Thoughts & Theories: Stray Kids’s ATE Era
All the hidden details in Stray Kids’s new music and videos!
Here’s my deep dive on how Stray Kids expand their multiverse through the ATE album and its music videos!
ATE Review: An Explosive Expansion of the Stray Kids Universe
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Some of the most summative lyrics of the Stray Kids Music Video Universe are in “MEGAVERSE”: “First, second, third, fourth wall / We’re breakin’ them all.” Those lyrics are a prime example of the group’s layered wordplay. They use the “breaking the fourth wall” expression to acknowledge their awareness of playing parts in a fictional story, they nod to …
And here’s a handy “cheat sheet” of all the nods to past eras hidden in their new material, including MANY that were cut from the final essay!
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