It’s a longstanding live performance custom: A band comes to the town for a display and plays a couple of songs whilst dressed in the jerseys of a neighborhood sports activities group. The function is to milk some excellent will and (affordable? making a decision) applause from the fanatics readily available.
Taylor Swift has done it. Garth Brooks has done it. Flo Rida has done it.
So individuals of the Korean woman crew STAYC had been donning jerseys for stops on their American excursion. What may move unsuitable? In Dallas remaining week, one thing did.
Who are STAYC?
STAYC is a South Korean pop crew that debuted in 2020. Its individuals are Isa, J., Seeun, Sieun, Sumin and Yoon. STAYC has a vintage Ok-pop woman crew sound, with bubbly lyrics, catchy hooks and an occasional rap verse to move with their slick dance strikes.
The title is an acronym for the English word “Star to a Young Culture,” and the gang has had top-five hits in South Korea like “Run2U” and “Teddy Bear.”
The crew is now on a excursion of North America as its reputation has grown at the different facet of the Pacific; its newest challenge has landed on Billboard’s international track chart.
What took place in Dallas?
As the gang has traveled across the United States, it has damaged out jerseys corresponding to the site of its live shows. Typically, two groups from every area had been represented, with 3 band individuals in every.
On Oct. 11 in Brooklyn, for instance, individuals wore Yankees and Mets jerseys. In Chicago two days later, they wore Bears and Bulls jerseys. So some distance, so excellent.
For the Dallas live performance, on the Factory in Deep Ellum on Thursday, native groups have been selected once more, naturally. But one thing was once unsuitable.
Sure sufficient, some crew individuals wore Dallas Cowboys jerseys. But others have been decked out no longer within the jerseys of the Texas Rangers baseball group, however the jerseys of the Rangers football group.
Which is primarily based in Glasgow.
The blue jerseys were throwbacks to the 1990s and marketed the group’s sponsor on the time, McEwans Lager, a thirst quencher on all sides of the pond, however extra readily related to the Scottish Highlands than with the Dallas-Fort Worth space.
Representatives for STAYC didn’t reply to a request for remark.
What is the variation between the 2 Rangers?
The Texas Rangers have been born in 1972, when the Washington Senators moved to the town. Despite fielding superstars akin to Ivan Rodriguez, Alex Rodriguez and Rafael Palmeiro through the years, the group is one in every of six in Major League Baseball to by no means win the World Series. That may alternate this 12 months; they certified for a commute to the Series on Monday evening.
No such drought for the Glasgow Rangers; they’ve received the highest tier of Scottish football 55 occasions and dominate the league along their hated rival, Celtic, additionally primarily based in Glasgow.
Another method to inform the variation: Texas Rangers fanatics come with George W. Bush, whilst Glasgow Rangers fanatics come with Gordon Ramsay and Sean Connery.
Other groups international with the title come with the New York Rangers of hockey, the English football membership Queens Park Rangers and the sports activities groups from Regis University in Denver.
None of the ones groups’ jerseys have been noticed on the STAYC live performance in Dallas.
What was once the response?
Understandably, Glaswegians (a minimum of those that aren’t Celtic fanatics) appeared happy by way of the surprising endorsement. “They appear to have won over some punters in Scotland with the Light Blues support jumping on the STAYC bandwagon,” The Daily Record of Glasgow reported.
But no world incident appeared to be brewing to threaten the Special Relationship. Texas fanatics, a minimum of those that sounded off on-line, reacted extra with amusement than scorn.
STAYC is heading to the West Coast for extra live shows and can end its American leg in Los Angeles on Sunday.
Memo to STAYC: You need silver and black for the Los Angeles Kings of the N.H.L. If the jersey is pink, you will be celebrating the Punjab Kings, the Indian cricket group.
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