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Chan: Truth.

Changbin: How many hours have you slept this week?

Chan: Dare.

Changbin: Go to sleep.

stray kids + text posts 

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Chan: What?

Felix: I want to be on Buzzfeed unsolved.

Jisung: [Whispers to Hyunjin]

K-Pop Spotlight: Stray Kids

Masks off everyone—Stray Kids’ newest mini-album ODDINARY is finally out and it’s time to embrace the maniac within. To celebrate the new release and their upcoming fourth anniversary, we caught up with the group to talk about their new album and single, MANIAC, and the challenges and fulfillment that come with accepting your most authentic self. As a little bonus, we also asked the members to design their own Tumblr blogs (just in case you needed some inspiration). Check out our full interview below!

Tell us about your new mini-album ODDINARY in three words or less, but there’s a catch—you can’t use the words odd or ordinary. 

Bang Chan: MANIACS ARE BACK!

Lee Know: Cool.

Changbin: Inner side, volcano, control.

Hyunjin: Super Power song.

HAN: Abnormal, freaky, potential are the three words that I think describe it best. We tried to describe the energy that explodes from our music in a different way this time, by slowly showing control over this energy. 

Felix: Maniac, unique, and dark.

Seungmin: Interesting, fascinating, capturing hearts.

I.N: Mania, abnormal, conceptual. 

Stray Kids’ music and concepts often encourage young people to be their most authentic selves regardless of other people’s opinions. How does ODDINARY fit into that narrative, and what do you hope your fans take away from it? 

Bang Chan: This might not apply to everyone, but I feel like many people have experienced moments where they’re told to act normal (yep, I’ve been through that). We wanted to emphasize that “standards” don’t matter and that you have the authority to let out the “oddness” that’s been sealed inside you all this time.

Changbin: ODDINARY is a compound word that combines “ordinary” and “odd,” meaning that everyone has a normal and slightly weird side. Listeners will be able to experience the everlasting honesty and truthfulness that Stray Kids’ music has always displayed, with the more crazy side that Stray Kids have. 

HAN: I hope that STAY and all listeners will be able to follow their hearts, rather than being confined by the judgment of others. I hope everyone also looks forward to the upgraded version of us. 

Seungmin: Whatever situation may come, I hope that everyone is able to live in their most honest, unique way with versatility while never forgetting who they truly are. I hope our music can become a small strength. 

Lightning round! You’re customizing your own Tumblr blog. Pick an aesthetic and a personal tag!

Bang Chan: Ooft… it’s hard to pick just one because my preferred aesthetics change depending on my mood. But if I had to pick one, it would be cyberpunk. The lights got me, and I’m a fanatic for futuristic stuff.

Lee Know: I want to decorate it using a clean, white tone.

Changbin: I want to use the tags #straykids, #stay, #stage, #music, which all mean a lot to Stray Kids.

Hyunjin: Vintage Tumblr, with #lovestay

HAN: I would like to decorate it like #black #chic to show a lot of calm yet cool atmosphere! I want to use the tags #black #chic #skz #loveyou #STAY.

Felix: #행복이 #felix 🐈‍⬛💛

Seungmin: #Seungtage. I really like vintage furniture and aesthetics, so I would like to decorate it using an organized brown tone.

I.N: I’m into vintage aesthetics these days, so I think I’ll go with vintage.

Chan, looking at Felix: NOT a bruh moment

Chan, looking at Hyunjin: NOT a "major L"

omg thanks you <3 and here i give you some!!! hope you like them 😸 ( headers made by me, pls give cr if u use )

skz and their goofy ways of sitting down:

binnie: that’s a good boy. he looks like a dog that is patiently waiting for his owner’s permission to get the treat he was promised after doing a trick.

hyunjin: he’s sitting like my sim thats waiting to be controlled. jokes on him i won’t do anything and he will just have to deal with it. one positive note about this is that he will be avoiding back problems bc he’s sitting up like he has a stick up in his ass.

jisung: the anime girl legs 💖💞💖 i know he could be making bank by selling pics of them online. maybe he can take on that as a side hustle. he’s an all rounder after all.

seungmin: that’s literally how a mom would sit down when you are trying to defend your case about not getting home drunk at 3 am and falling asleep in your hallway and she isn’t convinced. booooo 👎

minho: i contacted the other half of the brain cell for assistance for this one and got the perfect description: he is just a bird perching on a power line. thank u @jizung. i have seen minho use binnie as a human chair before and i know it will happen again.

jeongin: nothing particularly goofy about this but i wanted to include him too. if i fits, i sits type of deal. he’s a cutie.

chan: one thing about chan is that he will man spread. you see him sitting somewhere and he is man spreading like his life depends on it. asserting his dominance on people by sitting as manly as possible. testosterone dripping from the way he’s sitting.