Stray Kids’ Bang Chan spills shady tea on Charlie Puth collab

It looks like there’s a little shady tea being spilled in the Stray Kids world, wonder why? Well, Bang Chan just served us a subtle slice of shade during a recent interview, and STAY (that’s the name Stray Kids fans wear proudly) is absolutely buzzing about it.

So, here’s the scoop: last month, Stray Kids dropped a track called “Lose my Breath,” featuring singer and songwriter Charlie Puth. While the song is the group’s first full English single and has that 2000s flavor, not all fans were over the moon about this pairing—some had reservations due to their views on Puth, specifically when it comes to politics and his position on the genocide Israel is committing against Palestine.

Well, it looks like Stray Kids’ Bang Chan isn’t all that close to the “Attention” singer, as he proved in a recent interview. It all went down on the Z100 New York radio station, where things got a tad spicy after the host gushed about Bang Chan and Puth becoming “friends” through their collab. The SKZ member coolly slid in with a correction, opting for “co-workers” instead of “friends.”

The result? Fans eating up this moment on social media, as that fragment is moving across TikTok with over 800,000 views and 230,000 likes in just a day. Whether it is a little shady tea or just real talk, Bang Chan sure knows how to keep things interesting. Not to mention, he’s ready to draw the line between work and friends!