Chk Chk Boom

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"Chk Chk Boom"
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Remixes cover
Single by Stray Kids
from the EP Ate
Language
  • Korean
  • English
  • Spanish
ReleasedJuly 19, 2024
Studio
  • JYPE (Seoul)
  • Channie's "Room" (Seoul)
Genre Hip hop
Length2:28
Label
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
Stray Kids singles chronology
"Lose My Breath"
(2024)		"Chk Chk Boom"
(2024)
Music video
"Chk Chk Boom" on YouTube

"Chk Chk Boom" is a song by South Korean boy band Stray Kids, taken from their ninth Korean-language extended play Ate (2024). It was released as the EP's lead single on July 19, 2024, by JYP Entertainment and Republic Records. A Latin-styled hip-hop track, the song was written by 3Racha, DallasK, Ronnie Icon, and BB Elliot. The accompanying music video, premiered on the same day, features actors Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman appearing in Deadpool and Wolverine costumes, respectively.

Contents

Background and release

On June 19, 2024, Stray Kids announced their Korean-language ninth extended play, titled Ate , slated for release on July 19, accompanied by a trailer that teased the title for the lead single "Chk Chk Boom". [1] It was confirmed again on the flyer-styled track listing posted on two days later, alongside the "Festival" remix version. [2] The group teased all tracks of the EP, including "Chk Chk Boom", via a mashup video uploaded on July 10. [3] Stray Kids teamed up with YouTube Shorts and launched a dance challenge to promoted the song on July 18, revealing snippet of the song and its choreography. [4] The remix EP, including the original, "Deadeye", "Heatwave", and instrumental versions, was released on July 22. [5]

Composition

"Chk Chk Boom" was written by the in-house production team 3Racha (Bang Chan, Changbin, and Han), and co-composed by DallasK, Ronnie Icon, and BB Elliot. It is described as a Latin-styled hip-hop track, talking about the "confidence to aim at the desired target more perfectly than anyone else." [6] Alongside Korean and English, the song included Spanish words and Latin music flavor, including rap parts. [7]

Commercial performance

In South Korea, "Chk Chk Boom" entered the Circle Digital Chart at number 25 with only three days of availability in its tracking period dated July 14–20, 2024. [8] For the component charts, the song debuted on the BGM Chart at number 35, [9] and number one on the Download Chart. [10] The song became Stray Kids' first-ever top-40 single on the UK Singles Chart, entered at number 30. [11]

Music video

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Ryan Reynolds (left), and Hugh Jackman (right) star on the "Chk Chk Boom" music video.

An accompanying music video for "Chk Chk Boom", directed by Bang Jae-yeob, [12] premiered on July 19, 2024, concurrently with Ate, [13] and preceded by two teasers. [14] [15] It cameos Canadian-American actor Ryan Reynolds and Australian actor Hugh Jackman. [16] On the release day, an interview between Bang Chan, Felix, Reynolds and Jackman was uploaded by Marvel Korea's YouTube channel. The video gives insight into how the music video collaboration happened and their reaction to the cameos. [17]

The music video begins with, on the fictional television channel CCB, Jackman as Wolverine reporting weather news, but the broadcast was interrupted by Reynolds as a news presenter, who has issues with the toilet paper, making Wolverine angrily walking away. [18] Next, Reynolds sits at the desk and reports the "worldwide mysterious phenomena". [19] Followed the song starting, it shows Stray Kids in the disarrayed world with colorful explosions and chaotic backdrops, [20] and performing at various places in New York City, such as rooftops and city street. [21] At the end, the visual shows Reynolds wearing Deadpool costume and Stray Kids in the studio. He sheepishly asks Stray Kids if the group are looking for an "older" and "less agile" member, but they respond in the negative. [22]

Live performances

Stray Kids debuted the live performance of "Chk Chk Boom" at Music Bank on July 19, 2024, [23] and again on July 26. [24] They also performed the song at Show! Music Core on the 20th, [25] and 2024 SBS Gayo Daejeon Summer on the 21st. [26]

Accolades

Music program awards for "Chk Chk Boom"
ProgramDateRef.
M Countdown July 25, 2024 [27]
Music Bank July 26, 2024 [28]

Track listing

  1. "Chk Chk Boom" – 2:28
  2. "Chk Chk Boom" (Deadeye version) – 2:14
  3. "Chk Chk Boom" (Heatwave version) – 2:20
  4. "Chk Chk Boom" (instrumental) – 2:28

Credits and personnel

Personnel

Locations

Charts

Chart performance for "Chk Chk Boom"
Chart (2024)Peak
position
Germany (Official German Charts) [29] 64
Japan (Japan Hot 100) [30] 37
Japan Combined Singles (Oricon) [31] 43
Lithuania (AGATA) [32] 53
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [33] 1
South Korea (Circle) [8] 25
UK Singles (OCC) [34] 30

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Chk Chk Boom"
RegionDateFormatVersionLabelRef.
VariousJuly 19, 2024
  • Original
  • Festival
 [35]
July 21, 2024Digital download
  • Original
  • Deadeye
  • Heatwave
  • instrumental
 [36]
July 22, 2024
  • Digital download
  • streaming
Remixes [37]

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