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Felix of Stray Kids, in a beige jacket, holds a boarding pass and a passport wallet in the departures hall at Incheon International Airport on 18 May 2026.Felix필릭스
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Felix

필릭스

Felix is a member of Stray Kids. From Sydney, Australia, he hosted Arirang TV's Pops in Seoul in 2019 and became a Louis Vuitton house ambassador in August 2023. On 1 September 2026 he released the digital single 'Slow It Down', whose words and melody he wrote himself.

Group
Stray Kids
Agency
JYP Entertainment
Debut
25 March 2018
Born
15 September 2000
From
Sydney, Australia
Brand model
Genesis BBQ, Gong Cha, Louis Vuitton

The member from Sydney

Felix (필릭스) is a member of Stray Kids, the eight-member group under JYP Entertainment. TenAsia described him in a report on 19 April 2025 as being from Sydney, Australia, and SBS’s Korean programme said on 16 February 2023 that he was born in Australia and grew up in western Sydney. In an interview with GQ Australia in November 2021, carried by NME, he said that the leader Bang Chan having picked him for the team “made me want to work harder”.

The year after the debut he took on a host’s seat of his own. Seoul Shinmun reported on 19 June 2019 that Felix would become the new host of Pops in Seoul, Arirang TV’s long-running music programme on air since 1998, from 1 July. In August 2025 he became a special host for a new season of the web variety show Naengterview, and TenAsia wrote that it was his first time hosting a web variety show since his debut.

Songs beyond the group

His solo song on the digital album SKZ-REPLAY, released on 21 December 2022, is ‘딥 엔드’ (Dip Endeu) — the English words deep end, written in Hangul — a song that sings calmly of the feelings after a love has ended (SPOTV News). The Korea Herald reported on 21 February 2025 that he had joined ‘ReawakeR’, a track on the Japanese singer LiSA’s 23rd single, due out on 5 March. That autumn he recorded ‘GENIE’ for Netflix’s Genie, Make a Wish as a trio with Han and I.N (Sports Kyunghyang, 28 October 2025).

On 1 September 2026 the digital single ‘Slow It Down’ came out through the group’s self-produced project SKZ-PLAYER. Soompi reported that he took part in writing its lyrics and composing it. In between, at the Asia Artist Awards at Kaohsiung National Stadium in Taiwan on 6 December 2025, he received the ‘Grand Presence of K-POP’ award and said, “I got an award. Such a huge honour” (Star News).

Louis Vuitton and other brands

NME reported on 22 August 2023 that the French house Louis Vuitton had chosen Felix as its new house ambassador. According to Star News, he attended the house’s spring/summer 2026 show at Paris Fashion Week on 30 September 2025.

Advertising and campaigns followed. Asia Economy reported on 9 June 2025 that Gong Cha had picked him as its global brand ambassador. The Korea Herald reported on 2 April 2026 that he had fronted a campaign as Hera’s brand ambassador, and on 17 June that he would take part in the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s global campaign promoting hanbok. The Korea Times reported on 24 June that he had been chosen as Genesis BBQ’s global model.

On his birthday, 15 September 2026, he donated 100 million won each to Samsung Medical Center and Seoul National University Children’s Hospital and 50 million won each to Books International and the Korean Committee for UNICEF, 300 million won in all. “I hope many children’s days are filled with clear hope instead of worry,” he said (Xports News).

Timeline

  1. Release

    Felix releases the digital single 'Slow It Down'

    The second track in Stray Kids' own project 'SKZ-PLAYER', with Felix taking part in the lyrics and the composition.

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Stray Kids

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Groups

Stray Kids

JYP Entertainment

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.

Endorsements

Stories

K-popTrend signal: Steady

Stray Kids' Felix Releases 'Slow It Down', the Second SKZ-PLAYER Track

Stray Kids' Felix released the digital single 'Slow It Down' at 6 p.m. KST on 1 September 2026. Tenasia reported that the song came out through the group's own project 'SKZ-PLAYER' and that Felix wrote the words and the melody himself. Actor Roh Yoon-seo appears in the music video as 'Yoon-seo'.

Sources

The reports behind the facts above, for the ones no story on the site covers yet. A row with a story cites its sources there; the act's own channel and a brand's official page are linked in the rows themselves.

  1. 01
    koreatimes.co.kr Genesis BBQ · global model· 24 Jun 2026 Endorsements
  2. 02
    asiae.co.kr Gong Cha · global brand ambassador· 9 Jun 2025 Endorsements
  3. 03
    nme.com Louis Vuitton · house ambassador· 22 Aug 2023 Endorsements

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