STRAY KIDS “Maniac” | Aussie Metal Heads Reaction 

The fact that Stray Kids writes and produces each and every one of their songs themselves really makes their music that much easier to connect to. You guys should really check out the other songs on the album! Especially Venom an insanely HARD song that just dropped a music video today, Freeze is an amazing dubstep song and Muddy Water is 90’s boom bap rap! Really all the songs are amazing but those 3 would probably suit your tastes the most! You guys always have awesome reactions and I know Chan is happy as hell to see other aussies reacting to their stuff. Tysm!

I've been getting more into Kpop thanks to my girlfriend, and I already really quite liked Stray Kids, but this track slaps. Really fun beat, really great flow, and incredible dancing just like always

This is catchy as hell - I actually prefer the segments that are in Korean. I know nothing about k-pop but this is pretty cool - nothing wrong with getting out of my music comfort zone now and again

I think you guys have the most genuine reaction of Stray Kids' MV, not too much just enough and that's so good to see. I totally love it !! Thank you Nath & Johnny 👏

If the rapping in Korean impresses you you should feel extra impressed by Felix (blonde deep voice Australian guy). When he started with the group he had only just started learning Korean- his first language is English. He had to learn the language and rap in it from early on and used to spend ages getting the lyrics right. Now only an handful of years later his Korean is so good. This man really had a dream and learned a whole other language to achieve it. Also- they just dropped a video for Venom today which is an excellent song off the new album, I highly recommend it.

Stray Kids are good at composing, rapping, singing, and dancing👍🏻

"Wondering what the bird has to do with it? The song is called maniac, everything in this mv references back to that word. The drill is something psychiatrist used to use for lobotomies back in the day to "fix"insanity. The bird references the book One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, a book set in an insane asylum. They reference screws because when you are different or odd you say you have a few screws loose, and this song is about unleashing your inner true self so they reference Frankenstein because he created the monster who in reality is a reflection of his true self. The two worlds in the mv represents the fake world we live in and mask ourself in while the dark shift world is our inner self constantly hidden. Stray Kids never do anything half way and Nothing is ever random; every aspect, image, choreography, reference has meaning. 3RACHA are producing geniuses. Period." I wanted to share this comment i found which explains very well ( shout out to the person who has written this)

Please check out their other new song 'Venom' too! Always appreciate you supporting and enjoying the work the boys do! Thank you, lads!

I found my people!! Finally someone that enjoys metal and kpop, I feel like we are rare 🙌🏻

As a fellow metal head, I agree with you. There’s something about these kids that just grasped my attention. Both my daughters are kpop fans but I didn’t pay attention to their faves (as they call them) except for stray kids.

I love that you catch the gutair, indian sounds, personal identity, visuals and the feel of it. Y'all grasped it so quick, I love it! You can't not love SKZ, you're playing yourself if not. Cheers, genuine great reaction from raw Metalheads 🤙🏽

I love the energy between you two when you do a MV reaction!

Chan's definitely gonna watch this

i highly recommend you guys to react to the whole album especially a track called muddy water..thankyou

#StraykidsWorldDomination These guys never fail to amaze me and I'm glad I'm a stay forever. These guys sefo know what they are doing and doing it right. This MV is also insane as words can't begin to explain how this group is wrecking me badly this comeback and don't even get me started on the hair especially Hyunjins red hair, BangChans blue hair, Changbins black hair with green highlights and Felixs blonde mullet and Lee knows purple/pink hair

It''s great seeing you again and this time with Stray Kids. Its actualy really nice to listen to Skz with fellow Ausies. Loved the concept of the MV and the lyrics really hit home. 🔥 The Oddinary album has 7 tracks and one of them - Muddy Water gives me the vibe of the golden age of Ausie Hip-hop/Rap, when the likes of Hilltop Hoods were on the scene and I love it. Admitedly I like all the tracks on the album.😆 If you are interested and end up checking it out, would love to know what you think. 🌞 It's only a track at the moment and I don't know if there will be an MV , but I think it might be one of my favourites in the album at the moment. And ofcourse it has a surprise in true Skz fashion. The start of the track is let's say, a little unexpected and it's even more fun because of it. 🤘

Fun fact Bangchan and Felix are Australian Bangchan: The one with Blue Hair Felix: The one with blonde hair that sings manaic in his Deep Voice

Stray Kids is the only kpop group that I could get my best friend into and she is madly in love with them now haha. That means they are really special. Skz are the kings.

The leader of the group is from Australia as well. Please check out God’s menu and Back Door. The group compose and produce every songs themselves and they are the only group who do that in the entire kpop industry besides BTS or Seventeen. Their genre are so various. I also recommend Red Light. Hope you enjoy their music!

Please listen the entire album, its totally a banger. I think you will like freeze, it's dubstep, Muddy water is like a old school hip hop rap, Lonely st slow rock (?), waiting for us is like a band sound, venom hiphop too ig(?), and oh charmer my fav on this album, i cany explain it but its so good

Thank you for the video!!! Stray Kids doesn't really dip into metal, but they DO dip into rock sometimes! So if you're interested at all: - Awaken (this is their hardest rock song, I think) - ROCK - CHEESE (rock + hip hop + EDM) - SLUMP (alternative rock?) - Lonely St (rock + EDM) - Waiting For Us (alternative rock) I might've missed some but those are off the top of my head!

You should check out "Venom" from the same album! And If you haven't listen to "Side Effects", "Doble Knot" and "Hellevator" I highly recommend those too :) (Heck, I recommend Stray Kids, full stop XD )

I always love your reaction to these guys. I love Old school rock, 80’s alternative etc and Stray Kids haha. This new album is amazing. Hope you check out more as their new videos drop. Thank for the amazing dancing 😉

I never thought about Our Last Night covering a kpop song, but yeah, Id really love that. There are by far enough English versions for them to do just that - since Korean might just be a tad bit too much to ask. Songs like Maniac or almost anything by Ace seem like they would go really well with metal brought into the mix

I LOVE that you appreciate Stray Kids!!!! Thank you!! They are over-the-top talented. Please watch the Studio Choom version of Maniac. Incredible to see their dancing against a plain background.

The reason Skz are one of my favourite groups is the fact that they write and produce all of their own stuff (one of the Aussies is actually part of the production unit). That’s why it’s even more impressive for them to have a self-produced kpop mini album reach number 1 on Billboard

YES MORE STRAY KIDS

There is a group that Stray Kids look up to especially Leader Bang Chan (his birth name is Christopher) one of the Aussie guys is Monsta X they are very heavy and loud like Stray Kids. They have a lot of songs out but if your looking at newer stuff look for Rush Hour, Love Killa, Gambler. Member Jooheon can play drums there is a stage performing where he plays them in it for every concert too while fellow rapper IM raps along with Jooheon is play. Stray Kids from day 1 wanted a dark concept and I am glad they stuck with it.

I’ve always loved their songs and their choreographies esp since I’m a dancer so i connect with their music even deeper >__< but i never had the time to get to know each one of them. When i heard this song i went insane and i immediately learned the choreo. I also realised that i started to watch more content from them not only their music and performances. They are an amazing and all-rounder group!!

Please a rock remix of Maniac would be so fvcking good!! I need it now! OMFG!

Just found y’all’s channel and I’m so glad y’all are doing this! As someone who grew up listening to metal/metalcore and alternative music I’ve grown to love K-Pop and related genres so much especially once I found out the lyrics. And I agree a metal band or group like Our Last Night should use their talent to cover these songs! Excited to check out more of your stuff because I love listening to different things too

Love your dancing! Lol not distracting at all whatsoever

The English version of Domino might be a good song for a westerner to cover. I had it playing in the background during an activity in my online class. One of my middle schoolers liked it and asked me who it was.

this whole song all I could think about was the "ping, ping" noise lol

They’ve just release an MV for their new song venom if you want to check that out as well 😄 much love from Stays!

Оо,ребята послушайте Charmer из их нового альбома. Этот трек великолепен! Спасибо за реакцию!

Love those led lights you've got going on left and right 👌🏻

Do more stray kids they are awesome! They are unique in their own way and they are basically their own genre of kpop. God’s menu is especially a great song and video and others as well. The fact that they are self produced and make most of their music is incredible!

Consider reacting to Jackson Wang "Blow." Jackson used to be in the same company as stray kids, jyp. His new song feels like 2006 panic at the disco. Very different for kpop.

I am a STAY and an Aussie that lives in America …. You guys are sick as! Love your take on this song and them as a group. Ta 🙃

Stay LATAM presente , saludos desde Perú.

You guys should Watch the Stray Kids Venom MV that came out today, it is amazing and I think fit into the style of music you like even more than Maniac

Stray Kids all the way for me :) before discovering them I was just a casual kpop listener. a lot of the other music just doesn't stand out to me. there's a bop here and there, but when I can't tell the difference between like 3 of the members singing/rapping, I lose interest I didn't even like rap before lol. I usually listened to Panic at the Disco, Fall Out Boy, AFI, etc. most of Stray Kids music is pretty heavy which is just chef's kiss.

They just dropped their MV for Venom which is my fave from the new album!

thank you for video!!! 🙏🏻

I did not realize that you moved your reactions to a new channel! So glad I randomly rediscovered you guys again.

Thank you. Loved the reaction and your take on them. If you want to compare how the language can make it different they have Double Knot that has a Korean and an English version.

Please Reaction to the entire Stray Kids oddinary album It's not that long I recommend the one with the lyrics You won't be disappointed Venom, please listen to this!!☺️

Best multiverse interp in a music video

Kings of 4th Gen 👑❤️‍🔥

My wife is an army and big into bts which is how I ended up finding out about Stray Kids and I love them. I agree that you can listen to their songs without being able to understand all the lyrics but it's so good you just don't care. You should check out Knox Hill's reaction video to this song. He breaks it down with all the lyrics and once you know those and realize what its actually all about you'll love this song even more!

I always look forward to y’all reacting to the boys! ☺️

Metalhead and Stray Kids fan here too! Thanks for the fun reaction! : )

felix is my bias with the deep voice him and bang chan with the blue hair are both australian right, his parts always gets me, especially with the maniac part with his deep voice and when i first watched the teaser, i kept replaying that part. please listen to BTS too, V is my bias in there. i dont know why people post about 2 of the members being australian, but dont have the common curiosity to tell you the names, so i did.

The second song of the Stray Kids odry album, Venom music video came out Please show your reactions🤗

You guys should really have a look at "God's Menu" and afterwards their live Kingdom (that is a show) performance "Gods ddu-du ddu-du". Also "Cheese" is a really nice song shooting against their haters. They just have many great songs with awesome MV's and impressive live performances (Backdoor, Domino, Side Effects, Miroh, District 9, All In, ...) But God's Menu is definitely a must, you should watch in the near future.!

Check their mini album "ODDINARY". All the songs are great.

Thank u for reactions

i love your reactions 🤩

Great reaction! You should totally listen to Venom..the MV released just after this one. It’s insane!!!🤘🏼 So good!!😁

The whole album is their best to date. Venom and Muddy Water, in particular, are all-time bangers. Also, Dreamcatcher comeback in April. Prepare.

You should react to Dreamcatcher if you haven’t, they’ve got a bit of a rock vibe in their songs while also keeping the kpop vibe

One of their other tracks Venom dropped a MV today if you're interested!

I love your guys’ reactions! Just found your channel and I’m a huge KPop fan. If you guys enjoy Stray Kids and lean towards more heavy sounds, I highly recommend another amazing group called ATEEZ. React to their song Wonderland, especially the live performance of “Symphony No 9 from the Wonderland” is by far the best thing I’ve ever seen. My favorite ATEEZ song though is actually Answer so I hope you guys check them out soon, enjoy them, and check out more of their stuff. Treasure, Pirate King, the Real, Fireworks, Thanxx, Inception, Don’t Stop, Hala Hala, and Say My Name just to name a few.

Stray Kids have just dropped the video for Venom. Would love to see you react to that one as well. I love watching your reactions as an Australian fan of Stray Kids.

you guys are such a vibe 😂🤌

Oh my guys!!! Just wait till you explore these amazing boys….look into there older songs as well

Goooood morning!Party people

I absolutely agree with how you describe stray kids, their production and creativity with their "film clips" is always on point 🤩 I would be very curious to see yous react to Interlude:Shadow and Daechwita by Suga/Agust D (they're the same person hehe), I feel like these might be up your alley!!

Thanks for reacting to Stray Kids!

Thanks again for the reaction to SKZ ! All good with the Aussie line.

The fact that he paused right before the POPPIN' part both times got me so angry ohmygod 😂

You guys actually did come back and react to them again? Oh this makes me so happy.

when he said "thats maniac not idiot" i died hahahahhahah

You should have listened to it with the subtitles. It's basically telling us we are all a little weird. I love Metal and Alternative a Rock but I have a real soft spot for Kpop.

You have to react to VENOM pleaseee the production on that song is RIDICULOUSLY good!! You'll be so shocked like the song is so textured and experimental

Well at least you don't do the OLD LADY VIBE like me 😂 (although there's some similarities) hahaha

great i'm new and i loved your reaction you could hear more from stray kids, Side Effects, God’s Menu and venom will love it🤗

Thankyou for react Straykids, please react to 'VENOM"

2 new awsome tracks just released Thrown - Parazite Allt - Paralyzed 100 % bangers

When he said , we cheered! Well done 3racha and stray kids

Id say try older stray kids like Hellavator and District 9 its got a fun track. And their transformation is crazy

Y'all need to watch their Kingdom performances.

I know it's a little bit late but you could check Miroh by Stray Kids as well. Boys are doin' the lords work with that every new track. And Miroh is from their early years but still worth it.

i think youd also like their songs, miroh,side effects, cheese, domino ,hellavator, and their newer one muddy waters i think youd really vibe with them

Actually two of the members are Australian the guy in blue hair and the guy in the blonde hair are both Australian

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Two members of the stray kidz are Australian

Stray kids musics are so unique to me.. I think you guys should react to FREEZE by Stray Kids next time!

SINCE I AM NEW HERE, IN CASE YOU DONT KNOW; 1:35 FELIX AND LEADER 1:37 BANG CHAN ARE KOREAN-AUSSIES.

Ohhh now I’m imagining OLN covering this… that’d be dope if they could pull off/learn the lyrics

You guys are always able to pull unique elements out of Kpop that go unnoticed by other reviewers! I’d love to see you guys check out some Agust D, specifically Daechwita, someday!

So true about the Bollywood-ness of it!! The first verse actually sounds similar to an existing song from a movie called dhoom! As an Indian, it’s super interesting!!

You should react to Blessed-Cursed by Enhypen, I think you would like that song and their music! That song is the best one they’ve made 🤩🤩

Ok but now you gotta react to Venom and Freeze too! The beats in the Oddinary Album (Maniac is the title track of that album) are literally insane, I promise you, you never heard anything like this! Also Muddy Water, wich is also a track on Oddinary, the beat has more of a Jazz feel but they are full on rapping! (Btw sorry if i made any grammar or spelling mistakes, English is not my first language)

FYI there are two aussie members

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They drop new mv VENOM & FREEZE

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