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Stray Kids Releases New Album SKZ IT TAPE ‘DO IT’
- Rosa Gulliver
- Nov 21, 2025
- 5 min read
Rosa Gulliver of TINYGMUSIC | November 21, 2025
Stray Kids has released their new album SKZ IT TAPE ‘DO IT’ via JYP Entertainment / IMPERIAL / Republic Records)
From their debut album I am NOT to their most recent release KARMA, Stray Kids have built a unique musical universe by taking part in creations of every album themselves. The countless songs they have written, produced and recorded carry the special SKZ imprints, leaving an unforgettable mark to listeners’ heart across the world.
The group has continued to make diverse musical attempts over the past seven years, solidifying their status as a “global top artist” from debuting the U.S Billboard 200 with seven consecutive albums at No. 1, the first act to achieve this in the chart’s 70-year history and successfully completing a massive world tour with 56 shows across 35 regions.
Triumphantly returning from their largest-ever world tour ‘Stray Kids World Tour < dominATE >’, which spanned about 11 months, they released their 4th full album KARMA. The album made them a new chapter in Billboard 200 history, and Stray Kids marked another milestone by their first-ever stadium concert in Korea at Incheon Asiad Main Stadium. Just as 2025 enters its final stretch, Stray Kids are embarking on yet another new musical challenge.
SKZ IT TAPE captures the hottest and most definitive mood Stray Kids want to showcase right now, seizing the moment of certainty: “This is it!”. The album DO I’ opens the SKZ IT TAPE series, delivering Stray Kids’ boundless support and encouragement to “act boldly with confidence right now.” While also telling the story of the group themselves as they passionately seize the moment and create their own new “IT”.
The album features five tracks in total: the double title tracks “Do It” and “DIVINE,” along with “Holiday,” “Photobook,” and “Do It” (Festival Version). Once again, 3RACHA; Bang Chan, Changbin and HAN took part in the production of every track, painting another vivid piece within their expansive musical universe. “Do It,” defined by its reggaeton base, cool attitude and powerful energy, delivers a message of “trusting your instincts and moving forward without hesitation,” while “DIVINE” built on a free-spirited and cheerful boom bap rhythm burst with the unique excitement and liberation of Stray Kids as modern-day divines.
At the finale of their tour in October, the group held a celebratory festival titled ‘Stray Kids World Tour < dominATE : celebrate>’ where they surprised fans by unveiling a comeback trailer. The mysterious and captivating video amazed the STAY, trended in over 60 regions including U.S and Japan and even topped YouTube’s Worldwide Music Video Trending chart, showing explosive global buzz.
After racing breathlessly across a distance equivalent to circling the Earth seven times, Stray Kids, who insist they still have a long way to go, are now kicking off another powerful sprint toward year’s end with their new releases, “DO IT’ and its double title tracks, “Do It” and “DIVINE,” perfectly embodying the group’s “we Do It when we say we will” spirit.
This year, Stray Kids once again proved their presence as a “global artist”. Their 4th full album KARMA, released in August, achieved triple million sales in its first week and became the best-selling K-pop album of 2025 (first-week sales). In the U.S., the album surpassed 400,00 physical sales, making it No. 1 album for 2025 in cumulative U.S sales (based on data from Jan 3-Sept 25, 2025).
The album’s title track “CEREMONY” entered the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 52, marking the group’s fourth entry on the chart. It also debuted No. 27 on Spotify’s Daily Top Songs Global chart and remained on the chart for six consecutive days, making Stray Kids the K-pop boy group with the longest run on the chart this year.
The group also elevated their status by winning major awards at several global music awards, including the ‘2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards,’ ‘2025 Kids’ Choice Awards,’ ‘2025 American Music Awards,’ ‘39th Japan Gold Disc Awards,’ ‘2025 K-World Dream Awards,’ ‘2025 The Fact Music Awards,’ and ‘2025 Korea Grand Music Awards.’
Additionally, their official YouTube channel surpassed 20 million subscribers, and their official TikTok channel exceeded 30 million followers. With 17 music videos surpassing 100 million views, they continue to break records among fourth generation K-pop boy groups.
Recently, members HAN, Felix, Seungmin and I.N have also showcased their presence in the series Original Sound Track scene by participating as vocalists for various Korean TV series.
ABOUT STRAY KIDS
Stray Kids is JYP Entertainment’s 8-member boy band formed in March 2018. The group’s name “Stray Kids” stands for their determination to break and escape from tradition, formalities, and the old system. All members not only are talented in vocals, rap, and performance, but have also been credited for producing the majority of Stray Kids’ unique discography.
Stray Kids were crowned winners of “Top K-Pop Album” at the 2023 Billboard Music Awards and “Best K-Pop” at the 2023 MTV VMAs with their full-length album ★★★★★ (5-STAR). The album sold over 4.61 million copies during the first week of its release which, at the time, became the highest 1st week number in K-Pop history. The group also won “Group of the Year” at the 2024 People’s Choice Awards, “K-Pop Album of the Year” at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards, and “Top Global K-Pop Artist” at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards.
Stray Kids were featured on the soundtrack of Netflix’s animated series Arcane (Season 2) based on the game League of Legends with “Come Play.” In addition, their track “SLASH” was featured on the soundtrack of the film Deadpool & Wolverine (Deadpool & Wolverine Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
In 2025, the group released their 3rd Japanese EP Hollow, which topped several Japanese charts, including RecoChoku and iTunes, and ranked No.1 on iTunes’ overall song charts in eight countries including Mexico, Sweden, and Poland. The music video hit No. 1 on YouTube’s global trending chart and ranked high in countries such as the United States, Japan, and Brazil.
Not only did they debut six consecutive albums as No.1 on the Billboard 200 Chart with their 2024 Gold-Certified album HOP, but they became the artist with the most RIAA Gold Album Certifications of any K-Pop artist in history. Stray Kids won’t stop breaking through all geographical and cultural boundaries to resonate deeply with global listeners.
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