Diving In to Stray Kids (Part 3) | No way this is real | 6TonGuppy Reaction
Vložit
- čas přidán 14. 07. 2024
- MoM is the only mother I'm recognizing this (belated) Mothers Day.
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:41 Hellevator
00:10:14 Side Effects
00:17:37 Double Knot
00:23:45 Maze Of Memories
Join the Discord here: / discord
Subscribe to GGSTEXO: / @ggstexo
--------------------------------------------------
- Follow me on IG and Twitter @6tonguppy
- Here's some (old) music I made: sogeme.bandcamp.com/music
- Here's some (newer) music I made: shewhoinsavingdestroys.bandca...
- Here's an album I played drums on: open.spotify.com/album/5ezD8C... - Zábava
Chan didn't have a perm in Side Effects, his hair is naturally kinda curly lol
yeah, but in the dance part of the mv his hair was def artificially curled (well... crimped actually)
11:20 this is actually seungmin, mans has a crazy range and a great lower register
His recent vlive when he sings red light shooked me! His lower register is insane
Han was so insane for this, being main rapper and also sang most vocally hard parts in Hellevator. Overall he is real Ace
So probably the most frustrating part of the survival show for me was when JYP scolded BangChan for writing Helevator in a "female key" and encouraged him to change it. The thing is, JYP had intentionally stayed away from SKZ to let Chris make authentic, uninfluenced decisions, so he didn't know what any of the members were capable of, whereas Chris picked the members himself and was partly responsible for their training, so of course he wouldn't write Helevator for them in a key they couldn't sing. Han Jisung is a vocal beast, and Chris, having worked with Han looong before the creation of SKZ, was well aware of that, but JYP only expected him to only be a rapper because that was his official title at the time.
I love how much Stray kids can experiment with their music because they have such control over what they make. It just makes their music so unique and special because you know that they’re the ones making it. And yes, Maze of memories came out in March of 2019 and had the same instrumentals as the OT8 version which was released in 2021. The only difference was that they split Woojin's parts amongst themselves.
I.N was actually doing all the screams for Side Effects 😂
Pre-debut song made by them when 3Racha were 20, 18 and 17. And they STILL constantly performing it in various stages.
Still blow my mind...
And all their old songs are still relevant to this day.
You’re right ‘Hellevator’ was a predebut track. Actually it was their first mission during survival show. JYP told them to write their own song and if they like it they’ll make a MV for it. It was in 2nd or 3rd episode. After this song Lee Know got eliminated and several episodes after Felix got eliminated too. So when they made this song and MV they did not know which members will debut. Even though Bangchan choose the members, JYP said that if a member lacks skills he will eliminate them during this show. Fortunately in the last episodes JYP said that they feel empty when 2 of the members were missing. He said that they already feel like 1 team and if someones missing, it shows. During this time Felix and Lee Know worked hard too and they proved that they worth it. They both improved so much during the show and Felix learn Korean better since JYP eliminated him for his Korean being bad.
In my opinion Bangchan also fought for them behind the scenes and brought them back. When Felix got eliminated he says ‘’I’m not gonna leave you behind’’ and he didn’t
I was so mad about how JYP eliminated Felix just because he couldn’t speak Korean and his Korean pronunciation was bad. He obviously will learn it as time goes on and he did learn it LOL
I’m glad JYP made a wise decision. Felix have a lot Stays collection by just this phrase “cooking like a chef I’m a 5 star Michelin” and nowadays he goes collecting new Stays by “Maniac….”
@@linayumi2266 I agree. Changbin said that “Felix is our treasure. He is our treasure.”. Actually I believe he plays a big role in their group dynamics too. HAN was asked about “there would be no Stray Kids without him” and he said Felix. Hyunjin also mentioned that Felix’s positive mindset and pure heart makes every hard situation better. They often mention that if Felix is happy the team is happy. They say that he is their happiness.
I personally didn't buy the eliminations at all, it was just artificial drama to make the TV show more interesting. While the boys were certainly not aware of it, I'm fully convinced that it was an agreement between JYPE and Mnet that they had to eliminate two people and bring them back at the end. I understood they would come back the second they showed Lee Know's video message in the episode after his elimination, because basic storytelling is that you stop mentioning any character that's become irrelevant. Also, the fact that JYP would willingly eliminate two of the best dancers of the group is a bit ridiculous.
I of course find the idea of emotionally manipulating the members for the sake of TV somewhat repulsive, but hey that's a Mnet reality show, and they've done much worse to trainees on other occasions.
- 11:30 Opening lines of Side Effects are actually Seungmin in his natural bari glory, but it's a common error to think it's Felix. 😃
- 14:40 Chan's hair isn't permed. He has naturally very curly hair; he just almost always straightens it. This Side Effects hair is his natural curls partially straightened. When it's completely untouched, he looks like a cute dandelion puff.
- 15:04 Yes, that's really them screaming. Iirc, Hyunjin also screamed in this, but I can't swear to it (and yeah, now I remember I.N being mentioned too, but I can't find my old verified source for either one). Whenever you hear moans, screams, laughter, growls, yells, etc, it's THEM.
- Fwiw, SKZ live are incredible, full stop. But Side Effects live, in particular, has some epic stages. And Chan and Versachoi tend to remix songs for large shows, sometimes so much that it's basically an entirely new song. So several Side Effects lives, including the two different vampire stages, are not only worth watching someday because SKZ are next-level when live, but also because the song has been changed up enough that it's notable.
- Yes, Double Knot and Side Effects are both from the Clé era. Clé is "key" in French. Side Effects is from the middle album of the Clé trilogy, while Double Knot is from the final one (Miroh is from the first one). None of them are repackaged. The one and only repackage is IN Life (the Back Door album), which includes an entire album's worth of additional material and is the middle album of the God's Menu-era trilogy.
- Double Knot was a single to lead into (and then became a promoted b-side on) the Clé: Levanter album, so it's not really a title track in terms of album inclusion. But SKZ spoils the hell out of us with videos for more than half of their songs. And I honestly think that probably 80% of the time, their b-sides are better than the titles. They use the titles to lure in the largest possible audience and _then_ hit them with the full SKZ effect.
- 28:20 After native speakers Chan and Felix, Seungmin is the most fluent English speaker, yes. He's fully comfortable in it, used it as an ASC host, and is kind of the fallback speaker if Chan or Felix isn't taking the lead in English interviews. Next are Hyunjin and Han, who have two different versions of borderline between conversational and fluent. Then Binnie, who's been rapidly improving lately. Then I.N, then Lee Know, neither of whom is all that interested in knowing more than enough to get through fan calls. People will misinform you that "Seungmin learned English when he lived in LA." He was there for a few months as a young child and learned the basics; his proficiency is from continued study and effort up through adulthood. (Ditto for Hyunjin, who also lived in the US for a short time as a young kid but only doubled down on the English learning a couple years ago and is now focusing on it in college.)
- Yes, the instrumental is the same on both the ot8 and the nine-member versions of Maze of Memories.
- Another fwiw: there are also 3RACHA versions of Double Knot and Maze of Memories. Double Knot is one of the original 3RACHA songs that was expanded into a full SKZ version. Maze of Memories' lineage is a bit more convoluted; it wasn't released as a 3RACHA track, but 3RACHA have a partially different set of lyrics for it and have used it as one of their live stages, and Binnie used part of it (encompassing the lines and segments of about half the members), with different lyrics, as part of his cypher. So it's kind of a 3RACHA-origin song that didn't actually release through 3RACHA first but gets cycled through the group. Anyway, a lot of early SKZ songs started life as 3RACHA songs, and both versions are out there.
Yep, Seungmin is fluent in English. Same for Hyunjin and Han (Hyune is actually majoring in English) Seungmin even was host of an english/korean program called ASC
What do you mean majoring in english? University?
@@aliciapark6241 yep, he goes to online university
@@vishuaretta oh so that’s why his english got better recently. Thank you
I loved your reaction, I feel the same :)
In Side effects it was Felix's real voice in that super deep part. He does go that deep. I don't remember if you have already seen "victory song" - he is super deep there as well. And Bang Chan is naturally curly, as some other people in the comments pointed out.
Double Knot was released as a single - does it count as a title track then? I don't know. Anyway, this is the last song/MV you see Woojin in. They also have a performance video for the English version of "double knot", and it is already without Woojin. He left in October 2019, and SKZ had to postpone the release of their album "Clé: Levanter" (with the title track called "levanter") to re-record the songs. Later on SKZ have re-recorded almost the whole discography and uploaded it in the albums SKZ2020 and SKZ2021 - this is where the OT8 versions of older songs come from, so they are basically the same songs, just Woojin's lines are re-distributed.
"maze of memories" was first released in 2019, but it actually originates from a 3racha pre-debut song from 2017, which they slightly modified and made longer to fit 9 (and later 8) member group. 3racha performed the 3racha version live at kcon in 2019, please check it out in your free time, maybe off camera if you want, because it is fire: czcams.com/video/APEve7bn7EY/video.html
From all the members Lee Know and I.N can barely speak any English, but everyone else can speak more or less. Chan and Felix are native speakers, Han and Seungmin are fluent, Hyunjin and Changbin are Ok (they can express themselves, but need time and miss words sometimes). Han has British accent, Seungmin and Hyunjin rather American, Changbin, Lee Know and I.N have Korean accents. They all can sing in English though - they have English versions for several songs. Changbin usually has such a powerful and fast rap, he must be struggling the most when they do the English versions :)
Great reactions. fun fact... Bang Chan has naturally curly hair no perm was needed. Woojin left Oct 25th 2019 so any videos before then will have him in them. Stray Kids has an all English version of Double knot and is only the current 8 members in the m/v. The song sounds amazing either version. the 2nd full album No Easy was also an album that was named for the haters. No Easy was a play of of the word noisy. The stray kids lore is complicated. It does deal with keys and alternate universe or worlds. If your are interested there are videos out there from fans that have a good idea on the lore of stray kids. It is interesting to watch. Thanks again for your time loved the reactions.
I love seeing their older songs/mvs. One thing I love about skz is they started even their predebut music so strong and they really have only gotten better since! Not a lot of groups I see have such a strong debut song and continue to make similar style of music and not have any flops, they keep getting bigger!
This might surprise you, but Double Knot is not a title track. It's second track of the Clé: Levanter album with Levanter as Tittle Track
Maze of Memories first released in Clé 1: Miroh in 2019
Thank you for the video. Always enjoy your genuine reaction
I don't kow if anyone has said but, Double Knot came out as a single first and then came out as a B-side on the Cle;Levanter album: Levanter being the title track.
yes Seungmin is fluent in English and yes the instrumental in Maze in Memories is the same as it was in the 2019 version!
I’m pretty sure Chan said that the scream is him and I.n
"I'm trying so hard to not restart the whole song" haha! But you did anyway! But I'm not complaining! 😁
After a couple of more Stray Kids songs reactions maybe you should react to their self-made music videos called ''Street Version''. These MV's are so fun to watch you should react to those at some point. Here's the best ones:
-''BOXER'' (this was filmed when they were in Australia for their world tour and they filmed this near Bangchan's house. Even his dog is in the video)
-''Question''
-''Insomnia'' (they filmed this in New York when they were there for world tour)
-''N/S'' (in thailand while their world tour)
Ooh that sounds awesome, I will definitely check those out soon!
@@6TonGuppy There's a playlist of the self-shot vids that were done on the streets/in public: czcams.com/play/PLkeoxjDfOjdtEU7TtZnNEwre7REFkL3jh.html.
The other self-shot ones are the ones they shot indoors: czcams.com/video/alwE7VmqSFw/video.html, czcams.com/video/85-yvOv4R-Q/video.html, and czcams.com/video/sR9kUxfIKdQ/video.html (this last one, they did all the planning and performing during a vlive and then told STAY to use the footage and make the MV for them).
In all, there are ten self-shot street-ver/building-ver MVs: Rock, Insomnia, Question, My Side, N/S, Boxer, Mixtape 4 (which now has the original 3RACHA title of "Broken Compass" for the ot8 remake), Haven, Placebo, and Airplane. Haven and Placebo were gifts to STAY and made after they'd recorded episodes of STAY Company, hence the business attire and setting.
@@RM_formerlyjustRMbutYTsucks I need to watch the "Stay" Company series - I just seen the clips about coffee.. is this part of TMI MV?
That was suengmin at the beginning of Side Effects. My son just informed me😉
- Yes, Hellevator is their first predebut release. To clarify, though, it's not the _only_ predebut release. There are two more videos (Grrr and Spread My Wings), and a total of seven songs on the predebut album (titled Mixtape -- there are a LOT of things called "Mixtape" in the SKZverse, so if you go looking, it's specifically the album and only the album called Mixtape).
- The original Korean version of Double Knot (the one you pulled up) is the last video you'll see the former member in. His contract was severed about two weeks after that video released, so there's a decent chance his departure was already in the works. He was cut out of the next video (Astronaut), and the imminent album was delayed to remake what needed remaking to remove him. So Double Knot is the only song on the Cle: Levanter album that includes him, and the title track (Levanter) is the first ot8 title track and the first video they actually filmed without him.
- They released a video for the English version of Double Knot later, in tandem with the release of the first of the two albums that contained all their nine-member songs remade into ot8. The English Double Knot video is ot8 (it's a dance-centered performance video, as opposed to the original MV).
- When Hellevator was made (September 2017), all but one were teenagers:
Woojin 20
Bang Chan 19
Lee Know 18
Changbin 18
Hyunjin 17
Han/Felix/Seungmin 16/17 (it was made at basically the same time as their three birthdays)
I.N 16
- They were mentally, emotionally, physically exhausted, stressed to the point of breaking, sleep-deprived, and going through absolute hell when they made Hellevator -- in the space of about one week. The lyrics are indeed about what was happening to them _right then._ This was the midst of the survival show, they were fighting to stay together, and every single one of them was teetering on the edge of control.
- SKZ has a lot of songs that directly or indirectly address mental health, self-care (and -harm/neglect), uncertainty, all the tribulations of growing up, and so forth. The only "concept" they have, in terms of the tradition of groups having a concept, is basically "this is an experiment; it's never been done before; watch us grow up and struggle and learn and share it with you, both the good and the bad." That hazy concept combined with them being the producers equals them having both the freedom and the real-time life experiences to make the majority of their work somehow connected to internal/personal growth/challenges/failures/fear/strength/survival/etc. Even stuff like Thunderous is literally "this is us, and we're not gonna change to suit you."
- Hellevator is also them being all-rounders from day one. Five people rap (Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Felix, Lee Know). Six people sing (Seungmin, Woojin, Chan, Han, I.N, Changbin). And you'll see that includes designated falsetto angel Lee Know rapping, "dark rapper" Changbin hitting the sweet final notes, and -- most iconically -- "I'm just here to rap; oh sh1t, they just made me an ace" Han handling the C5s.
- The ending shot of Hellevator just hit you with lore. Even unsure whether they were going to debut, they started the storyline in Hellevator, and it's continued to this day. That city in the sky -- City Jungle -- is indeed also referenced in Maniac. You also saw it from within when they overthrew the system in Miroh. You've also now seen both versions of the two sets of SKZ who exist within the parallel universes in the main Korean storyline.
- Side Effects, Miroh, Hellevator, District 9, Levanter, Double Knot -- these (along with plenty of other vids, trailers, unveils, highlight reels, etc) are all lore-heavy. They're overflowing with repeated visual references (it's hard to notice most when you're new, but the two moons, the keys, and the red/blue combination are pretty easy ones to start with). And both parallel universe versions of SKZ appear on screen -- and even in split-screen -- in Side Effects.
Thank you... I love lore..
idk if someone said it already but that scream in side effects I'm pretty sure was I.N!!
stray kids only put out music that is true to their essence, and that comes with downsides on k-pop because the general public in south korea has a very specific niche type of music they go for. that said, their songs being entirely theirs and them having control over what they wanna convey has propelled them to a much greater audience and they more then compensate the lack of korean support (even tho that these day's they are getting popular there to). they are very very succesful saleswise and chartingwise when it comes to the international panorama, ODDINARY was actually #1 on billboard 200 for albums on it's release, competing against popular US artists like Lil Durk and even the likes of Rosalia who's a very upcoming trendy artist.
Double knot is actually a b-side not a title track i think skz might be the only kpop group out there who make mvs for most of their b sides
I really love their song Chronosaurus
Stray Kids has anime opening and ending too. For Tower Of God anime. ‘Slump’ and ‘TOP’. Top has a music video and for slump you can react to their ‘First Take’ performance. It was live and first take. Slump has a music video too actually but it’s just their recording behind the scenes and scenes from anime.
Edit: TOP MV japanese version
Slump The First Take japanese version
Or
Slump MV
Also Slump originally has autotune and when they did first take there is no autotune so both songs a little bit different in that aspect you can react to both. Song is really short too. 2.30 minutes
Love it when you say “Changbin, shut the f up” cause SAME! Lol
You should listen to Changbin’s Streetlight, Cypher, and his collab song Mirror Mirror.
I can't imagine how you'll react when you listen to Red Lights as well as the other tracks from NoEasy 😭😭😭 Thank you for this video though, really saved me today.
Thanks so much for watching! Red Lights is on my "soon" list for sure, I've been seeing a lot of comments about that one!
@@6TonGuppy I think before you watch that I should say that it has a different meaning than it looks :D They explained it. It looks like it's about a relationship but it's actually about a relationship not with other people but with themselves. it's a song about their dedication to work that turns into obsession, to the point where their passion for it won't let them rest and consumes their lives. Korean title translates as 'compulsion'. They're struggling to let go of work, but I think many can relate to a fight between your obsession and yourself. Like a lot of their songs, I think it goes much deeper than what you first see or what they hinted at. They play a person's different egos in the MV
@@i.1800 LOL... you are a nicer Stay than most.. Nice Save 🎭
Subbed for the stray kids!!! 🥰 watching people have their minds blown and appreciate skz never gets old! They never miss. My ult group. No one comes close.
hello! weekly recommendations! we go, slump, easy and red lights! thats all im gonna say, thanks for the video hehe
When they re-record their old songs they sometimes cut the whole verse of that ex-member so some of the songs are shorter than the original. That member wrote his own parts for some songs so they have to cut it out fully for copyright. You can listen to 9member versions too since it's the full song. This is not the case for ''Maze Of Memories'' btw this song is full and that member did not participate anything.
Chan's hair is not permed in Side Effects, it is naturally wavy/curly--it does that if he lets it dry naturally. I suspect that's why he "pulls off" the wavy hair look.
Try checking out Milli and F Hero's Mirror Mirror, featuring Changbin, also 3Racha's (Chan, Changbin, Han) collaboration with Sky High, Runner's High, and Han's solo I Got It.
Fun fact the person at the beginning of side effects is actually Seungmin!
CMIIW, but I kinda recall Bang Chan saying something about the scream in side effect. I thought it was Han? Anyway, the scream was not a sample
Actually maze of memories came out in 2019 with their old member but stray kids re-recorded it
I really love it when people love Side Effects 😭 because that's the song that brought most hate to Stray Kids labeling their music noise, construction and headache 😭
Also Side effects in concert is just on another level 😆
Side Effects is so good! I can't imagine seeing it live though! I'm really sad I didn't get to go see them on this tour, but I'm making it a top priority for their next one.
@@6TonGuppy Hope you see them live someday. Their songs sound crazy good in concerts
I think you would really like ''3rd eye''! it's more of an experimental song
Yeah I'm really excited for that one!
Thank you for reacting Stray Kids please check more
ah! i sat down for lunch and i was so happy to see another skz post! i loved the ones you picked this time, theyre some of my favourites. you should listen to some of their more ballad like songs, its crazy how good the vocals are when the rap is this good too haha
Las 2 lunas
La llave
La puerta
Los pájaros
La cuidad patas arriba
El bus
y así otros detalles más solo son parte del mundo o el distrito de Stray Kids... es su dualidad en la que viven, ese mundo hostil que los rechaza y los desprecia, y el otro mundo en donde pueden ser ellos mismos ...
todo esta relacionado desde el primer trabajo pre debut, hasta el último Maniac....
y el nuevo comeback en japonés también es un guiño a esa parte loca o muy de ellos.
Si, yo estoy viendo mas temas que regresan en muchos music videos. Pero, yo todavia no entiendo la historia completa lol. Es en mundo tan complicado y obfuscado!
"Surprise!!! Its not kpop!" -6tonguppy2022
Lol.
Yeah its not. Its straykids. 😅👍. Love ur reactions. Andyeah they put all they hearts into their songs.thats why i love them.
Seungmin know english and speak vere well
Yes Seungmin's English is pretty well too.
double knot was released as a digital single after side effects so it wasn't really a title track! after double knot promotions, woojin left the group in the end of oct 2019, then stray kids released a new album called cle levanter in which double knot was included as a bside! check out levanter, it's a beautiful song!
I always find it funny how chaotic Side Effects is. That music screams anxiety. Yet somehow their main vocalist with honey voice has the most lines in it :D
11:22 it's not felix but seungmin
In Side Effects, I believe all the screams are I.N., apart from the one at 13:48 and the slightly less loud one at 15:23, which are Chan.
Your reactions are so good! I look forward to the next one!!
28:19 Yes! Seungmin is really good at English! Like a very good level, he even was a host for ASC where they host in both English and Korean
Loved your reaction to the KZS. Thank you!!! I mean it... Loved your reaction.
JYP, let BangChan (who trained for more then 7 years often watching his friend either debut or leave the training program before the KZS came into existence)choose his members and this group believes in tackling themes (dealing with emotional difficulties of growing up and seeking your dreams but from the complications aspect) is not often condoned in most Asian cultures and this is the same for Korean culture, especially Kpop. Heck in most cultures around the world discourage honest conversations about mental health or being different from what society deems is correct.
"Maze of Memories" was a pre-debut subunit (3racha) song that was rewritten for the entire group of Stray Kids.
Each song from the get go that they created (3racha- BangChan his hair is actually naturally curly trained for more then , who writes most of their beat tracks, Changbin and Han our lyrical genius' ) is meant to touch both emotional heart cords and to relay what it's like to be a young person ANYwhere growing up in the world. It's part of their international appeal and they also have a thing of crossing age, gender and racial boundaries in their fandom (Stays) because these themes are Universal. There are many songs that other members have contributed to or written outside of the trio. We Stay are one very spoiled fandom.... Happily spoiled.
They love experimenting with musical styles.
Note: if you have a computer that is Windows based, you can look backwards or forwards by clicking on the "comma" or "period" keys when you are looking for details.
By the way, Chan's hair is naturally curly) he didn't do a perm for Side effects era)
JYP, seeing the lyrics to Hellevator: "Do you think the process of being a k-pop trainee is hell?"
Changbin: "Yes, STRONGLY."
Yep, they literally poured all their feelings into these lyrics.
Also you can see some members only got one or two lines in this song. That is because it's pre-debut and the more ready members got more lines. Han is singing and rapping like he owns this song cause he was genius at this point already and JYP praised him the most.
Loved part 3 of your journey, excellent song choices for this round! I'm loving watching your discovery of skz. :D
A fact: You may dont like stray kids, but u cant hate their musics
actually the beginning of side effects it wasnt felix it was seungmin! 😍
There is a full English version of double knot and domino
stray kids have some really unique and experimental songs like 'the tortoise and the hare', 'maze of memories', 'side effects', and i hope you check out '3rd eye', it might be the most unique song in their discography. '3rd eye' became my favourite skz track of all time.
3rd Eye is a trip, and I love it! It's on my long list of criminally underappreciated/underknown SKZ songs. Plus, I mean, the live stages of it have the iconic chair dancing, which makes it even better!
I'm excited for 3rd Eye, I've seen a lot of people mention it in the same sentence as TTATH and Maze Of Memories. That'll probably be in part 4 lol
Double knot is one of my top tops too, but yeah, can't really place them in any order, depending on my mood, but their music is 🔥 and probably my top ten are all SKZ lol...
Technically there’s 4 members in skz that are fluent in English. U already know about chan and felix. But Han was raised in Malaysia and went to an international school so he’s fluent. Seungmin studied English and lived in La for 3 months. He’s also fluent (he was the one you asked about).
Out of the other members hyunjin can also speak moderate amount and his pronunciation is good too. The rest of the members speak basic English (although they have progressively improved as of recently) but they all understand it really well.
after watching your reactions, i always feel so proud of stray kids!!! they're so unique and no one does it like them!
Loved it! ❤️🙏😇
also, Bang Chan didn't have a perm. He is one of the only people of Asian descent I have ever encountered who has naturally curly hair.
Thank you for reacting for the songs. Maze of Memories is one of my faves and it's so 3racha song, like not just because they wrote it, and not just because it's all rap but it's just 3racha vibe plus if I'm not wrong the only times(few) they performed this song was just by 3racha
React skz heartbeat performance plz
i love your reactions!! hope you'd react to more of SKZ stuff!
A lot of the earlier songs are super emotional and Hellevator has some lovely images and striking lyrics. In particular the MV back then was not as fancy like the newer ones but I actually enjoyed the meaningful scenes it had especially the field running scene makes me emotional every time... Side Effects was one song that really really highly impressed me. Its disturbing raw and turbulent, something I never expected from a kpop boyband at all. You should definately check out a live stage to that song.
And for Double Knot: It's such a good song overall. plus the choreo is insane...tbh at this point SKZ rules my whole workout playlist and more.
I shouldn't recommend any song because most are good and will be recommended anyways by other people. xD But I have to admit "I am You"/"Domino"/"Secret Secret" hold special places in my heart. Enjoy the ride which is SKZ! 🔥😊