Seo Changbin of Stray Kids released a new single by surprise!
On October 23 at midnight KST, the artist shared a new song entitled "Cypher through the boy group's official YouTube account. Changbin was the one who wrote the lyrics of the song. He also took part in composing it, together with fellow Stray Kids member Bang Chan and VERSACHOI. The three of them were also responsible for the arrangement alongside J:KEY.
'Cypher' is almost 3 minutes long and showcases Changbin delivering a variety of rap styles as the single constantly switches up. The video already gained more than 400,000 views in just eight hours.
The new track's release follows Stray Kids' Changbin performing in the first preliminaries of Mnet's well-known rap competition entitled 'Show Me the Money 9.' Before the rapper's performance, the show's judges were asked whether they have heard of Stray Kids, and their answers turned out to be all the same - NO.
When it was time for Changbin to show what he got, he delivered a powerful performance, making him continue to the next round of the contest. At backstage, the rapper stated, "I always wanted to this. My next goal? Winning the show, of course."
Seo is currently one of the main rappers and producers of Stray Kids. But before he debuted as a member of the said group, he was already writing and producing songs along with Bang Chan and Han Jisung. The trio is called 3RACHA, which is a hip-hop group formed under JYP Entertainment in 2016. 3RACHA created a YouTube channel where they uploaded their tracks. The group's first mixtape/extended play was uploaded on January 18, 2017, and it was called "Intro (Prod. CB97). The trio's last release was on January 18, 2018, and is titled "Start Line (Prod CB97).
From October 17 to December 19 of 2017, Changbin and his fellow 3RACHA members were participants in a reality show called 'Stray Kids,' which JYP Entertainment created to determine their new male idol group members. After the long and intense journey, Changbin, together with Jisung, and Bang Chan, successfully made it to the final line-up of JYP's new group 'Stray Kids,' which comprises nine members.
Stray Kids launched its pre-debut extended play called 'Mixtape' on January 8, 2018. It consists of seven tracks co-written and co-composed by the members, including 'Hellevator' and other singles that the K-Pop boy group performed during the survival show. The nine-member group officially debuted on March 25 with their EP entitled 'I Am Not,' which is composed of seven songs, including the title track 'District 9,' which Changbin, Jisung, and Bang Chan (3RACHA) wrote and composed. Not to mention, 3RACHA was the lyricist and composer of almost all singles in 'I Am Not.'
Seo Changbin and the other 3RACHA members continue to take part in producing Stray Kids' songs. The K-pop boy group's latest release is their first studio album entitled 'Go Live,' which has a total of 14 songs including the title track 'God's Menu.' It was launched June 17 of this year.
