Met Gala 2024: South Korean boy band Stray Kids made a stunning debut as Tommy and Dee Hilfiger ambassadors at the 2024 Met Gala. Along with BLACKPINK singer Jennie, who also marked her presence at the fashion’s biggest event, the group took over the green-carpet.
While fans across the globe praised their good looks as the K-pop idols marked their attendance at the event, many others shared videos in which they said the group was the target of "racist" comments made by Met Gala paparazzi.
Stray Kids, the eight-member group—Bang Chan, Lee Know, Changbin, Han, Hyunjin, Felix, Seungmin, and I.N.—made history as the first K-pop group to be invited to attend the Met Gala. The members arrived wearing custom Tommy Hilfiger, which featured the brand’s signature red, white, and blue colour palette.
Stray Kids at Met Gala: Check out the videos of paparazzi here
In a video shared from the event, one of the paps could be hear saying "I've never seen so many so many emotionless faces before." Another added, "They look like robots." One of them was also hear saying, "Now, let’s do it with feelings. Everybody jump."
Here how fans reacted to paparazzi calling Stray Kids 'robots'
Fans flooded the comments section and called out the Met Gala paparazzi over their racist comments. Reacting to the footage, a person wrote, "Paparazzi being very loudly racist towards SKZ at the Met and not facing any backlash from the people around them is crazy."
"This is their first time. They are professionals but they are also humans. Can't you see how excited they are? Still they didn't do anything unprofessional, did they? They were probably told to be serious by their mentors. You'd be surprised to see how friendly they normally are," another wrote.
Who are Stray Kids?
The South Korean boy band Stray Kids was formed by JYP Entertainment in 2017. The band released their pre-debut extended play (EP) mixtape in January 2018. But their official debut was on March 25 with the EP I Am Not. Stray Kids released their first studio album, Go Live, and second studio album, Noeasy, the following year.