#youtiful

I have always loved the meaning behind the name "stray kids" and seeing how this concept is evolving as they grow up, mature, experience this life more is so fascinating to me. I was reading the lyrics to hall of fame and they hit me. In the song they mention important figures like Galileo, Edison, Armstrong,Hawkins etc, all inventors and pioneers of important disciplines from science to literature (hyunjin also mentions shakespeare) who changed the way we live and the way we think about the world. And it is often mentioned how skz are the pioneers of a new genre in music, how they always bring something different and "unique" to the table, they invent, create their own sound, their own colour, their own identity. Since the beginning they have always inspired the stray kids all around the world- who felt just lost, insecure, afraid about the future-  to be fully ourselves, our unapologetical selves, even if the world outside is chaotic, unfair and puts too much pressure on us. To be oddinary. And I love to see how loyal skz have been to this message, despite all the hate, the comments, the disappointments, the malicious (and false) rumors. Especially despite the frustration of not seeing success and rewards coming after all the efforts and the hope they invested. Despite all of this, they remained true to who they are, to the music THEY really wanna make, to the path they wanna take and the new reality they wanna create. And it is just so beautiful to see how now all of this is leading them, step by step, one broken record after another, one record made after another, to the hall of fame. Without ever changing who they are and what they stand for. Of course, I'm sure there have been moments where they questioned themselves, their talents, their path but they carried on neverthless and stood their ground. And look how far it is getting them! And the confidence they gained from all of it! "Hear the people call my name, here I'm on the hall of fame. Unveil the rumbling, trails of "hustling". Let's take a picture, a biography of great man" sounds so good to me. Representing a whole generation of stray kids around the world who feel lost, insecure and terrified about the future and showing them that they can indeed succeed at life, achieve whatever they wanna achieve, and conquer the world by being exactly the way they are, and above all finding other stray kids, who are exactly like you and who understand and support you. So, moral of the story: embrace being a stray kid, embrace being oddinary.

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