I have always adored Stray Kids :P Since they first came out, they did good, but then kinda were not taken care of that much by their agency (JYP) - in fact, they were not given many opportunities OTHER groups were - from fan sign events, to managed concerts, etc. Stray Kids did everything mostly on their own:
From producing their songs, to their coreography, to music videos; at the start Stray Kids was touted as the one group that would speak to multiuple generations and actually be popular within the Western markets. And, for a time they were.
But, then for the most part, they were not that big - another band overwhelemed them, which came out before them - called BTS and EXO - and that took the attention away from this smaller - driven - group.
HOWEVER, with the release of their M/V thunderous, Stray Kids was put on the map, and now sells out BTS style concerts with literally tens of thousands of fans attending. Just recently they hit #9 on the leading KPOP group fandom rankings. #9............from below #30.
Even BTS (whose backup dancer Lee Know is now a member of Stray Kids) is Massively impressed - and the industry itself is eeing Stray Kids as the answer to BTSs aging demographics - with shows being sold out around the globe, their Maniac world tour, their awards and taking first place in Kingdom and even at the MAMAs, Stray Kids really is lighting up the scene.
Aside from that - their music just so.........exactly what the world needs right now. BTS makes you feel GOOD - their music is about confidence, love, acceptance and understanding. Stray Kids is about.........LIFE - accepting it, for all it is - understanding your limitations, understanding who you are. If BTS is designed to give you self LOVE, then STray Kids is designed to give you CONFIDENCE.
Between the two, it's a perfect match :)
From producing their songs, to their coreography, to music videos; at the start Stray Kids was touted as the one group that would speak to multiuple generations and actually be popular within the Western markets. And, for a time they were.
But, then for the most part, they were not that big - another band overwhelemed them, which came out before them - called BTS and EXO - and that took the attention away from this smaller - driven - group.
HOWEVER, with the release of their M/V thunderous, Stray Kids was put on the map, and now sells out BTS style concerts with literally tens of thousands of fans attending. Just recently they hit #9 on the leading KPOP group fandom rankings. #9............from below #30.
Even BTS (whose backup dancer Lee Know is now a member of Stray Kids) is Massively impressed - and the industry itself is eeing Stray Kids as the answer to BTSs aging demographics - with shows being sold out around the globe, their Maniac world tour, their awards and taking first place in Kingdom and even at the MAMAs, Stray Kids really is lighting up the scene.
Aside from that - their music just so.........exactly what the world needs right now. BTS makes you feel GOOD - their music is about confidence, love, acceptance and understanding. Stray Kids is about.........LIFE - accepting it, for all it is - understanding your limitations, understanding who you are. If BTS is designed to give you self LOVE, then STray Kids is designed to give you CONFIDENCE.
Between the two, it's a perfect match :)
I have always adored Stray Kids :P Since they first came out, they did good, but then kinda were not taken care of that much by their agency (JYP) - in fact, they were not given many opportunities OTHER groups were - from fan sign events, to managed concerts, etc. Stray Kids did everything mostly on their own:
From producing their songs, to their coreography, to music videos; at the start Stray Kids was touted as the one group that would speak to multiuple generations and actually be popular within the Western markets. And, for a time they were.
But, then for the most part, they were not that big - another band overwhelemed them, which came out before them - called BTS and EXO - and that took the attention away from this smaller - driven - group.
HOWEVER, with the release of their M/V thunderous, Stray Kids was put on the map, and now sells out BTS style concerts with literally tens of thousands of fans attending. Just recently they hit #9 on the leading KPOP group fandom rankings. #9............from below #30.
Even BTS (whose backup dancer Lee Know is now a member of Stray Kids) is Massively impressed - and the industry itself is eeing Stray Kids as the answer to BTSs aging demographics - with shows being sold out around the globe, their Maniac world tour, their awards and taking first place in Kingdom and even at the MAMAs, Stray Kids really is lighting up the scene.
Aside from that - their music just so.........exactly what the world needs right now. BTS makes you feel GOOD - their music is about confidence, love, acceptance and understanding. Stray Kids is about.........LIFE - accepting it, for all it is - understanding your limitations, understanding who you are. If BTS is designed to give you self LOVE, then STray Kids is designed to give you CONFIDENCE.
Between the two, it's a perfect match :)