SEOUL — Boy band Stray Youngsters was named as one of many next-generation leaders in 2023 by Time journal. The eight-member boy band turned the second Okay-pop boy group included within the checklist adopted by BTS in 2018.
Stray Youngsters acquired immense consideration earlier than its official debut because the group members had been the ultimate survivors of “Stray Youngsters”, a survival audition present aired via TV music channel Mnet in 2017. It’s the first boy band to be produced by Park Jin-young, the top of JYP, 4 years after GOT7, a seven-member dance group that debuted in 2014. In July 2023, the group headlined Lollapalooza Paris, a music occasion held in France.
The band topped the Billboard 200 chart in 2022 with “Oddinary” and “Maxident.” In 2022, Maxident was one of many best-selling Okay-pop albums, exceeding 3 million copies.
Stray Youngsters was included in Time journal’s next-generation chief checklist on October 5. The American information journal stated the group achieved international success by embracing its distinctive sound. The journal stated: “The band’s grungier headbanging anthems, which incorporate rock, EDM, and even industrial leanings, had been initially criticized for being too noisy and eclectic in comparison with their glossier Okay-pop contemporaries. But as an alternative of shifting gears to pander to expectations for Korean boy teams, Stray Youngsters embraced their distinct sound.”
NewJeans, the sister band of BTS, was additionally named within the checklist in Might 2023. In 2022, the journal chosen Lee Yoo-mi, a South Korean actress who performed Ji-yeong within the Netflix drama sequence Squid Recreation, and aespa, a four-member woman band launched by SM Leisure.
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