Musicians react & review ♡ SKZ - Hellevator (MV) 

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I am a jype stand therefore I watch everything the main channel drops. The day Hellevator mv dropped I watched immediately. I was sold on the spot. Form that moment on I told myself that this group will be HUGE. It was such a bumpy ride for 2+ years. You have no idea how frustrated I was not seeing dear boys’ world domination. Looking back everything they had gone thru was blessing in disguise. They never had anything handed to them being from jype. They gain every Stay fair and square by staying high quality, never give up, and believe in the destiny.

to answer your questions: 1- yes han was the one singing the high notes, he was the only one capable of hitting the note at the time (most of them can do it now btw). 2- yes that was the 9th member who left, his name is woojin and we don't talk about him here. 3- hellevator was not their debut song, it was a pre-debut release. 4- I think watching the skz survival show would answer all your questions since you guys wanna dive into their discography, the show would be a good start, because it shows how skz create their music. 5- so to explain hellevator, in the survival show their first mission was to create a song from scratch and perform it, so skz made hellevator, and then it was released as a digital single to promote the show, then it was included in the pre-debut mini album "MIXTAPE" that has 7 songs, which are the songs they made on the show. 6- their official debut song is "District 9" and the official debut (mini) album is "I am NOT". 7- and 3RACHA were a rap trio before skz, like they had a album called mixtape released on sound cloud already, even before creating skz, so jyp knew what they were capable of. also, I'll definitely subscribe to the patreon but I'll wait till the start of next month cuz you know how patreon works lol.

Yes, Han was singing, he was the only one in the group at the time that could go that high. During the survival show, JYP criticized Bang Chan for making the song in a female key instead of a male key. Bang Chan took that criticism, but didn't lower it. :) Han kills it. Changin's rap in the beginning is just so good, but he also sings in this (the MV doesn't really show that he did at all) - during the chorus, the last line of "I'm on a Hellevator" is Changbin for each chorus (and he ends the song).

Yeah, Han did sing the high note, Han is awesome.

Interestingly, in the survival show, Chan got *lambasted* by JYP for putting Hellevator in a “girl’s key” and he said they couldn’t sing it well. He said they’d have to lower the key, but then in the end they didn’t. And Chan clearly didn’t let this criticism stop him because, well-*gestures at their discography* Also, yes, that was the original 9th member, Woojin. He left between Double Knot & Levanter in October 2019, so they had to mad scramble to record, refilm, replan their tour, etc

Bang Chan actually joined JYPE in 2010, he was just 13 yrs old at the time. He was a trainee for almost 8 years. Han joined in 2014 and Changbin in 2016. During their trainee years, the 3 of them got together and started to make tracks and full songs. They released 3racha songs thru soundcloud and youtube. Chan was given the opportunity to make a team and hopefully debut so he actually picked the members. I think because of their ability to make their own music, releasing Hellevator predebut received so much success that JYPE managed SKZ differently, compared to a typical kpop group. They let them made their own music. Later on, there was a point where JYP himself was kind of nervous I think when he tries to give them his tracks.

Bang Chan made the track Changbin and Han wrote it Minho helped in choreographing! They showed everything in the survival show yes

Yes, Han is singing. He was the only member who could reliably, smoothly hit that C4, and thus was born his forever position as their official cheat-key ace. (And after JYP told them it was too high, they went "Ah, yes, we see, we see, thanks for the feedback, PD-nim"...and then made their debut song, "District 9," higher.) In this song, - five people rap: Changbin, Han, Hyunjin, Felix, Lee Know - four people sing the prechorus: Seungmin, Woojin, Chan, Han (in order, one line each) - five people sing the chorus: Han, I.N, Chan, Woojin, Changbin (in order, one line each) Eight of the nine of them were teenagers when they made this song and vid (everyone except 20-year-old Woojin), ranging from 19 to 16. 3RACHA were 19, 18, and 16/17 (this was right in the middle of the Han/Felix/Seungmin 17th-bday period). All nine of them, including the three (3RACHA) who wrote this, were going through one of the toughest times of their lives and were physically, mentally, emotionally exhausted and scared and desperate. These are _their_ words, describing the hell they were going through at that moment; when JYP heard this song and asked if they felt like what they were experiencing (the survival show, fighting to stay together) was hell, they straight-up said yes.

Yep hellevator is actually pre debut song,, and produced and written by 3racha !! They were so young and made masterpiece,, this song makes me always emotional

I'm so pumped for this!!! Hellevator is such an important part of SKZ history I'm so happy you guys listened :) thank you so much for all your vids :)

As legend goes, JYP felt that there was a niche and a desire among young fans to have a self-produced group. Chan had already been a trainee for years, plus been working with 3Racha, so he decided to do SKZ as basically an experiment. He let Chan choose the members (for authenticity) and they had to prove that the line-up was good enough to debut. In reality, we know that there was a trainee that Chan picked (Allen from Cravity) that JYP pulled very late in the process because he wanted to save him for a potential Chinese group, so he didn't have COMPLETE control.

ahhh finally hellevator , the song that started it all!!! So excited

Hellevator is the best predebut and even intro song for skz. Not just musically, but the concept of being an underdog and having a dream, a penthouse they wanna reach. And theyre really going higher

Yes, that’s Han singing high note cz none of the members wanna take that part during the distribution of song.. 😆 BUT, u gotta watch them singing this live during concert! It’s phenomenal!! I got goosebumps! Han hits higher note than the original note..

I have never been this fast! 😆excited for this new series! I got so emotional when I heard this song live in concert. all those survival shows moments flashed through my mind while seeing them performing this live in front of my eyes 😭 maybe some things to add on - lee know wasn't supposed to rap, but jyp suggested him to do so - jyp did questioned why was this song made so high but ya know skz, they do their own way and they nailed it! - yeap they made their own debut song and for this I do wanna thank jyp for trusting Chan from selecting the members and producing their own musics to debut till now called "self-producing" idol group! SO PROUD

I think u need to listen to the ot8 version of thier old songs, they literally rerecorded their whole discography again except for 2/3 songs

Hey man I'm glad you guys are listening to their discography from the beginning, there are quite a few hidden gems in there. I also want to let you know you should try to pay attention to some of the imagery from the MV's. A lot of it is re-used as part of a story arc that newer fans don't realise is there. For example the City that's in the sky/upside down, the various elevators or the lavender fields, they're just a few of the themes reused to tell a long continuous story.

So mixtape is a pre debut album with all the songs they made during the survival show. But alot of them have now been rerecorded as OT8 versions on the SKZ2020 and SKZ2021 albums

han - all-rounder he can rap, sing, dance so good

their pre-debut album is already a masterpiece like how??? and self-made???

Yes, Stray Kids used to be a group of 9, he left the group at the end of 2019.Han sang the high vocals for some parts, but the guy who left sang some high vocals too. That was probably why it was so confusing for you guys.

If u guys are going backwards and diving more into SKZ....I AM SO ON BOARD. YAYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

its amazing how their first self produces song as a group was like this.. and this was predebut song... i believed they are doing these since baby to become this talented at the young age😂

Amazing video as usual ! Hellevator is their very first official song as stray kids and it's a pre-debut one, their debut song is District 9. In their survival show, in which JYP had to decide to allow the group to debut as bang chan made it (with the 9 members) or not (with less members), they had the mission to create a song (as 3racha were already producing music) but also make the choreo (mainly Lee know) and that's how we got Hellevator. Fun fact : Bang chan got scolded by JYP for putting a note so high in Hellevator and decided to put an even higher one in District 9. As Bang Chan trained for 7 years he truly has an interesting relationship with JYP, which actually led JYP to trust him to make his own group, so I also think this answer your question of if JYP just decided to entrust them, he kinda just did. He said in an interview that he's scared that they will reject his songs and he offers them one.

Thank you for reacting to this song. This song is the straykids song that made me a stay, it was suggested to me by a fellow stay and Army, and i just fell in love with the song and MV. It was this song where i first heard Felix’s voice and just fell in love with how deep it was and when i saw him he just really stood out for me that is how he became my bias. This is also their predebut track which still amazes me to this day and also BangChan helped with the beat too

yes Han was singing some of the high notes

Been loving your Stray Kids reactions. Always fun to watch other Stays appreciate the amazing discography 3Racha (and other great producers) create. It's wild to go back and see just how Young they all were. And Congrats on the Patreon! And just a heads up: Woojin (the 9th member) is rather persona-non-Grata in Stayville. Officially he left due to personal reasons, but the timing is really sus. They were 2(?) months out from their Levanter comeback and had already started filming MVs (Astronaut) that had to then be re-edited to remove him. It also really broke the morale of the group and a lot of ppl were wondering if they were going to disband. (Hyunjin broke down at a concert and begged stays not to leave them and Chan made vague references about how ppl should keep their promises.) Obviously something happened for him to leave so suddenly right before a comeback. Plus, later on he used SA allegations as a promotion attempt for his own solo work. Super gross. But yeah. So you might get some strong comments about him and wanted to let you know a little context.

Just quickly wanted to say that it's okay to pause, rewind or replay the song or to watch color coded lyrics videos in addition. You guys have so much knowledge on the whole music aspect and it's very interesting and informative to listen to what you have to say about the songs. It's a shame because that can't be covered in a 9 minute video. Long story short, i like your reactions a lot but i would love it if you would delve a bit deeper into the songs.

yay looking so forward- and Yes Han has high notes in here- he is multi talented

Some fun facts about hellevator: the song was created as part of a task for their survival show chan went through his laptop and the songs he’d already made and they decided on this one and made the lyrics, the song is in the female key and was actually criticized by jyp for it being too high, this was the first thing that Lee Know ever rapped on I believe it was Hyunjins part originally and jyp had Lee Know try it after the first review and that stuck, and the mv was shot in an abandoned building that can be seen in a ton of other kpop mvs

I really hope you guys will react to their survival show on your patreon. As well as the kingdom show. So great to see how they got started, and how they create these songs. Hellivator was the first song they created together in the survival show. Pre debut and this is what they come with.

You're right that this is predebut and the very first release. It was made and released during and as part of the survival show -- in other words, they were going through hell at this very moment, still fighting to even stay together and all get to debut as a team. (Not long after this was made, Lee Know and Felix were eliminated.) The album it was released on, _Mixtape,_ is entirely composed of songs they wrote and performed as missions/tests during the survival show. Three of those songs (Hellevator, Grrr, and Spread My Wings) have videos. Yayaya doesn't have a video but is a core SKZ song, performed even now as part of all the concerts. 4419 is beloved as an insight into the abandonment Chan felt for years during his trainee days, and is widely understood to be not only to his fellow debuted/dropped trainee friends in general, but especially to roommate Bambam. The only two that are mostly left in the past are Glow and School Life. Both are good, and Glow is used as one of the earliest examples of "Felix isn't just the deep voice," but they're generally considered more like one-offs. But anyway, seven-song predebut album has _three_ videos plus two more deep-level SKZ songs. And that's just the first album. Every album after that gets better, more cohesive, no more "left in the past as one-offs" songs -- and every single song, not just the ones with vids, especially not just the ones with officially titles MVs, should be heard. Phobia, Maze of Memories, Tortoise and the Hare, and dozens upon dozens more of their most iconic, beloved songs don't have vids but absolutely should be skipped. You'll quickly find out that the "a bit more melodical than nowadays" belief is based on misunderstanding from having only heard a tiny fraction of their music, most of it the deliberately harder stuff. That melodic element has always been in a lot of their music and remains right up through the very latest Japanese album; it's just that most people don't look into the b-sides. Even just today, the borderline cringingly delulu video for "There" (the most melodic, floofy, schmoopy song on _The Sound)_ dropped and showed itself to be literally a sequel to the hilariously cringingly delulu video for "Your Eyes" (the most melodic, floofy, schmoopy song on the previous Japanese album). Many, many of their songs are softer or at least non-bangers. The entire Mixtape storyline (completely unrelated the the _Mixtape_ album) consists of more melodic songs.

they did have a part in lyrics, composing, and arranging this song (along some producers) :D going back through their older songs is always a fun journey to see how their sound has evolved

I just wanted to comment that jyp never pushed them forward in almost any way bc they were just an experiment and then i tought about “District 9” being an experiment center where they were captured and then escaped…it always conects all together when it comes to Straykids

oh my god I am so excited by this....!!!!!! I am only now hearing the older songs (obsessed with Victory song) , just heard this and grr after watching the skz elimination show. I do not know why woojin left, they are very secretive and I try to respect that. All I know is that after he left Han Jisung was allocated all of the high note vocals and with that confidence he became king of aces. ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡ I LOVE your reactions and can't wait to join the patreon ♡ EDIT: I FUCKING LOVE THE PATREON!!

so excited for this series!!!

Till now I'm still got a goosebumps & tearing a bit when listening this.

Stray kids! What a beautiful story! Thank you so much for your react 👍

I have never ran to sign up for a patreon so fast. Y’all put out my favorite SKZ reactions by far

Thank you for your reactions love all stray kids music, dancing and rapping. Love this , it's their first song together, very talented 🤗

So glad you both are starting from the first major song. :)

Hellevator always make me emotional sorry i was paying attention to the mv more lol and the way Hellevator introduces you guys to Woojin... ah he's the great soloist now

Congratulations on the Patreon!! Love y'alls reactions and will be watching along on this Skz journey!! Keep up the hilarious work! 😊👍

Thank you. Loved it

You really should check recent live shows and Han's INSANE vocal... he has to sing the Woojin parts, and he just NAILED IT!!!! It makes me get emotional just hear him now... after 6 years....

Omg yes that was hyunjin,, his rap was crazy in hellevator,, our hyunjin grew up so well he's mature and so hot and sexy ,, Specially with long hair Haha, they all look baby back then,,

I love when you guys do SKZ! Please react to their singles in the latest album you will be mind blown...

LMAO i had the same reaction to woojin when I first started getting into stray kids! as far as I know he terminated his contract and left late 2019 due to "personal circumstances", but there have been various rumors for other reasons as for the jyp vs skz thing, it's a bit of a running joke that jyp and skz are enemies at this point 😭 there are countless clips of changbin just glaring at him and i think he has said he doesn't like jyp's songs on their albums and seungmin & jeongin especially bully his vocals a lot, it's pretty funny

so excited to see you guys start at the beginning! love the insight that yeah…they were making bangers since day 1 and didn’t have much of an awkward phase. i do think some songs on Mixtape aren’t as polished as their music post debut, but it has some serious classics that they still perform, and imo their debut album has stood the test of time. also i believe Chan got the track for Hellevator from a producer (Armadillo?) but 3racha co-composed and co-wrote everything. anyway can’t wait for this series and good luck with the patreon!!

I remember hearing Hellevator for the first time and reading the lyrics, loving the message and going to the comments only to see that they wrote and produce it themselves... something special was surely about to be born and the rest is history, 5-6 years later

So if you are reacting on Patreon, you'd be able to react to the original show, Stray Kids, which did have footage of them working on this song and most of the other first songs. It even shows them coming up with the title to this one. I loved seeing the background to their early work. It is of course a survival show and was made for ratings, but it shows some really cool bits of the process behind making, recording, rehearsing and the initial performances of their earliest songs. I think there are parts of it that you guys would really like.

This is my fav fave song still❤

The feels... it's coming back. I can't believe that it is really a long while. 😭❤

3:27 when Stray Kids debuted, there were 9 members, but in 2019 Woojin (9 member) left the group for personal reasons

Idk how you guys reactors can hold yourself to not to listen IMMEDIATELY entire of their discogs, like, when i went through one skz album after 'tasted' Voices i was like "how can be there's so many bangers?" and ate all of the rest on one day!

This song was actually a pre-debut album called Mixtape along with Yayaya and 4419, Spread my wings & Mixtape #2(all the songs from the album are my faves actually) the songs from the album was made during their survival show before they originally debuted..their debut album called I Am Not with their title track District 9

When you said that you'll be reacting to EVERY stray kids song.. My reaction was "Wow" Im so excited about this journey through skz's discography .. Ohh what do i need to give to experience that feeling of hearing their songs for the first time again

The speed in which I went and joined the Patreon.

So excited for you to dive even deeper into SKZ's discography! They've truly gone on a journey and every part of it is significant in their growth and development as artists :)

You just made a right decision to start from the beginning, the song that start it all. It reminds me at myself. No turning back.

oh man now I really wanna see you guys react to District 9

Thank you for picking out to do reacts on STRAY KIDS! If you were wondering, Yes it was HAN! crazy vocals right?! Bang Chan was the one who made the track, it was picked out of 5 tracks because of the beat(dark and sentimental- just like HAN wanted. Hahaha) Hellevator is one my fave Song!

I love your reactions and will be more then happy to support!! Technically the very beginning was 3Racha I hope you can react to the mixtapes as well! They’re all on youtube

Yey!!!!

Ah, baby SKZ!

Loved Stray Kids since the beginning! the just Rock the house!

I thought you were catching up on new releases and suddenly you drop Hellevator. Needless to say, I was pleasantly surprised. Listening to the whole discography from the beginning?? Oh you're in for a whole rollercoaster ride. I assure you, by the time you finish everything, you'd be into SKZ as much as we STAYS are hahaha

Meaning of the song is very deep

Going through your reactions on Stray Kids now....I can't wait to see your reaction to the survival show. It was crazy.

Oh.....Don't forget to watch the album trailers, and song teasers. They can be works of art, and a few set up the title song extremely well. And when you get to later albums, they become mini movies.

🎵🎶 🤍 SKZ ➕️ U 👏👏

U might want to check the stage VR on their Japan concert. That is incredible！！！

Stray Kids served and slay since the Day-0

This was❤🎉

First off the entire intro was so, so funny! I can't wait for you two to see where SKZ came from and just how far they've come. I absolutely love their older songs, they just hit so hard even now. Will the survival show and like SKZ-CODE, SKZ-TALKER etc etc (behind the scenes vlogs and variety shows) also be on Patreon? Grats on 13k subs btw!!

brilliant, amazing, so very glad you're starting this new series! As always, thank you so so much for recording and sharing your reactions. Glad to see you've made a patreon so you can earn a little money for all the time and work it takes to film, edit, and render the videos. Will you be doing a similar series (a "from the beginning" series, if you will) for other artists you react to as well- like Woodz (maybe...even covering his very very beginnings in UNIQ perhaps? lol a girl can dream...)? If you're interested in knowing more about how hellevator was made, the production, writing, and music video process is featured in skz's survival show, called "stray kids." I would be highly interested in seeing your reactions to the survival show on your patreon channel, if you two are into survival shows that is. han is singing a lot of those high notes, although woojin (former member), and even changbin sing a few of them as well. but right from the very beginning, han was equal parts vocals-rap. it's mind boggling to me how polished they seem even during pre-debut. of course they've grown, but plenty of the elements we see them use now were talents and skills they started out with from pre-debut. skz is just bananas, man. while i'm here, i might as well recommend a few super in-depth guides to skz that i would love to see you both react to, if you ever go down that route. These really highlight what I think is very unique and appealing about skz. 4 videos by SavageKingZ, in the following order: - An Advanced Guide to Stray Kids (2022): Teamwork - An in-depth Guide to Danceracha - An in-depth Guide to Vocalracha - An in-depth Guide to 3racha

hope to see more woodz reactions guys you always bring joy to my week with the woodz content 😁 you need to hear his tittle tracks more and watch his mvs he is so damn good 😂 but i feel like you drop videos once a week maybe? idk why maybe you guys are busy i get it but if you can i hope you can react to more 💙😁

Hellevator is from when they first started out, so yeah.......they, their music and their production skills have matured a lot in the years since. And yes, Han sings. He's got a great voice. You need to watch these more recent Stray Kids performances (RU-vid won't let me post links, so you'll have to look these up): Stray Kids 'WOLFGANG' KINGDOM Mnet Final Stray Kids 2020 MAMA (Victory Song) (^^^^^^^^ keep watching at the end of the Victory performance, to see Hyunjin dance with dancers from other K-Pop groups.) [2022 MAMA] Stray Kids - Venom + MANIAC (MAMA ver.) | Mnet 221129 방송 Some great videos featuring Hyunjin's dancing: 1) Hyunjin "Play With Fire (Feat. Yacht Money)" (원곡 : Sam Tinnesz) | [Stray Kids : SKZ-PLAYER] 2) [Artist Of The Month] 'Motley Crew' covered by Stray Kids HYUNJIN(현진) | October 2021 (4K) If you want to see more of Han singing, check out this video where he was being interviewed. He sings several times: [Leemujin Service] EP.32 HAN | CASE 143, Alcohol Free, Blue Whale, A Long Dream For a compilation of Stay Kids performances from different concerts / awards shows, check out this video: Stray kids ICONIC performances Lastly.....this is from 5 years ago. Han and Changbin were in a rap battle with other K-pop rappers. You'll enjoy this. [JYP vs YG Battle] STRAY KIDS - Matryoshka (Changbin & Jisung) CUT

Kingdom will further showcase their voices and skills! ❤

YES dudes I am here for the entire discography, SKZ have put out consistently good music since before their debut. Enjoy this journey!

Oooh I'm so happy you're doing this skz journey from the beginning! Since you've got a Patreon now, might I suggest at some point watching the Stray Kids survival show? I think you will really enjoy and appreciate all the hard work they went through, and you can see how everything pre-debut was created!

Yes they are slaying from day one.. Hellevator is a pre debut song they made when they are in the survival show n JYP told them to make a self produced song n self choreographed song which is choreographed by Lee Know this is how Hellevator was made.. JYP said Stray kids was the experimental group that self produced their song n through SKZ he wanted to see that a self produced group can be successful or not.. Yes Han hit that high note . My boy is ace from the start n the 9th member was Woojin who left skz in 2019 but we don't talk about him anymore.. I hope this info will helpful to u guys n I'm happy that u guys listening SKZ discography from the start.. skz have more than 200 self produced songs with 40 plus different genres in just 4 yrs which is more than some 3rd gen groups... They really work hard from the start I'm so proud of them.. District nine is their debut song

First, finally a patreon!!!! Second going into the skz rabbit hole is a lot but to kinda summarize, yes that’s the ninth member…. He left and it’s best to leave at that, and this is their pre debut song that they produced during their survival show! Han is signing the high notes!!! And also jyp experimented with them by letting Chan pick the member and produce their own songs!! That’s sorda basically it but anyway I can’t wait to watch y’all react to all their songs!! (Also the mv’s all kinda connect but we just can’t figure out how)

Stray Kids are my favorite. It's so amazing how awesome Han raps and his vocals are. ❤️

Nice

Well, you got me. I’ll be joining your Patreon…anything for Stray Kids content 😂

Oh u guys have patreon now,, unfortunately I'm poor I can't pay for that so kinda sad I'll lose your contents there,, but pl keep doing skz reaction to their musics in yt,,I want to learn about their music and your reaction is fun to watch too^^ thanks

i love uuuu

The high notes were mostly han (every time there was the chorus) some were also I.N. chan or woojin ( former members) and the song closed with changbin singing (just a bonus I thought was cool). Cool reaction as always! Stay handsome!

Checkout their hellevator live performance too esp during MANIAC tour. Han hits the highnotes even higher

Pre debut song, de ahí hasta ahora les costó tanto llegar donde están, por eso cuando dicen 1ue la tuvieron fácil por venir de una Big3 les digo que no, que para ellos no les fue mada fácil y a casi 5 años de debut aún no son tan conocidos en Corea como se merecen, pero tienen una gran base de fans internacional, siendo de los fandoms más grandes del kpop y el más grande de 4ta gen. Se viene el comeback a esperar otra joya.

You bet your *everything han is. He's always singing that high note

Reaction stray kids I'll be your man (Kingdom) han singing

This is so good that u guys started from beginning of their discography!! But I thought u guys would react to HEYDAY and red light before that,, so that means how many days I have to wait for your reaction to red light?😭 bc skz has a long discography hahahaha there r so many songssss

I hope you can react to District 9 it's their debut song

Awak tak kenal stray kids dgn mendalam lagi. Please listen to their JAPAN album.

jyp gets nervous before sending a track he made to 3racha lol

This was pre-debut stray kids too btw 🔥

You should take a look at Xdinary Heroes cover of Hellevator