It might be surprising when an award is announced at the VMAs. When it came to the best K-pop category at the 2023 awards, nobody was more surprised than the winners themselves.
Stray Kids had a very pure reaction to winning the award for their song "S-Class".
The band looked visibly surprised to finding out they won the award. Fans online took notice of the moment.
"CONGRATULATIONS @Stray_Kids FOR WINNING BEST KPOP AWARD IN VMAS THEY LOOKED SO SHOCKED PLEASE" wrote user @SEUINGM1NE.
Band members pointed to themselves and mouthed, "Us?" before realizing they had won the award.
This is Stray Kids' first VMAs appearance. The group consists of eight members: Bang Chan, Lee Know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Felix, Seungmin, and I.N.
"Stray kids out-taylor’d taylor in the surprise reaction category lol" wrote user @crysyalbell, referencing Taylor Swift's very earnest face when *NSYNC reunited on stage.
Swift was clearly shocked by the band's surprise reunion on stage, accepting her award for best pop video.
“Like I had ... I had your dolls ... like are you doing something? What’s gonna happen now? What are you ... there’s something ... they’re gonna ... they’re gonna do something and I need to know what it is," said the artist.
Stray Kids released their newest album, "5-Star," this past June, and first hit the worldwide billboard charts back in 2018, with an album, called "Mixtape," which was dubbed as their "pre-debut."
The band is attached to JYP Entertainment, and came together through a competition style TV show that had them show off their chops to become K-pop stars.