Bang Chan방찬방찬
Bang Chan is the leader of Stray Kids. As CB97 he formed 3RACHA with Changbin and Han before the debut, and the Korea Economic Daily counts 239 songs registered under his name with KOMCA. He became a Fendi brand ambassador in January 2025 and in November released 'Roman Empire', a solo single he wrote and produced.
Bang Chan (방찬) is the leader of Stray Kids, the eight-member group under JYP Entertainment. Rolling Stone Australia wrote in a report on 7 October 2021 that Bang Chan and Felix both grew up in Australia. On 17 October 2017, the day Mnet’s Stray Kids — the programme that showed how the group was formed — first aired, he said, “This is my seventh year as a trainee” (Seoul Economic Daily). The Korea Times introduced him as the leader in its report on the press conference for the fourth full-length album KARMA on 22 August 2025.
3RACHA is the team Bang Chan put together. Soompi wrote on 29 June 2018 that the three had come together as trainees with Bang Chan at the centre, and that the name he used was CB97. The same outlet reported that ‘Start Line’, released on 18 January that year to mark the team’s first anniversary, was produced by CB97. After the debut, 3RACHA became the team that writes the group’s albums almost single-handedly.
He has written a great deal since. The Korea Economic Daily reported on 6 August 2026 that 239 songs are registered under Bang Chan’s name with the Korea Music Copyright Association. “Music is where I can pour in the things I can express comfortably as a human being,” he said, adding that just having people who listen gives him great strength: “I want to keep making songs that give people strength.”
Billboard reported on 16 January 2025 that the Italian house Fendi had chosen Bang Chan as a brand ambassador. WWD reported on 31 October 2025 that ‘Roman Empire’, a solo single he wrote, composed and produced himself, would be released on 3 November.
He has also taken a place at the microphone. Newsis reported on 2 July 2024 that Apple Music would release All About Stray Kids Radio, a four-part radio series hosted by Bang Chan and Felix, exclusively from 9 July. The two talk about the things they like, the music they loved before the debut and the making of the album ATE, and the other members join them as guests in each episode.
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Stray Kids are an eight-member JYP Entertainment boy group founded on 25 March 2018, per their official site. Bang Chan, Changbin and Han write and produce the albums as the production team 3RACHA. All nine Billboard 200 entries debuted at No. 1; KARMA won grand prizes at MAMA 2025 and the 2026 Golden Disc Awards.
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Stray Kids' mini album 'THIS & THAT' placed No. 8 on the Billboard 200 dated 5 September 2026, holding the top 10 for a third straight week. Etoday and Tenasia traced the run back to the No. 1 debut on the chart dated 22 August and named 3RACHA, the group's own production team, behind the record.
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