Stray Kids reflects on a successful 2025 and reveals ambitious plans for 2026, including new albums, tours, and fan events.
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After a brilliant 2025, Stray Kids opens a new historical chapter. Stray Kids posted a video titled 'Stray Kids “STEP OUT 2026”' on their official YouTube channel at midnight yesterday (the 1st), introducing new projects set for the new year. First, reflecting on 2025 with the animal characters SKZOO, which symbolize the eight members of Stray Kids, it was a year filled with record-breaking events. They celebrated their 7th anniversary with a digital single 'Mixtape: dominATE', achieved seven consecutive number ones on the Billboard 200 main album chart, and reached triple million sales in the first week with their 4th full album 'KARMA', a work that rewrote the 70-year history of the Billboard 200, and saw the title track 'Do It' chart for the fifth time on the Billboard 'HOT 100' with the SKZ IT TAPE 'DO IT'. In August 2024, they continued with the world tour 'Stray Kids World Tour', starting in Seoul. Beginning with a concert in Hong Kong in January 2025, they held a total of 35 solo concerts across 23 regions, including Latin America, Shizuoka, North America, and Europe, mostly in super large stadiums representing each region, setting various K-POP records. Notably, they held an encore performance at Incheon Asiad Main Stadium, marking their first solo stadium concert in Korea in their 8th year since debut, concluding their largest-scale world tour with 56 shows across 35 regions. Their achievements were recognized with multiple grand awards at various music award ceremonies. They also provided a wealth of diverse content to enhance STAY (the nickname for Stray Kids fans) satisfaction. Signature content on their official YouTube, such as '2 Kids Room', 'RACHA LOG', and 'SKZ CODE', recorded high view counts and were loved by many fans. Additionally, they held their 5th official fan meeting 'SKZ 5'CLOCK' and realized various collaborations with SKZOO. Having colored the past year with astonishing new records, they are set to further solidify their status as a globally active K-POP group with ambitious new projects prepared for 2026. Through a new album, a new tour, the signature content 'Heart Kids Room Returns', the 6th official fan meeting, touring various places in Korea and abroad with SKZOO, 'SKZ-REPLAY 2026', a documentary film 'Stray Kids: The dominATE Experience', and appearances at music festivals, they will meet fans around the world. Attention is drawn to Stray Kids' 2026, which promises to leap higher and further based on the significant achievements of 2025.
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