Bang Chan

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## Members

**Bang Chan** (Hangul: 방찬; Katakana: バンチャン) was born on October 3, 1997 (age 26) in Seoul, South Korea. He is the leader and a producer, vocalist and dancer of the group Stray Kids.

## Personal life

Bang Chan was born on October 3, 1997 in Seoul, as the eldest son of three children (he has a sister, Hannah, and a brother, Lucas). During his childhood, Bang Chan moved to Sydney, Australia, and moved homes many times. He took dance classes including ballet and modern dance at Newtown High School of the Performing Arts. He also enjoyed playing sports and won many swimming awards, as his dad was a swimming instructor.

After moving to South Korea, he graduated from Cheongdam High School.

## Career

### 2010 - 2017: Predebut

In 2010, at the age of 13, he passed a local audition in Australia for JYP Entertainment. Despite his young age, he moved to Korea to train and joined JYPE on April 11, 2011. During his time in the company, Chan made many close friends including GOT7, TWICE and DAY6. He trained for 7 years, watching his trainee friends debut without him. During this period, he went by the stage name "Chris".

In late 2016, Bang Chan formed a hip hop crew called 3RACHA with trainees HAN ("J.One") and Changbin ("SPEARB"), where he used the stage name "CB97". They uploaded self-composed extended plays on SoundCloud throughout 2017.

His individual picture and name were officially revealed by the company on October 11, 2017 at noon, for his participation in the upcoming survival show *Stray Kids*. He was introduced with the roles "Producing", "Vocal", "Rap", and "Dance", as well as leader of the "Male Group Project" formed by himself and J.Y. Park. On the final episode of the show on December 19, 2017, it was confirmed that Bang Chan would debut as the leader of the boy group Stray Kids.

### 2018-present: Stray Kids

On March 26, 2018, Bang Chan debuted with the mini album *I am NOT* as the leader, producer, lead dancer and sub-vocalist of Stray Kids

On March 23, 2020, he released a dance cover of "My House" by 2PM, as part of the *SKZ-PLAYER* series.

On May 30, 2020, he released the self composed song "i hate to admit" as part of the *SKZ-RECORD* series.

On December 21, 2022, Bang Chan participated in writing and composing his original solo song "Connected" for the best album *SKZ-REPLAY*.

On February 3, 2023, Bang Chan was promoted as a regular member of KOMCA.

On August 2, 2023, he opened his personal Instagram account.

## Artistry

Bang Chan "인정하기 싫어" - -Stray Kids - SKZ-RECORD-"i hate to admit"-UNFILTERED CAM- Stray Kids Bang Chan(방찬) '神메뉴(God's Menu)' 4K - BE ORIGINAL"God's Menu"-직캠- 메이플라이 방찬 - ♬ 물감놀이 @3차 경연 1R"Colours"
With time, Bang Chan's role evolved to be focused more on vocals than rap, to make up for the lack of a vocalist after Woojin's departure. He does a lot of harmonies.

## Credits

○ = *Credited as lyricist/composer/arranger*

● = *Credited as the sole lyricist/composer/arranger*

### KOMCA

As of November 2023, Bang Chan (I.D. 10016933 has **180** songs registered under his name in Korea Music Copyright Association (KOMCA).

## References

1. ↑  찬이의 “방” 🐺 Ep. 201
2. ↑ He owns an Australian passport, and retained Australian nationality.
3. ↑  [Two Kids Room] VOL.2 Ep.09 Bang Chan X Felix (November 24, 2018)
4. ↑  @realstraykids
5. ↑  [Finding Stray Kids] ★Revealed★ Welcome. It's your first time at Chan's house, right? | Ep.2 (ENG SUB) (March 27, 2019)
6. ↑  SK-TALK TIME (April 22, 2018)
7. ↑  SKZ-LIFE Ep.01💪 (April 11, 2020)
8. ↑  JYP Fan's: Stray Kids Image - BANG CHAN (October 11, 2017)
9. ↑  MelOn. Those official positions weren't updated since *Clé 1 : MIROH*, while the company got rid of positions altogether in September 2020.
10. ↑  Stray Kids' 3Racha becomes regular members of Korea Music Copyright Association (February 3, 2023)
11. ↑  @KCON\_official (August 22, 2023)
12. ↑  @KCON\_official (August 21, 2023)
13. ↑  ARENA HOMME+: 비트 메이커 스트레이 키즈 방찬 (November 1, 2019)
14. ↑  Men's Folio: Our March ’21 Cover Star Bang Chan of Stray Kids Rises Up (March 2, 2021)