Hyunjin did broke down on stage:( it's one of the saddest moments honestly bcs it was at a time where they were all succeeding they had the first win the first mama and a comeback ready and suddenly all of that happened and the members were RLLY close to him! a lot of people left the fandom and the members started to notice! on the concert the fans did a project to show them love and support and all of them cried but Hyunjin actually fell down on his knees and started shaking and crying and he got his mic and said "please don't leave us... you're stay so you have to stay with us" :(((
@luckpoof7261 i actually cried so much with him like how could we ever leave babe??:(( i'm so happy stays did projects since the start and are still doing it today like on today's show in Taiwan Felix cried(again)😭😭
Not to discredit other artist, but i think the skz INTROs make so much sense because they are the ones to produce the music, so who better than them can explain the creative process? This is one of the reasons why i love this group
Those are definitely Christopher's producer hands. He flexes them just like that all the time. He's sitting at a desk doing something production related.
Channie endured lots of difficulties...All the members did but for Chan was different😭😭 Mad respect for him. Thank you Chan for making Straykids stay Thank you for everything our best leader😭💋💘
levanter is really bittersweet for a lot of stays. (Including me 🥲) being with them in that time was seriously like a war. I think it was the pure feeling of loss, sadness, and betrayal that a lot of stay felt that really made us stronger as a fandom. when we had to sit there a watch them break down on stage begging for stay to not leave after the news came out it really changed the way a lot of stay see stray kids. It seems like a lot of stans forget that idols are human too, and watching that really awakened some stays. It was genuinely one of the darkest times in stayville and some people can’t even listen to levanter without feeling a little betrayed or even upset because of how hard they had to work to put everything back together after he did what he did. but we’re thriving now, and that’s all that matters 💕
one more thing.. the title levanter has a double meaning, almost a prediction. Although the title was originally supposed to mean “a strong wind from the Mediterranean” it aswell has the meaning “a person leaving with unpaid debts”finding this out made the song so much better to listen to. Yes the comeback was planned before he left and yes I’m sure they meant the first definition, I guess it’s kinda a hard pill to swallow that the title means something like that.
Levanter is so hard to watch! Even for them, even though i wasn't there when it happened but when they were watching the performance of the song, they went completely silent (STRAY KIDS BEING SILENT) the moment song was on the screen It really shows how hurtful this time for them
No really i remember everyone being emotional about it bc they were having fun watching even their debut stages and everything but as soon as they play that one everyone calmed down (and yes skz being silence is something itself😭) and the things they said too🥲
The Cle: Levanter Intro, and then straight to the m/v (especially with the fresh reminder of the timeline for them), was an emotional wallop I wasn't prepared for today. Tears at bay, I feel you Esosa! I am fairly late (fall '22) to Stayville, and the more I learn, the more I want to shout out respect to all those OG Stay out there, who were there to support this amazing group through ALL their early struggles and criticism. Thanks to you, we latecomers are able to reap the benefits of an uber-talented group that was able to rely on your support to carry on & upwards!
YOOOOO WE HAVE THE SAME SKZ ENTRY BITTHDAYS!!!! i also came into stayville fall 2022, amd same with the tears lol, i was bawling my eyes out the whole time. Seriously tho, respect to the 2018 and predebut stays and thank you for letting us continue to be their support as fans!!!
Esosa, i feel you dear... As Hanners myself, his side smile/mouth thing/sneer/smirk that he does whenever he rap/sing is one of my fav things bout him... It's too attractive... For me, Han has the best facial expression when live perform on stage... His energy is 🔥
51:42 There is nothing wrong with having multiple biases. At the start of my stay journey I was Lee know biased that was until I got into their live performances and found myself enamored by both Han and Lee know most of the time and now they are both my ults. But I totally get being completely flustered by one and starstruck by another. And i completely understand the feeling after you listen to levanter for the first time. It's my forever favourite song because of the emotions behind it. The saddest thing is that last year, for stay week, skz watched old live performances, and during Levanter, they were all silent and just seemed in thought during the entire thing and you could really tell that the song means so much to them.
Hyunjin loves Stay so much, like he's been so vocal about it over the years and it's like the thing he wants more than anything is for us to stay by their side. Also if you watch a lot of concert footage i'm so sorry, you're gonna see Chan cry a lot. He's one of the most emotional members, but most of the time it's happy and proud tears.
those are chan's hands 😂 and yes stray kids has a song called butterflies lol, is a japanese song that bang chan wrote because a butterfly landed on his nose once 🥹
during their log for stay week 2023 they saw some of their old performances and their live performance of levanter was one of them, and really their reaction to seeing themselves during that time really hit me hard
Their recent fanmeeting (the pilot ones) performances of levanter are so emotional and beautiful. With all the voices of stay singing along. The members said they wanted to cry as well.
I've been a Stay for almost 5 years now and going through this series with you guys feels like I'm falling in love with SKZ all over again , it's so refreshing seeing people dive deep and see SKZ for who they are. Thank you for taking the time to learn them , love them, and appreciate them❤️
Wait till they hear #LoveStay. I love watching this journey, honestly. Reminds me of when I was introduced to SKZ and then binge watched literally every thing I could. And honestly, if you see any clips of them from concerts, you will def see them crying. Just goes to show how much this means to them all the time. And if y'all watch their survival series... y'all def gonna cry.
See this is why it's difficult to distance myself to skz and instead keep falling. As a Kingdom STAY, every week Hyunjin is absent and we were busy supporting them on the show...and then HE RELEASES THIS AS HIS SONG after chan dubbed him as LoveStayBoy and all the bubble messages... IT KEEPS HITTING SO HARD 😭 their songwriting is so authentic and sincere
I feel like, at this point, Esosa is 3racha biased and Seungmin is her wrecker. Ozlem is just Leeknow, all day, every day. Jeongin could be her wrecker. She loves his cuteness 😊 Things could change, but I feel like that's what it is now🤷
You know there's a say in the fandom that goes "you don't find Stray Kids, Stray Kids find you when you need them the most" so don't worry about just getting into them, is always the right time. I found them in 2020 and I can't imagine what Stays that were there from the start feel now, in those 4 years I've seen them grow so much and every achievement just makes me so happy because they deserve it so much, in my 15 years of being into kpop, I have never seen a group like them, they love and enjoy what they do so much, the love they have for each other is so wholesome and the love they have for the fans is so heartwarming, I know they don't know I exist and I don't fully know them but they're so amazing and they make my life so much happier
we do actually have a behind the scenes for most songs because each album has an into like this one where they talk about each song on the album and their thought processes
I am so happy for this series. As someone who has been a stay for several years, watching your journey somehow feels like i am getting the oportunity to experience again what I felt when I first started to discover them myself. I would watch a 5 hour long video HAHAAH I can't wait for tomorrow's episode ❤
Levanter was really something. The feelings were so raw. We can watch and feel it. And even stray kids themselves still got the feeling. Last year they watched their first live performance of levanter, it was something else for real. They had a moment of silence watching the video when they had fun watching their there videos 😭
the kungfu panda thing was so interesting bc it really speaks to chan's mindset at the time. "wow we went thru so much only to get a piece of paper to say we get nothing" that's exactly what i think he was thinking. and if the speculation that kwj was forced out by jyp bc of whatever mistakes he was making, that's even extra pressure on them to focus on their path knowing they have this force ready to question them or make them feel unsafe. or if the speculation isn't true and he just left bc he lost passion for skz, that's as scary, thinking this could happen at any moment to them. it's just so much pressure no matter what. for something like this to happen after a survival show, after debut, after nonstop work with 6 albums to their name but still so early in their career and right before an album drop that was meant to be an end of an era for all 9 of them, that shit is so crazy. chan really had to tell himself that it doesn't matter what just happened bc everything before and after still has meaning.
Please don’t worry about crying I cried watching Levanter, It is so understandable to cry over an emotional song. I love your genuine reactions all the time. Thanks for looking into Stray Kids I love that this felt like I am getting to know them again for 2nd time. It’ll be my 2nd year being a Stay this December and I still have so much content to see. I am enjoying this a lot. Also yes to OT8 until now I still change bias depending on the video. 😊 Also just to add you find Stray Kids at the right moment of your life and I feel that in my core cause I really did find them when I needed them and you guys being a Stay now is the right time for you and I am happy. Cheers for long videos.
Something about skz, and you’re gonna see and listen is that they don’t brag about their skills, they know they are good but always want more, always want to be more good, they always have something new to learn, to perfection, they 8 of them are really really perfectionist, so I’m so with you about you say to Seungmin, but you are not gonna listen to he say is enough nope, in the present he steel wants to be more good, so be prepared to listen to the kids say they are not “good enough” already, we all know they are but yeah, perfectionist jaja
🤣🤣🤣😭 Double Knot is one of my top 5 tracks but I NOT expecting the m/v to have y’all so unhinged lmaoooo this roller coaster is gonna be fun! I might need to get in the discord
omg so happy that you reacted to the INTRO, for me the they are one of my favorite content in the comebacks!! they get even better with time and they're such a important thing to watch to understand the music better
Watching you both go through this journey together has been so amazing. I became a Stay in April 2023 and I went through what you are going through right now. Finding out and discovering ALL that they went through, to get where they are now. You can see the pain in their eyes and my heart breaks for them and all the Stays that went through that as it happened. Stray Kids are truly a family. And we are part of that family now. And as to the long videos, don't worry. I personally love them. I usually watch them while I'm cooking dinner, or doing some other task around the house. I've actually been more productive, so keep them coming hehe! Love you guys, from Australia 🇦🇺 Oh and they are AMAZING live! I was lucky enough to see them in Melbourne a couple of weeks ago and it was the best concert I've ever been to! ❤
2:21:32 I'm so happy you guys acknowledged this emotion lol. I feel seen. I've been watching your reactions casually over the past couple years and I could tell that you guys enjoyed SKZ well enough but weren't entirely convinced, so I decided to just enjoy it for what it was. Watching it finally click and going along on the journey as you guys fall for them has been one of the highlights of my year. Thank you so much for this series. 🙏🏼
I love the long episodes, too. Tbh there is a big group of stays loving to watch reaction content, so go for it. We are definitely here for it. I really hope you make a deep dive into other content even after this series is over since I love your content 💕 Tbh with your speed I don't know if the series will find an ending... i mean like their next comeback is in about two weeks
Yaay long video. So fun watching you both discover Stray kids. Watching you slow down double knot and comment on Levanter Choreo you could eventually have fun with dance practices. Some songs have multiple different ones.
I just couldn't help but notice that you two are split into green and pink pair. And knowing that both of your potential biases are leeknow and han makes so much sense cause green pink combo is literally the minsung flag 💝
Can feel their emotional turmoil in this intro, but am so happy that they have achieved so much, and may they continue to grow and be healthy and happy in all they achieve ❤
I do think levanter was rewritten. The concept is "i am the key and these experiences were vital", but because something happened, theyve added more nuance (this is coming from the fact that they polish their works a lot with so many versions of one song which could also split it to different songs. Plus they had to postpone and change a lot during Astronaut, right after Double Knot) And YES, the fact that Stray Kids write songs with both their reality and the future they want to manifest is exactly what makes their songs so authentic and powerful. Another reason why TMT is a song I always look back on. They had a STAR theyre chasing and anxious about, they parted ways midway, but they have to keep running and then we just see them being the STARS among the Seoul sky they only dreamed of.
I identify a lot with you girls, the more I get to know Stray Kids the more I fall in love with each one of them. I fall in love with every detail, with the talent as a group and individually. It's a path of no return and I'm happy about it.
I could watch you guys slow Mo every last one of the music videos and zoom in on their faces for hours. I’m so happy you guys get it. Every time you guys upload a Stray Kids video I scream. I’m so happy you guys are doing this series! Definitely joining the Discord soon lmao.
2:16:18 Sure thats true but as i know JYP himself trusts them and gives them more freedom when they create music than some other companies would've. They make their own songs start to finish. Sometimes i think they just don't care about their idol image. They are amazing to work with as people who have worked with them have said before. They will also be a groups number 1 supporter wherever they are. Everyone loves them.
I feel Esosa's pain too well. My bias is Chan obviously because he kind of got me into Stray Kids and as i got to know them more Jisung kept wrecking me so bad. Now it's the two of them with all the members wrecking me hard. It's never easy choosing a favorite when it comes to Stray Kids, whether it be albums, whether it be songs, whether it be members, not even funny moments you literally cannot pick a favourite
27:35 i just want to say that your videos bring so much happiness and joy to my life. it is so relieving to be able to come to a familiar place with two absolutely wonderful human beings and just fangirl for a couple of hours. you both provide such a beautiful place for people to come and hang out together. so thank you for everything
i kinda get when people don't like that some videos get longer "than what they're supposed to" but honestly most stays really don't mind! if anything for what i've seen (and because i'm one of them) we actually enjoy veeeery looooong videos (specially marathons of content like these!) lol i don't lie when i say that i could literally watch your reactions for way more than 5 hours fr 😭 also when you said "it's been half an hour and we still haven't listened to a song" i got shocked bc it felt like i watched 10 minutes lmao i'm seriously very happy to be here in your journey with skz, it's been a good minute since i've seen a reactor this enthusiastic to take the time to know them and genuinely appreciate them 🥹 skz are such lovely people, while watching YCS mv i got really emotional bc i'm a stay and i've been with them for a long time and everywhere i go on stantwt i see a normalized hate train everyday, like it doesn't make sense to me how these guys can get so much hate just for existing and doing what they like :( but well, they said it, "for a flower to bloom, it needs to go through winter". thank you both for liking them and welcome to stayville ♥️
27:36 you are doing something very meaningful, it is meaningful to me. kpop is community and all but ive always struggled to form bonds with people and i really dont have anyone to enjoy this part of my life with. the fact that i can go on these journeys with you (multiple times bc this is not my first series from you) and get a glimpse of your friendship and see you enjoy things that also make me happy or laugh or feel is very meaningful to me
I for sure suggest watching dance pratices with some MVs. The one for levanter is my favorite its just so beautiful and conveys so much through the intricate movements. And seeing how each person executes certain moves differently is amazing to see as well
Omg this episode reminded me everything we went through. 2019 was actually the most painful year for stayville and for the members. Rewatching this intro made me cry again. They were hurt we were hurt. Side effects era was devastating enough because of all the hate and mocking skz received then they lost a member and were scared they would lose us too. Them crying begging stays not to leave them. Still they kept working hard and trying new things. We were literally fighting every day in side effects era, it was hell 😭 I’m genuinely glad you guys didn’t see that. And look at them now, they got the success they deserved I’m so proud of skz I’m so damn happy for them. Also I’m proud of myself for staying with them and supporting them. I’ve been with skz for 5 years now I’m a miroh stay and I tell you what, I never ever regretted finding them. Actually I found them at the hardest moment in my life fighting with my depression. I’m not joking when I say they healed me. I forever be so grateful for this. SHOUT OUT TO EVERY OG STAY WHO SUPPORTED AND STAYED WITH KIDS THROUGHOUT ALL HURTFUL MOMENTS. I know kids are grateful for each of of us 😭
Did yall notice that Felix x Hyunjin duo dancing in Side Effects and Levanter is exactly the same moves? But in Side Effects it ends with Hyunjin grabbing Felix' head while in Levanter he kneels in front of him. The acceptance of everything and gaining freedom in Levanter screams through that choreo.
23:44 you described it so beautifully 😭 i love skz's music so much and ofc i can relate to it, but it means so much to be able to share authentic feelings with your favorite artist.
They made the soundtrack of their lives. That describes them perfectly. Their discography is a backtrack to their real life events. They actually follow what goes on
Taking the screenshots = literally so relatable 😂 *edited just to say ...I ABSOLUTELY LOVE 8 MEN. ...and I know I am not the only one...so its perfectly fine 😉
I would say if you loved the first video of inrto to levanter you should deffo watch the others they did from their first album till now. These are my fav ones also to see the thought process and stuff
stays literally love watching long reactions, its always a pleasure. so please dont hold out on those long vids, as long as u guys take care of urself!
I've been in this OT8 debate since predebut. I'd be like this is my bias but this is also my bias but this member drives me crazy but I love this member. I've literally been fighting by myself cuz of this for years till I just came to accept I just don't have a bias I love them all I'm OT8 and it's been peace since. Screaming abt all of them when I see them happy with all my pulls in albums going feral when any of them passes in front of me in concerts and it's been the best
I swear you wont see stays complaining about videos being too long. We'd watch marathons.
lol true story
This is so real
So trueee, I always complain why the video is to short when it's literally 1hour long 😅
@@Trashfire_Nee real
Hyunjin did broke down on stage:( it's one of the saddest moments honestly bcs it was at a time where they were all succeeding they had the first win the first mama and a comeback ready and suddenly all of that happened and the members were RLLY close to him! a lot of people left the fandom and the members started to notice! on the concert the fans did a project to show them love and support and all of them cried but Hyunjin actually fell down on his knees and started shaking and crying and he got his mic and said "please don't leave us... you're stay so you have to stay with us" :(((
That broke me, hyunjin is a genuine and really sensitive person , so he really poured his heart out
@luckpoof7261 i actually cried so much with him like how could we ever leave babe??:(( i'm so happy stays did projects since the start and are still doing it today like on today's show in Taiwan Felix cried(again)😭😭
aww, UwU gosh
I remember crying with him when I watch the video :(
Yea see I was gonna say this. It was quite literally the most heartbreaking thing to watch
Omg ot8 is starting 😭🤍🤍
finally!
Not to discredit other artist, but i think the skz INTROs make so much sense because they are the ones to produce the music, so who better than them can explain the creative process? This is one of the reasons why i love this group
Levanter was their beginning (as ot8) like Chan said so it's very special.
omg esosa officially becoming a 3RACHA bias?????? welcome to the club!!!!!!!
I haven't even finished the video (49:29) but I came to say this lol. I guess she comes to terms with it later hehe.
A NEW MEMBER!!
Those are definitely Christopher's producer hands. He flexes them just like that all the time. He's sitting at a desk doing something production related.
Channie endured lots of difficulties...All the members did but for Chan was different😭😭 Mad respect for him.
Thank you Chan for making Straykids stay
Thank you for everything our best leader😭💋💘
levanter is really bittersweet for a lot of stays. (Including me 🥲) being with them in that time was seriously like a war. I think it was the pure feeling of loss, sadness, and betrayal that a lot of stay felt that really made us stronger as a fandom. when we had to sit there a watch them break down on stage begging for stay to not leave after the news came out it really changed the way a lot of stay see stray kids. It seems like a lot of stans forget that idols are human too, and watching that really awakened some stays. It was genuinely one of the darkest times in stayville and some people can’t even listen to levanter without feeling a little betrayed or even upset because of how hard they had to work to put everything back together after he did what he did. but we’re thriving now, and that’s all that matters 💕
one more thing.. the title levanter has a double meaning, almost a prediction. Although the title was originally supposed to mean “a strong wind from the Mediterranean” it aswell has the meaning “a person leaving with unpaid debts”finding this out made the song so much better to listen to. Yes the comeback was planned before he left and yes I’m sure they meant the first definition, I guess it’s kinda a hard pill to swallow that the title means something like that.
@@laylaalexander-x7fwow. 8 is fate is all I hear in my head right now after reading this.
@@Poohbearcubz It truly is ♾️
Levanter is so hard to watch! Even for them, even though i wasn't there when it happened but when they were watching the performance of the song, they went completely silent (STRAY KIDS BEING SILENT) the moment song was on the screen
It really shows how hurtful this time for them
No really i remember everyone being emotional about it bc they were having fun watching even their debut stages and everything but as soon as they play that one everyone calmed down (and yes skz being silence is something itself😭) and the things they said too🥲
there are intro episodes for every comeback where they explain the songs and coreography so its a great way to get into the mood!
The Cle: Levanter Intro, and then straight to the m/v (especially with the fresh reminder of the timeline for them), was an emotional wallop I wasn't prepared for today. Tears at bay, I feel you Esosa! I am fairly late (fall '22) to Stayville, and the more I learn, the more I want to shout out respect to all those OG Stay out there, who were there to support this amazing group through ALL their early struggles and criticism. Thanks to you, we latecomers are able to reap the benefits of an uber-talented group that was able to rely on your support to carry on & upwards!
YOOOOO WE HAVE THE SAME SKZ ENTRY BITTHDAYS!!!! i also came into stayville fall 2022, amd same with the tears lol, i was bawling my eyes out the whole time. Seriously tho, respect to the 2018 and predebut stays and thank you for letting us continue to be their support as fans!!!
esosa talking about han doing that lip thing 😭😭 welcome to the club girl it’s hard being a jisung bias
Esosa, i feel you dear... As Hanners myself, his side smile/mouth thing/sneer/smirk that he does whenever he rap/sing is one of my fav things bout him... It's too attractive... For me, Han has the best facial expression when live perform on stage... His energy is 🔥
51:42 There is nothing wrong with having multiple biases. At the start of my stay journey I was Lee know biased that was until I got into their live performances and found myself enamored by both Han and Lee know most of the time and now they are both my ults. But I totally get being completely flustered by one and starstruck by another.
And i completely understand the feeling after you listen to levanter for the first time. It's my forever favourite song because of the emotions behind it. The saddest thing is that last year, for stay week, skz watched old live performances, and during Levanter, they were all silent and just seemed in thought during the entire thing and you could really tell that the song means so much to them.
yall freaking out that this intro is 14 minutes oh boy theres intro's that are 30-50 min long LMAOOO for 5star they did 3 parts for video intros
that's great.
And they were absolutely worth it 😂
Hyunjin loves Stay so much, like he's been so vocal about it over the years and it's like the thing he wants more than anything is for us to stay by their side. Also if you watch a lot of concert footage i'm so sorry, you're gonna see Chan cry a lot. He's one of the most emotional members, but most of the time it's happy and proud tears.
those are chan's hands 😂 and yes stray kids has a song called butterflies lol, is a japanese song that bang chan wrote because a butterfly landed on his nose once 🥹
Han's lip curl and a bintro are classic signs that a song will go hard haha
Girls STRAY KIDS also have a song called "BUTTERFLIES" It's a Japanese b-side 😉
esosa u will definitely end up being a 3racha bias eventually omg😭😭
actually I.N jeongin has the biggest and prettiest hands in SKZ 😭
*in your opinion
the prettiest yes, in my opinion😭 but the biggest, every stay knows that, so does skz 🤍
the realest thing ever
trueeeee
@@blackpinkenjoyer6250 on Weekly Idol, when they measured them, Hyunjin had longer fingers, but I.N was a close second
during their log for stay week 2023 they saw some of their old performances and their live performance of levanter was one of them, and really their reaction to seeing themselves during that time really hit me hard
Ot8 era is starting 😭💞
Their recent fanmeeting (the pilot ones) performances of levanter are so emotional and beautiful. With all the voices of stay singing along. The members said they wanted to cry as well.
I've been a Stay for almost 5 years now and going through this series with you guys feels like I'm falling in love with SKZ all over again , it's so refreshing seeing people dive deep and see SKZ for who they are. Thank you for taking the time to learn them , love them, and appreciate them❤️
Wait till they hear #LoveStay. I love watching this journey, honestly. Reminds me of when I was introduced to SKZ and then binge watched literally every thing I could. And honestly, if you see any clips of them from concerts, you will def see them crying. Just goes to show how much this means to them all the time. And if y'all watch their survival series... y'all def gonna cry.
See this is why it's difficult to distance myself to skz and instead keep falling. As a Kingdom STAY, every week Hyunjin is absent and we were busy supporting them on the show...and then HE RELEASES THIS AS HIS SONG after chan dubbed him as LoveStayBoy and all the bubble messages... IT KEEPS HITTING SO HARD 😭 their songwriting is so authentic and sincere
I feel like, at this point, Esosa is 3racha biased and Seungmin is her wrecker.
Ozlem is just Leeknow, all day, every day. Jeongin could be her wrecker. She loves his cuteness 😊
Things could change, but I feel like that's what it is now🤷
You know there's a say in the fandom that goes "you don't find Stray Kids, Stray Kids find you when you need them the most" so don't worry about just getting into them, is always the right time.
I found them in 2020 and I can't imagine what Stays that were there from the start feel now, in those 4 years I've seen them grow so much and every achievement just makes me so happy because they deserve it so much, in my 15 years of being into kpop, I have never seen a group like them, they love and enjoy what they do so much, the love they have for each other is so wholesome and the love they have for the fans is so heartwarming, I know they don't know I exist and I don't fully know them but they're so amazing and they make my life so much happier
we do actually have a behind the scenes for most songs because each album has an into like this one where they talk about each song on the album and their thought processes
I am so happy for this series. As someone who has been a stay for several years, watching your journey somehow feels like i am getting the oportunity to experience again what I felt when I first started to discover them myself. I would watch a 5 hour long video HAHAAH I can't wait for tomorrow's episode ❤
Esosa I get you! There's something about Han that gets me kicking my feet. It's crazy!
Levanter was really something. The feelings were so raw. We can watch and feel it. And even stray kids themselves still got the feeling. Last year they watched their first live performance of levanter, it was something else for real. They had a moment of silence watching the video when they had fun watching their there videos 😭
chan bias to 3racha bias to just biasing all 8 is so valid
This!😂❤
Fun fact about Chan. When he laughs he makes sometimes a little squeak sound and it’s soooooo cute
levanter.......... soooo Excited ( my best of best song... This song moves me every time I listen to it)
each member's hands are so easily recognisable! i immediately went "oh, those are Channie's hands" lmao
changbin's soft vocals in levanter😭🤍 and MINHO'S VOICE AND DANCING UGHHH
Han Jisung every time... Every damn time
Yall if you see the dance practice of double knot ( hyunjin is a killerrrr ) The choreography is so good 😭
Cant wait until they watcch the silent cry choreography
I am having so much watching you two on your Stray Kids journey!!! Your reactions are sooo real😂
as a hard 3racha bias, i get you so bad esosa
the kungfu panda thing was so interesting bc it really speaks to chan's mindset at the time. "wow we went thru so much only to get a piece of paper to say we get nothing" that's exactly what i think he was thinking. and if the speculation that kwj was forced out by jyp bc of whatever mistakes he was making, that's even extra pressure on them to focus on their path knowing they have this force ready to question them or make them feel unsafe. or if the speculation isn't true and he just left bc he lost passion for skz, that's as scary, thinking this could happen at any moment to them. it's just so much pressure no matter what. for something like this to happen after a survival show, after debut, after nonstop work with 6 albums to their name but still so early in their career and right before an album drop that was meant to be an end of an era for all 9 of them, that shit is so crazy. chan really had to tell himself that it doesn't matter what just happened bc everything before and after still has meaning.
Omggg finally Levanter my queen😭😭😭Levanter eng ver is my favorite song at all!!!
esosa and ozlem loving changbin singing voice withoy realizing it is so heartwarming
Please don’t worry about crying I cried watching Levanter, It is so understandable to cry over an emotional song. I love your genuine reactions all the time. Thanks for looking into Stray Kids I love that this felt like I am getting to know them again for 2nd time. It’ll be my 2nd year being a Stay this December and I still have so much content to see. I am enjoying this a lot. Also yes to OT8 until now I still change bias depending on the video. 😊 Also just to add you find Stray Kids at the right moment of your life and I feel that in my core cause I really did find them when I needed them and you guys being a Stay now is the right time for you and I am happy. Cheers for long videos.
Something about skz, and you’re gonna see and listen is that they don’t brag about their skills, they know they are good but always want more, always want to be more good, they always have something new to learn, to perfection, they 8 of them are really really perfectionist, so I’m so with you about you say to Seungmin, but you are not gonna listen to he say is enough nope, in the present he steel wants to be more good, so be prepared to listen to the kids say they are not “good enough” already, we all know they are but yeah, perfectionist jaja
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🤣🤣🤣😭 Double Knot is one of my top 5 tracks but I NOT expecting the m/v to have y’all so unhinged lmaoooo this roller coaster is gonna be fun! I might need to get in the discord
OMG WAIT 3RACHA IS PERFECT FOR ESOSA 😋
LEVANTERRRR 😭😭
so excited for today!!!
(Firstly i love all 8 of them very much) .....Han, Hyunjin and Bangchan 3 bias...wtf but yess😭💀 ...i cant pick one... i cant....
omg so happy that you reacted to the INTRO, for me the they are one of my favorite content in the comebacks!! they get even better with time and they're such a important thing to watch to understand the music better
the mood transition from levanter to double knot is actually cinematic
sorry Esosa why are they frustrating you with their hotness🤣🤣. when she started ranting in another language because of Han, I bursted out laughing
Watching you both go through this journey together has been so amazing. I became a Stay in April 2023 and I went through what you are going through right now. Finding out and discovering ALL that they went through, to get where they are now. You can see the pain in their eyes and my heart breaks for them and all the Stays that went through that as it happened. Stray Kids are truly a family. And we are part of that family now.
And as to the long videos, don't worry. I personally love them. I usually watch them while I'm cooking dinner, or doing some other task around the house. I've actually been more productive, so keep them coming hehe! Love you guys, from Australia 🇦🇺
Oh and they are AMAZING live! I was lucky enough to see them in Melbourne a couple of weeks ago and it was the best concert I've ever been to! ❤
Esosa’s eyes closed during Levanter was so on point. Sometime you just have to tune everything out and just listen. I loved that. ❤
2:21:32 I'm so happy you guys acknowledged this emotion lol. I feel seen. I've been watching your reactions casually over the past couple years and I could tell that you guys enjoyed SKZ well enough but weren't entirely convinced, so I decided to just enjoy it for what it was. Watching it finally click and going along on the journey as you guys fall for them has been one of the highlights of my year. Thank you so much for this series. 🙏🏼
Levanter always makes me feel a certain type of way. I get goosebumps and tear up Everytime I hear it or watch a live performance.
I love the long episodes, too. Tbh there is a big group of stays loving to watch reaction content, so go for it. We are definitely here for it.
I really hope you make a deep dive into other content even after this series is over since I love your content 💕
Tbh with your speed I don't know if the series will find an ending... i mean like their next comeback is in about two weeks
First time watch your reaction to SKZ. Love it.
Fyi, Han Jisung my forever bias 🤭😊
1:21:21
Yeah more please😊
I'm in love with Long's videos
I love how you guys are going through it all and taking the time to see how they and stay felt in that time… I’m sure all of stay appreciates it
Yaay long video. So fun watching you both discover Stray kids. Watching you slow down double knot and comment on Levanter Choreo you could eventually have fun with dance practices. Some songs have multiple different ones.
I just couldn't help but notice that you two are split into green and pink pair. And knowing that both of your potential biases are leeknow and han makes so much sense cause green pink combo is literally the minsung flag 💝
Can feel their emotional turmoil in this intro, but am so happy that they have achieved so much, and may they continue to grow and be healthy and happy in all they achieve ❤
I do think levanter was rewritten. The concept is "i am the key and these experiences were vital", but because something happened, theyve added more nuance (this is coming from the fact that they polish their works a lot with so many versions of one song which could also split it to different songs. Plus they had to postpone and change a lot during Astronaut, right after Double Knot) And YES, the fact that Stray Kids write songs with both their reality and the future they want to manifest is exactly what makes their songs so authentic and powerful. Another reason why TMT is a song I always look back on. They had a STAR theyre chasing and anxious about, they parted ways midway, but they have to keep running and then we just see them being the STARS among the Seoul sky they only dreamed of.
Actually I love your 2 hours videos more 🙃🤝💞💞
I identify a lot with you girls, the more I get to know Stray Kids the more I fall in love with each one of them. I fall in love with every detail, with the talent as a group and individually. It's a path of no return and I'm happy about it.
there are intro episodes for every comeback come in youll be happy and spoiled here
I could watch you guys slow Mo every last one of the music videos and zoom in on their faces for hours. I’m so happy you guys get it. Every time you guys upload a Stray Kids video I scream. I’m so happy you guys are doing this series! Definitely joining the Discord soon lmao.
I love long videos! 50 minutes IS short for this series😄😄
2:16:18 Sure thats true but as i know JYP himself trusts them and gives them more freedom when they create music than some other companies would've. They make their own songs start to finish. Sometimes i think they just don't care about their idol image. They are amazing to work with as people who have worked with them have said before. They will also be a groups number 1 supporter wherever they are. Everyone loves them.
I feel Esosa's pain too well. My bias is Chan obviously because he kind of got me into Stray Kids and as i got to know them more Jisung kept wrecking me so bad. Now it's the two of them with all the members wrecking me hard. It's never easy choosing a favorite when it comes to Stray Kids, whether it be albums, whether it be songs, whether it be members, not even funny moments you literally cannot pick a favourite
27:35 i just want to say that your videos bring so much happiness and joy to my life. it is so relieving to be able to come to a familiar place with two absolutely wonderful human beings and just fangirl for a couple of hours. you both provide such a beautiful place for people to come and hang out together. so thank you for everything
i kinda get when people don't like that some videos get longer "than what they're supposed to" but honestly most stays really don't mind! if anything for what i've seen (and because i'm one of them) we actually enjoy veeeery looooong videos (specially marathons of content like these!) lol i don't lie when i say that i could literally watch your reactions for way more than 5 hours fr 😭
also when you said "it's been half an hour and we still haven't listened to a song" i got shocked bc it felt like i watched 10 minutes lmao
i'm seriously very happy to be here in your journey with skz, it's been a good minute since i've seen a reactor this enthusiastic to take the time to know them and genuinely appreciate them 🥹 skz are such lovely people, while watching YCS mv i got really emotional bc i'm a stay and i've been with them for a long time and everywhere i go on stantwt i see a normalized hate train everyday, like it doesn't make sense to me how these guys can get so much hate just for existing and doing what they like :( but well, they said it, "for a flower to bloom, it needs to go through winter". thank you both for liking them and welcome to stayville ♥️
27:36 you are doing something very meaningful, it is meaningful to me. kpop is community and all but ive always struggled to form bonds with people and i really dont have anyone to enjoy this part of my life with. the fact that i can go on these journeys with you (multiple times bc this is not my first series from you) and get a glimpse of your friendship and see you enjoy things that also make me happy or laugh or feel is very meaningful to me
I for sure suggest watching dance pratices with some MVs. The one for levanter is my favorite its just so beautiful and conveys so much through the intricate movements. And seeing how each person executes certain moves differently is amazing to see as well
An hour of science🤣🤣🤣
Lmaaaoooooo
watching in slow-mo hit different,i might have to rewatch all the mvs in slow mo.
love the longer videos!!
Our Queen Levanter💕 that was a moment, difficult but beautiful and really emotional, but enyways welcome to the OT8 era girls!!❤🎉
You should definately watch their album intros especially the ate album one!!!
Imma just gonna say this now, you have no idea how excited I am to be getting into this later after work! Holy shiii 😝
Omg this episode reminded me everything we went through. 2019 was actually the most painful year for stayville and for the members. Rewatching this intro made me cry again. They were hurt we were hurt. Side effects era was devastating enough because of all the hate and mocking skz received then they lost a member and were scared they would lose us too. Them crying begging stays not to leave them. Still they kept working hard and trying new things. We were literally fighting every day in side effects era, it was hell 😭 I’m genuinely glad you guys didn’t see that. And look at them now, they got the success they deserved I’m so proud of skz I’m so damn happy for them. Also I’m proud of myself for staying with them and supporting them. I’ve been with skz for 5 years now I’m a miroh stay and I tell you what, I never ever regretted finding them. Actually I found them at the hardest moment in my life fighting with my depression. I’m not joking when I say they healed me. I forever be so grateful for this. SHOUT OUT TO EVERY OG STAY WHO SUPPORTED AND STAYED WITH KIDS THROUGHOUT ALL HURTFUL MOMENTS. I know kids are grateful for each of of us 😭
Did yall notice that Felix x Hyunjin duo dancing in Side Effects and Levanter is exactly the same moves? But in Side Effects it ends with Hyunjin grabbing Felix' head while in Levanter he kneels in front of him. The acceptance of everything and gaining freedom in Levanter screams through that choreo.
Levanter is one of my all time favorite songs❤❤❤ you should watch
Stray Kids - Levanter(live@2019 Gaon Chart Music Awards)
so good!!!
23:44 you described it so beautifully 😭 i love skz's music so much and ofc i can relate to it, but it means so much to be able to share authentic feelings with your favorite artist.
You did create something. To my sisters was incredibly meaningful.
Waiting here😅 they took 1 hour to appreciate the double knot, thank you Esosa for liking Hannie, and 3racha with minnie
Multi bias right here danceracha and 3racha 😂❤❤❤
They made the soundtrack of their lives. That describes them perfectly. Their discography is a backtrack to their real life events. They actually follow what goes on
Taking the screenshots = literally so relatable 😂
*edited just to say ...I ABSOLUTELY LOVE 8 MEN. ...and I know I am not the only one...so its perfectly fine 😉
It's difficult or almost impossible to choose your favorite Stray Kids song, but Sunshine is very special to me. 🥰
Loving the long videos !!!! ❤️❤️
I would say if you loved the first video of inrto to levanter you should deffo watch the others they did from their first album till now. These are my fav ones also to see the thought process and stuff
watching double knot for a full hour is so real
stays literally love watching long reactions, its always a pleasure. so please dont hold out on those long vids, as long as u guys take care of urself!
I've been in this OT8 debate since predebut. I'd be like this is my bias but this is also my bias but this member drives me crazy but I love this member. I've literally been fighting by myself cuz of this for years till I just came to accept I just don't have a bias I love them all I'm OT8 and it's been peace since. Screaming abt all of them when I see them happy with all my pulls in albums going feral when any of them passes in front of me in concerts and it's been the best