Stray Kids Cherish Memories in Bogotá

What happened

Stray Kids wrapped the first stop of their STRAYCITY tour in Bogotá, Colombia, thanking fans STAY in a farewell video. The clip went up on the group's official YouTube channel alongside promotion for their single "THIS & THAT" and its This/That remix EPs.

Why Koreans care

Opening a world tour in Bogotá instead of Seoul, Tokyo, or a US city is a signal in itself — it reflects how much weight Latin America's Stray Kids fandom now carries in industry planning. The video's closing line, "Gracias STAY, Gracias Bogotá," thanks fans in Spanish rather than English or Korean, which is the kind of gesture Korean fans read as 정성 (jeongseong, sincere effort) — proof the group put in extra care for one specific local fandom instead of reciting a generic thank-you.

In the Korean comments

Two clear reactions dominate the small comment set, both centered on missing out on seeing the group live. Majority: regret at not being able to attend — "못 가게 돼서 너무 슬퍼" (mot gage dwaeseo neomu seulpeo, "I'm so sad I couldn't go"). Fandom: a stylized, hyperbolic version of the same longing — "다음 생에 그들의 콘서트에 참석할 수 있기를 바랍니다" (daeum saenge geudeul-ui konseoteu-e chamseokhal su itgireul baramnida, "I hope I can attend their concert in my next life"), a dramatic turn of phrase rather than a literal wish. Minority: plain appreciation with no elaboration — "너무 좋아요" (neomu joayo, "I like this so much").

What the words mean

A foreign viewer could read "다음 생에" (daeum saenge, "in my next life") as an oddly dark or literal reference to reincarnation. In Korean fan discourse it is a common, half-joking exaggeration for "this will basically never happen to me," used to express intense longing rather than an actual belief.