For the K-POP Supergroup, wandering children, everything is a question of authenticity.
The group of eight members, made up of Bang Chan members, Lee Know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Felix, Seungmin and In, from the Korean agency Jyp Entertainment. The group has spent the last seven years to create the music they want to make with members Bang Chan, Changbin and Han, known collectively under the name of 3racha, as a main production team.
“”[Producing our own music] Allows us to highlight our authenticity as a group and our forces, ”explains Changbin The Hollywood Reporter On a zoom in Seoul. At the time of this conversation, the group is between the North American and European legs of their world tour dominated by the record. The North American leg has brought about $ 76.2 million, according to Display panelThis makes it the most sold and most profitable North American leg for any K-POP tour. The group continued to have an equally successful European race.
Stray Kids is back with a new album, KarmaWho, according to the group, aims to transmit the literal meaning of the world – do good things and you will receive good things in return. The title song of the album, “Ceremony”, is to celebrate a triumph after having overcome adversity to arrive at this moment. The song is infinitely catchy and a celebration of wandering children reaching the summit.
A line of the Changbin opening verse for the song – “No one can stop me” – is perhaps the best view of the place where the group of eight members is located at the moment. Wandering children continue to beat records of trace in the world, in particular by becoming the first act to reach the No. 1 of the Billboard 200 with its first six graphic entries; Karma is claimed to continue this record.
Below, wandering children speak with THR On the meaning of their new album KarmaHow their relationship with each other has changed and the pressures that accompany the top of the graphics.
Can you tell me a bit about your new title song, “Ceremony?”
Bang Chan “Ceremony” is a song elected by all the members for the next album. It can be a personal opinion, but I have the impression that it is quite catchy. It’s simplified, but it has energy [needed] For a title track. I think that is how we decided on the “ceremony” and I hope that people will appreciate the whole message and all that we have put in the song.
Why was the message from this album so perfect for you right now? Was it intentional or did he work this way?
Bang Chan Obviously, there were a lot behind the scenes of the way we make the album and everything, but because it’s been a while since we released a full album, we wanted to include different kinds of music. I think we really wanted to emphasize in “Ceremony”, the title song, often, he says “Karma”. In the end, if you do good, you get good things back. I think that’s what we tried to emphasize. This is what we aim to do. We try to do good things for good things [come to us in] back.
Wandering children for “karma”.
Jyp Entertainment
Does anyone have a favorite song on the album?
Hyunjin I really like the song “Leap”. It was in fact considered as a tracking track because it is that it has this wandering children’s atmosphere and it is very large, so I really like this track.
Hottie I like the song “In my head”. He was also considered [for the] Title track, and it’s a song you can listen to when you want to blow up steam. It has a cool atmosphere. The hook is super catchy and addictive, so I think a lot of fans could sing.
You have just wrapped the American leg of your tour and you prepare to go soon to Europe. This tour was very large. What was your experience as playing in stadiums in the United States?
Felix It has been a long time since we have toured and be able to travel this visit through stadiums and see a lot of stays in the place, but not only exciting but also a very good experience. We have learned a lot from the tour, and there are certain things that we thought we can improve and certain things we have done that we really loved. Obviously, we thought we really succeeded in this tour. We just hope that when the opportunity will happen, we can do much better, but also … I guess we want to prepare more surprises. We thought this tour was very successful.
Using a live group was an interesting and fun choice for the tour. This really adds to the listener’s experience, having gone on the tour myself. Was it a group consensus or just something that happened naturally?
Felix It was definitely what the group decided. We wanted stays [the name for the group’s loyal fanbase] To hear our very natural sound, very strong and very strongly.
How in a way do you somehow practice personal care when you turn or when you are busy working on a new project and it could become your whole life?
IN I usually train to build my endurance. All members do this too, and they also eat a variety of foods to get all energy.
Hyunjin I like to draw. Since the extent of the tour has become very large, I find the joy of visiting art museums in each city. I am also inspired by these visits. This is how I like to spend my free time.
Can you tell me a bit why you think it is important to produce your own music?
Hottie We produce our own music and play it on stage, which allows us to highlight both our authenticity as a group and our forces. Since our fans have always loved the color of our music these days, after our beginnings, until this moment; This is why we stayed in this style. We believe that our challenge is now to develop it more and deliver something new to fans.
Do you find that your relationship with your fans has changed as you grew up in a group?
Seungmin I believe that our link with fans has changed over time. We cannot ask each of them exactly when they have become a stay – some of them have been with us since their beginnings and continue to present themselves, while others that we were able to meet for the first time in the new cities during the tour. Just looking at their expressions, we could really feel how long they waited and how much they love wandering children. Virage in the world really reminds us how much we are constantly grateful.
As we have just spoken, the tour of the tour is larger and you constantly beat records on music graphics. Does this ever add pressure to you with regard to a new version or a new tour?
HE As our concert scale develops, there is obviously more pressure that is built. But as so many people look forward to the tour and what we do, we work hard to meet these expectations. Because we are eight of us, we are able to share the weight and we can achieve things that we could not manage alone. We can now rely on each other and go together.
Wandering children for “karma”.
Jyp Entertainment
How has your relationship changed since your beginnings?
Lee knows Since we all came to the origin of different backgrounds; We haven’t really clicked perfectly from the start. But after spending eight years together, we ended up understanding what others simply wanted by looking at each other and we know what others do not like. Even without putting thoughts in words, we are often on the same wavelength.
As an artist, you don’t have much to say in the way you are perceived, unfortunately. But you work obviously hard and create music you love, so it is easy to assume that there is an ideal way to see. How do you want to be perceived as a group?
Seungmin I want to be perceived as an artist with a sound that people can instantly recognize as stray children. When you hear a song, we want the public to say that it is ours [because of] To what extent the musical color is unique and different. We want us to remember this kind of artist.
As you prepare to release this album, what do you hope as a group looking towards the future?
Hyunjin I really want to keep playing constantly. We want to stick to our style of music, whatever the other trends. We always want to keep this fun and energetic atmosphere in our music. We want to be a sustainable group and not a short -term project. [We also want to] Return to fans when they want.
