Kpop Makes Me STAY

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As we step into 2026, I want to take a moment to pause and thank each and every one of you from the bottom of my heart. When I started 2025 with 39.9K STAYs, I never truly imagined where this year would take us. To be ending the year at 55.7K STAYs feels surreal, and it’s all because of you.

Your constant support, your kindness, your encouragement, and your belief in this channel have meant more to me than I can ever put into words. Every comment, every like, every share, and every message reminded me why I started and why I keep going. You motivate me to improve, to create with more passion, and to keep showing up — even on the days when it gets hard. 💓🥹

To everyone who joined this year welcome aboard🤍
Whether you found this channel recently or have been here for a long time, your support means the world to me. Every new person brings new energy, new conversations, and a deeper sense of purpose. I’m so thankful for every interaction, every shared laugh, every emotional moment, and every Stray Kids-related meltdown we experienced together. You made this year brighter, warmer, and so much more meaningful.


This year has been rough in both the best and worst ways. It made me realise and become the better version of myself and now looking back at I wouldn’t change any of it. I went in 2025 as a different person and now ending it as a different one.

There were moments of happiness and sadness, anger and regret. Moments i didnt know what was I even doing. And yeah surviving war was no fun. It made me realise how precious time is and how we should cherish each second even if we don’t want to.
We all made memories together and cherished them. Supported the boys and stayed happy with them and found comfort in places we least expected when we wanted it the most.

Now going in 2026, I wanna thank everyone who has been by my side this year and held on. Im sorry if I ever hurt anyone intentionally or unintentionally, so forgive me if I ever did, I’ll try to be better.

To everyone who enjoyed this year may you enjoy all many years to come with all the people you cherish and love, making new memories and living the life you want. And to those who think this year wasnt their year may mext year be the turning point where your more happy, where you find the right people, cherish the right ones who cherish you. Never stop believing and loving yourself🥺🤍
Be easy on yourself too, it’s your first time living too, if something doesn’t go your way it doesn’t mean the others won’t go too😘

Let’s all forget the bad days and move on amd carry the happy one and good memories with us in the new year🤍With darkness always comes light so never stop believing that the sun won’t rise the next day🥹

As I look back on this year, my heart is full — full of gratitude, growth, and excitement for what’s ahead. There’s still so much I want to create, so much I want to share, and so many more memories I hope we’ll make together. Thank you for choosing to stay, to support, and to grow alongside me.

Here’s to more Stray Kids, more music that heals, more noise, more comfort, more chaos, and more love in 2026.
Thank you for being the most amazing STAYs I could ever ask for.

Let’s make this year even better together 🤍✨Love you guys🤍

STRAY KIDS AND STAY YOU MAKE ARI STAY 🫂🥹🤍

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Merry Christmas to all STAYs who celebrate it✨🤍

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Bro captioned this as dessert(s)?😭😭like have mercy on me gng


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Hey STAYs,
Today marks three years of this channel and I don’t think I ever imagined we’d make it this far.

When I started this channel, it was honestly just a small space for me to escape to a place where music, edits, and little moments of joy could exist even when real life felt heavy or confusing. I didn’t have a plan, I didn’t expect people to actually watch, and I definitely didn’t expect to build a whole community. But somehow… you all found me. And you stayed. Thank you for sticking with me through every upload, every comeback breakdown, every chaotic edit, and every moment I randomly disappeared and returned like nothing happened😭🫶🏻

Over the last three years, this channel has grown with me. Through school chaos, personal struggles, changes, and everything that came unexpectedly every time I came back to upload, the comments and support reminded me that I wasn’t creating alone. You guys were always there, cheering me on quietly, loudly, or somewhere in between.

Thank you for every like, every message, every encouraging word, and every moment you gave your time to support me. It means so much more than I can put into words. You’ve made this channel feel like a safe corner of the internet one where people understand each other, where we share our excitement for new comebacks, laugh over chaotic edits, and just exist together through all the ups and downs.

K-pop has always been something that gave me comfort… but all of you made that comfort feel real.
You turned a simple hobby into something meaningful.
You turned random edits into reasons to smile.
And you helped me keep going on days when things felt overwhelming.

I’ve grown so much in these three years as a creator and as a person and a huge part of that is because of this community. You’ve given me motivation, peace, confidence, and a sense of belonging I never expected to find through a screen.

So on this anniversary, I just want to say:
Thank you for staying. Thank you for believing in me. Thank you for letting this channel be a part of your day, even for a few minutes.Thank you to the ones who have been with me the start and also to those who joined in the way, all your love and support matters to me more than you can think. Thank you to my regular commenters and viewers who daily watch my channel even of you comment or not your love is appreciated 🤍

Here’s to more years of music, creativity, comfort, and connection. Here’s to more reasons to stay.And here’s to all of you the people who made these three years unforgettable.

I’m endlessly grateful.
I hope we keep growing together. 💗✨

STRAY KIDS AND STAY YOU MAKE ARI STAY🥹🤍



Some people worth mentioning
‪@StrayKidsRoom‬ ‪@Mariyamlikestoblerone‬ ‪@skzmemories‬ ‪@Silver._.Shades07‬ ‪@We_meet_again‬ ‪@iamstay.4ever‬ ‪@hyunjinzone‬ ‪@Zorro4-i5y‬ ‪@StryyKdzzzzz‬ ‪@PaxxelNotFound‬ ‪@NoEasyBestAlbum‬ ‪@PsycheAndSerenity‬ ‪@Winter_falls143‬
And my inspirations
‪@Suga_rmy_‬ ‪@kpopbeingkpop‬ ‪@KpopZimaginZ‬ ‪@straykidscrumbs‬ ‪@bangchans_laptop‬

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