I love the choreo for #DoubleKnot by #StrayKids, as well as the song itself.

it's a shame that the song got overlooked a bit, being released just before Woojin left. there was clearly some not-great stuff happening behind the scenes, with some of the tensions showing in the original 9-member performances and stages.

when they later released an 8-member English version with a new performance video, it felt satisfying.

I still prefer the Korean lyrics (the English doesn't feel natural in the same way that some of their later translated-to-English versions do). but this 8-member choreo feels stronger and more unified. like they were free to be fiercely angry together, and were no longer directing that anger inwards at each other.

https://youtu.be/ra0FlN5NBG4

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here's #District9 from #StrayKids

one of my favourite things about this song is that it starts with #LeeKnow rapping

he was eliminated in the skz survival show because JYP thought his singing wasn't good enough. which, yeah, he'd joined the company a month ago and had been told to ignore singing, just focus on dance. then he was asked to switch to taking a rap part in Hellevator despite having no rap training or practice. then eliminated on the next challenge.

so when skz opened their official debut song with Lee Know performing a rap part, it felt like they were saying Fuck You to anyone who thought he didn't belong in their group.

https://youtu.be/vjkQFU7U1m0

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The first livestream after Woojin left was an episode of #ChansRoom with all 8 members (I think the first time they'd all been on Chan's Room at once??)

Bang Chan makes a point of getting Changbin to confirm that the name of the team is Stray Kids, *not* Straight Kids.

https://youtu.be/s0Px1w3xJzE?t=566

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There's a bit of the Double Knot choreo where Chan stands in the middle and the others all put their hands on him.

Felix and Seungmin are assigned the central part of Chan's body. Every performance that I've watched so far, Felix's hand placement carefully avoids any, erm, more personal areas. This is very much not a concern for Seungmin.

https://youtu.be/G_W29axXaNU?t=96

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Some members talk about their significant jewellery in response to a question during a livestream

#Changbin has a chunky bracelet that was a birthday gift from #BangChan, and that he never takes off.

Chan and Changbin had matching bracelets, but Changbin lost his.

(Subtitles are patchy in this video, and there are no subtitles on the bit where Changbin seems to explain how he lost the matching bracelet. My own Korean is way too sketchy and I cannot translate this bit.)

https://youtu.be/Q7cECnH2mg4?t=1976

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#Felix is being especially clingy and affectionate towards #Seungmin in this livestream

(this is about the time things were secretly going south with Woojin and there are some parts of this livestream that feel a bit ... uncomfortable?? but the #SeungLix bits are sweet)

https://youtu.be/pzJHmXvJ_V4

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Just a teensy #MinSung snippet

They're all leaning their heads over the conference table to show off their hair colours.

It's not immediately obvious, but Lee Know's hand is briefly in the middle of Han's back, pressing him down against the table as he bends over.

(I still can't clip on youtube for some reason, so this is a link to a timestamp)

https://youtu.be/Ksljpb97fNA?t=1340

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