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Usually, when it comes to K-Pop it can actually be more overwhelming than we often care to think. Because of this, this post will dive into Stray Kids. Including the group’s latest achievements, what they have been up to since debut, explaining the solo series/live streams (both current and past), and more.
Who is Stray Kids in 2023? What should I know about the group? What are their current releases?
Stray Kids (스트레이 키즈) is an 8 member South Korean boy group under JYP Entertainment. Consisting of the following members (from the image left to right, ChangBin, SeungMin, I.N, Lee Know, HyunJin, Han, Felix, and Bang Chan.)
Since debuting on March 25th, 2018 not only are they signed with Republic Records but you may recognize Stray Kids with some of their most popular YouTube hits, these MV’s ranging anywhere from 1 million views to a shocking 387 million views!
You can check their music videos here:
Now that we have dived a bit into the members, let’s view the popular K-Pop term ‘sub units’ and ‘positions’ and ‘achievements’.
When you begin to dive into the sometimes-overwhelming world of K-Pop, there are many common phrases or terms you will come to become familiar with. Today, we will look into ‘positions’ and subunits. (In the image from left to right is the sub unit Dance RACHA. Lee Know, Felix, and HyunJin).
Bang Chan.
Position. Leader, Producer, Vocalist, Dancer, and Rapper.
Sub Unit. 3RACHA.
Solo Songs: ‘Connected’ and ‘I hate to admit it’.
Solo Series: Chan’s Room. (Started on Vlive, Continued on YouTube). (Last Episode: #202).
Lee MinHo. (Lee Know).
Position. Dancer, Vocalist and Rapper.
Sub Unit. DanceRACHA.
Solo Songs: ‘Limbo’.
Solo Series: Lee Know Ri Bang. (YouTube, latest episode: #5).
Seo ChangBin. (ChangBin).
Position. Rapper, Vocalist and Producer.
Sub Unit. 3RACHA.
Solo Songs: ‘Doodle’, ‘Streetlight’ (Feat. Bang Chan) and ‘Because’ (Feat. Felix).
Solo Series: Please Play with Binnie/ PABBIT & Pouring Pabbit.
Hwang Hyunjin. (HyunJin).
Position. Dancer, Rapper, Vocalist and Visual.
Sub Unit. Dance RACHA.
Solo Songs: ‘Love Untold’, ‘Miss You’, and ‘Ice.cream’.
Solo Series: HyunJin’s Practice Room, HyunJin’s Counselling Center.
Han JiSung. (Han).
Position. Rapper, Vocalist and Producer.
Unit. 3RACHA.
Solo Songs. ‘Volcano’, ‘RUN’, ‘Close’, ‘Alien’, and ‘I got it and Wish you Back’.
Solo Series: EOSAEKHAN, Han’s Communication Show & HAN Live/HAN is HERE.
Felix Lee. (Felix).
Position. Dancer, Rapper and Vocalist.
Unit. Dance RACHA.
Solo Songs: ‘Deep end and Because’ (Feat. ChangBin).
Kim SeungMin. (SeungMin).
Position. Vocalist.
Unit. Vocal RACHA.
Solo Songs: S’tars and Raindrops’, ‘Piece of a Puzzle’ (Feat. ChangBin), and ‘Up all Night’.
Solo Series: SeungMin’s Small but certain happiness.
Yang JeongIn. (I.N).
Position. Vocalist and Maknae.
Unit. Vocal RACHA.
Solo Songs: ‘Hug Me’ and ‘Maknae on Top’ (Feat. Bang Chan and ChangBin).
Solo Series: The Youngest Private’s Life. (YouTube, Recent Episode: #3).
As a final recap of the group, here are Stray Kids’ latest awards, achievements, and OSTs. (2020 – 2023).
– Numerous successful tours and concerts.
– Achieving 10 Million Subscribers
– ‘Back Door’ MV Achieving 301 Million Views.
– Stray Kids winning the program “Kingdom: Legendary War”
– Anime Opening, ‘Tower of God’
– 2022 MAMA Awards.
– SeungMin singing popular drama OST for “Hometown Cha Cha” called ‘Here Always’.
– 3RACHA ‘HEYDAY’ “StreetMan Fighter” OST Participation
– Stray Kids’ ChangBin became official model for Samsung Galaxy S23
– HyunJin Artist of the Month Studio Choom
– Stray Kids Buzzfeed Puppy Interview
– Selling out Kyocera Dome in Japan.
– 3RACHA is being promoted to full members of KMC (Korea Music Copyright Association).
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I’m a relatively new fan of Stray kids so this article helped me a lot to understand their roles and positions. Thank you so muchhh
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You might wanna explain how they originally debuted with 9 members, as when I first watched all their mvs in a row I was confused when suddenly a member was missing. Later on I read up on Woo-jin. I think this would help a lot of stays understand the groups history better :))
Yeahh I got to know that Stray Kids was originally 9 members pretty late when I saw BangChan reacting to a fan saying Stray Kids is 8 members
Not sure why my comments are allowing me to upvote but I have thought about that as well. But whenever I mention the two together, I don’t get the nicest comments about it. If I ever make an update, I will make sure to add it in!