Stray Kids

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**Stray Kids** (스트레이 키즈) is a South Korean boy group, formed under JYP Entertainment. The group consists of 8 members, Bang Chan, Lee Know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Felix, Seungmin, I.N and 1 former member Woojin. The group was formed through the survival reality show Stray Kids. The group consists of 1 sub-unit, 3RACHA which consists of members Bang Chan, Changbin and Han.

## History

### **2017–2018: Formation through a reality show and debut**

In August 2017, JYPE officially announced the agency's new reality survival show to launch a male idol debut project. More details and teasers were released in the next two months, including the show's title—*Stray Kids*. Prior to its premiere on October 17, JYPE released Stray Kids' first music video for a song titled "Hellevator", which was later released as a digital single. Two members, Lee Know and Felix, were eliminated from the group, but all nine members ended up in the final line-up.

Along with the launch of Stray Kids' official website, JYPE announced the release of the group's pre-debut extended play (EP) titled *Mixtape*. It contains seven tracks co-written and co-composed by the members, including "Hellevator" and other songs that they performed during the show. The EP, along with the performance video of its second track titled "Beware", was released on January 8, 2018, while the performance video of "Spread My Wings" was uploaded online a week later. It debuted at number 2 on Gaon's Album Chart and Billboard's World Albums chart. On March 5, JYPE announced the debut showcase of the group titled Stray Kids Unveil (Op. 01: I Am Not), which was held on March 25 at Jangchung Arena. They officially debuted the next day with the release of their EP titled *I am NOT*, along with the music video of its title track titled "District 9", while the music video of "Grow Up", and performance video of "Mirror" were released on March 31 and April 23 respectively. *I Am Not* debuted at number four on Gaon's Album Chart and sold over 54,000 physical copies in March.

On April 14, Stray Kids performed at KCON Japan 2018, the group's first overseas performance since debut.

On July 12, JYPE announced the group's second showcase titled Stray Kids Unveil (Op. 02: I Am Who), which was held on August 5 at Kyung Hee University's Grand Peace Palace. Their second EP named *I am WHO?*, along with its title track "My Pace", was released the next day. The music video for "Awkward Silence" was released three weeks later. Videos for other tracks of the EP were also uploaded on YouTube.

On October 4, JYPE announced the group's third showcase titled Stray Kids Unveil (Op. 03: I Am You), which was held on October 21 at Olympic Hall, and followed by the release of their new album EP *I am YOU*, along with its title track of the same name the next day. The music video of "Get Cool" was uploaded online on November 14.

### **2019:*Clé* series**

On March 5, 2019, JYPE announced the group's third comeback on March 25, in commemoration of the first anniversary of the group's debut. Stray Kids' fifth EP *Clé 1 : MIROH* and the title track "MIROH" were released on date. The group earned their first music show win on April 4 on M Countdown. The performance video of "Victory Song" was released on April 8.

On June 4, 2019 (KST), JYPE released a two-minute trailer for Stray Kids' first special album Clé 2 : Yellow Wood. On the next day, the group revealed the tracklist for the album, consisting of three new songs and 4 mixtapes of their released EPs. On June 19, they officially released the album and the music video for its title track, "Side Effects".

Stray Kids released a digital single titled "Double Knot" on October 9 and also announced their District 9 Unlock World Tour starting from November 23–24 at Olympic Hall, Seoul, South Korea, with their fifth extended play *Clé : LEVANTER*, initially announced for release on November 25. However, on October 28, JYPE announced that Woojin had left the group due to personal circumstances, and the release of *Clé: LEVANTER* was delayed to December 9 as a result. On November 13, the group released the music video for "Astronaut," their first single without Woojin and as an eight member group.

## Filmography

### Reality Shows

* Stray Kids: The 9th (VLive, 2018–present)
* Finding SKZ (Mnet, 2019)
* Stray Kids: Two Kids Room (VLive, 2019–present)
* CHOISKZ (VLive, 2019–present)
* Stray Kids: One Kids Room (VLive, 2019–2020)
* Kingdom (Mnet, 2021)

### Talk show appearances

* After School Club (Arirang TV, 2013–present) (eps. 310, 318, 329 and 340)
* Idol Room (JTBC, 2018–present) (eps. 16 and 43)
* Weekly Idol (MBC Every 1, 2011–present) (eps. 381, 401 and 428)

## Discography

### Korean

#### Albums

##### Studio Albums

* *GO生 (GO LIVE)* (2020)
* *NO EASY* (2021)

##### Mini albums

* *Mixtape* (2018)
* *I am NOT* (2018)
* *I am WHO?* (2018)
* *I am YOU* (2018)
* *Clé 1 : MIROH* (2019)
* *Clé : LEVANTER* (2019)

#### **Digital Singles**

* "Hellevator" (2017)
* "Double Knot" (2019)
* "Mixtape : Gone Days" (2019)
* "Mixtape : On Track" (2020)
* "TOP" (2020)

#### **OSTs**

* "Extraordinary You OST Part.7: Story That Won't End" (2019)
* "Tower of God OST" (2020)

### Japanese

#### Singles

##### Single albums

* "TOP -Japanese ver.-" (2020)
* "Scars -Japanese ver.-" (2021)

### English

#### Singles

##### Digital Singles

* "Step Out of Clé" (2020)
* "TOP -English ver.-" (2020)

## Endorsements

* Jambangee (2018)
* Ivy Club (2018)
* Coke Caster (2018)
* Lotte Duty Free (2018)
* Prospecs (2018)

## Tours and concerts

* *Unveil Tour "I am..."* (2019)
* '*District 9 : Unlock' World Tour* (2019-2020)

## Links

### Korea

* Site
* Facebook
* Twitter]
* Instagram
* Fanclub
* TikTok
* YouTube
* VLive

### Japan

* Website
* Twitter
* Instagram
* TikTok
* YouTube