In this image released on October 6, 2024, Changbin, Seungmin, I.N, Felix, HAN, Hyunjin, Lee Know and Bang Chan of Stray Kids arrive at the American Music Awards 50th Anniversary Special in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Penske Media via Getty Images)
Penske Media via Getty Images
Checking in on Stray Kids fans after this wallop of a three-tiered announcent. The eight-member group posted on social media that they will release a single titled “RUN IT” on June 24, followed by an eight-track album titled THIS & THAT on August 7, alongside the announcement of a new world tour also bearing the “RUN IT” name.
Stray Kids’ New Music: What We Know About RUN IT And THIS & THAT
“RUN IT” arrives June 24 at 1pm KST, giving fans only two days to prepare mentally. The full THIS & THAT album will follow on August 7 at the same time. The teaser clocks in just under a minute and leans into a stripped-down visual palette — warehouse-style sets and sun-bleached desert shots, the members dressed entirely in black and white. There’s no real plot to latch onto yet, but the mood seems colder and more film-like than what the group has put out recently. It’s their first big release since the Do It mixtape dropped last November, not counting “STAY”, the anthem they did earlier this year for the fans.
Stray Kids World Tour: What’s Confirmed So Far
A new world tour, also called “RUN IT,” was confirmed alongside the release news, though no cities or dates are out yet. It follows 2025’s Dominate World Tour, which set regional records across Latin America, North America, and Europe — 1.3 million tickets sold and $185.9 million grossed overall, according to Billboard. The North American run alone brought in about $76.2 million, the largest haul any K-pop tour has posted in that region.
A companion concert film, Stray Kids: The dominATE Experience, hit theaters February 6, pulling footage from their sold-out SoFi Stadium shows. Paul Dugdale directed, with documentary segments from Farah X, and Live Nation Studios produced. It opened at No. 1 globally with $19.9 million — IMAX’s biggest opening ever for a Korean-language film — split between $5.7 million domestic and $14 million abroad. In Germany, the UK, and Ireland specifically, it set records as the highest-grossing K-pop concert film those markets have seen, per KED Global.
Who Are Stray Kids
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – JANUARY 08: Boy band Stray Kids perform on stage during the 9th Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards on January 08, 2020 in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
Getty Images
Stray Kids, comprising members Bang Chan, Lee Know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Felix, Seungmin, and I.N, debuted under JYP Entertainment in 2018 and have built a reputation as one of the most commercially consistent acts in K-pop, with members actively involved in songwriting and production through their in-house unit 3RACHA. The group has notched a record eight number one debuts on the Billboard 200 following their signing to Republic Records in the US and has topped Billboard’s World Digital Song Sales chart five times, charting on the Hot 100 with “Lalalala,” “Lose My Breath,” and “Chk Chk Boom”.
Leave a comment