TOO MUCH TO HANDLE | Stray Kids 'Hellevator' + '소리꾼(Thunderous)' + MANIAC MV Reaction
Вставка
- Опубліковано 5 лип 2024
- Checking out some of our most requested SKZ MVz! Thank you all so much for the support in our journey this far ❤️
Come find us on twitter! @NewChReactions
Timestamps~
0:00 Intro & Pause warning (you have been warned)
2:39 Hellevator First Watch
11:57 Hellevator Second Watch
25:56 Thunderous First Watch
33:19 Thunderous Second Watch
41:40 Maniac First Watch
48:22 Maniac Second Watch
55:58 Final Thoughts
If you have any specific video recommendations of things you'd like us to see, please link those in the comments. 💜
#StrayKids #스트레이키즈 #reaction
![Stray Kids [INTRO "★★★★★ (5-STAR)"] Part 2 & 3 : Dance Practice & Recording Reaction](/img/n.gif)
Hello! We hope you enjoy this video 🤗. We will be reacting to and recording the Maxident album next ❤. We hope everyone has a fantastic week!
awesome!!
Get ready for the rap on 3RACHA song!! It's FIRE!!
Superboard music video just came out today!
cant wait 😆❤🔥
I'm a bit new here, and we're so happy that you're enjoying this cb!!
Now since I noticed you like diving deep into lyrics amd stuff, I would like to recommend the LEGENDARY Wow by 3RACHA as you see they have pre-debut songs and stuff, so good luck you're in a for a cutesy cringy-fest reacting to Wow!! 🤣
Also looking forward to your MAXIDENT reaction too!
Today Hellevator just reached 100 million views! Thank you for reacting! 😊
Did it really?! Wow that's fantastic! It deserves the views ❤️
hellevator is them on pre debut/trainee days , they're going through so much pain and hardships but in the end they're just building themselves to debut , it can be dark and lonely (bang chan even said that there was a time when he was really down and depressed bc he was basically alone as he trained for 7 years, all the friends he made had either debuted without him or been let go and because of that he used be very dark before stray kids came along and as he said saved him) but like you said when they are together they seem to light it up and have fun and in the end when they go in the field is basically them finding happiness together , a fun fact is that they released scars a song that also talks about their hardships and letting ghosts from the past go in the same day as hellevator
That's such a heartbreaking but beautiful trainee story. I'm sad to hear that he had to go through so many hardships but I'm glad he found the rest of his group members in the end. This song hits even harder now. I hope they are proud of where they are today ❤️.
Please don't apologize for pausing and actually paying attention in the song/lyrics, I'm really glad you guys do this and I'm sure a lot of people feel the same way!
And I agree with the interpretation of "Hellavator", of being a hard path, its going up but it's not a smooth ride, such a great name.
Thank you very much ❤️!
I totally agree few reactors are this attentive thats why i love them
True, I actually really like how you try to catch everything you are able to catch. I always find it more annoying when people rush through something so much work was put in
Yes, pause as much as you like. We are here to see your reaction. People who don’t like it can watch the MV’s on their own.
Fun fact: Today is the anniversary of Stray Kids' introduction to the world as a group and the day the first episode of their survival show came out! In the past 24 hours, it was announced that Maxident hit #1 on Billboard and we got Hellevator which is their first ever song as a group to 100M views. All while SKZ were asleep of course, so they woke up to the great news LOL. So the whole fandom is celebrating :') What's funny is that every achievement SKZ have ever gotten was on a special date like this and/or an anniversary.
I love your reactions as always and I can't wait for the Maxident reaction! For the pausing, keep on doing it as much as you want, those who don't like that just don't have to watch. I love that you point out details about the MV and the song itself.
I wanna recommend a variety thingy that SKZ did actually. It's two episodes, both about 25 minutes long, called "SKZ Variety Games: Happy Chuseok". It's a special that they did for Chuseok and it's in my opinion the funniest and most chaotic content they've put out this year. I think you'd love it!
Thank you for the reactions as always 🥰
Wow that's a lot of special things to happen all at once. I bet that was beyond exciting for them to wake up to! Congratulations Stray Kids 🎉!
Our bodies are on autopilot and most of the times we pause without really thinking lol. I don't think we could change that if we wanted to.. it wouldn't be a very genuine reaction if we did. Thank you so much for your kind words and support. It really means a lot to us ❤️.
Thank you for the suggestion ❤️!
Hellevator is their pre-debut song and the first song that they did together and introduced stray kids to the world for the first time.
I've seen a lot of people suggest silent cry but if you guys listen to it you need to know the story behind it cuz it makes it so much more impactful, so one of the members (Han) wrote a song called (secret secret) which is a sad song and the members wrote silent cry as an answer to (secret secret) to tell Han that he's not alone.
That is incredibly touching❤️
Stop I didn’t even know that about silent cry, do you know where/when they talked about that?
It's just fans theory. The members never confirmed that Silent cry is answer to Secret secret.
Hellevator, a song that talks about their hard times and people not believing in them, reached 100 million views on the day where Maxident hit #1 on the Billboard 200 charts.
It's so special to see where they started and where they are now, i'm so incredible proud
That's amazing! I hope they feel super proud of themselves ❤️. What an incredible coincidence!
i think its really pretty in the way you guys were talking about and thinking about the lyrics, ive not seen many reactors pause to actually read the lyrics much so it was nice hearing you guys talk about them.
Thank you ❤️. We are glad you enjoyed it!
@@NewChapterReactions enjoying your skz journey so far, looking forward to watching you learn more about the boys:))
Here some more suggestions for the next stray kids reaction “ cheese” “freeze “”venom “” Circus” “ easy”
i forget not everyone knows hyunijn as a rapper and get shocked when people are interested that he’s rapping cause to me i feel like he always is 😭 but ik he kinda does maybe tend to do some vocal in newer vids so i can see the surprise at least i think that would be the reasoning
@44:43 it’s jeongin (i.n) who does the duplicating scene actually
and for me one of my fav skz songs is silent cry due to the lyrics and just their voices in general (no mv just a lyric vids but overall it’s a good song i think everyone should listen to at least once)
We're looking forward to seeing Hyunjin rap more!!
Thank you for correcting us! We got confused because they're all wearing the same outfit 🤣. I see it now.. that he is the one wearing the hat!
@@NewChapterReactions yes, Leeknow is the one with the purple (and pink near the end) hair in Maniac 🤗 I.N (Jeongin) had the black hair (sometimes with a hat) and two different coloured eyes.
I love this dynamic; one in which one party is attuned to the nuanced instrumentals and the other, the stunning visuals. Your combined commentaries present a sophisticated analysis of their musical identity that is essentially the story of their lives thus far. Their passionate delivery of the music could not be achieved by artists who do not write/produce their own music. I love your discussions and as someone who has been with SKZ for a long time, I find myself discovering unseen elements of their projects. My appreciation for their artistry has been elevated a bit more by your reactions. Thank you.
We are incredibly grateful to you for taking the time to post such a kind comment about our dynamic. Our entire goal in embarking on this reaction journey was to not only analyze the messages that the group has worked hard to convey, but also to have fun and enjoy the music along with all of you. Thank you so much for being here with us!
I recommend the 'Thunderous SKZOO ver.'! It's funny and adorable at the same time and I'd feel like you'd enjoy it a lot!
Oh? That sounds fun!
IDK if you know this but Bangchan watch's lots of stray kids reaction channels and give Reactors shout-out in his VLIVE. I hope he watch's your videos. Remember CHANNIE IS ALWAYS WATCHING STAYS.👀
That's terrifying but also super sweet 🤣
You should watch their dance practices! They’re so good!
I just love how y’all enjoy these songs/MVs. Y’all really do have good eyes and ears and thoughts on them all. The way you dissect the songs and MVs is very intriguing. I always enjoy watching y’all.🥰
My breakdown..
Hellevator is pre debut so this song is very much about their beginning but also growing up as teenagers like y’all said. They created this song for their survival show. So it has a lot of the feelings and struggles they’d been dealing with during that show before debuting & their trainee time.
Hyunjin used to rap more then sing actually but now he does sing a lot more which we love.
Lee Know rapping in Hellevator is special. He struggled so much with it on the show but he pushed thru and with the groups support, he did so well!🥹
Thunderous:
Not Bri making a pun!🤣
Y’all are a mess. I love it.
Maniac:
The faces y’all make are starting already lol.😆
I.N was the one who duplicated himself. And he’s the one with two different colored eyes. I left this in even tho I see someone else already mentioned it.😋
Channie is the one singing the high notes in the background at the end. He’s also the one singing the background during the chorus.😊
Ok my novel.💁🏻🤣 Thanks for sharing your reactions. Loved every minute.😁🥰😘😘
You're so sweet we love you ❤️. I'm glad we're able to put our heads together and actually figure stuff out haha.
I'm looking to seeing more of Hyunjin rap!
Aww that's so sweet. I'm glad he was able to push through.. I love hearing that they had such support from each other even in the beginning 🥺.
I'm rubbing off on her 😂! I have a feeling we're always going to be a mess 🤦😂!
Ahh we got confused because they're all wearing the same clothes 😂. I had to go back and rewatch the clip a few times when someone pointed it out. I can see that it was I.N now .. but mainly only because he's the one wearing the hat!
Thank you for always taking the time to leave your comments on our videos ❤️❤️.
Hyunjin actually specialized as a rapper. After Changbin and Han, he could be considered the strongest rapper in stray kids. In 2020 he began to train his vocal a little more but even so he specializes more in rap and one fact is that he was part of the top 15 of the fastest rappers in kpop (I don't know if the list has been updated)
Thank you for that info, I definitely didn’t know if he was classified as one of the fastest rappers!
If you feel like you want to tone down on their hype music, I'd recommend watching their The First Take performances
The First Take is a japanese channel that invites mostly japanese singers and bands and they have one single chance to perform their song in empty white room. If they mess up, the messed up version will get released.
Stray Kids were the first Korean artists invited. They sung 3 songs there so far: Slump, Mixtape: OH, Scars. All are live and one take only, it's so nice ❤️
Wow, that's such an interesting concept. I'm going to assume that they completely killed it!
I cant wait for that Maxident album reaction. This is one of their best albums imo. TASTE and 3Racha are an experience so I'm looking forward to that!!!
Ahh we were originally going to react to the album this past weekend but something came up and we couldn't. We were both pretty bummed about it! We can't wait to get to it 😭❤️!
34:06 You are very keen! Actually it's not satoori, but Pansori, Korean traditional singing and storytelling genre. He applied traditional Pansori style in his rap, which is awesome. Also it goes with the lyrics (mentioning a woodcutter, from Korean traditional tales) as Pansori lyrics is about folklore tales and the woodcutter is a common character in those tales!
Thank you for correcting me! It being Pansori makes a lot more sense than it being Satoori with the message the song is giving ❤️.
I'm really appreciate when ppl stop the video to say something about the mv because it shows that you are interested in what you are watching 😊 I get annoyed by ppl who talk over the mv, skipping everything, or get distracted by everything else, it's immediately obvious that they don't care. Thats why you shouldn't apologize for pausing💜
Thank you so much, it means a lot for us to hear that 🥺 We just know pausing isn’t for everyone so we just like to give a warning. Sometimes we feel a bit chaotic and pause more than normal which is when the apologies come out 🤣 But thank you again for being so kind. 💜
"Sorry" sounds like "sori" (소리) when they Aussie-fie the pronunciation, so it's one of the many, many instances of wordplay in SKZ. 소리 is noise/sound. The 소리꾼 (sorikkun) of the Korean title of the song is a type of traditional Korean vocal performer, and it can be translated to something like "noise master." SKZ called themselves 소리꾼 and thus invoked respected historical Korean culture about a position literally all about being NOISY, which is very much part of the clapback to the derision they receive for being different or "not Korean enough" or, y'know, noisy. Some Aussie STAY also pointed out that "dirty" is sometimes Aussie slang for "mad" or "pissed off" or the like. So there's a potential additional meaning of "I'm not sorry, I'm pissed" or even "I'm not noisy, I'm mad" or whatever. But either way, yeah, they _definitely_ were not apologizing for being loud. 😆
Thunderous obviously has traditional elements in the clothing, setting, story, and the music itself. The second bit of Changbin's rap in the beginning (when he's holding a fan) is modeled after the traditional pansori style of a sorrikun's performance. From the fan to the flow, it's a direct reference, and nearly every Korean reactor I saw _loved_ that inclusion because it's so intrinsically, specifically Korean. As you noticed, traditional instruments of numerous types, from several traditional performance styles, are worked into the track, and by the end they're the dominant instrumentation. The red outfits, the animation, the blue hands, the magic, and the story (the in-video story, not the overall SKZ lore, of which the events in this video are just a small, metaphorical continuation) are all about the members being 도깨비 (dokkaebi -- powerful Korean folklore goblins) coming down from their lairs to lead a revolution by declaring themselves the thunderous ones and winning a sorikkun competition (that's what those posting are on the village announcement board) while defeating the 잔소리꾼 (jangsorikkun -- naggers, naysayers, the "villains") who throw hate at them and oppose new voices.
Thank you so much for all of the helpful info, especially with all of the language and playing on words. I love when artists are able to use their language and culture to emphasize a point in their music... it's incredible 😱
In terms of having people not support you, Felix said his parents weren't happy when he decided to be a trainee, flying across the world to SK alone. It almost seemed like he felt that they didn't support him in the beginning.
That makes me so sad to hear :( I can't imagine what he went through to get to where he is today.
@@NewChapterReactions Like the guide said he knew only basic Korean, enough to be polite, but with Lee Know's help and his persistence, he nailed it. Felix was only a trainee for 6 months before Chan chose him to be a part of Stray Kids.
U really reacted to Hellevator my favourite SKZ song 🥺 I heard so many SKZ songs but this song has special place in my heart it's so beautiful and the lyrics are so heartwarming!! I literally started crying the first time I listened to it and I cried more when I read the lyrics. Can't believe it's just a pre-debut song 🥺
The lyrics were beautiful ❤️. We can't believe it's a pre-debut song either! This is title track worthy, the song was amazing.
Considering how you analyse the lyrics, you'll enjoy their discography.
HUGE TIPS: you said you were gonna react to each album from oldest to newest, so to understand the concept of each album you should watch the Album trailers. These trailers do not contain music from their album but like only the story behind it, it links all the music videos together and help you understand the message they’re giving. And if you are curious about the music creation process after listening to the album you can watch the INTRO for the album, 3RACHA as well as the other members explain the creation process of each of the album tracks, inspiration, funny stories etc. And to have a better idea of their personalities as well as discovering how their music videos are made you can watch the behind the scenes for the MV
Thank you for the tips! We plan to start with the MVs first and then we will go back and react to the albums in order. We will make sure to get to all of the extra content as well that goes with each album. You're the second person to mention the trailers to us today so we'll have to make sure to make a note of that for later. Thank you so much ❤️!!
Yes yes and yes, I just wanna say about their album trailers😀
I really apreciate thay you are taking your time watching the mvs twice to watch the mv and then to read the lyrics, thank you for this i absolutely love your reactions. Hellevator you're right is their pre-debut song that they wrote, composed and produced themselves meanwhile they were in the survival show, it will be great if u react to it so you could know more about them and their beginning, this song was about they journey to become idols i don't want to say too much cause if u watch the survival changbin explains there the meaning of the song and you can see how they created this song is very interesting, about thunderous you said that you love then people make music about the haters so i recommend you cheese, another great song that they make reference when the haters called them noisy and more unrespectful things about their music and about god's menu, side effects, etc i love how they make fun of that things like they don't really care what do the haters/people in general think about them they're living their lifes the way they want and making what the want to do. In Maniac who duplicated themselves are Changbin in the train (but his clones were behind him so it's not clear at first) and then I.N when he's like in the cafe or something like that he did it too is not lee know but you are not too wrong, lee know is in the next scene looking at "you" through the window before the brain appear and changbin do his rap and the guy with two different color lents is I.N too haha we understand that is confuse at first. One thing i like too about the maniac mv is that at the end when they are in the cafe, at the window you can read " If you want breakfast in the bed, sleep in the kitchen" is funny and original😂don't worry about the length of the video, it's very entertaining, sorry for so much text i don't even know if you can read this hahaha
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us such a helpful comment 🥰 you have literally nothing to apologize for, your English was great and I could read everything without any trouble 🤗 We have reacted to God's Menu and can absolutely see how that message relates to this one, and Side Effects is absolutely on our list! Thank you for all of the information ❤️
Again, love the lyrical analysis! They pour such sincerity into their music and by doing so are able to comfort and empower their listeners who may go through similar struggles
And of course, they can use their wit to lift themselves above the hate
Thank you for continuing this SKZ journey
That's very well put! I love that they make music that so many people can relate to and be comforted by ❤️.
Welcome to SKZVERSE! 🔥
Welcome to StayVille ❤️
LMAO!! ....Felix's Maniac shirt was sheer. No undershirt. We all died.
34:41 Hi, here’s a fact to comprehend the title Thunderous: the Korean title for this music is Sorikun which means something like « music/noise pro » which goes along with this idea that they’re making Noise in this album (Noeasy) so you hear it like Thunder which is a striking noise that people are usually afraid of. But Stray Kids are not afraid of being Noisy (noeasy) so they use this critic as their album name and the theme that links the song contained in it (CHEESE and Domino more specifically)
Can you believe they had the AUDACITY!!!! to be this effing good at PRE DEBUT?!?!?! And producing and writing songs about that kind of subject matter to??? Literally no one does it like Skz. Hellevator was their first ever MV together. Their actual debut was District 9.
Also the high notes at the end of Maniac was Bang Chan :)
You're not wrong 😂! This song is so high quality I can't believe it was pre-debut!
I.N is the one who duplicate 5,000 version of his self😂. Can’t wait for the next SKZ reaction! ❤
I see a lot of confusion in baby Stays when it comes to their roles as a vocal or rappers i blame mostly the guides for this lol. But Stray Kids actually have “roles” even though a lot of STAYs say they don’t. So Han, Changbin, Hyunjin and Felix are mainly the rap line, Seungmin, I.N, Lee Know and Chan are mainly the vocal line. It also exist the confusion with 3RACHA (Chan, Changbin and Han) as the main rap line but they are and at the same time not, they are the producing unit of Stray Kids and the three of them rap but Chan generally in SKZ song is more of a vocal and in 3RACHA songs he raps although also sings. The thing that “Stray Kids don’t have set roles” goes because is not rare to listen a song where a rapper sings or where a vocal raps... I hope I made sense. Thank you for your reaction.
That made a lot of sense, thank you for taking the time to explain that and clarify for us! 🥰
Loveeeed your reaction, the way you catched the lyrics, choreo and mv all together! I've got emotional too 🥺✨
Another good combo would be
-Miroh, My Pace or Double Knot
-Easy, Domino or Cheese
-Venom, Freeze or Charmer
Also if you want to check SKZ vocals there are 3 MVs from the First Take channel
Can't wait for more of your skz content 😊
Thank you so much, and thank you for the suggestions ❤️
Hellevator & the whole Mixtape pre debute album is part of the Stray Kids reality show, they did before debut.
I like watching people reacting to that & it probably would be a nice beginning to your journey.
But as far as I heared, it's hard to upload those episodes, because Mnet likes to block them.
Yeah, Mnet is pretty hard to get around unless we decide to blur out the video (which is no fun). We'll have to discuss it and see what we come up with. We would love to see the start to their journey though!
@@NewChapterReactions Maybe it will help to search other creators who have done it & see how they done it. Maybe asking them helps too.
Good Luck
I'm sorry Idk your names yet but the girl (not with the glasses) face at 28:24 is, a MOOD 😂😭
We're the worst at introducing ourselves 🤦. That would be Bri haha she has the best facial expressions 😂.
Hi that’s me, I’m Bri 🤣 My sister (with glasses) is Tori! I’m starting to see that I express my thoughts very clearly on my face, I’m glad it can provide entertainment 😂😭
I love how you guys get things that most of us didn’t catch even after all this time. I absolutely love all your pauses and comments, that’s what a REACTION is to me! 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
Thank you so much ❤️!
I love your skz reactions! can't wait to see more!!!
Next time, please react to a soft song.SKZ's emotional songs are pretty good, too.
Levanter , slump , Neverending Story ,secret secret, OH,BLUE PRINT ,Winter Falls , Red Light ,Lonely St.
The fact that you put 'red light' as a soft song made me laugh so much, thank you for that!
@@Ataraxianist That song can go to heaven softly ......////
But I violently died multiple times from all that the song and hyunchan offered though... (I'm not going to speak upon the OT8 version because PTSD) It's clearly hell no heaven in sight
DEFINITELY check out EASY, CIRCUS, BACKDOOR, CHARMER, FREEZE, LONELY ST, SORRY, Domino, all very good . 🥰welcome
You should definitely check out their dance practices, they're so talented !!
46:32 you should definitely watch the ODDINARY teasers to fully comprehend what’s happening in MANIAC and why Felix is basically fleeing his MANIAC side during the whole MV
For reasons I haven't figured out (and there doesn't have to be), there's something about Felix in his Thunderous outfit, the extensions and that hat (whether it be the red version or white version, etc) that is just almost mesmerizing. I can't look away and don't want to---just stare and I don't have words for it. Gorgeous? Yes, but.... no words. And I'm not the type that goes nuts over attractive guys--I acknowledge but I can't get crazy-fan-girl, but this look.... Can't argue with the many attractive versions we've seen, including model into 2024, but this one is undoubtedly my favorite. Sori kun! 😍
I know this is a year old but i just found your channel, Hellevator is the start of the lore, there are 2 versions of stray kids, one in hell, the city and the other one where its lavender,
Thank you! you're working so hard with other groups but you're still going to the trouble of watching the from the beginning and then some :) not a lot of reactors do all the stuff so from a Baby Stay (and Villain) Thank you 😊 🖤
Thank you ❤! We love getting to see a group grow through the years. That's one of the main reasons we decided to go in this order. It's been a very enjoyable journey so far for both of us 🥰!
@@NewChapterReactions and I'm looking forward to it 🖤
Hellavator still gives me chills every time!
I never made the connection to Dopey and Coraline! Now I’m super curious to know what the rest of them are dressed as! I always learn something when watching your videos 😀
gold star received! Im behind on these skz vids but I really appreciate and enjoy your twice over approach and love the conversations you guys have around this music and/or videos! cant wait to watch more
Hi! We're glad you enjoy our approach. We hope you have fun catching up on our other videos 🥰⭐
It's great that you're pausing videos because it's really very interesting to listen your thoughts and seeing your emotions! You two are just gorgeous, as stay I hope to see a lot of content with Stray Kids, specially Kingdom performances or Finding SKZ stuff, you're one of the most cool reacting girls I've seen. Thank you for being so open and lovely ♥️🐿️
Oh thank you so much! You're too sweet 😭! This comment made our day ❤️.
Loving your reactions, looking forward to more 😊. I like your analysis of the videos
I never get tired of walking through the SKZ journey. I love them so much and am glad you are reacting to them!
I really really love your breakdown on hellevator. My 2 cents is that the circular enclosed space reminds of like Panopticon, the idea of being watched, being a prisoner. The elevator being in Inception becuase it's their deepest consciousness despite the fact that the elevator is going up, this is apparent with the folded world coz it emphasizes that dream. A song I relate this with is "The View" because that song would somehow be call back to the struggles theyve experienced to reach where they are now.
Saying that Thunderous is using something traditional, something people would comonly love but blending it to the sound which SKZ is criticized for from the fact that the olden people were admiring the modern cars is genius! Reminds me of their mixtape called "Gone Days" because it's their explicit protest against traditional/conservative people (old people).
With Maniac, i really feel like it's a callback to hellevator in terms of imagery. But SKZ have been messing with dimensions, AU selves, or clones. But if it's closely linked to Hellevator, then I'm guessing it's the fact that this is their "subconscious" like in Inception where de Caprio was going deeper into his consciousness (like how Maniac is chaotic and even showing the brain and everything's getting distorted), theyre trying to visualize exactly what it means to "cosplay" despite the fact that we have our own opinions. As Han said, "It ain't 'live', it's 'holding on'" because if that sanity or rationality snaps, we'll be a volcano "POPPIN'", a bubble bursting, a world breaking apart, vision warping--type of thing ☠️ (I don't have a different skz song to relate to this in mind HAHA)
Anyway, I just really enjoyed this reaction/review/journey . It didn't feel like almost an hour
You've given us some things to think about 🤔. Thank you so much for further breaking down the videos for us! We're glad you enjoyed our reaction ❤!
what a smart analysis on the second reaction to hellevator.
Thank you!😊
Loved your reactions to all the videos and the in-depth analysis! Stray kids are one of a kind and my ult group! Bang chan is the one who did the adlibs (background vocals) in the end of Maniac and " oo can't stop the smoke during the chorus."
The super high tone at the end of Maniac is Chan. He doesn't sing those high tones live tho, he goes octave lower or leaves them as backing track on live shows. It makes sense since hitting that while doing choreo is pretty damn hard lol. Han is really the only one constantly hitting his high tones during live performances since his voice is higher set. Seungmin, I.N and Chan usually harmonise with themselves on backing track which is beautiful too. Then there is of course Minho who just nonchalantly hits any falsettos live while dancing without blinking 😂
Thank you so much for providing that info!! I can't wait to be at the point where I can distinguish their voices so I can hear all of that much better! 😊
@@NewChapterReactions Well, you will soon learn that STAY call themselves "clowns". You will often see 🤡 emoji in this fandom. It reflects the fact that whole fandom gets clowned by Stray Kids. Since they are so versatile with their tones and rap/vocal abilities, even fans for years get confused about who is singing what part (it's common for Chan to explain in his Sunday vlive who is singing what lol). Since "clown" is such a common title for stays, we are sure Stray Kids made their recent song Circus just for us 😂
"Stray Kids finally made a Circus for us clowns"
@@Akkarri That's both hilarious and so helpful, thank you 🤣
So happy to join you guys in your Stray Kids journey, I love seeing new fans delve into skz
Now I have another SKZ reactor to enjoy skz with
Thank you for joining us!!🥰
I can’t wait for u guys to watch their funny moments. I honestly loveeee your reactions 🫶🏻
Ooh we can't wait to get to that either. I can tell it's going to be chaos!
their first music video assignment for them by jyp during stray kids survival show
Stray kids
-red lights
-venom
-lonely st
🥰
OH MY GOD UR THEORY ON THE HELLEVATOR MV IS THE EXACT SAME AS MINE.
Super excited to hear you guys will be going back from the beginning! But if I might make a suggestion? There are 4 songs/MVs that all take place in the same story, I guess you could say? Reacting to them together might be a good idea. But only if you want to! This is just my suggestion!
In order they are
Mixtape: On track
unveil track- B Me (there is no FULLV for this song)
Mixtape: Oh
The View
Thank you! We would have no idea about things like this without incredibly helpful comments like yours 🥰
Love the Mixtape storyline!
skz don't have bad songs, thats a fact
btw, loved the reaction :)
We haven't even heard everything and I already fully agree 🤣
Thank you so much :)
@@NewChapterReactions they are super talented, i suggest "easy" and "maniac". i'm sure you'll love it
Thank you so much for reacting straykids ❤️❤️❤️
U just get it...i looove ur reaction sooo much to skz
Thank you ❤️!!
I already knew Thunderous and Maniac. Of all their songs so far, I think Thunderous is my favourite. Your reaction is always really funny. Maniac grew on me. I didn't like that much at first but I do now! Love your reaction and analysis to the lyrics and mv 💙
Hello Riv ❤️! I still can't get over the way Felix says Frankenstein in Maniac.. If I could have that on replay I would 😂! Thank you for taking the time to leave us another comment ❤️❤️!
A little tip that might help you. There is actual storyline going thru all SKZ MV's and they explained it partially in a "Stray Kids: Prequel (Highlight Reel)" it has English Subtitles & parts of few of their MV's until God's Menu and helps to grasp at least the basics of the lore. I advise watching that before going into their others music videos. Seriously it's crazy how thought out SKZ MV's are and how they all connect with each other. It's mind-blowing really.
Thunderous is definitely a message to the people complaining and calling their music noise. Same with the song Cheese. Also 3Racha on Maxident.
I'll never understand some people 🤷. I love how they put out music like this. We can't wait to get to 3Racha (and Cheese)!
I loooooove how excited y’all get! It makes my Stay heart soar❤❤❤
P.s. don’t ever be sorry for pausing!
Love your reaction 💛
I love your reactions to these! So genuine. And a huge welcome to new Stay's. It would be amazing to see you react to Neverending Story, Secret Secret, and then something fun like Voices. Neverending Story and Secret Secret are both BEAUTIFUL lyrical pieces that showcase their vocals while Voices' lyrics are beyond emotional.
Thank you for the welcome 🤗 and the suggestions!
37:56 also what you’re saying is pretty true and Stray Kids wrote an amazing and super funny single called Gone days. Same it’s a okay on words just like half of their discography. In Korean « Gondae » means boomer. They basically are saying in this song they’re going to be the next generation leaders in the music so the old people have to let them do their things. It could be a super fun reaction to do
The long high note at the back during maniac was bangchan
They have another track: Cheese and it's a fabulous diss track
So I have a different take on the elevator idea. I don't think the idea is that the elevator ride is hell. I think it's the idea that they are in hell but they know there is a way up for them, the hellavator.
I think it's a small play on expectations, the hellavator is assumed to be a trip to hell, but an elevator goes both ways.
They were in hell on their own, but were always making their way to the hellavator. They each were intentional about making this trip.
Then as they get there and make the ride we start seeing flashes of a different place or different colors, because now they are on this ride together and some heavenly moments are already happening between them...
Then they get to the top and it's heaven.
I like the way you analyze the songs. Makes sense. 🙂
Thank you ❤️!
skz are literally SO talented, i have been a kpop fan since 2014 but any other group caught my attention like they did!! and they're the sweetest boys ever which just makes it easier to like them 😭
so happy to see your reactions to them
2014???
@@user-yc5nz3lh1w yes lol
why?
Hellevator is the first song there did on the the survival show with others that are on a pre debut album called Mixtape which is really good and with all Stray Kids albums the b sides have MV's or performance videos and dance practices for most songs
These reactions are fire
Do Slump
Easy and N/s next plss
Don't apologize for the constant pausing because I'm here for it. I love and appreciate that you take your time to watch the MVs details and read the lyrics and actually try to understand the whole meaning behind the symbolism (btw, very accurately so far!), this DEFINITELY my favorite Stray Kids reaction channel for that reason and I'm so looking forward to make this journey with you, because if you're going to watch the MVs from the start, then we'll be watching the whole Broken Compass storyline and its a whole fantasy-action drama that needs a bit of analysis to get it whole and I'm so relieved I finally found people who actually look for the meaning behind the metaphors OMG! I'm so exited!!
There're themes that you'll find repeating constantly, like tunnel, maze, mirror, two moons, security cameras, keys, racing, glitches, flowers, the city... Every time there is one of those elements, you know that MV is part of the 'SKZ are secretly superheroes' story arc.
'Hellevator' is the elevator you find in Hell, so since you're in the rock bottom (in hell), it can only lift you up. So, when they get out from hell to this beautiful flowered field, they find themselves watching the city above them, this cold manmade place juxtaposing the wild nature where they are. And that's where their journey starts (actually no, in District 9 they show the real beginning of the story, but this is kind of the theme stated part).
'Thunderous' is the name in english, but it's original title is 'Sorikkun', that's like a minstrel in traditional Korea, and the blue lights are commonly representing 'dokkaebi', little mischievous spirits that bring chaos, so they're kinda both at the same time. This song actually was chosen to represent Korea in an international convention, with the presidents in the public, because they said it perfectly combines the traditional with the current Korea (was funny watching them trying to behave properly in front of such authorities).
'Maniac' is like 'Well, remember the cold city we found in Hellevator? Well, now that we conquered it, we found another one above that's crazier and that's our next step'
I'm so excited that you're so excited 🥺 It means a lot to the both of us to have such strong support. We will continue to do our best to both appreciate the music and break down the messages and story as best as possible.
I've definitely already noticed the repeated glitches so I will try to keep an eye out for the other repeating elements. I love that they did that!!
New subscriber...Love you two, love the pausing, I am also an ARMY and a Stay (STARMY) I can't wait to watch the journey!!!!
Hello 💜! Thank you for subscribing and taking the time to leave us a comment! That's the first time I've heard STARMY! That's so adorable 🥺.
Thank you for reacting to SKZ! Please don't apologize for pausing and react how you want to do it.
If you're interested, Stray Kids has a lot more contents than music. I discovered them through music but fell for them because of who they are (loving their comedic side in particular).
We are going to get into their other content as well. We just want to get a good handle on their music first. They have so much to react to that I know we'll be busy with them for quite some time haha. We can't wait to see more of their individual personalities ❤️.
Felix is wearing a sheer shirt only,he wore it in performances and also they're halloween dance practice for Thunderous
We've heard about a Halloween dance practice for Thunderous! That's part of the reason we're reacting to it now. We plan on reacting to some of their Halloween content at the end of the month 🤗!
@@NewChapterReactions They also did a zombie version of Maniac and hopefully we'll get a new one with Case 143 🥰
Love the video, when you are listen to Hellevator and feel emotional, because I react the same even if I listen this song so many times. I recomend my pace, cheese and freeze
It’s weird cause I’m not normally a fan of pausing but when you guys do it, I love it.. because you’re doing it to pay attention 🥹🫶. Love your reactions as always. Can’t wait to stack up on gold stars 🙈😂
Ahhh thank you 🤗❤!
Please please please stick to your guns and pause as muuuch as you want!! Don’t even apologize because you need to pause to understand!! There’s no possible way to catch everything without pausing and most of us (I hope?!) would much prefer you to understand what’s going on.
You’re so on about Hellevator! This song was writte/made during and for their Survival show. I don’t want to spoil the show in case you plan to catch up on it but yeah their debut was hell. It’s all captured in the show too. The CEO asked changbin if he really thought their training period was comparable to hell and he immediately agreed that yes, it IS hell. I highly recommend watching the 9 episodes (they’re all on stray kids subs website) so you can see exactly what they did and had to pass to get where they are now.
Thunderous: he IS TALKING IN SATTORI OMG you guys are legit so knowledgeable I love it!!! And you’re spot on mixing the traditional and new sounds together. Like, you’re going to complain that this music is just noise when the instrumentation and costuming, location, aka everything is rooted in tradition??? They spoke loud enough for the ones in the back 😂
Maniac: I’m still here! You both are so entertaining because you have such unique and accurate understanding of things lmao I don’t know why anyone would leave. The high note is Bang Chan! He does the “thick as fog” during the chorus too. Idk if all of them are cosplaying tbh. We all thought Chan was Coraline and Felix did look like Dopey but idk if anyone else was so not sure on that!
Yay I got a gold ⭐️ 😂 also sorry for such a long comment. 😮
We'll try to apologize less for pausing! We just need to get it out of our heads that most people don't seem to mind. We'll get there! Thank you very much ❤️❤️.
I'm sorry to hear that they had to go through something so difficult. I'm glad that they are where they are now and that they found each other. I'm sure their bond is much stronger because they went through so many hardships together. I hope they're proud of how much they've accomplished 🤗!
Logging all those hours on K-dramas has really paid off haha! We loved the sass they threw around in this song. "They spoke loud enough for the ones in the back." I love that 😂!
Well all of their costuming looked cool regardless. I still can't get over how blue Bang Chan's hair was 😂. And that high note was beautiful!
Thank you for watching all the way to the end 😂! We enjoy long comments so please don't apologize. Yours have been very fun to read through ❤️
I really can't say enough how much I love your reactions! It's so nice to see people that actually care about the message of the songs. Like I really don't know many other reactors that pay full attention to every aspect, the music, the lyrics, and the video. I just love how genuine and respectful you guys are! Also very smart because you understand the meanings so easily!
I really like all the songs you reacted to in this video. But Hellevator especially, it just makes me feel so nostalgic even though I only first heard it a couple months ago lol! I think because the instrumental is similar to the type of music that was on the radio when I was younger.
I see a lot of people recommending Cheese and I do really love that song but I think maybe wait a bit? Cheese specifically references 2 other songs, God's Menu (you've already heard) and Side Effects. Side Effects got (and still gets) so much hate and Cheese talks about the haters. I guess I'm saying I think listen to the other song first so you have the full context. I think Side Effects will help you understand why people say their music is "noise", obviously it's not true and I think it's a masterpiece but Side Effects is a very interesting song. But you don't have to Cheese is amazing on its own! And I really like the music video for Cheese it's so fun. Anyways looking forward to more Stray Kids! 😊
You made us feel so happy with this comment, we really appreciate you 🥺 We are trying our best to make sure the boys are getting the credit and attention they deserve!!
I can definitely understand what you're saying about Hellevator feeling nostalgic... I think I felt that way too but didn't make that connection until just now!
I have to admit I'm giggling over the title of Cheese. I know it is most likely not in reference to the food, but that's where my head immediately went and I had to laugh 🤣 Thank you so much for the helpful information about Cheese and Side Effects, we are definitely going to take it into consideration!
@@NewChapterReactions There is another meaning for Cheese in the song but there also is a part where they just list the names of different kinds of cheeses so you're not entirely wrong! 😆
@@greygreygray Oh my gosh hahaha I figured there was no way it had anything to do with actual cheese, that's just great!! Now I'm even more excited 🤣
@@NewChapterReactions the cheeses listed are all cheeses that most people (even lactose intolerant folks) can eat, coming back to the God's Menu idea that their music is for everyone. BTW I'm thoroughly enjoying your trip down the rabbit hole. Can't wait for Maxident and our trip down memory lane. ❤️
I can't wait for you two to watch their funny content , their off stage personalities are amazingly hilarious and chaotic 😆
We can't wait either!
Love your reactions girls! You should definately check out the Relay Dance for Maniac (and other songs). They are really fun & show SKZ personalites.
i know you guys are going to be going in order now when going through the albums but theres another song thats like a diss track kind of song to their haters/antis called cheese that I am so excited to see you two react to.. theres so many good songs that i am looking forward to seeing your reactions to
Cheese! We've had several people mention that song to us. We can't wait to get to it 🤗
thanks for your reaction. Hellevator is actually a predebut song with the first mv. I think in Maniac you mixed up Lee Know (purple hair) with IN (two different eyes). :P
We got confused because they're wearing the same clothes 😭! That was our bad haha. Thank you for letting us know ❤️.
I actually just realised I think when they say ‘the villains make my blood boil. All eyes on the gathering of the thunderous ones’ I think they’re mocking/acting as the haters by calling skz the villains to music and how smthn simple as their music pisses ppl off. And that even then ppl are watching what they’re doing, seeing what noise they release next. Famous as in notoriously famous.
Also the Korean name for thunderous and the word said in the chorus is ‘sorikkun’. The direct translation of that word is literally ‘noise masters’. It also is another name for a traditional type singer. But it also refers to a style of traditional Korean singing called pansori that resembles storytelling. changbin actually sings in that style during his rap verse that mentions his name. It can also be interpreted as a mash of the word ‘a nagging person’. With all these lil things, u can see what a genius title sorikkun was. Changbin was the one who thought of it.
Absolutely genius. We've learned so much from the comments. The layers that go into their music are amazing!
This video was sooooo much fun…thank you from heart… I will be waiting for more Stray Kids reaction, hope you watch everything from the beginning debut mv which is District 9
We plan on getting to everything❤️! We have a lot of content to catch up on and we're excited 😂!
I would love to see you reaction to their Street Version Mvs for "Insomnia", "Question" and "Boxer"; they are very fun to watch. I also think you would enjoy "Miroh" and "I am you"
Thank you for the suggestions! We will be trying to get to as much as possible, we promise! 🤗
I decided to start watching your stray kids videos again and from all your reactions I will say when you get to watching the survival show you will need many tissues 😁
*buys new 10 pack of tissues*
@@NewChapterReactions maybe more 😫
Hi guys! I have a little bit of a theory about why the elevator numbers are climbing while also going to "H"? Mind you, this is just a theory; when we think of Hell, we typically think 'down', correct? so if a person was taking an elevator into hell, it's possible that the numbers aren't climbing as the elevator goes up, like they would traditionally, but maybe the numbers are climbing as the elevator descends lower into what we perceive as Hell. OR, perhaps all of the numbers are representing the levels of Hell they're going through until they finally break out (the meadow of flowers).
Hello! This is an interesting theory. Especially seeing as how the "world" that they look up at is "upside down". I'm not sure anything what it seems! Definitely gives us more to think about!
I'm loving watching your Stray Kids journey!! I hope you guys react to Chan and Felix on the Daebak show and on the Willben show if you get the chance, they're some of my favorite more recent interview things!! either way I really loved this video
Thank you ❤️!
The amazing beats made by Bang Chan , love it
You should also watch all the relay dances, trailers, training and making of the MV's. Those are so great, even some practice dances are themed
We will eventually! We want to see it all 🤗!
Thunderous is their first comeback after winning kingdom show
Our king is back ^^
Hii it's me again, so warning another time it'll be a long comment.
But first I want to say that all of the kind of theories you made for this three songs are actually things I never thought about and I really agree with what you said !
So for Hellevator, it's actually their first content like it went out 5 years ago (its anniversary was the 7th)before the survival show to tease the survival show. And just today Hellevator surpassed 100 Million views, which is their 7th song to do so, and today is also the anniversary of five Year since the first episode of the survival show.
About the actual song I want to start with some fun facts, Lee Know is the one choreogeaphed this song and the highest note in this song is sang by Han because nobody could sing as high (but he was the one who made the guide so he ended up singing it).
For the lyrics, I always thought that it was about their journey and all the things they went through as trainees. And I think that the lyrics of Hyunjin's rap really suits him since many people when he was trainee and was trying his best told him that he would debut anyway so it was really hard for him.
So about Hyunjin, he is actually part of the rap line. Even though there's no postion, We all say that the rap line is Changbin, Han, Hyunjin and Felix, but you can also add Chan and Lee Know (so yeah Lee Know is rapping in Hellevator but in Thunderous too).
About the hate that stray kids receive. They actually receive so much hate for many reasons sadly (stays also receive hate since we are considered as a toxic fandom, so some of us, including myself, Call themselves toxic stays), some are true like skz did so problematic things to which they apologised for but the hate toward their songs is just dumb. Even more when you know that this hate only give them inspiration to write more songs.
For Thunderous !
First Surikkun (the korean title) doesn't mean Thunderous at all, I saw some people translating it as "master of making noise" So they are quite frank on what they do.
But yeah they used many traditionnal thing in the MV and the song itself. For the MV, the blue flammes represent Goblin in Korean mythology, I don't know much more but yeah. For the song, there are the instruments but also the rap part of Changbin you pointed out. He actually raps in Pansori, and not Satoori, which is like a traditionnal way of speaking/singing.
For the people with the masks, you can see them as haters. But in the point of view of the story line it can be seen as the Sound Monster that they killed in this MV if I'm not wrong (I don't really understand the story line).
For Maniac, I'll start with the upside down. The upside down is a huge part of their story line, same Hellevator (not the song the literal elevator). From what I understood they visite multiples universes thanks to the Hellevator and I don't know how but they ended up in the upside down during Maniac. That's why everything is upside down.
For the story line I'm really not the best at Explain it since I didn't understand everything myself but yeah.
During the chorus the ad libs, in the first chorus Chan was singing and in the second it was I.N. And in the last one Lee Know was singing the chorus, IN the ad libs and Chan was singing his high not "You can not stop with this feeling"
For the K thing, You're right the K change color every come back, it has to do with the color representing the come back. That's why stray kids doesn't have an official color (even if many stays think of red when we talk about skz).
I'm excited to see more of your reactions to skz ! I'm more excited for you to discover more of their personnality through content but I also love seeing you discovering their huge discography (so no we didn't talked about all of their discography, I'm sure no one talked about One day or Call until now).
Yay, I was really looking forward to getting a chance to really read through your comment!! Thank you, as always, for providing us with such detailed and helpful information.
I can't believe the coincidence of posting this video on the day that Hellevator surpassed one million views 🤗 (Or maybe not a coincidence after all??)
I did know that about the blue flame/goblins but it didn't even connect in my brain for this video! Thank you!!
I'm glad we caught on to the color-changing K; I thought I was just imagining things there for a moment but then realized there's not way that was not intentional!
53:26 oh girl, when you start saying staff about I.N's smile that's when you know it's serious 😶
All Stays have a soft spot for his precious smile. I guess all I need to say now is Welcome to the fandom 😂🤘
His smile is so precious 💕
Yay more Stray Kids content! Hope you'll react to their Studio Choom performances.