On Thursday, July 25, fans noticed that Stray Kids' latest track, Chk Chk Boom was featured in Formula 1's official F1 Tracks playlist. Formula 1 is an international organization for open-wheel single-seater Formula auto racing. It is considered the highest class of international racing in its genre and it is sanctioned by Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, otherwise known as FIA.
In 2019, Formula 1 introduced its official playlist called F1 Tracks. This was to feature songs from global artists that best represent the essence of Formula One and it is revised weekly.
The songs are chosen based on factors such as Pace, Mechanical, Spirit, and Fan. For this week's playlist, the interactional racing organization included Stray Kids' latest release, Chk Chk Boom in their playlist. The track stands at the 44th place on the playlist. When fans came across the same, they were extremely elated and couldn't stop talking about the same.
Here's how the fans reacted to Stray Kids' Chk Chk Boom being added to the F1 Track playlist:
"Finally we got the CLOSEST Stray Kids and F1 crossover we wished for! F1, you have a peak taste!" - said a fan on X.
"Oh this is such a good opportunity. I want to see F1 x SKZ edits on tt" - said another fan.
"Now I would love them to be invited to a Grand Prix." - added another fan.
More fans expressed how they were thrilled about the crossover and hope for the two to collaborate.
"okay now i wish the F1 staff plays chk chk boom when they welcome the arrival of drivers or maybe expect them to be invited to the Grand Prix?? oh that would be really good wouldn’t it?"- said an X user.
"It’s why I won’t stop crossover edits to keep manifesting my two world meeting here" - said an X user.
"1st the NASA, and now F1????????? Stray Kids all around THE GALAXY" - added a netizen on X.
All you need to know about Stray Kids' latest comeback, their ninth mini-album, ATE
On July 19, the eight-piece K-pop boy group released their ninth mini-album, ATE. The album has seven tracks and holds the song Chk Chk Boom as its lead. Following its release, the track has been taken over the internet for several reasons.
Not only are fans participating in the track's dance challenge, but the track has intrigued fans. The members also included several additional aspects for this comeback. In an interview with Apple Music, the group's leader, Bang Chan, expressed that the album and its title track are something they've never done before.
While this stands true, there were several other elements that Stray Kids included in the new comeback that garnered attention from netizens. For Chk Chk Boom's official music video, the Deadpool 3 cast, Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds made a guest appearance. Stray Kids also sang an OST track for the movie, SLASH.
Recently, NASA made an Instagram about a star explosion that took place several hundred years ago and used Stray Kids' Chk Chk Boom as the caption for the same.