I’m ground is a game played in SK, when they introduce themselves specially on shows for idols…Each player will choose a name for themselves which is predetermined to be in a specific category. (Names of fruits, animals, people, etc.) There is a four beat rhythm that is created by hitting the thighs 1, clapping 2 and ...snapping the fingers 3,4. The first person will start by stating calling out a person to go with their new chosen name and the amount that that person must say his/her name within a completion of the four beat, meaning ending on the last snap and not the thighs. If you do not remember the names of your opponents, start or end off beat, or say your name the wrong number of times you will be out.
there were so many references, i’m gonna find something to tag you in on twt for it haha, you might’ve already seen though i’m also not sure if you two know this backstory but the flower painted on the jacket hyunjin did is innies birth flower. in had asked hyunjin to paint him something on a jacket for his bday, and hyunjin decided his birth flower but found it too difficult to do on the jacket and ended up doing it on canvas for him instead. it’s really cute and i love that it’s an easter egg (unless it means more ofc)
They very much chose violence I had to pause every other second 😂 This is my first comeback as a full-on stay too! Very excited, but also slightly terrified lol. Can’t wait for your reactions to it
644 is a sign telling you to put effort into achieving your goals and stop procrastinating on fulfilling your dreams. This number is a positive omen and signifies protection from bad luck and negative energy. 644 is a reminder to focus less on material wealth and more on your spirituality and values.
I think this concept will be them playing as mad geniuses, or like mad creators of some kind, like Van Gogh or Beethoven. They see and hear things that aren't actually there and draw inspiration from it to create masterpieces. Michelin only has 3 stars not 5, which was a fun thing Han wrote for gods menu, so maybe its like they can't tell between whats real and what's only in their head? The gist of what I'm saying is: We might be getting madhouse skz (insane stray kids)
i'm so looking forward to watching you all fully invested in a skz comeback, all the content released the next month is going to be amazing for sure aaaaaa i love u and the channel ❤️
Idk if everyone got the reference, but basically the “I Am Ground” they keep on referring to is a Korean game where people introduce themselves in a specific rhythm and beat with the hand gestures(I.N. Was doing that at his shot at the end at the museum), hence why everyone started saying “I am/I’m ____”, and Felix in the beginning said “introduce yourself?” The I am ground game is played really commonly by skz, and they do it all the time everywhere, and they sometimes joke abt it too.
@@NewChapterReactions no problem, I thought some people might get it, but after watching a lot of people react to the trailer, I realized a lot of people didn’t get the reference (or they got it, but was too in shock of the trailer to say it out loud)
GOD this trailer got me SCREAMING omg and the visuals. I think its harder to make sense of the trailer since there's only one and it just dropped but we will soon what I took from this is just rebelling against the norms and doing things that they want to in order to achieve their goals, like Chan with the piano going from elegant to just rebelling, Seungmin going into the 'cars only' zone, I.N breaking the sculpture, Hyunjin painting the leather jacket and Han at the street art that was covered portraying a (normal) piece. This also ties to the Stray Kids logo being black and white with the white being they (pure, normal) and black being (rebelling) idk that's just what I got so far. I also tried looking up what 644 means and it kinda ties what I'm saying
I’m seeing a lot of white and blue. I have a lot of theories for connections with past trailers and m/vs. I believe seungmin’s ticket was an invitation to the cinema. The construction equipment is like that in God’s menu. I’ve got some theories that Cheese had a sly spoiler or two snuck in for future releases (proven by the lyric ‘you think it’s funny the way I walk’ when their next cb has Felix walking like Frankenstein. Hyunjin said his outfit was funny in Cheese, so it could link there and maybe we will get the a-class vibes they sang about in cheese. Links - metronomes and the Sound. Burnt umbrella - Freeze. Art exhibits - back door and chill. suitcase and clothing racks - TMI. The white all around them has ties as far back as District 9, gods menu and back door. The ticket sort of harkens to Levanter and the ticket to a new world, but I don’t know. This is a lot of what I’ve picked out so far. I don’t know what it all means yet. Also. Hyunjin saying 644 - that’s an Angel number that signifies that it’s the time to reach for your goals and stop procrastinating and it wards off bad luck. I am ground is a game where you introduce yourself, in the final fairies, I.N was tapping hands and knees like they do in the game. Edited to add - I almost want to say Felix’s eyes change color between green and blue.
@@NewChapterReactions I feel like I need to comb through past m/vs and past trailers to see what I missed still. And apparently some of the boys were spoiling things on bubble for a while. Chan has ‘I’m foive’ on his profile, with a background of stars. Lee Know said he was cute, and Felix gave some spoilers via emoji. He did stars and whales and everyone got fixed on the blue whale and he even said the stars were more significant than the whales. And he’s been calling stays on his bubble stars too lol. I saw that on a post on instagram/TikTok. Oh, and apparently, one of the clocks in the Oddinary trailer was at 14:06 - which is…. 02:06 6/2 is the release. Once you put div1 and skz together, Stay is just a bunch of clowns. 😂
I took the "I Am Ground" as a play on / nod to their previous albums. I am Not, I am Who, I am You. Then I.N crosses out the 'I Am" and puts his name in to make it "IN Ground" which made me think of the IN LIFE album. I thought it was a clever play on words. I.N's scene also made me think of the Back Door video, which is from the IN LIFE album. Seungmin's scene made me think of the My Pace video a bit and the phone booth in Changbin's scene made me think of Winter Falls. The ending bit where they're above a city (depending on the angle) made me think of Miroh. I don't know if any of that is accurate, just my thoughts on it. Then there were all of the other references like what you guys picked up on. This is also my first comeback with SKZ and I am so excited!
Context: IF you know you know but I just wanna share... The "I Am Ground" is a Korean game. In this one player introduces themselves like "I am gound introduce myself. I am .... the as the players finish introducing themselves, The player calls another one by the name and the gesture they introduced themselves as. as time goes by, the flow gets faster each time.
OMG! Your reaction through first watch was hilarious. I was slouched all over the sofa after an exhausting day and you perked me up so much! Your shock at Felix’s crop! And I laughed out loud when you pulled your jacket over your head, Bri. Thanks for brightening my evening.
I think the bat was in the thunderous album trailers. The buildings and anti-gravity at the end could connect to hellavator and maniac as those elements appear there as well.
I heard that lix was on a sugar high from all the lollies he ate on the shoot 😂 This is what I’ve got so far. If you want an example of the ‘I am ground’ game which other comments have mentioned they kinda do it in the 1st skz code ep. There are loads of call backs to concepts songs and skz inside jokes/lore. Lix eating surgery stuff isn’t new, i think in the Maxident trailer he had a lollipop (not sure about that one) and in give me your tmi they had chocolates as bombs. They also had that chocolate factory fan meet concept. For I.N they had a tickle game when promoting for ‘the sound’ I think where each member had to stay a still as a statue whilst the others tickled him. They have also had museum/ art gallery themed concepts before such as ‘chill’ and ‘backdoor’ Changbinnie in the rain with an umbrella harkens back to Han acting like he was in the rain whilst twirling down the street with an umbrella in the Maxident trailer, also being a romantic also links back to the Maxident era. The pay phone is a nod to winter falls no doubt and the baseball bat could be a call back to Noeasy trailer. Hyunjin with the suites makes me thing of ‘give me you tmi’ plus that Hyunjinnie is super into fashion. The kids also visited a high end tailor when they were in England a few years back so it could be a reference to that as well. Of cause we all know Hyunjinnie’s love for painting. For Han, a part from the billboard reminding me of ‘all in’ with the billboard being on fire I have no clue. With Seungminnie, the drive in movie reminds me of be-me unveil where they are on a car watching happier times up on the big screen and the excavator goes back to ‘God’s Menu’ mv. (Also Seungmin little story is the only on that really made sense to me, he wanted to go to the drive in move, he brought a huge bag of popcorn which he’s dragging behind him but he’s not allowed in cause he isn’t a car. So he get’s an excavator hence he ‘wins’). Lix being a conductor called back to ‘the sound’. Channie and the bomb brings back ‘finding skz god edition’ opening and ‘give me you tmi’. Not sure about the three pianos and them being on fire, maybe ‘the sound’ again. Apart from his hashtag ‘Lee know is cute’ I have no idea bout any other lore or concept call backs for his section. And for the last part where there seems to be two versions of each members, well that really isn’t new at all, there are loads of references to them being multiple versions from multiple universes throughout their discography. So yeah, that’s all I got. Also love Lee know with the long curled/ wavy hair also CHANNIE!
Thank you again for a great reaction! I wrote my observations about the references on another reactors reaction already, but I wanted to share them with you also, especially since you also picked up on many of them. Edit.typo. I think the trailer is so full of references to past things, and I feel to some things that are a little more random also (not just trailers and MVs and stuff). I think I am still missing a lot, but it will be fun to try to find more. Times are for the original trailer, not for this video. Lollipop throughout - the special gift for STAY (was it a teaser for this, or this a reference to it?) 0,05 Bubblegum machine -Skz code, the haunted house one 0,16 Crop top - Chan? A specific look, I don't know, or just crop tops in general. Though Felix is not a stranger to crop tops either. 0,21 ripping through a paper wall - like when they suprised Rihito. I am Ground - nod to I Am series? 0,29 Wings behind I.N -Skz code, the murder mystery one (wings behind Hyunjin in particular) 0,30 Being like an art piece - the game thing they did recently, where the orhers ticled and stuff. Also Chill, maybe. 0,38 Breaking the angel - nod to I'll be your man performance on Kingdom? 0,41 The bat -Noeasy trailer 0,46 Twirling with umbrella - Han in Maxident trailer. 0,48 Looking sad - Small nod to Lonely St? 0,49 Phone booth - Winter Falls 0,55 the place - Kingsman, in Give me your TMI 1,01 Painting the leather jacket - somewhere Hyunjin talked about trying to do that as a gift for someone (I.N?), but it didn't work. 1,10 White thing reminds a little of Scars, but clearer reference to All In 1,25 Ticket - Levanter? 1,29 Popcorn - 24 to 25? 1,30 Construction machinery - God's menu? 1,41 Car's driving by - God's menu? 1,51 Bomb - Venom 1,52 the whole setup gives Sound vibes 2,03 the look, especially the eyes -Dance "trailer" or what it was that Lee Know did for Kingdom 2,06 The clothes - Oddinary trailer 2,13 Mouth wash - Your eyes (Hyunjin's part) 2,23 Super Scanner - Superboard? Maybe reaching. In the end the warning tape - Case 143? Reaching. I might be totally wrong on many of these, my brain tends to make connections that might not be there :D
The scanner I think is a reference to Oddinary, remember they had a scanner photo shoot? That's my guess for that one. The flower is I.N's birthday flower (I can't remember if it's like the flower for the month of February or something else, but it's related to his birthday) and Hyunjin did paint it for him as a painting and I.N got custom made earpieces with the design on them. Also someone looked up the 644 definition and it said this it means something about working hard to get to your goal. Like how Hyunjin wished people looked more at how hard he's worked to get where he is rather than calling him a natural. Changbins part is also part of a series!!! The first is the NOEASY trailer when he complains about Hyunjins background music being different. Then in Christmas EveL when there's another Hyunjin moment but he interrupts, and now he has a romantic moment of his own! Also Lee Know's hashtag having another appearance 😂. There's so many things in this trailer that I think you got right tho. Like the Thunderous Trailer, they stuffed it full of references (which I love the staff for). All that being said, it sounds like this is their official introduction album. Like The Sound being "This is our Sound", I think this one is going off it with "This is our Sound, and this is us. Take it or leave it, we know we're 5 Stars" (like a rating). That's just my guess and if it is right, I'm so here for it! If it isn't, I'm still here for it!!😂 ❤❤
Wow, thanks for all those observations! It is so nice to share these things and think about them together. I haven't really gotten into any STAY communities etc. yet (been a STAY for about 6 months but introvert), and don't have STAY friends irl, so this is great! I had heard about the painting to I.N but wasn't sure if the leather jacket was supposed to be for I.N. You said many new things! I'm still sometimes trying to find the references to old choreographies in the Sound MV, but I hit a wall with it (not finding new ones or they are too vague to be at least somewhat sure of), maybe I should search what other STAYs have found.
@@alexrogue18 didn't tag you in my other answer to you by mistake, but hopefully it is clear that my comment was for you. It really makes sense that this is their introduction of sorts, I think you are right.
@@rogue_amour I do think there was a jacket painting thing, I feel like there was a vague memory of Hyunjin mentioning it but I can't remember. I also am introverted and don't have any real life Stay friends. There is so much content to watch. I've been a stay for a little over 2 years now and I keep finding more content I never knew about!!! This comeback is going to be so exciting!!!
644 is known as an "Angel number" 644 is a sign telling you to put effort into achieving your goals and stop procrastinating on fulfilling your dreams. This number is a positive omen and signifies protection from bad luck and negative energy. 644 is a reminder to focus less on material wealth and more on your spirituality and values. Your angels are telling you to make a positive change in your life and work to improve yourself and grow as a person. I.N in the trailer is an angel and Hyunjin had tried to make a painted jacket for him but it didnt work. So I'm thinking I.N as an Angel and Hyunjin saying 644 could be connected or just the meaning of 644 in general
Another comment already mentioned that "I am ground" is likely from a little introductory game but here's another example of them playing that game in SKZ CODE: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Q3NVapnl6ic.html
When I watched this, this is what I got. When Felix burst through the ' I Am Ground' and asked introduce myself? In Gods Menu Felix introduced himself saying "IM a FIVE STAR michelin" So, with the theme of Gods Menu, Seungmin was sat in a crane a simular crane in the background of Gods Menu surrounded by white cars in a carpark. Many people thought that Felix was controlling them (in the MV he was holding tubes) then it cuts to Felix conducting / controlling the same white cars as Seungmins scene. Felix fixes his hair in the car rearview mirror, Lee Know also fixes his hair??? Felix might be controlling the skz universe!!!! also, Gods Menu was released in June, and this comeback is in June 😊
I was just about to watch your skz code reaction when I saw you posted your reaction to the 5-star trailer, so I had to watch this first. Oh my gosh this trailer was straight fire. There was so much angst and the boys looked so good. There was def a hint to movies in this one...the one with Lee Know sounded like the nursery song in Squid Game when they are playing red light green light, and then the other ones you said also made sense. Their trailers are always so good with the hidden messages. I am so excited. May is going to be crazy, with all the comeback content, it will be so fun to go through the experience with you guys.
There is so much stuff hidden in this trailer haha. We love the hero/villain vibes we're getting again from this one along with all of the references to past MVs. We're super curious to see where it goes from here 😆🔥
I can't wait for their comeback. I don't know...watching the trailer again and again gives me a feeling that they are literally telling something from their past albums, MVs and stuffs. THIS IS GONNA BE LEGENDARY FOR SURE. I really can't wait for their comeback. This is going to be GREAT. Thank you guys for this video 😍
I have heard that the 'I am Ground' refers to a korean kids games. I am also getting hero/anti-hero/ villians vibes. As wellas then refering to different movies or entertainment activities. For example IN at a museum, Seungmin at the movies, Felix and Chan music concert, Han looking at Street art, Hyunjin making fashion, Changbin waiting for a date thay gets cancelled 😢 and Lee know is travelling. It is also thier 3rd full album - they have just released the pre-order links on twitter :) Love the reactions and look forward to joining you on the comeback journey 😀
I think some of the posters displayed in the beginning show some lyrics, and maybe the name of one of the songs? One of them says Avantgarde, and they all have the text "ever, everything in this w...". I can't make out the rest, but I assume it's "world". They all also have the same kind of spiral pattern. Also, Han hums a melody when he's looking at the billboard, maybe it's from one of the new songs? Lee Know is also whisteling a melody I haven't heard before. Very excited to see more! 🤩
Can’t wait cause they never disappoint! And with as much music They put out you know that their next concert will be completely different… good for my Soul, bad for my bank account! 😂
the trailer is so intense, and they all look gorgeous. this is releasing literally on my stay anniversary so it got me especially emotional. 🥺😭 can't wait for this comeback and looking forward to experiencing it together with you! 💚
This concept looks amazing! I can't wait to see the pictures that are going to be in this album 😆! How fun is that! It's almost like a present to you ❤️❤️
‘I am ground’ is a game idols play a lot on their variety shows (sry if someone already said this lol) I think enhypen did a similar version on the last enoclock ep you posted where they go around and say their names while clapping.
They have been talking about this cb since Maxident promotions , they were our next cb will be crazy new units new genres and we're like but give Maxident some attention!!!! I'm super hyped about this cb esp since it's a FULL ALBUM . Their trailers are so cinematic and unpredictable
Maybe it has something to do with their past albums I am Not, I am Who, I am You, then Miroh because of the animal noise like the elephant near the end and how they keep saying I am Ground in this. Bang Chan probably thinks he's working against the clock Felix likes sweet stuff, Han likes Harry potter so maybe the Hogwarts Express Train so all the clouds are from the Train as it's a steam engine ?
I.N said on Bubble that it isn't I am Ground anymore, it is I.N Ground 😁 It looks like he is cutting his own ribbon in a ribbon-cutting ceremony, or freeing himself from the pedestal. The train on Han's billboard looks like a green train peeling away, or dropping off the tracks, leaving a white train in the background, still on the track. Is the white train the boring well-trod track, and the green train is breaking away from it? Or are they maybe coming from different directions and converging on one track (maybe it is the multiple SKZ worlds converging at last) To me it feels more like the green train breaking or falling away The cars in both Seungmin and Felix's parts are not so much white, as 'colourless'. Like the primer coat before it is painted in colour. So still unformed, or generic. I.N asked Hyunjin to paint a jacket for him, but he struggled with it, so he actually painted that flower on canvas for I.N's birthday. It is his birth-flower and has a lot of symbolism as well. Lee Know looks like a thief who hid the loot in plain site (his teeth) 🙃 At the end it looks like they are walking down the face of the buidling, with maybe the sparks being from Bang Chan's 'bomb'?
Honestly I understood as much as you!! The bat is also in the NOEASY trailer! Btw if they do like the last two/three comebacks don't expect another trailer (or teasers) this week or the next, they usually keep us waiting for like 2 weeks. Basically they want us dead by curiosity.
Hello!! 🥰 it's your first comeback!! Yayyy!!! ❤❤😊 Well, I surely stopped it and rewind it many many times on the first watch! 😂😂 I mean there was so much happening and the visuals??? 🤯😵 😂 How can such beautiful people even exist? I don't want to talk about Felix, the crop top, and his beautiful freckles! 😱😍 And for sure Channie woke up and choose to kill STAY!! 😵😂😂😂 Innie is not a baby anymore and Seungmin, seriously is killing me! What happens to our Mankae? 😂 Not that I'm complaining! They all look soo good! I think this trailer is a mix of ordinary and Maxident trailers! Binie's scene with the umbrella looks like Han's scene in the Maxident trailer! And the clocks in Chan's scene also remind me of Han's scene in the ordinary trailer. Also, I think the "I'm Ground" refers to the introduction game K-pop groups playing a lot in shows! Stray Kids have done it many times. If you notice at the end of the video with the two versions of them Innie does the moves they do at this game!! Also If I'm not wrong I got a lot of references to older Mvs of them soo maybe this comeback is about telling us about themselves, or maybe because they trying to find themselves all this time, they finally found them? I don't know! But one thing is for sure, this comeback is going to be EPIC!!! ❤❤ I hope we survive! Hehe! 😂 I can't wait! I loved this reaction! See you at your next!! Bye!! 🥰
HI!! It was SO HARD not to pause it right in the beginning. We weren't expecting Felix to just jump out at us like that 🤣! There were so many references in this trailer that we didn't catch. We're grateful for all the comments connecting things for us and some of the threads we were sent on twitter. It's hard to catch things when you're so excited about the visuals.. it usually takes us a couple of watches to really start thinking on stuff like this 😂🥰
"We're gonna sit on our hands." Tori: "Mind over matter." Oh good luck! 😂 YEP I WROTE GOOD LUCK AND UNPAUSED THE VIDEO AND TORI IMMEDIATELY WANTED TO PAUSE AND REWIND BAHAHA 😂 2:25 I.N got me so good with that, I swear! If Felix is giving Joker vibes, then he needs a Harley Quinn (delulu brain). I love the 'judgy mannequins' in the shop with Hyunjin. Even inanimate objects are jealous of Hyunjin! 9:22 "What are we looking at?" It's the flying train equivalent of the Titanic (my really crappy guess bahaha) 10:06: I also love this! Seungmin in the crane gets me every time 😂 10:37 "I don't want to talk about this scene." I'd say I do, but I'm worried I'd just end up drooling 😂😂 I said this before, but I was ready for an April comeback -- yet somehow I am not ready for a June one instead 😂
IT WAS SO HARD NOT TO PAUSE! "Judgy mannequins" LOL I love that. This .. was a whole lot. I don't understand how anyone made connections their first 10 watches of this trailer because the VISUALS WERE ATTACKING NONSTOP. As someone else so adequately put it in the comments our "brain is not braining" haha
This had me biaswrecked again and again! They had more solo shots as if to emphasize their individuality (and dualities) since SKZ is all that harmony and unity among different individuals as they walk together at the end (my scenestealers -3racha ought to add that in this album, i beg) i was also bothered by that gulping sound when lino was gurgling mouthwash-sir, your 4d personality is acting up! Chan really gave us attitude this time. Changbin stole Han's umbrella moment from Maxident HAHAHA Han is giving rebel teen lol, but the train reminded me of maniac, when it was floating above the brain. Yes, Seungmin is extremely adorable in his crane popcorn, the golden ticket is like Circus reference no? Felix is being a sweet tooth devil (the cars remind me of the twitter templste where we swerve lol), I.N always have me pinned on the wall when he gives us that rough and cheeky talk (first time it affected me was cheese, got worse during Freeze, and now this UGH). Hyunjin's reminds me of this "dont be basic" mindset since he is customizing that jacket and he's showcasing his paintings more and more in these trailers which makes me happy Im so excited for this AHHH
