Video Editor Reacts to Stray Kids 'MANIAC' *PERSONALLY ATTACKED* 

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Please encourage me this video was intimidating as frick

I think the bird has two meanings. The sound used in the song is like the little birds you see around a person's head in cartoons when they feel dizzy or are hit over the head. They're drilling into their heads like Frankenstein and seeing birds. But, the bird is also caged in the 'real world' scene. We're caged birds, and the song is about revealing your inner maniac.

"Now it looks kinda like my brain because there's not a whole lot going on in there other than stray kids" That is the most relatable thing I've ever heard. My brain has been nothing but stray kids recently XD "Stray kids might be my new favorite boy band." I quite literally clapped. They're absolutely amazing, definitely deserve the title of favorite boy band.

Did he say that Stray Kids is his new favorite boyband?!?!? The STAY in me is screaming❤️❤️😩👏👏

this mv is everything, you can really tell that the quality just really improved from their last mvs. Also YESS stray kids is our favorite group!!

I think the bird represents the concept and/or lyrics. Because they are basically saying stop pretending and let the Maniac inside you, your true self, out. So i think the bird symbolizes the Maniac inside us. When the bird is inside the cage their surroundings look "normal" but when it's out it's all dark and all over the place basically. The beat also changes from light, funky to heavy, fast paced. That's just my opinion of course

9:13 Chan: you cannot stop Jordan: *stops*

3:06 I think his voice just makes the song alot better. The way he says MANIAC just is amazing!

6:44 "Now it looks kinda like my brain because there's not a whole lot going on in there other than stray kids" very relatable, jordan

“Stray kids might be my new favourite boy band.” That is correct. You are SO CORRECT Jordan.

Also I just noticed.. 6:06 leeknow snooping outside and then him looking at the camera after was just????? SO COOL. The transitions are insane

7:04 The rewind sound, spin dance move and the camera rotation *Chef's kiss*

Stop making transitions just coz they're cool, rather make those transitions coz they support the story. - Jordan Orme , 2022. This is my new favorite line. Thank you so much for your reaction! 😁😁

I saw the mv this morning and I was saying to my daughter “Jordan is going to go insane with this one !! Look at all the match cuts!!” Jordan, you have taught me so much!! ☺️ It’s a whole other level of happiness when you see things so beautiful and perfect! God bless you and the world!

Stray kids really needs 100x more recognition

The bird in this MV symbolizes not their childhood but the old original way they act, they are trying to kill/remove it to replace with the personality they prefer but it keeps coming back, as the lyrics say "It's inevitable, you're gonna be eventually yourself", your original personality will always come back no matter how hard you try, just like the bird coming back in the MV, no matter how hard they try to kill it, it just always returns.

this mv was so cooooll and even me who knows nothing (apart from what I learn here) about mv making etc etc, I could piece together in my brain so easily how it was getting transitioned, for example when I.N unlocked all the different 'him's' there was lee know peering at the side on the window, and then the next part was lee know outside the cafe with I.N inside the cafe with the camera positioned switched

can we just appreciate how the mv just came out 3 hours ago and Jordan already reacted and cut it with a ton of memes in it? the mv is next level, but Jordan will forever be faster :D

6:04 look at the very right in the window... HOW HAVE I NEVER NOTICED THIS ??? EXCUSE ME??? also YES, stray kids AND their producers are MASTERS! nothing can compare!

Stray kids is easily my #1 boy band and they have that title for a reason. Their songs are amazing and the music videos are beautifully produced

This mv was seriously the best.Hats off to the production team and of course STRAY KIDS WORLD DOMINATION

When it comes to editing, JYPn can never disappoint us Edit: Thanks for agreeing with me

I'm 2 minutes in and I've already gained an ENTIRE new appreciation for video editing. I've seen this MV a million times but have a video editor recact this way really shows just how much time and skill this stuff takes

Damn dude you just fully made me see this m/v through the whole other light, respect 🙌😅😮😮🥰

Stray Kids musicvideos are just freaking insane. When you said they might be your new fav group… I felt that haha

As a Stay I'm biased but I think this is my favorite reaction of yours yet. I learned SO MUCH from watching this, it's a joy to hear you unpack all the visual effects that non-professional viewers can easily miss or take for granted! Thanks, Jordan.

I watched the kindof, "making of" for this MV that SKZ put up on their channel and for the "upside down" street scene, the crew built an ENTIRE DULPLICATE SET that was just, upside down. The director definitely had a vision and Stray Kids delivered, and omg the attention to detail and the absolute dedication to craft from the crew is also absolutely incredible.

2:11 I the only person me who saw the train going past the cafe window before it cut to han in the train?

I felt it when you said Stray Kids is your new favorite boy group. They really are just too freaking good qwq

don't worry Jordan, all the stays are personally attacked this time you aren't alone

In 5:58 when the duplicates come out of IN one of the windows Lee know was there after IN parts was finished it came to Lee know which made a cut

One think I love is how fast and crazy the choeography is to reflect the main chorus. You could say it's Maniacal.

Jordan is unlike any other reactor out there period. He breaks down literally everything about the m/v from the lyrics, transitions, music, choreo, theory, concept and the group itself. Never thought a reaction video would be as entertaining as the m/v itself. Thank you sir, keep up the good work!

The entire time I was watching this MV, I was thinking "I can't wait for Jordan to react to this! He's gonna love it and have so much to say!" And then the entire time I was watching this reaction I was like "I KNOW RIGHT!"

Y’all, this means we must give lots of credit to the people who film and edit cuz they make everything seem so good and stuff lol right? This guy makes us notice everything we missed on transitions and makes it look better and explains things. Glad to see another stay! Don’t lie, u most likely came only cuz ur a stay and saw skz on the thumbnail tho.

7:30 "stray kids might be my new favourite boy group" ❤❤❤❤

0:50 the editor was too stunned to speak

Dude this song's transitions are just very well done I'm in luv with this song

the whole video and the execution is so smart and at the same time simple??? my only ick factor was at 9:02 because you can see that leeknow (right) was rotoscoped in later which is fine but the grade is not good AT ALL and positioning is off too because from my understanding han (left) is supposed to be looking at him but his line of vision is deeper in z space than in a simple x or y space. regardless it would be an absolute dream for me to edit kpop mvs (someday soon i hope!)

3:56 Felix's part right here makes me forget to breathe 💀

I actually thought Miroh was their best ever beat drop, then they dropped this on my head 💀 Tbf it's not a drop, it's more of an antidrop but you get what I mean

In Swiss german when someone is acting crazy we ask: 'Hesch en Vogel?' Whitch literally translates to 'Do you have a bird?' I doubt it has any relation to that, but it's the only thing I can think of.

2:24 ME WITH THAT STEPPSSSS

Because of what Jordan said at 9:40 I’m pretty sure the bird means their inner maniac and they keep trying to catch it and destroy it, but in the end they realize it’s okay to be crazy? Idk it might have absolutely no relevance, the bird could also mean that we’re caged birds or so and so?

Ngl Jordan's reactions makes the mv 100× better His theories are just too awesome

The bird in the mv is a canary...they are really sensitive to their surroundings which is why miners used to take these birds with them so that if there is any type of danger ..the birds will become restless and that becomes a warning to the miners that something is wrong and to get out of the mine asap...so the bird sounds might symbolise that there is danger or something...im not sure just my thoughts

3:12 me too

remember kids " _if you want breakfast in bed,sleep in the kitchen_ " 😆😆 btw loooooved the Editor choreo at 2:42,fire 🔥🔥

1:42 I can’t watch anymore is sending me SJJSJDJDJCNCJDKDJSJDJ

THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY REACTED TO THIS. THANK YOUUUUUUU 😭😭😭 Also, this morning I 5am, after this, I lost some of my mental sanity. Still haven’t processed the whole through tbh.

9:54 just notice at their window, "if you want breakfast in the bed, sleep in the kitchen"

6:11 this part of Orange & purple flames are refences to they're own song THUNDEROUS..!!🔥💥

The M/V may or may not have made me cry tears so every feeling that has ever existed- but honestly Jordans reaction videos to M/V's is us it's all of us he is our representative

Why is no-one talking about multiple Changbins in the background at 3:00? They have over a four and I'd like to have at least one 💁‍♀

seeing pros of the music industry complimenting skz makes me so proud i’m so happy for them having the recognition they deserve 🥹

The bird is actually because of the "spinning like a screw part". In Korea, when you get dizzy you don't see stars, but birds, that's why there's also that part of the bird flying away in the choreo 😉

God's Menu it's a masterpiece, Back Door it's so great in so many leves, Thunderous was magnificent and now Maniac it's so over the top. I'm so happy for my kids, their team work it's giving them the best music videos. I knew that Jordan will freak out with this video. 💙

I did not expect the 'into the thick of it' at 8:10 and im crying

"I am in full conflict." is probably the best way to describe my feeling since I discovered these guys ;-))))))))))))

As someone who remembers MTV when it was actual music videos, this very much calls back to that and makes me want to search out more. So well done!

this mv was straight f i r e major props to the producer bang jaeyeob for popping off, and shout out to 3racha and versachoi for writing and producing another absolute banger, this song is so interesting and addictive i can't get enough of it!!!

i knew jordan would go insane from this m/v as soon as i watched it loll and jyp said TRANSITIONS! jyp saw ur thumbnail for their last jyp artist comeback, and said I'm just saying (oop and also i love that group I'm talking about btw and their song too so...)

I cant explain how much I love the song and the mv itself and that drill just drilled into stays hearts fr- 💕💕

ok, this mv got me into skz, and into kpop in general, jordan is making me look more closely at the mvs, which i thought were already impressive, and be amazed by the directing, filming, editing, choreography, and music that they do, thanks :) ❤

so no one's gonna mention 2:01 where it says "if you like to eat breakfast in the bed, sleep in the kitchen"

Great reaction as always😭😂I was finally on time. I love how speechless you were the entire time 🤣I thought of you a lot with the camera stuff

Thank you Jordan you are the reason why I'm stanning SKZ really TYSMMM

The bird maybe represents freedom? The freedom to be your true self. They release it when Felix “unscrews “the glass at the first chorus, then at the end it’s like lee know screws it back into the cage again (returning back to “normal” life) where everyone is kind of caged in, not letting their inner maniac run free. Going to have to watch it again.

The message of "letting the MANIAC out" reminds me of Mei's parting words in Turning Red, "Everyone's got an inner beast, I let mine out. Will you?" YES, love these connections!

My favorite part of Jordan analysis is starting from 7:24 “Honestly, I’m in full conflict…” Welcome to stayville, my favorite video editor! 👏👏👏

The way that this MV is such an improvement from past ones is just so crazy. Love that for skz 😩

4:16, when the camera is a paid dancer

5:45 "and now it looks kinda like my brain because there isn't a whole lot going on in there...other than Stray Kids" SO TRU 🤣

Since I watch your videos, I noticed the editing and everything in this mv, and dude, this is insane!

1:52 if you look outside when it turns to night theres a train passing by

The MV is telling us that we can be our inner true selves whether being dorky, loud, messy and etc but we must not forget our inner peace, hence, the calming vibe of a chirping bird. Just my opinion xoxo

Its impressive how the music video director knows how to draw your attention and keep you in (as Jordan pointed out),because the older someone is, the harder it gets something to make you drop your guard and make you feel like a child watching a magician performance, which this video is for me. Also as someone who have problem with attention spawn this video didn't fail to keep me involved to watch all the time and till the end Love how the bouncy base beat (when only listening to it) gives you the feeling of losing gravity/make you feel free, the same time matching the visuals where literally everything is floating around without gravity. How the choreography matches the lyrics by "Spinning, going crazy" and they literally spin there heads. For me the bird represent the driving force of freedom "Free as a Bird" , that makes the drill to start, thus freeing the suppressed inner self/world and making them whole and alive again. 10/10 comeback and a total banger. I will be jamming and body rolling on this for days from now on :) . It just makes my day everytime seeing something like this, when people make something with passion by hard work,thinking out of the box and freedom of creative expression and just doing good thing as a whole at the end of the day, instead to chasing cloud or do something stupid for clicks. Thank you for the video and for the education in editing today Jordan :)

facts:- we all are going to be maniacs due to this maniac group #streamMANIACstay .yeah thanks for reacting this so soon.

I absolutely love how you react but also teach and help us understand just exactly why certain aspects of music videos are so cool. adds more meaning and something special to the video that I wouldn't see by myself! thank you!!

3:32 Calm Before the Storm

I’ve been a STAY for a while and this is BY FAR their most incredible video. Just when we think they couldn’t get any better (I honestly thought ‘Thunderous’ couldn’t be outdone), they do this. The artistry, the cinematography, the music, the lyrics…. It’s all IMMACULATE.

I can’t wait to see the behind the scenes 😩

Jordan keeps cracking me up at 4:34 lmao. he just got so passionate about the simple but perfect edit HAHA

The fact that skz doesn’t use a robot camera, a real human up and runs back to the right to the left❤❤

This comeback is just one of the most ICONIC comebacks in K-pop. I love your reactions since they're so real. 🤍

Jordan loves the lyrics so much🥰 It was written by skz members itself who are Bangchan, Changbin and Han!!

I love coming back to your skz reactions bc not only are you very professional explaining all the directing/editing shenanigans I love how you simply "get" skz as artist's. Truly thank you ✨

Hey Jordon, thank you for breaking down this MV! I've learned a lot from it and was super hyped when you explained it from a video edito's P.O.V I wasn't as hyped about it at first but I got so excitedjust from hearing you talk about how the transitions work that it motivated me to want to try some of them. Thank you for it

your energy is always so contagious, props to you for coming out with such a fun video yet again

I love, love, LOVE the song and the MV of this comeback SO MUCH. The transitions of what seemed to be like Thunderous-like music at the start to the drill sounds to the complete change of vibe of the chorus gave me serotonin omg and the MV AMPLIFIED THAT IM SO SO HAPPY Edit: My interpretation of the birds here is that Stray Kids were trying to answer Maya Angelou's poem called "The Caged Bird". (Its a poem that basically conveyed America's situation at her time but It could also mean someone feeling restrained from expressing themselves while others seem to fly free and all to them). Like, they seem to reply that you are the one who is ultimately able to break free from your cage, and not be afraid to show who you are to everyone despite the frantic and crazy world out there.

Your videos are so amazing for they give us so much perspective on the storytelling that editing contains (and it's clearly A LOT) . Thank you so much for this

I have no knowledge on this terminology but I'm enjoying your enjoyment a lot lol 05:23 best move EVERR

Jordan's dance therapy is everything 😩❣️

Jype always have a awesome mv editors. Stray Kids is very lucky to have a cool and very creative division.

7:38 You are stating ✨FACTS✨

I was waiting for your reaction video. I haven't watched anyone else talking about the stray kids videos. Yours are the best. Thank you so much. I love your videos 💚💚

2:37 I loved this 🥰💚 so relatable

MANIAC.. Yess,, thats why im addicted .. I never think that you guys innocent, coz I know there a Freaky monster inside you .. STRAYKIDS always being their self , never faked.. And you always make 's my Heart Exploded #STRAYKIDS NEVER DISSAPOINTED

that insane camera movement, being totally "stiff" but in a totally right way, it just looks so good, like a "flowing" smooth move would not work the same on those cuts/beats, wow!