#i feel like i try to use any opportunity to use felix's surprised portrait

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Do you have any HCs for Merula?

So. So many. Long post ahead. Very long post. With many thoughts. Many, many thoughts about the best witch at Hogwarts. Proceed with caution. 

Let’s start with her childhood. Her early childhood. Her parents were probably akin to the Malfoys. They taught her bad life lessons, but I do not believe they were abusive. I think they genuinely loved her. I also notice how callous she is about Voldemort - being one of the few characters to actually speak his name, at all of eleven years old. My belief is that Merula’s parents were involved less because they cared about blood supremacy and more because they were attracted to the power and freedoms they thought they could have as Death Eaters. To practice dark magic, to be feared and respected by the community. 

Merula seems to have absorbed all of that in full. She seems to view the world as a division between the strong and the weak, not the good and the evil. Law of the jungle, kill or be killed. The Death Eater ideology. Merula may spout Pure-blood bigotry, but I guarantee you she doesn’t actually give a damn about blood status. It’s just an easy short-cut to dominate people in social situations, which is something she clings to. Because she’s weak, and she knows it. But she’s been taught to respect power and to embody it. Merula is trying to fake it until she makes it. I also think she doesn’t have any respect for Voldemort at all, thinks of him as a failure - he was supposedly killed by a baby, after all. 

But Merula is also highly insecure about her own talents, even if she always defaults to overselling them. After her parents went to Azkaban, she must have been spiraling. Looking for something or someone to latch onto. A purpose. Her aunt is supposedly watching her but that clearly isn’t the case. She cuts her own hair. She dresses herself - half her clothes don’t fit and she wears more make-up than some of the seventh years. Merula may not have known it, but I think all she wanted was to be loved, and she wasn’t get that from her aunt, or anyone. So she defaulted. Defaulted to trying to gain power. And oh look, what’s that in the Daily Prophet? This Jacob character, and his quest to open the Cursed Vaults? This was her opportunity. Her chance to prove herself. Unlike Jacob and Voldemort, those pathetic failures, Merula could make a name for herself. She will be the best witch at Hogwarts. If she has to cram that down everyone’s throats, she will be. 

There was only one problem. Jacob had a sibling. From jump, they had the advantage over her, not that she would ever admit it. Merula must have calculated that Jacob’s Sibling would know more about the Vaults than her. For all she knew, Jacob left them a road map. Not only that, on her first day of trying to assert herself against Rowan, Jacob’s Sibling interrupted and was not scared of her, at all. They had already won over Rowan, and they did not hesitate to tell Snape what Merula was doing. I believe from the moment, Merula feared them, envied them, and though she would never admit it to herself, admired them. It only got worse when they escaped the Devil’s Snare, and stood up to her while she was bullying the one person who her intimidation scheme had actually worked on, Ben Copper. 

Lots of people hate Merula for the Devil’s Snare scheme, but what did we expect? She was raised by two Death Eaters, and she’s seen them kill Aurors before. Of course her Plan A was to kill Jacob’s Sibling. Of course she wanted to ruin Jacob’s reputation. She’s trying to emulate her mother, I bet you anything. I bet you anything that she’s wearing her mother’s makeup. Perhaps even her old clothes. That being said, I also think Merula has very conflicted feelings about her mother. Because her parents failed - they were taken to Azkaban. I’m willing to bet that Merula hasn’t spoken to them since. But she wants to. She keeps trying to write them letters, and crosses everything out. Maybe she’s waiting for them to send a letter first. Hoping that they will, even if she won’t admit it. Feeling hurt that they haven’t. There’s always visitation, but who’s going to take her on a trip to Azkaban? Are children even allowed to visit there? Even if they are, she has no one to take her. Speaking of that, let’s talk about Dementors. 

What does Merula hear when Dementors are nearby? Actually, we could talk about all of her magical signatures. My head-canon for her wand is Holly and Dragon Heartstring. Yes, I do think she has the same wand wood as Harry James Potter. It tends to lean to people who are “impetuous” and prone to anger. I think Merula’s Boggart would likely be something to do with Jacob’s Sibling, at least in the early days. They were the one standing in the way of her goals. But I wouldn’t be surprised if they were involved with her Erised vision as well, perhaps something to do with them and her parents. Post Portrait Vault, we know what Merula’s Boggart would be. And we know what she would hear when Dementors are close. But prior to the Portrait Vault? She definitely hears the arrest of her parents, and the trial...she was, after all, present for it. Come to think of it...what if she was there as a witness? Not willingly, of course. Too young to understand what was going on, bullied into giving testimony about that auror that her parents killed...Merula’s Worst Memory, perhaps? Well, at least until the Portrait Vault, anyway. 

Tulip Karasu. Oh my, Tulip Karasu. She, like Merula’s parents, is one of a few people who would ultimately challenge her worldview. Merula loves her parents and misses them, despite their “failure” embodying everything that she tries to reject. Along comes Tulip - someone brilliant. A loner like Merula. They’re two shady little oddballs and they gravitate to each other. The admiration is mutual, and unlike with Jacob’s Sibling, Merula doesn’t feel as much reluctance to enjoy Tulip’s company. But she still doesn’t let all her walls down. She won’t admit Tulip is her friend, even if they’ve become best mates. I think both of these two characters changed each other, a bit. That a little of Tulip rubbed off on Merula, and vice-versa. When the betrayal happened, like so many other traumatic events in Merula’s life, it set her back. She regressed. Bonds make a person weak. People, associates, are only good for one thing - using them to further your own ends. This is what Merula learned. This is what Tulip unfortunately taught her. That being said, I don’t think it meant nothing to her when Tulip become friends with MC. Followed by Barnaby. This is where her envy of Jacob’s Sibling would probably reach a boiling point. Where she (almost justifiably) might feel as though they were taking everything from her. However horrible Merula might have behaved, no one wants to hear they are terrible in all of the ways their rival is great. 

While all of this is happening, I think Merula continued to try and flex. To prove herself. I wouldn’t be surprised if she tried out for Quidditch every year to honor her parents, and either didn’t make the team outright, or was disqualified for trying to sabotage other participants. All the while, she continues to show-boat and flex. I bet her favorite Quidditch team is the Falmouth Falcons, who are famous for being violent and playing dirty. (Look them up, they’re exactly her kind of people.) Speaking of that, ever wonder what her relationship was like with Felix? Or Snape? We know that Felix defends her and calls MC a bully if you trick him for the Common Room break-in during Year 2. Anyone with half a brain knows that’s not what’s happening, and I’m sure Felix does too. He knows what Merula gets up to. But he lies and defends her, however much she might drive him crazy, because she is still his charge. Because Slytherins take care of their own. I’d imagine the same thing is true with Snape. He cannot stand Merula, but he will still try to look out for her or clean up her messes when he can, because she’s one of the snakes. Remember when he said “I genuinely wish you weren’t lying.” He doesn’t want to punish Merula. Not like he does MC. Merula is clearly the obnoxious little sister of Slytherin house. 

Along comes Year 4. Along comes Patricia Rakepick. Strap in everybody, it’s time to get to heart of Merula’s problems. Mainly her mommy issues. Because Rakepick is, or at least appears to be, everything that Merula wishes she could be. This is someone she can emulate, like she did her mother. Someone she can idolize without any of that confused anger that she has toward MC - who, at the same time, she is growing fond of, whether she admits it to herself or not. Rakepick essentially represents everything that her parents used to be, and could have been, had they not “failed.” Merula herself draws the comparison. This isn’t lost on Rakepick, and she makes use of it. There’s no way that Rakepick’s comparison to the Curse-Breaking apprentice team of Year 5 being like a “family” wasn’t done for Merula’s benefit. Merula hears that, and she feels accepted. She feels loved. Like she’s part of a family again. It’s dysfunctional and weird, but that’s all she knows. She doesn’t just want to emulate Rakepick and learn to be powerful like her...she wants to earn Rakepick’s approval, to make her proud. To “win” the love of a mother figure. I believe Tulip’s suspicion, Tulip’s ability to see what was really going on, unfortunately only pushed Merula further away from her and closer to her new “family.” 

Speaking of pushing people away, it’s about time we talked about Ismelda Murk. About the friendship that was formed out of mutual convenience, rather than actual chemistry. By the end of Year 3, these two loners don’t have anyone else. But they don’t click the way that Merula did with Tulip. Ismelda doesn’t have the talents or the passion that Merula admired in Tulip, and Ismelda has far less patience for Merula’s show-boating. But they were all each other had, at least at first. Then Merula completely dropped Ismelda in favor of her new “family” because she was feeling emotional fulfillment and didn’t “need” Ismelda anymore. Most of this would be unconscious, but that would be the motivator. Considering that Ismelda started hanging out with Beatrice in Year 6, and Merula is rarely involved, I think it’s safe to say the two of them never recovered from that distance. 

Meanwhile, Merula is having the time of her life with her new family. With her annoying but mostly harmless older brother Bill. With her long-time rival turned sort-of friend now acting as a sibling figure. A sibling figure...who she has romantic tension with. (Hey, I did say that it was dysfunctional. That’s almost certainly on purpose.) And then there’s her amazing, badass new mom. Everything is shaping up for Merula. She’s going to be the Best Witch at Hogwarts, the greatest Curse-Breaker the world has ever known. All she has to do is emulate. Try to be just like the amazing Patricia Rakepick. Our poor child truly believed all this. Then the Portrait Vault happened. Look, we need to face that however fun the dynamic might have been, however “cool” mentor-Rakepick was...it was never a truly good thing. It wouldn’t be, even if she wasn’t a villain. Rakepick was never cut out to look after children, beyond grooming them into being lawless explorers like her. And honestly? She was completely open about that. But that’s just what Merula wanted. It’s what she thought she needed. She wouldn’t gravitate to someone like Flitwick, or McGonagall. No, she’d want someone like her parents. Someone powerful, who doesn’t play by the rules. Someone cool. Like Rakepick, or Jacob. (We’ll get to that.) 

So imagine how much it completely shattered her world when Rakepick did what she did. The Cruciatus Curse is one thing. It’s unspeakable. But I guarantee you the real damage was done with Rakepick’s words. “Merula thinks she’s my favorite? Is she anyone’s?” I promise you those words cut through Merula like a knife - because there was a lot of truth to them. Every time that MC or one of their peers told Merula how horrible she was. Every time someone chose MC over her. All of that insecurity upended with just a few simple words. But it’s so much worse than that. This is worse than Tulip’s betrayal, not just on the scale, not just because it happened a second time...but because this is a mother figure, something Merula desperately wanted and needed. For the second time in her life, she’s losing that...and being made to feel responsible for it. After all, shouldn’t she have “known better” than to let her walls down? Didn’t she know better than to show weakness? Vulnerability? Rakepick is reinforcing all the wrong lessons with this betrayal. She is setting Merula back countless steps. Anyone would regress after this and Merula was in such a fragile state of development. She was making baby steps to being a better person. But then all of good that came out of this weird family unit was washed away. Merula had the rug pulled out from  under her once again, and there’s nothing she hates and fears more than being in that position. 

Why do you think she becomes so desperate to have revenge when all is said and done? What else does Merula have at this point? What else can she latch onto, what else can she default to? Just like when she lost her parents, and was spiraling...she needed something. A purpose. So she wouldn’t go mad. So she wouldn’t have to properly confront all of his trauma. Make no mistake, Merula is not in touch with how she’s really feeling right now. She’s displacing it, putting it in a box and sticking with what she knows. Anger. Domination. Power. These are the only ways that she knows how to navigate the world. If you can’t do that, you fail, and it’s your own fault. That’s what she believes, and after what Rakepick put her through, why wouldn’t she? Merula doesn’t want revenge. She feels like she needs it. Rakepick “defeated” her, and that sits in her heart, tied to the betrayal. She thinks if she can kill Rakepick, she can put all this behind her. But of course she can’t, of course that’s not how it works. Even if Merula was powerful enough to finish off Rakepick, and even if she wasn’t investigated for it, it wouldn’t make her happy. She would just feel empty. And I think she knows that too, on some level. But she can’t admit it to herself. She’s regressed, and the lack of self-awareness is almost heart-breaking. She’s latched onto Jacob in the same way that she did Rakepick. Rejected any affection with Jacob’s Sibling as well, probably because she associates them with Rakepick, emotionally. That positive bond was part of the whole “apprentice” team, that Rakepick founded. What’s more, she’s learned her lesson about being vulnerable with people. What if the next person to betray Merula, is MC? After what happened, how does she know that they won’t be? Better not to risk it. 

You might notice two phrases that I’ve been using a lot. “She would never admit it to herself.” and “She defaulted to-” Because that’s kind of Merula’s whole deal. She has a pathological aversion to looking vulnerable, which she’s unable to reconcile with the reality that we can’t always avoid that. She’s in denial. She also associates cruelty with strength. She associates empathy and kindness with being “weak.” This is why she tries so hard to be a bully. She’s trying to be dominant. It’s what she defaults to, as I’ve said. But she’s only human. Let’s be honest, she’s not cold-hearted or emotionless. She isn’t sadistic. She ‘s a wounded child, who has shown time and again that she has feelings - she definitely felt something for characters like Tulip, Rakepick, and MC. But to admit that is to admit vulnerability. To apologize for anything she’s done, however sorry she might actually be, to admit she’s wrong -about anything - is to admit vulnerability Merula just can’t do that. Everything she’s ever learned...from her parents. From Tulip. From Rakepick. 

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[Interview] X Sports News Q&A

BANG CHAN:

Q. Channie you’re and exercise mania.

A. My dad was a bodybuilder and a swimming coach so I think I was influenced by him. I’m not sure now but when I was in Australia I was really good at swimming.

Q. You must eat well then.

A. Before, I didn’t know I ate a lot but the members saw me and tease me by saying ‘taking care of all the leftovers’. In terms of ramen I eat around 4 packs and for hamburgers I eat at least 2. For chicken as well, I can order two and finish it all. Usually at a restaurant I eat a stew and around three bowls of rice. It’s just because when I eat I tend to eat a lot at once. Hehe..

Q. Are there any difficulties in taking care of Stray Kids as the leader?

A. Being able to experience everything with the members in itself is fun and cool so I like it. They all are following me really well. Sometimes I’m surprised because they help me so well. To be honest after debuting there are times where it’s hard and hectic but we understand each other well, and when we go on stage we’re full of fighting spirit so at times I feel touched.

Q. SKZ are not cute/innocent?

A. My usual personality is a bit pure. On top of that my skin tone is really pale so I think it appears to be even more so. But I do have a very reliable/stable aspect as well. ※Ending with a sudden leader praise (members曰: Channie hyung has a good sense of rhythm and has good sense. I think he was just born to be good at music. His shoulders are broad and his physical is the best.)

WOOJIN:

Q. I see that Woojinnie did kendo before debut.

A. I first started in elementary school and I think I did it until my 1st year of high school. To be honest at first in front of school they said they would give me a game or a prize so I went to the kendo studio but it was fun so I did it for a long time. While doing kendo I started to like exercising. I like that I don’t get trivial thoughts while exercising. To be honest I used to be a bit chubby but while doing kendo I lost a lot of weight.

Q. Is SKZ not a group overflowing with charisma?

A. We are. But a lot of people, after they first see me, often tell me I look intimidating. To be honest I’m a nice and warm person. I’m really a bear. (members曰 He’s a bear that’s a good size to hug!)

Q. The charm of SKZ members?

A. Our characters don’t overlap and are all different. The way we look and our personalities too. What’s fascinating about us 9 all being different is that we all adjust to each other well. It’s like nine brothers.

Q. Woojin is a chicken fan?

A. Yes, usually I organize what chicken I want to eat by brand. (If you were to recommend a chicken to fans?) To my taste I think the chicken with cheese sprinkled on it is the best. Everyone you must try it. Ah, but I think I also just really like chicken. I also like baeksook, steamed chicken, chicken breast. On the other hand I don’t really like donkatsu or fried foods.

LEE KNOW:

Q. Wasn’t your nickname originally ‘Dancing Sculpture Man’?

A. Ah, it was but it changed recently. I think my existence is a gem. (ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ)

Q. Is your personality 4D?

A. Yes, people said it was. I hope we can make Stray Kids’ name known in space as well. First to do that world dominance is first.

Q. What are ‘things I don’t want to do’ to Lee Know?

A. When I’m laying down but I didn’t turn off the lights?

※Members’ testimony : Changbin曰 In the dorm he always calls us by phone. He says 'How important of a thing it must be if I’m calling you, come quick’ so I go and he goes ‘turn off the lights~’ My gosh!)

Q. Lee Know’s strengths?

A. I went on a global dance event show, thanks to that I became casted to JYP Entertainment and entered the company. Romantic and then cute etc.. I have many different charms.

Q. Lee Know’s 1 year ago?

A. I didn’t know I would debut like this. I entered the company July 15th of last year, and I tried to work hard within a short amount of time.

Q. Does it taste good to dip pig’s feet in red pepper paste?

A. Yes. I totally recommend it. Ah, but you have to pick the red pepper paste well. Not the kind of red pepper paste you dip sashimi in. It has to be kind of sweet. And I think it tastes better if you put the pig’s feet in the fridge first before eating.

CHANGBIN:

Q. I heard you are pushing ‘Binsual’ lately.

A. Yes, that’s right. Not too long ago on broadcast we did a fun poll and I got 1st place and my mom sent a message saying “our Binsual congratulations~”. Ah, our mom recognized the Binsual..hehe

Q. Your self-portrait is also unique.

A. Everyone thinks I am dark but to be honest I am not a dark person. While I have charisma and appear powerful on stage I have a cute side as well.

Q. You’re the first idol with a hobby of washing your hands.

A. A while~ ago I had the chance to observe my hand with a microscope and it was a shock. There were so many diseases that can come from our hands. So I became sensitive.

Q. What kind of singer is ‘a singer who gives a good influence’?

A. Nobody can be perfect. But I wish that I can always try hard and act sincerely, and that that image can be well communicated. I don’t like artificial things. I always want to approach with a truthful and sincere appearance.

HYUNJIN:

Q. You’re nickname is ‘SOPA’s prince’!

A. =Ah it’s not something said by me, but my fans told me this. (members曰 Hyunjinnie is always humble about his appearance)

Q. Hyunjinnie also did swimming in the past?

A. I first started swimming when I was 7 and considered becoming a professional athlete. Throughout elementary school I was on the swimming team and often got 1st place in competitions, and even received awards outside of school. But due to  studies I quit. To be honest I started as a hobby but it seemed hard to become more ambitious.  

Q. Then when did you become interested in dance?

A. When I was a trainee there was a hyung who was good at freestyle, and that seemed so cool. As I became more confident with my dancing I also transferred schools. There was no words from the company telling me to transfer, but I convinced them. I wanted to learn various dances like street.

Q. What is a ‘very big’ stage that Hyunjinnie is thinking of?

A. A very big stadium-level. It’s my dream to enter that kind of place in 5~6 years.

Q. Your pet’s name is Kkami!

A. I really like dogs. I depend on them a lot too. The angel I think of is a dog. Whenever I experience something sad and go home, the dog doesn’t know what happened to me but it approaches me happily and consoles me. When Kkami does this to me everything gets better. Even know I miss Kkami so much.

HAN:

Q. Your hobby is interesting.  

A. I really like sweet things. I used to each choco cake but I switched over. The choco cake at the bakery I often go to (Paris Baguette) was all sold out so by chance I tried cheesecake and it was so good. Kyaa

Q. Your life motto is also like an “adult child”

A. Even when there is a bad situation I try to be cool. On top of that I am a type B guy.

Q. I heard HAN is SKZ ‘bed boy’.

A. I don’t like troublesome things. I usually sleep a lot and sleep easily. When we go to schedules or during waiting times if I just lean my head I sleep.

Q. Your cheeks are cute.

A. Before it was stressful because my cheeks wouldn’t lose weight. I wanted to show a cool image on stage but my cheeks kept bothering me. They look so much like a squirrel that sometimes when I rap it seems like I’m biting something too. But now I don’t mind it. I raised it as my charming point.  

Q. HAN’s past 1 year?

A. It was the time in my life where I lived working my hardest. To the point where if I showed someone everything I would not be embarrassed. I spent a lot of nights and got through a lot of events. I want to give my all in the future as well.

FELIX:

Felix who is not yet fluent in Korean as he came to Korea from Australia in February of last year. He is the representative member of showing a ‘reversal charm’ with his flower-boy face and deep voice.

Q. You have a lot of nicknames.

A. They’re all given to me buy my members. If I’m sulking it’s Bbijix, if I’m angry it’s Bbajix, or just Jjix, etc.. I have too many nicknames to count. I think there’s rarely a time when I’m called just Felix. But I like all my nicknames.

Q. Since you are from Australia, if you do a World Tour later you must want to go to Australia for sure.

A. I want to show that ‘I’ve returned!’. It’s an opportunity to prove that I’ve been working hard all that while.

Q. Is life in Korea hard?

A. There were times when it was hard. Since the cultural difference is big. But during this time period of around 1 year I learned a lot, and my members worked hard by me to help so I don’t regret anything. Ah, I can’t eat spicy things very well. I like spicy rice cakes but I still can’t eat the super spicy Yupdduk.

Q. Your words of ‘tear-like sweat’ leaves a strong impression.

A. 집중해서 연습하다보면 정말 힘들 때가 있거든요. When you focus and practice there are times when it’s really hard. One day sweat was running down my face and I had the thought, “ah, this is really like tears.” Still in the end the conclusion is that I have to work harder.

SEUNGMIN:

Q. They say Seungminnie is SKZ’s ‘model student’.

A. It’s not like that but when we present I usually take responsibility and do well, so I think that’s why I that kind of image.

Q. Did you do baseball when you were younger?

A. Yes, a baseball player was my dream. But unfortunately due to a situation at my house I couldn’t play anymore and I gained a new dream of becoming a singer later. In my second year of middle school I went on a children’s song competition and won an award, and also did choir. And during that time when I was wondering ‘what should I do to be happy’ and came to the answer of ‘music’. So in order to appeal to my parents I studied hard and practiced my singing a lot.

Q. Why is Seungminnie’s keyword ‘whipping cream’?

A. It is a nickname recommended by my vocal teacher. We usually show a dark appearance on stage. So i want to become an existence like whipping cream on top of dark coffee. Something you become naturally addicted to.

Q. What is Seungminnie’s personality like?

A. This is my first time living together so I think there are times when I act a bit selfishly. But now I am try hard to fix it in order to not give harm to my team members. I will become a Seungmin who tries harder and does better!

Q. Seungminnie’s dream?

A. I want to do a large concert with lots of sunbaes, but I also want to try having a concert with just our fans only. I will work hard so we can make that kind of space fast.

I.N:

Q. SKZ cutie maknae I.N, do the hyungs treat you well?

A. Yes, they are all very good to me. I like it best when we are all practicing together. Even though I am lacking a lot they all pay lots of attention and help me when I am not doing well. (members all cooed at the same time)

Q. Are you from Busan?

A. Yes, so in the past I took the KTX and went back and forth from Busan to Seoul to practice. Usually I would come to Seoul on Friday and go back down to Busan on Monday night. It was hard because I couldn’t learn when the hyungs did but had to come on Friday to learn it over the weekend. I was most sad that I couldn’t take lessons on the weekdays. The hyungs all knew but only I didn’t and I had to learn later so I couldn’t adjust.. But the hyungs really worked hard to help me. So Channie hyung took care of me even when I was in Busan, and I would take videos separately and send them to Channie hyung. He’s Coach Bang Chan ㅠㅠ

Q. You are in the middle of fixing your teeth?

A. I started in October of 2016 but as I went back and forth between Seoul I missed the timing to switch and when I went up to high school I just started over from the beginning. The doctor said let’s take the braces off after two months but I’m not sure if I can.

Q. Where does I.N want to go with the hyungs?

A. When I become an adult I want to go on a vacation to Jeju all together. I want to see the sea, and cook meat, and try eating Hallabong oranges.

Q. I heard SKZ make sure to eat all three meals a day.

A. Yes, today I had cereal in the morning. We always tell our fans ‘you have to eat all three meals.’ Food is really important.

Stray Kids promised to become a singer you ‘trust and listen’ and ‘trust and watch’. They said, “We want to become singers that give trust to people.”

Stray Kids, JYP’s new boy group shown 4 years after GOT7, made an excellent record with their debut album ‘I am NOT’. Last month, this album ranked 1st place on iTunes Album Charts of 10 countries including Canada, Argenitne, Chile, Peru, Finland, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, etc., and topped the Japanese Tower REcord Online Daily Sales chard. And on domestic sales chart Hanteo’s Daily Chart they ranked 2nd place, setting a top record for rookies in 2018.

Stray Kids especially are receiving lots of attention abroad as well as domestically. Last January Stray Kids were picked as 1st place for Billboard’s ‘Top 5 Kpop Artists to Look For in 2018’ and proved their power even before their official debut. After releasing their debut album, Stray Kids received spotlight from Billboard again, with an article titled, “Stray Kids is The Boy Group At the Center of the New Wave of K-Pop”

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