconception that kpop was just very well produced pop music. I sort of respected it from a distance that everyone involved seemed to be very good at what they do but as a much more indie/rock/metal kind of person I thought it was just very mainstream pop. Then I came across Stray Kids. I love this group, and they properly taught me about kpop and the range, the professionalism, the culture and the skill. Something I find very interesting about kpop is that most artists join a company/label as a 'trainee', and they basically live in dorms and study and train in their disciplines, with the hope of eventually 'debuting'- aka forming a group and releasing music professionally. And even once they debut groups often live together in dorms for a while, and there still remains this sort of student-like approach. For example with Stray Kids, every member seems to be constantly working to improve their skills or develop new ones. Stray Kids are more uncommon in the kpop industry in being completely self-produced and very versatile in their individual roles and the genres they make music in. As a bit of background, 3racha- the producing team- formed when they were still trainees (so before Stray Kids existed), they studied and worked together whilst they were basically still all at school. Bang Chan, the leader of the group (the guy at the beginning with blue hair in this video), makes pretty much all of their tracks, and together with the other two (Changbin and Han) they write, record, edit, arrange etc.. All three currently hold the top three spots for most copyright song credits in their generation pretty much around 100 each, and Han I think is the youngest producer to be so credited at 21. On their youtube channel they have a lot of behind the scenes videos where you get to see their process and it's really cool. But when the band was formed, the label essentially had picked Bang Chan to be the leader and asked him to pick his own members (again pretty unusual in kpop). The survival show they did was essentially the band having to prove that they were the right fit, marketable, essentially that they should get the record deal and debut. They wrote and performed songs during the process and about a year later officially debuted. As a group they pretty much explore any genre. Their most recent album- ODDINARY, is essentially different influences for every track and they have dubstep, acoustic ballad, classic hiphop- they really try anything and they like to challenge themselves too. They also do these things called 'unit tracks' where a few of the members will get together in different combinations to try new styles or stretch their skills. It was one of these tracks- Red Lights, that actually got me into the group (I highly recommend checking that one out sometime). Stray Kids songs actually have a lot of English verses in them because Bang Chan (leader) and Felix (the blonde guy who starts the first chorus) are actually Australian. Bang Chan was raised bilingual and moved to Korea to train at about 13 but English is Felix's native language and he started learning Korean from scratch when he moved to Korea essentially to try and join Stray Kids at about 16. A few of the other members have also either lived abroad or studied English- and of course are more used to speaking it casually with Felix and Bang Chan, so their English songs and raps tend to be of a similar complexity and standard to their Korean ones. They have also written some songs in Japanese which Bang Chan speaks relatively well I think. Oh- and most of their music videos have English subtitles available to turn on as well. For me I would suggest looking at a few of their most well known songs and their newer ones (Venom, Thunderous, God's Menu, Backdoor), but I think it could be really useful for you to check out some of their Kingdom performances. Kingdom is a tv competition essentially, it took five successful kpop acts spanning like the last 10 years and had them compete in rounds that specialised in a variety of things and were judged by experts, peers, and public vote. As part of it they arranged new tracks, designed performances, they covered classics etc etc, so you really get to see their creative skill at work. The three performances that I think might be of the most use to you are Miroh (ep 1, each group had to perform 100 seconds of one of their tracks to essentially introduce themselves to the other groups so it's a good snapshot introduction); God's Dududu (this is probably the most recommended and went pretty viral, they mashed up one of their songs with Black Pink's song and a Deadpool theme and it actually led to them becoming friends with Ryan Reynolds- it shows their scale of stage performance very well though); and I'll Be Your Man (this is actually a cover of a difficult vocal ballad by and older group BTOB and shows a different side to Stray Kids, but conceptually it blows me away. They essentially transformed a love song into a song about grief and bargaining and it shows their storytelling ability really well). I hope you continue to explore and enjoy Stray Kids and Kpop in general. There is so much to discover once you get started. 😄

Thank you for researching them. Most of them can speak English by the way. Two came from Australia.

The best thing about Stray Kids is that they have no set genre and every song is different. I think they cover 30+ genres in their discography including EDM, dubstep, electronica, rap, and even jazz is featured in their newer one called "Muddy Waters" which to me reminds me of New Orleans jazz meets 90s hip-hop. As others have said, all 8 can rap and do, and all 8 can sing. Their most notable rappers, Chanbin and Han, have beautiful singing voices. Han raps and sings in this Maniac MV. They also write, compose, and arrange their own music most of the time, and they choreograph their performances too.

i'd just like to say, the song maniac is kinda in a way about mental health and like saying "stop being what people see as being normal and be yourself" you can easily find the lyrics and find out yourself!

Someone in the comments mentioned Taemin. I absolutely agree! He is an icon in kpop. Idea, Criminal and Advice are great mv's to start with. You should also check out the group that he is a member of, ShiNee. Two of their latest are Don't Call Me and Atlantis.

As a dancer and choreographer, they have indeed an amazing choreo there! That's what got me to them.

the Stray Kids members themselves who make all the music

Stray Kids got a new song named “Muddy Water” it’s a rap song, like the old school.

I HIGHLY recommend God's Menu by Stray Kids! Stray kids are one of the best kpop groups. They write and produce ALL of their own music. God's menu has some pretty crazy camera work and it's pretty rap heavy. Victory song is great to! Venom is great. District 9 has more of a rock feel (its one of my favorites). Just a few recommendations but all of their stuff is amazing!

Stray Kids are great! One of my fav songs has to be God's Menu tho. Please react to BTS Black Swan!! Dont forget to turn on captions! Also gotta say that kpop has some really good rappers, and stray kids is one of the groups that have great rappers, so im glad they were able to catch your eyes! You might have not noticed on bts butter performance you watched but bts' rap line is one of the strongest and most brilliant in the kpop industry as well! It's hard to notice it on their english songs bc most aren't fluent on the language, but hopefully once you start listening more to their korean songs you'll see, and later on you can react to the rappers songs like "Ugh", "Tear" and their Chypers, if that's what catches your interest! I'm not a huge fan of stray kids so i cannot say for sure, but i think they might also have songs of their rap line as well.

u can tell he's a filmmaker just from the quality of this video lol

Oh my, welcome to the world of Stray Kids. I cannot wait to see your analysis and reaction to God’s Kitchen and Thunderous!

Definitely check out God's Menu, first the Music Video then live performance. Their music videos are crazy and should be seen before live performances. Yes, they were on a survival show and all members can do everything. Rap and singing. They are in house produced, all music, all lyrics, all choreography etc...they are amazing. Hitting #1 in billboards 200, 4 times! Love them!

Yay, Stray Kids! I adore these boys. I felt like their Internet Auntie. You guys are doing really well. As a fellow GenXer, I think your approach with an open mind is refreshing. Enjoy the ride!!

React to stray kids THUNDEROUS MV!!! and bts SWAN LAKE MV!! After that you can react to their live performance versions

Re: speed rap conversation, if you guys are interested in that type of thing, I'd recommend checking out Outsider's discography - he's Korea's foremost speed rapper and has some crazy flow

Thank you for reacting to Stray Kids. And thank you for actually doing your research about the group beforehand. I really appreciate that.

God’s Menu video is one of their best from a filmmaking perspective.

Thank you for being appreciative and open minded! 🙏. God bless you guys!

Wow Nice that you checked it out… you should for sure react to songs from Oddinary album, it’s a great album

the mv for their song God's Menu has some of the most amazing transitions!

3 racha formed before stray kids but are considered a sub unit that is the rap and producing line

Thank you for reacting then, i hope you can see stray kids "back door"

I'm glad you did some research on stray kids!!! thank you for reacting to them. stray kids are a rap based heavy and self-produced group! they write and produce their own music! you're definitely gonna love them!

You can read lyrics ahead of time so you know what the song is about if you can't read the lyrics while watching

That maniac hook is pretty good

love the stray kids reaction!!!

at the beginning of this year, this group won a program name Kingdom. they have a week to prepare a performance that makes incredible, they are very creative, for example, check ep 8 they combine his song GODS MENU and BLACK PINK DU DU DURU blow the people

I suggest you guys turn on the captions. Specially this video. The choreography and the effects follows the lyrics perfectly. Overall great vid and reaction.

Really appreciate that you did some research on them! Love your reaction! Can't wait for more stray kids^^

Love your reactions!! Glad I found you!

You should Turn on the Closed Captions to Understand what the song is about and the meaning of the song. Also check out their God's Menu, Thunderous, Back Door and Easy.

Two of the members, are Australian so it is pretty common for English words mixed in with their smooth Korean.

So happy to have found you both 💗

Please do more reactions like this! I really enjoyed it and I love how open minded you guys are

I definitely recommend The Tortoise and the Hare from Stray Kids. There was a reaction done by a group of musical theory students on this song. They discussed the use of timing in the music as well of the rapping and how it follows the fable itself. The music speeds up, slows down, goes in slow motion and the rapping follows it and is done in contrast to the music. The whole song plays with the concept of time and rushing through life. The lyrics are amazing as well. 3 Racha, the rap/producers line of Stray Kids is incredible.

They produce they own music and videos. React to Gods Menu... The transitions are amazing

I agree, I love listening to the rap in other languages.

Gracias por la reacción, muy buena! Stray Kids es talento puro. Hasta la próxima reacción~

Ateez (pronounced A tease) they are great performers, their live shows are really good. Also look at Road to kingdom Mayfly performances. Mayfly is a mix of Stray Kidz, Ateez and BTOB members participating in a competition show. Really something to see.