Next recapping project: Stray Kids

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(Written May 4, 2025)

Welcome back!  I am very excited about this next show.  It gives me a chance to shine a light on a little-known group that deserves some attention.  Have any of you heard of this small, indie K-pop group struggling to make a name for themselves – I think it’s Stray Cats or Slay Kids, something like that hang on there’s a commotion at my front door –

Okay, Stray Kids fans – IT WAS A JOKE.  It’s going to take me MONTHS to clean up this mess and get my door fixed. 

Yes, we are going to watch the 2017 survival reality show Stray Kids, brought to us by our old friends at Mnet and JYP Entertainment.  

I’m excited about this for a couple of reasons.  First of all, after the never-ending slog from hell that was the last two episodes of Debut’s Plan, these episodes are limited to one hour, with the finale being 90 minutes.  Thank the K-pop gods.

Secondly, watching this show gives me a chance to learn more about the group.  I’ve had Stray Kids songs on my playlists since I first got into K-pop in 2023, but I didn’t know anything about them.  Later, as I started doing some basic research, Bang Chan and Felix were the ones who stood out.  These two members are from Australia and do the majority of the English language interviews.  They’re also responsible for one of my favorite clips in which Felix shows off an egg he has in his pocket for some reason, and Bang Chan accidentally drops it.  Trust me, it’s funny.

I know basically nothing about the other group members or how they came together and debuted in the first place.  That changes today.  Join me as I learn the origin story of this self-producing group who has won a tour bus full of awards and spent 2024 performing at Lollapalooza and becoming the first K-pop group to attend the Met Gala.  Attention must be paid.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to clean up my apartment and fix the front door.  I’m never getting this glitter out of the rug.  For a fan group called STAY you’d think they would have STAYED to clean up this mess but grumble grouch gripe….

Episode 1:  our own game that no one can copy

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