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Mixtape : dominATE - EP Album ∙ K-Pop ∙ 2025 Stray Kids On the heels of 2024 mixtape  HOP , K-pop phenoms Stray Kids continue their tradition of more casual, self-produced “mixtape” releases with  Mixtape : dominATE . The project shares a name with the group’s third world tour: Dominate. Like  HOP ,  Mixtape : dominATE  is predominantly composed of tracks that don’t feature all of the members, with Stray Kids’ eight members breaking up into subunits to write and perform four of the album’s five tracks. In restless, electric guitar-led “Burnin’ Tires,” Changbin and I.N. are “running until the end,” while Han and Felix rap about riding Benzes and saluting fans in swagger song “Truman.” Bang Chan and Hyunjin beckon listeners to follow in head-banging pop-rock track “ESCAPE,” while Lee Know and Seungmin promise to keep singing in lyrical ballad “CINEMA.” The octet is all together for a Korean-language version of “GIANT,” a stadium-stomper that was first released in ...

HOP Album ∙ K-Pop ∙ 2024 Stray Kids Mixtape  HOP —not to be confused with Stray Kids’ 2018 EP titled  Mixtape —is the K-pop group’s final release in a busy 2024. As in hip-hop, K-pop artists use the term “mixtape” to categorize material released without the level of promotional fanfare of a regular album or single; K-pop mixtapes are usually self-produced and may feature tracks that fall outside of a group’s existing discographic boundaries in some way, e.g., a focus on solo music. Stray Kids subunit 3RACHA (aka Bang Chan, Changbin, and Han) has co-written most of the group’s songs since their 2018 debut.  HOP , however, expands the self-production responsibilities, with each member getting co-writing credit on their own solo songs, originally performed as part of the group’s “dominATE” world tour set list. In addition to the solo tracks,  HOP  includes two versions of lead single “Walkin on Water,” an old-school hip-hop track reminiscent of BTS’s “Jump,” which ...

GIANT Album ∙ K-Pop ∙ 2024 Stray Kids

ATE ALBUM ∙ K-POP ∙ 2024 Stray Kids A confident cross-cultural statement from one of K-pop’s biggest groups.

SKZ-REPLAY ALBUM ∙ K-POP ∙ 2022 Stray Kids This present for fans wraps up web releases with bonus tracks.

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  Christmas EveL - EP ALBUM ∙ K-POP ∙ 2021 Stray Kids K-pop’s scrappy upstarts drop a holiday treat in singular style.