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Stray Kids, new album 'THIS &' on August 7th

Stray Kids will release their new mini album 'THIS & THAT' on August 7 and embark on a large-scale world tour connecting Seoul and Tokyo.

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Stray Kids, new album 'THIS &' on August 7th

Stray Kids will accelerate their global activities by releasing their new mini album 'THIS & THAT' on August 7 at 1 PM. Their agency, JYP Entertainment, sequentially released concept photos for this new album through the group's official SNS channels from July 20 to 22. In the released images, the members visualized their unique 'SKZ core' through styling that combines trendy mint colors with a vintage Y2K sensibility.

This teaser content focused on the natural expressions and free movements of individual members rather than artificial staging. It was filled with a diverse composition, ranging from individual cuts capturing the unique personalities of the eight members to unit and group photos showing the bond between members. In particular, they heightened fans' expectations by emphasizing a cool attitude of enjoying their own style, breaking away from standardized poses.

A diverse tracklist of 8 songs produced by 3RACHA

Musical perfection is also a key element of this new album. 3RACHA, the group's internal producing team consisting of Bang Chan, Changbin, and Han, participated in the production of all tracks, clearly projecting the unique color of Stray Kids. Led by the title track 'This & That', the album expands its musical spectrum with a total of 8 tracks, including the pre-release song 'RUN IT', 'After You', 'FARMING', 'I Do', 'Way Out', 'That Day', and 'This & That (Festival Version)'.

They have already set a record of entering No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart for eight consecutive albums, and this new album is expected to be a crucial point in continuing that momentum. The key point of interest is how the musical narrative they have built based on solid producing capabilities will be implemented in this album.

A world tour continuing from Seoul performances to entering Tokyo National Stadium

The large-scale world tour schedule coinciding with the comeback has already been finalized. Stray Kids will kick off their new world tour 'Stray Kids World Tour ' at the KSPO DOME in Songpa-gu, Seoul, on July 25, 26, 29, and August 1 and 2. The energy built through the Seoul performances will immediately extend overseas. On August 29 and 30, they will perform at the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo, which will mark a record as the first solo entry by an overseas male artist.

Their global stage activities do not stop there. In September, they will head to 'Rock in Rio', a major music festival in Brazil, and will take the stage as headliners for 'STRAYCITY', a new festival planned around Stray Kids. Having gained stadium-level performance experience through the 'dominATE' tour, which was held 56 times across 35 regions, they are ready to meet global audiences once again, building on their experience as headliners for world-class festivals such as 'Lollapalooza Paris/Chicago' and 'British Summer Time Hyde Park'.

Global artists who achieved 8 consecutive No. 1s on the Billboard 200

Stray Kids set a record of entering No. 1 for eight consecutive albums for the first time in the history of the US Billboard main chart 'Billboard 200'.

They gained stadium performance experience through their largest-scale world tour to date, 'dominATE', which was held 56 times across 35 regions. On overseas stages, they participated as headliners in major music festivals such as 'Lollapalooza Paris', 'Lollapalooza Chicago', 'British Summer Time Hyde Park', and 'The Governors Ball Music Festival'.

By 트렌드경제신문 · Translated from the original Korean article. · Original Korean article ↗
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