Should you’re answerable for any of the 40 million views of music video for the new K-Pop monitor Karma, from the band Stray Kids, you may need noticed an uncommon cameo in the final scene. League of Legends Pro Gamer Faker (Lee Sang-hyeok) seems and performs his traditional “shh” pose. He performs the half of a gamer who’s revealed to have been controlling all the sporting occasions in the video.
FAKER (PROFESSIONAL LoL PLAYER) CAMEO ON STRAY KIDS CEREMONY MV pic.twitter.com/V0kqByisCS
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Should you’re but to fall prey to a K-Pop habit, this may appear an odd footnote to the newest Stray Kids banger, however to the stans it isn’t that bizarre. The group truly gave Faker a shout out on its 2023 album 5-STAR in the music Corridor of Fame, calling him “the Faker who will overturn this recreation board.”
Stray Kids fashioned in South Korea in 2017 and in addition to constructing an intimidating fan base and releasing six studio albums, the group has contributed an unique monitor for the Deadpool and Wolverine soundtrack and labored with artists Younger Miko and Tom Morello to create a music for Arcane season 2 on Netflix.
“We have been fortunate, I believe they have been on tour at the time, and we someway discovered time for them to do a demo — and we’re like, oh sh–, this could possibly be actually cool,” Arcane co-creator and showrunner Christian Linke mentioned in an interview. “There [are] League gamers amongst Stray Kids, and so I believe it was this suggestion of, hey, perhaps this might work.”
Karma comes from the new Stray Kids album Ceremony, which was launched on August 22 and offered 2 million copies on day one, in response to the band’s company JYP Leisure. You possibly can see the full video here, however simply know that K-Pop needs to be a managed substance. Even only a 30 second curious look might outcome in an intense and lifelong Stray Kids habit.
Rachel Weber is the Senior Editorial Director of Video games at IGN and an elder millennial. She’s been an expert nerd since 2006 when she received her begin on Official PlayStation Journal in the UK, and has since labored for GamesIndustry.Biz, Rolling Stone and GamesRadar. She loves horror, horror films, horror video games, and French Bulldogs. These additional wrinkles on her face are because of going time blind and staying up too late ending each sidequest in RPGs like Fallout and Witcher 3.