"God's Menu" (Korean: 神메뉴; RR: Sinme'nyu)[a] is a song recorded by South Korean boy band Stray Kids. It is the second and title track from their first Korean-language studio album Go Live. It was released as the album's lead single on June 17, 2020, through JYP Entertainment, and distributed by Dreamus.
Stray Kids' first Korean-language studio album Go Live was first announced via a trailer on May 27, 2020, and set to be released on June 17.[2] The album's track listing was posted a day later. Out of 12 songs, "God's Menu" appears as the second track and is marked as the lead single. Members Bang Chan, Changbin, and Han were heavily involved in the writing and production of the album under the helm 3Racha; "God's Menu" was released on the same day as the album release.
An accompanying music video for "God's Menu" was uploaded on June 17, 2020, in conjunction with the single release.[4] It was directed by Bang Jae-yeob[5] and preceded by a teaser 3 days before its release.[6] As of June 22, 2023, the music video has 405 million views, making it Stray Kids' most viewed video on YouTube. The video also features Mako, Rio, Maya, Ayaka, Rima and Miihi, members of the then-predebut Japanese girl group NiziU under JYP Entertainment.
"Gods Menu" appeared on year-end lists of the best K-pop songs of 2020 of several publications including BuzzFeed (15th),[15]CNN Philippines Life (unranked),[16]Cosmopolitan Philippines (2nd),[17] and Rolling Stone India (12th).[18] In 2023, Rolling Stone in included it in their list of the 100 Greatest Songs in the History of Korean Pop Music at number 84, citing it as the "perfected vision of [Stray Kids'] noisy, explosive trap-pop" as they take the "bad-boy concept and set it aflame."[19]
^ abKim, Hyo-jeong (June 17, 2020). 스트레이키즈 "우리 음악은 마라맛...'이 갈았구나' 평가 듣고파" [Stray Kids "So, our music is mala taste...want to hear the evaluation"]. Yonhap News (in Korean). Archived from the original on May 19, 2024. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
