The Best Choice of My Life, Stray Kids

Why Koreans care

Adding line to someone's name can identify a social circle in Korean conversation. The members' Bang-line joke recasts their trainee days as choosing the right affiliation, making a discussion of personal choices into affectionate praise for their leader.

In the Korean comments

Fandom, trusting the leader's selection: “Chan really picked the members brilliantly.” Fandom, mirroring the question, excerpt: “The best choice of my life was becoming a STAY!”

What the words mean

간택 (gantaek, selection with a royal connotation) makes being chosen sound grander than ordinary recruitment. Here it is playful deference to Bang Chan, not a complete account of the group's casting process.