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Stray Kids
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STAY
A self-producing eight-piece that bent loud, maximalist noise-music into Billboard No. 1 albums.
- Self-producing
- Maximalist
- Hard-hitting
- Chart-dominant
- STAY-coded
Photo: JYPAudition · CC BY 3.0
LINEUP
Members
MILESTONES
Records & firsts
Multiple consecutive No. 1 debuts on the Billboard 200
Oddinary, Maxident, 5-Star, Rock-Star, ATE — one of the few acts ever to do so
Among the best-selling K-pop album acts of their generation
Several million- and multi-million-selling albums, 2021-2025
Lollapalooza headliner
First K-pop group to headline Lollapalooza, Chicago 2024
Karma neared 3.7 million copies
2025, extending the group's commercial dominance
Self-produced discography via 3RACHA
Bang Chan, Changbin and Han write and produce most of the group's catalogue
DID YOU KNOW
Trivia & lore
- 01
Stray Kids survived their own elimination-format debut show, where the lineup was repeatedly threatened — the underdog story became core to the group's identity.
- 02
The in-house production trio 3RACHA (Bang Chan, Changbin, Han) writes and produces the bulk of the group's discography.
- 03
Leader Bang Chan and Felix are Australian, and Bang Chan trained at JYP for around seven years before debut.
- 04
Woojin departed in October 2019, and the group has promoted as eight members ever since.
- 05
The group's loud, layered 'noise music' style was an early point of debate before it became their commercial signature.
DISCOGRAPHY
Signature tracks
TIMELINE
The journey
ORIGIN
The survival show
2017 — 2018
Stray Kids formed through their own JYP/Mnet survival show, where the trainees fought to keep the lineup intact — a story that hard-wired the underdog identity into the fanbase. The in-house production crew 3RACHA (Bang Chan, Changbin, Han) was the creative engine from before debut.
DEBUT
District 9 & noise-music identity
2018 — 2019
Debut single District 9 and follow-ups built a loud, aggressive, self-produced sound that set the group apart from JYP's softer acts. The early era established 3RACHA's writing and the group's reputation for high-intensity performance.
Anchor track: God's Menu
BREAKTHROUGH
God's Menu & the breakthrough
2020 — 2021
Go Live and the single God's Menu turned the maximalist concept into a commercial breakthrough, and Noeasy pushed the group toward million-seller status. The eight-member lineup found its definitive, hard-hitting identity here.
Anchor track: God's Menu
GLOBAL
Billboard No. 1 run
2022 — 2024
Starting with Oddinary, Stray Kids landed a remarkable streak of consecutive No. 1 debuts on the Billboard 200 with Maxident, 5-Star, Rock-Star and ATE, joining the rarest tier of chart-dominant acts. Stadium-scale touring and festival headline slots followed.
Anchor track: S-Class
STADIUM
Karma & continued reign
2025
The 2025 album Karma extended the group's commercial dominance toward 3.7 million copies, and a STEP OUT 2026 roadmap promised a new album, large-scale tour and fan events. By their eighth anniversary in March 2026 the group released the fan-dedicated single Star, Light, underscoring its bond with STAY.
Anchor track: Karma
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