MUSIC
Stray Kids confirmed to appear at '2023 Billboard Music Awards'
The Billboard Music Awards announced on the 14th (local time) through its official SNS channel that Stray Kids will join the performer lineup for the '2023 BBMAs' to be held on the 19th.
As a result, Stray Kids will become the second K-pop boy group to perform at the 'BBMAs', which is considered one of the three major American pop music awards ceremonies, following BTS.
At the awards ceremony, they will perform the title song 'Special' of their 3rd full-length album '★★★★★ (5-STAR)' and the title song 'Rock (樂)' of their new album '樂-STAR' (Rockstar). . In particular, at the awards ceremony, the performance of the new song 'Rock (樂)', which will be performed for the first time, commemorates the group's entry into the '2023 BBMAs' and adds to the excitement. Previously, Stray Kids was nominated for the Top Global K-Pop Artist and Top K-Pop Album categories at '2023 BBMAs'.
Stray Kids topped Billboard's main chart 'Billboard 200' for the first time with their mini album 'ODDINARY' in March 2022. Subsequently, they achieved a record of being number one on the 'Billboard 200' for three consecutive works, including 'MAXIDENT' in October 2022 and '★★★★★ (5-STAR)' in June 2023. This year, '★★★★★ (5-STAR)' and the title song 'Special' were listed in a total of 11 major Billboard charts, including 'Billboard 200' and 'Artist 100', and 'Special' in particular was ranked 1st on 'Billboard Global'. 200 chart for five consecutive weeks, thereby gaining popularity.
In 2023, Stray Kids is decorating the global stage and showing off their status as 'performance leaders.' In July, they appeared as K-pop's first 'Lollapalooza Paris' headliner and shined their reputation, and in September, they won the 'Best K-Pop' category as a 'special' at the '2023 MTV Video Music Awards' held at the Prudential Center in New Jersey, USA. received the honor.
3RACHA, the group's producing team consisting of Bang Chan, Changbin, and Han, went on stage at the '2023 Global Citizen Festival' held in New York's Central Park and delivered a special performance and captivated the local audience. Stray Kids, who recently completed the 'Stray Kids 5-STAR Dome Tour 2023' (Five Star Dome Tour 2023), the first K-pop 4th generation boy group to successfully complete a large-scale dome tour of 10 times in 5 regions in Korea and Japan, will be hosting Japan's representative year-end special broadcast 'Red and White'. There was even news of his first appearance in 'Gahapjeon'.
Meanwhile, Stray Kids continues their high flight with their new album '樂-STAR' and the title song 'Rock (樂)', which contains the ambition to "have fun properly."
Kim Se-ah, Ten Asia reporter haesmik@tenasia.co.kr
