Stray Kids (Korean: 스트레이 키즈; Japanese: ストレイキッズ) is an eight-member boy group under JYP Entertainment. They were formed through the competition reality show of the same name and debuted on March 25, 2018 with the mini album "I am NOT".
Prior to their debut, they released a mini album, "Mixtape", on January 8, 2018.
Stray Kids debuted on March 25, 2018, with "I am NOT" and its title track "District 9". The group announced its fandom name, STAY, on August 1st. That was a few days before their first comeback on August 6 with the title track "My Pace" and the mini album "I am WHO". Finally, they released "I am YOU" on October 22. The three mini albums, the I Am series, were all released in less than a year and are all part of the same narrative cycle revolving around the theme of identity and self-discovery.
On October 28, 2019, JYPE announced that Woojin had left the group due to personal circumstances. On November 13, the group released the music video for "Astronaut," their first single as an eight-member group.
At the 2020 Mnet Asian Music Awards, it was announced that Stray Kids would be participating in the Mnet survival show Kingdom: Legendary War. On May 28, 2021, the group released a song for the final round of the competition titled "WOLFGANG ", which marked the group's first appearance on the main Gaon Digital Chart at number 138. They won the program on June 3, earning them their own reality show and a Kingdom Week special show for their comeback.
On February 10, 2022, it was announced that Stray Kids signed with Republic Records for promotions in the United States as part of JYP Entertainment's strategic partnership with the label.
On October 20, 2023, Stray Kids became the first and only fourth-generation K-pop group to receive the Korean Popular Culture Arts and Awards, joining the ranks of only six other groups who have achieved this feat.
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