Reacting to STRAY KIDS "Victory Song" MAMA 2020 

Just to add to this brilliantly informative post. MAMA informed Stray Kids that they wanted them to perform last minute, they had something like a week or two to get this performance together, including the arrangement, choreo, costuming, props, everything! Also the weaponry that they use was said to be super heavy (I think the choreographer or one of the dancers mentioned the limited time and props in a social media post). This was actually part of a larger performance structure, so The Boys and Ateez also performed before SKZ and after Hyunjin took the crown, there is a dance performance with one member of The Boys, Hyunjin and a member of Ateez to finish off the Kingdom: Legendary War promotional stage. That’s why there are two hooded figures in the background that are blacked out, they are the ‘god’ like figures that were illuminated during the other groups performances just like the figure with the shield was illuminated for SKZ. Also the other groups performed two songs each and they were (I think, please correct me if I’m wrong) their latest/very popular songs at the time, I’m not sure if they had more time to prepare than SKZ or not. So the fact that SKZ chose ‘Victory Song’ was an even bigger FU to MAMA because they used a bside track from a part EP! Not a title track, not a track from a full album, not a track from their latest album but a bside from a smaller past album that, unless you were a stay, would likely not have been heard by many people and thus would’t be considered a popular track! And yet they delivered a kick ass performance on par (possibly even better than, but that’s up to your own personal taste) with the performances from Ateez and The Boys! They are such Kings! S Also if you hadn’t realised, we Stay (and many other fandoms) do not like the award show organisers, especially MAMA. There tends to be a shadiness to their organisation of these events, plus the quality of camera work, picture quality and audio quality are rather dubious for the end of year shows which for such big events you’d think they would upgrade their equipment and learn how to produce better quality broadcasts but every year fans are disappointed in some way or another. Also reality shows that Mnet produce also seem to have some kind of problem or shady stuff going on too, for instance during kingdom: legendary war, during the first full on performances 3 groups were informed of a limit to the amount of money the group could use on their performance where as 3 of the groups weren’t informed of this… yeah big mistake, and although all of the performances were brilliant you could tell that some groups had that $$ limit whilst others didn’t. And that’s just one problem that happened with the show, there were others. Mnet is also known to edit their shows in a way that causes misunderstandings, such as editing to make it look like people have beef with each other when they don’t, for example on the SKZ survival show, bang Chan seemed to be in a really bad mood and was calling Han out on not taking theirs unit performance seriously, Channie left the room and Han was confused and a bit hurt, that was the end of that episode (or segment of episode, i can’t really remember). It was later revealed by the members in one of their own shows (2 kids room) that Channie was acting, it was Han’s birthday so Chan put on the act and after leaving the room he came back in with a cake to surprise Han, but of cause the editors didn’t show that part, making the audience believe that Chan was being really strict towards the members. So yeah, that comment became more that what I’d first intended haha. Still hope the extra info helps.

Thanks besties for commenting and enlightening everyone abt this performance backstory. Our boys deserved better and this was such a FU moment to Mnet. I remembered watching this live with my jaw dropped. Skz did not come to play 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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The time period wherein MNET really sealed that beef permanently with JYP aside from the long-running beef existing already with SM and YG 😂

Good thing you didn't forget the first s of the last word 🤣🤣

@@NeonReactionsPierre 😂🤣 It’s a fine line..👀

Sassy, polite and kind = SKZ 🤩

Hahaha ... you are the best!

@@NeonReactionsPierre I'm waiting for you to react to Red Lights, that will be interesting! 😇😎

Glad you like them!

So good to have you here!! Thank you

I wholeheartedly agree because I am getting easily obsessed with things….and it seems watching Pierre react is my new ‘thing’. 😂

Thank you for taking you time and being here....

Haha ... so I am your new "thing" .... Määädche was machste denn da?! haha

@@NeonReactionsPierre Mister, I explicitly said ‘watching Pierre react’ - but hey, if it tickles your fancy….immer zu Diensten! 😂😂😂

hahaha ... these comments are the best things of my day.....

Help... haha🤣🕸🕷

@@NeonReactionsPierre but I am already trapped in the 🕸️ haha

OMG Yes! I did it... Thank you for being here!

Thank YOU for being here

Thank YOU so much! Yes I'm having a blast!

Thank you....

Yay! Thank you!

It was like Spartan theme meets samurai vibe...

@@NeonReactionsPierre I see what you mean, with Hyunjin and his sword dance~ also, a little TMI : Bangchan actually went live after this performance, and it was so crazy to see him being all giggly and cute, after what we witnessed on the stage. His duality is crazy!

I'm happy to have you here!

I have to thank YOU ... for being here and for your kind words :)

The performance was really good.

Glad you liked it. Thanks

Thank you.... I'll look into that

@@NeonReactionsPierre The is another song that have the same vibe as You Can Stay is Behind The Light which is about their early experience in the music industry.

That is so cool.... yes it was his crown

@@NeonReactionsPierre it is 🤍 he definitely deserves it.

This performance was in 2020. Kingdom was in 2021. They performed at MAMA without even being nominated for anything because Mnet wanted to advertise the show making them, Ateez and The Boys perform. They did all the crown stuff because of other reasons, since hyunjin would be on hiatus months after this performance.

Glad you liked it... I really appreciate that

Sounds interesting

love poem is planned because its IU ... and she is ... well there is hardly anyone above her... IU💗

Aawwwww thank you.

Love love love your comment.... Thank you so much, i really appreciate that

Thank you

yeah!

Thank you! I will check that out

Its a piece of cake cake cake cake cake..... hahaha... just putting that song back in your head shay shay shay .... 😂😂 sorry, I'm stupid I know :)

@@NeonReactionsPierre me too 😂

😊😊😊😊 I would but I have already seen everything they have put out and am waiting for their debut so badly!!! I have been following every step since they wee first announced.... As soon as we get new material - I will be here to watch it with you all!

@@NeonReactionsPierre That names sounds interesting.. I going to check them out so I can watch new stuff with you also.