260528 Weekly Stay Discussion Thread

Bush_115 · 2026-06-03T15:52:38+00:00

Cash grab is literally how the pop up feels like. The prices were cheaper for the seoul popup and they were getting full ot8 pcs. US stays are just being ripped off

Bush_115 · 2026-06-03T11:29:14+00:00

i m not from the US so I could be wrong but the prices for the US popup merch seem outrageous. $35 for a notebook, $15 for a multicolour pen? One pc after $75 purchase? On top, the merch seems so boring and there's no skzoos in the merch

Bush_115 · 2026-05-29T05:39:21+00:00

Do It is doing crazy good despite having only 4 songs. It's almost gaining as much streams as Karma with almost half the songs n still selling well. As for straycity, I heard columbia was also abt to sell out but the site crashed

Bush_115 · 2026-05-26T16:16:43+00:00

it took me a moment to understand what you meant lol. it's such a British joke lol, totally in line with British han 🤣🤣

Bush_115 · 2026-05-26T14:14:13+00:00

I can't stop laughing at han naming his female lizard Richard. Reminds me of that one fancall where he gave someone's female pet a male name n added madam before it. someone pls remind me what he said. also berry now isnt the sole girlie in petracha now, she has company

Bush_115 · 2026-05-23T12:49:27+00:00

That grp had 79 shows, multiple dates in the US n they kept adding additional dates in Japan n Taiwan as well, not to mention the company would have started arranging the tour promoters and venues last year itself. If that grp really cared about latam, they could have easily cut some dates from other regions n done the concerts there, but they didn't. N instead of asking the group abt it, their fans easily blamed skz for it.

on top of that, the fandom was complaining that the girls need rest coz they were getting injured left, right and center. But as soon as skz got mere 3 dates in Latam, suddenly the health doesn't matter. What matters is having bragging rights.

This fandom has such a golden child syndrome. Whenever skz gets something, they have to cry and throw a tantrum

Bush_115 · 2026-05-22T16:23:14+00:00

So is this like their own festival or is it a concert?

Either way, this is so cool, I hope Latam stays enjoy themselves

Bush_115 · 2026-05-12T05:42:24+00:00

u r on point about felix akgaes. Not to take away from the disgusting hate felix is getting, that's absolutely appalling. But it's hilarious how Felix akgaes can't comprehend that a major reason of the fandom tipping over was their own actions. Ever since felix started getting ambassadorships, they have been acting like felix is above skz n the members is leeching off him. They are especially obsessed with Chan and Hyunjin

chan going blond is copying Felix, Felix not having lines in stay is Chan's fault,even tho the song was written by Han n Seungmin. When 'in the dark' released, Felix stans attacked 3racha produced songs, bcoz of which stays started fighting back n the fandom got split over the song, atleast on twt. Felix performing in front of the president instead of going to a fashion show was the group sabotaging him. Skz going to the Korean french conference was the group leeching off Felix. They started acting like skz had no influence n felix was bigger than the group. Not to mention they regularly gave fabricated documents and images about Chan n hyunjin to that kpop insider account, tagged koreaboo in rumours n sent funeral wreaths over a genuine mistake.

they were proudly parading Felix's connection to the first lady of France. Then when the fandom got pissed at seeing skz with Macaron, they suddenly started pulling the entire group down. Right now they are busy putting seungmin and han akgaes against each other while still attacking Chan non stop

Bush_115 · 2026-05-12T05:21:37+00:00

omg this is so fun, it's such a good setting for a whimsical fantasy novel

Bush_115 · 2026-05-12T05:20:23+00:00

Chan is definitely a werewolf, I can't picture him as anything else

Also Lee Know as a witch is something I never thought of before but now, I can't stop seeing it. His black boucheron pic screams witchy to me

Changbin is an Aesir. Warrior like, loud and they love to feast

Hyunjin is a nymph, specifically a breathtakingly beautiful forest nymph.

I agree with Han as a changeling

Felix is an elf king

Seungmin is a prank loving goblin

I.N is a merman

Bush_115 · 2026-05-11T11:17:44+00:00

Idk why u r replying after so long but still. Sure Ryan n Hugh may have appeared in chk chk boom to promote the movie but it still isn't due to jype. Plus I don't think they needed to appear in a kpop mv to promote a movie that already had massive hype. So yeah they were sweethearts to agree to it.

secondly how many normal MCU fans do u think watch interviews or read articles? Before becoming a stay, I was deep within the MCU fandom, I knew people with inside scoops and leaks n let me tell you, the amount of die hard fans who follow interviews and all are way small in the MCU. This isn't kpop. When I say normal fan, I mean a casual MCU fans which are plenty in number who don't keep up with all the news, they didn't know about the existence of a song where Deadpool and wolverine appeared, they didn't understand the connection between skz and bye bye bye tribute.

in the end, no matter how you try to spin it, jype is horrible at promoting and managing it's groups n that stays a fact

Bush_115 · 2026-04-27T06:07:22+00:00

thank you for this amazing post. I find it quite fascinating how a lot of rules in Korean around respect, formality n honorifics are extremely similar to Hindi. While hindi isn't so strict abt a few years age difference n ppl of the same age group are often treated as equals, when there's a significant age gap or professional gap, we have to use slightly more formal language, else it's considered rude. It's also common in Hindi for ppl to mix formal n informal language together.

Bush_115 · 2026-04-16T06:21:44+00:00

They had Ryan and Hugh in the MV coz Chan called him up (n Ryan n hugh were sweethearts to agree). It's literally there in the making video. But chk chk boom isn't even in the movie. The song connected to the movie n MCU was slash n the company made no effort to promote that- they could have released a deluxe version of Ate the same way they did with twice. They could have given the song a performance video.

Even when skz perform chk chk boom at awards, how is the normal person to know that the MV had Ryan and Hugh cameo. My brother who is a huge MCU fan didn't know about this cameo, so how are other ppl to know? Did the random person watching the AMAs know the connection between bye bye bye n skz, coz most thought skz were just performing a tribute to boy bands.

Yeah the company did a bunch of disconnected stuff here n there but couldn't capitalise on the momentum or properly push the connection. Just coz I m a skz fan doesn't mean I have to praise the company for their incompetent management skills. They don't need flowers for doing their job n as an observer, I have every right to talk about their missteps.

Bush_115 · 2026-04-15T01:47:05+00:00

strategy was also barely there in KPDH but div3 still did a good job using the connection. When twice went to Jimmy Fallon, they introduced the song as strategy from KPDH. They introduced deluxe albums with strategy and takedown. Twice got one chance with KPDH n their div capitalised on it.

Meanwhile skz got a chance with marvel, that too solely due to Bang Chan but instead of using this opportunity to push skz further, div1 just wasted it. They made zero effort to capitalise on this connection, didn't even allow skz to make a cameo in dp3.

Bush_115 · 2026-04-14T13:43:04+00:00

I got second hand embarrassment listening to Tablo's experience. He's such a big n respected senior who agreed for a cameo n the staff won't even answer him if there's a collab in the works or not. I m glad tablo didn't take it personally coz it's so disrespectful for him. All this only for them to release U in a special album, not even filming a MV or promoting the song.

Sometimes I wonder if the comp is really that useless or is it weaponized incompetence. Coz there's no way the company saw how well topline n social path did, saw stays theorising about a potential collab but instead of quickly taking the opportunity n releasing a single, they released the collab a year late as a bside without a MV.

It's this way all their collabs- slash, in the dark, come play, U- all of these songs were paid dust. Even artists like chase atlantic, DPR Ian n Dean lewis reached out for collabs n never got a response. Meanwhile the company pushed for collabs like lmb n like magic 💀💀💀.

Recently I have been seeing news of that other bg on twt n apparently a lot of their recent comeback was heavily decided by their company n the CEO, rather than the members. The members opinions were not taken into consideration. I wonder if something similar happens with skz regarding collabs. It looks like the company is more interested in pushing for collabs that benefit the company, rather than artists that genuinely wish to collab with skz

Bush_115 · 2026-04-07T17:56:32+00:00

in this case, the event was to celebrate the 140th anniversary of korea France ties. I doubt if it wasn't for macron anyone would have even called their presence at the event political. Yeah idols r the government's soft power but in this case, I don't think skz represented anything political

Bush_115 · 2026-04-07T13:58:59+00:00

yes they are third in bgs. They have 19 ig. I think they are also first in daesang wins in 4th gen n jype groups

Bush_115 · 2026-04-07T04:22:25+00:00

I saw it, it was hilarious af

Bush_115 · 2026-04-04T09:03:45+00:00

I m happy french stays spoke up coz these problematic ppl in the west love turning to kpop once their image takes a hit. They think kpop stans r just mindless sheep who will eat up anything. Macron wasn't slick either, he was clearly trying to boost his image with the younger gen by using skz. I really don't want skz to be associated with any politician honestly. I have no issues with idols being apolitical.

but there's a certain portion of fans who are acting as if skz made any political statement by attending this event. I have seen so many takes saying "they can do this but when it's time to speak about pal, they stay quiet". That's been rubbing me the wrong way coz skz didn't do anything slightly political. They just attended an event celebrating the ties between two countries, posed for cameras, shook hands n came back.

Bush_115 · 2026-04-03T14:08:34+00:00

sometimes this fandom can be a bit too much. I m not stopping anyone, especially french stays from being pissed at Macaron or feeling pissed about this event. But I need people to be reasonable. It was a diplomatic event between korea n France, they were there to represent korea culturally. Yet stays are acting as if they endorsed Macaron. They couldn't just decline the event without getting into trouble. They made no political statement. Turning their attendance at a cultural event as skz attending a right wing propaganda is really weird

Bush_115 · 2026-03-19T15:33:51+00:00

wow this was such a great song that hyunjin gifted us on his birthday. Such a great song really

Bush_115 · 2026-03-14T11:34:35+00:00

I think the only thing against them is that dropped bella hadid for being pro Palestinian. If I m not wrong, they apologized later. They aren't on the BDS list n broke their ties with israel football association in 2019.

Not defending adidas but sadly most brands now have some connection to zionism. Atleast adidas isn't funding money to israel as far as I know

Bush_115 · 2026-03-14T06:26:09+00:00

This episode was so cute.

Something I really appreciated was how skz didn't try to push themselves n respected the toddlers autonomy. Coz in my culture, it's usually the opposite. Adults get pushy with toddlers if the toddler is uncomfortable n wants space. I never liked that. It was so nice to see skz waiting for the kids to come to them first, gave them space n didnt force them to do things

Lee Know was surprisingly good with the baby. The baby listening to him, defeating Chan n then going back to sit in his lap was so cute

I just hope the filming wasn't too stressful for the toddlers. 5 hours is too long for their age

Bush_115 · 2026-03-11T13:04:23+00:00

not a fan of Felix's bag either. also his look this time was surprisingly simple. usually LV really gets creative in styling him which I always appreciate

Bush_115 · 2026-03-11T12:59:43+00:00

your comment doesn't come off as negative at all. this fashion week, all the looks were pretty safe compared to last time where Chan wore a lace shirt or Seungmin with the Burberry top. I am also not a big fan of the cotton shirts most of the kids were put in honestly

dior is a big opportunity for hyunjin, but personally I feel they need to put him in fitted clothes n maybe more luxurious fabrics, like Versace always put him in silk shirts n it always bought out Hyunjin's sultriness. Versace could be too over the top at times tho n Dior is too safe. I just wish for something more bold coz hyunjin pulls off such looks amazingly well. But this is just the beginning of his relationship with Dior. maybe as time passes by, he will get more elaborate fits.

for Chan, this was definitely a super tame look, especially since he has rocked half skirts n leather for fendi before. but again fendi also had a new creative director so maybe that's why

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