On December 17, 2024, @AboutMusicYT and @pinkboxtexas announced on X that Stray Kids' Hyunjin's lookalike contest would reportedly be held on December 28, leaving the fandom in a frenzy. It is reportedly set to occur outside the Korean clothing accessories and jewelry shop, Pink Box Carrollton.
The shop is located in Korean Mall Furneaux Creek Village Shopping Center, and the competition will begin at 11 AM local time. According to @AboutMusicYT and @pinkboxtexas, the winner will be awarded the Stray Kids Light Stick. It is to be noted that the people present at Stray Kids' Hyunjin's lookalike contest would pick the winner.
Subsequently, the latest news about finding a male idol's lookalike contest circulated on social media and went viral among the fandom. They were overwhelmed and wondered if anybody could match Hyunjin's visuals. An X user tweeted:
"Yall pls give up now there's no way we're getting a close lookalike."
The fandom stated that nobody was winning the forthcoming lookalike contest because no individual in the world could match Stray Kids' Hyunjin's face and visuals.
"no ones winning this bc no facecard will ever compare to his own like im sorry," a fan reacted.
"Look alike contest and for a face as insane as Hyunjin's, watch them choose the most random and non resembling face & call it a day," a fan shared.
"No one in this world is as beautiful as this man so good luck," a fan commented.
The internet users mentioned that Hwang Ye-ji from ITZY should attend the contest as she shared an uncanny resemblance with Hyunjin.
"hyunjin has the chance to do the funniest thing ever," a user reacted.
"Kpop companies will be fishing for trainees there," a user shared.
"hwang yeji u have the opportunity to win a free skz lightstick," a user commented.
Stray Kids' Hyunjin released the group's latest special album Hop
In recent activities, Stray Kids' Hyunjin, with the band members, dropped their much-awaited second special album, Hop, on December 13, 2024. It was released through JYP Entertainment and distributed by Dreamus. The physical has been available in eleven versions, including SKZHop, Hiptape (limited), eight individual Accordion versions, and Platform Album Nemo. The piece featured twelve tracks, including:
- Walkin on Water
- Bounce Back
- U (feat. Tablo)
- Walkin on Water (Hip ver.)
- Railway (Bang Chan)
- Unfair (Felix)
- Hallucination (I.N)
- Youth (Lee Know)
- So Good (Hyunjin)
- Ultra (Changbin)
- Hold My Hand (Han)
- As We Are (Seungmin)
In recent news, Stray Kids' Hyunjin's track So Good surpassed over 2,000,000 million streams on the audio listening platform Spotify on December 16, 2024. Additionally, the purple Versace Medusa Fluffy charm was sold out in Japan due to a high influx from the fandom. The brand has unveiled the blue Medusa Fuluffy charm.