Stories for the Seoul.

Bang Chan

To Bang Chan

Today October 3rd is your birthday. This is a letter to you.

from the beginning I knew you deserved the world, I've been a Stay since before we were named Stay, hell since before you guys debuted, I remember being so mad when you guys became 8 and then actually crying when you guys become 7, I remember how I wanted to attack the JYP building and burn it for putting you and the rest of the guys through that, I also remember when you guys got to debut as 9. to make this batter you debut a few days before my birthday. I cant explain to you how Stray Kids have changed my life. To me Kpop used to be this thing that I could learn the dances to, something I enjoyed watching for the production value, but once I saw and read the lyrics to Hellevator, which will always be my number one song, I felt something I hadn't in long time, the urge to keep going. I know it sound dumb but when I found Stray Kids I wasn't expecting to find this group of boys who knew what it was like to feel alone, what its like to feel like the world is agaisn't you and wanting thing to change but also being scared of it. District9 was it for me, when I realized that no matter what type of music you put out I would listen because you wouldn't release something you didn't 100% believed on. This is my thank you letter, Stray Kids helped me so much all of my senior year of high school, from showing me that me having insomnia isn't the end of the world, you showed me that being different and being myself is okay and that I should be proud of who am I. Fun fact my senior project for my english class was to do a powerpoint on who I am, and me being me tittled it, "I am Who?" my teacher wasn't too happy with the inproper inglish but it was fun watching the few kids who understood my reference smile. My fellow Stay. Thank you for always taking time out of your week to check in with Stay and for making sure we know what you are up to even if you can't say much about comebacks or like WHEN ARE WE GETTING AN OFFICIAL LIGHTSTICK...all jokes aside you always put other people, whether it's rest of members or Stay you always make sure they are okay and I admire that. I'll try keep the rest of these letter short, I want to thank you for giving me something to hold on to during my dark time. Hell even right now as I'm typing this I feel like sh*t and I know that I can just hold on a little bit longer things will eventually work out. I know that you'll probably never get to read this letter but I just want to put out into the universe. I love you Christopher Bang and not in a romantic creepy way but in a I love what you do and what you've done and how you treat your fans, I live that you can always give us real advice and don't just brush off the problems people around you are going through. I wish you the best of in everything you do and I hope to hopefully meet you one day so I can maybe say most of this to you in person. I wish you And Stray Kids  success in the future and I can't wait to see what you do next.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHAN!

——— With much love and gratitude
A STAY