MUSIC
‘10-day comeback’ Stray Kids, new song ‘Rock (樂)’ MV… Huge scale → High quality foreshadowed
Stray Kids will release their new mini album '樂-STAR' and the title song 'Rock (樂)' on November 10th. JYP Entertainment first released the music video teaser for its new song 'Rock (樂)' on its official SNS channel on the 7th, and at midnight on the 8th, it opened a teaser of content that unfolds the music video production process in a documentary format.
This teaser video shows the music video production process and individual interview scenes with each member. A magnificent set model appeared, and the eight members monitored with serious expressions or showed energetic choreography, foreshadowing the birth of a high-quality music video. In particular, the members made brief comments such as "In one word, I'm going to go crazy" and "I really wish I could feel free," raising expectations for the new song's music video as well as the main docuseries.
Bang Chan, Lee Know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Felix, Seungmin, and I.N's confident confidence in their new work was also revealed in the previous teasing content. Following the sequential introduction of SKZ's signature teasing content 'UNVEIL: TRACK', a teaser introducing some of the songs included in the new album, 'Stray Kids' was grandly held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Guro-gu, Seoul on October 21st and 22nd. 5-STAR Dome Tour 2023 Seoul Special (UNVEIL 13)'', the 1st track 'MEGAVERSE' and the 6th track 'Leave', which were pre-released at 5-STAR Dome Tour 2023 Seoul Special (UNVEIL 13) ) The full version stage video has been opened. In addition, the title song 'Rock', 'MEGAVERSE', 'Blind Spot', 'COMFLEX', 'Cover', 'Leave', and the title song of Japan's first EP album 'Social Path (Feat. LiSA)' (Social Pass) The mash-up video, which collects some of the tracks from the new album, including the Korean version, also attracted attention with its thrilling sound and colorful visuals.
The new mini album '樂-STAR' expresses Stray Kids' message and confidence that 'our rock continues no matter what the situation'. The title song 'Rock (樂)' was completed by Bang Chan, Changbin, and Han of the group's producing team 3RACHA, who were in charge of the song work for each album, and showed off SKZ's unique musical personality. The repetitive melody and rock elements of the chorus add intensity to the song, and the interesting lyrics using homonyms are expected to excite K-pop fans.
Stray Kids recently became the first K-pop 4th generation boy group to enter one of Japan's four major dome venues, including Fukuoka PayPay Dome, Vantelin Dome Nagoya, Kyocera Dome Osaka, and Tokyo Dome, and held a grand solo concert, and performed at Gocheok Dome, one of the largest indoor performance halls in Korea. The heat continued. Those who have made a distinct presence at home and abroad are sharing new 'joy' with the world through their new album '樂-STAR' and are on the rise in popularity.
Meanwhile, Stray Kids' new album and title song 'Rock' will be officially released on the 10th (Friday) at 2 PM, 00:00 Eastern time in the United States.
Reporter Junho Yoon, Ten Asia delo410@tenasia.co.kr
