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Thoughts & Theories: Stray Kids’s ATE Era
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Thoughts & Theories: Stray Kids’s ATE Era

All the hidden details in Stray Kids’s new music and videos!

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Aug 25, 2024
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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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August 20, 2024
ATE Review: An Explosive Expansion of the Stray Kids Universe

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 …

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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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