We Have a Feeling K-Pop's Stray Kids Are About to Blow Up in the U.S.

May 2024 · 3 minute read

Okay-pop's Stray Kids is making a comeback with a emblem new album and the unencumber of every other music video.

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Get ready, K-pop fanatics: The boy band, Stray Kids, is making a comeback! Following the team’s formation on a fact collection in late 2017, they released a number of EPs, the closing of which dropped in March. But on June 19, they introduced their first single album, titled "Clé 2: Yellow Wood."

Scroll down for details about the band’s new track and whether they’re traveling in the U.S.

Stray Kids’ comeback comprises a 7-track album.

The group’s first unmarried off their new album is named "Side Effects," and the music’s track video has already been seen more than 3.Nine million occasions in the remaining nine hours. 

Fans raved about the catchy tune, with one YouTube commenter astutely noting, "What makes Stray Kids successful isn’t their great visuals nor how JYP promotes them. It’s their way of not being afraid of expressing themselves in this society, not being afraid to tell stories that other people are afraid to tell, and try something new. That’s what makes Stray Kids unique."

Another follower wrote, "I’m so glad that Stray Kids experiment with different types of music a lot, it’s very refreshing and their songs always blow me away."

Along with the free up of "Clé 2: Yellow Wood," the band's contributors have been appointed the first honorary ambassadors of the Korea Culture and Information Service (KOCIS). 

Kim Tae-hoon, a director at KOCIS, explained that the boys got this name "to promote Korean culture and hallyu in other countries and boost the national brand image of Korea."

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He added, "We hope more young people in other countries will have their interest in Korean culture increased through Stray Kids' performance and growing popularity abroad."

Though Stray Kids isn’t nearly as well-known across the world as fellow K-pop band BTS, their ultimate unmarried earlier than "Side Effects," which was referred to as "Miroh," peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard charts.

Stray Kids performed their first U.S. tour dates in May.

The singers kicked off their "Unveil Tour 'I am…'" on Jan. 19 in Bangkok, Thailand earlier than heading to Indonesia, Australia, and the Philippines. 

Fans in Newark, N.J. had been then handled to two live shows on May 14 and 15, which were followed up by means of performances in Pasadena, Calif. and Houston, Texas. The team resumes their excursion on July 28 in London. 

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How many participants make up Stray Kids?

If you thought BTS was a tad too big with seven individuals, Stray Kids has them beat with a overall of nine members. They range in age from 18 to 22.

With a team that enormous, it’s comprehensible that some enthusiasts may well be fearful about one or more of them short of to pass solo, but the band assures fans that they’re not breaking up anytime soon. 

"We want to be remembered as a team that not only makes good music, but makes the kind of music that really influences and helps people," vocalist and Stray Kids’ youngest member, I.N, informed Refinery29 in a contemporary interview. "That’s one of our biggest dreams."

Can we please get some extra U.S. live performance dates ASAP?

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