Stray Kids Mark Eighth Anniversary With 'STAYweeK,' New Album
the boys are celebrating 8 years of STAY with 'STAYweeK' AND a digital album 'SKZ-REPLAY 2026 Pt.1' on august 1 — then bodying the billboard 200 again with new mini 'THIS & THAT' on august 7. rest is for the weak.
not stray kids pulling up to their own fandom's anniversary with GIFTS. august 1 marks 8 years of STAY, and instead of a cute little tweet, skz are doing the absolute most — as they should.
enter '2026 STAYweeK': a full seven-day celebration running july 27 through august 1, stacked with a short-form drama, a pop-up cafe, video content and livestreams. a whole week. for the fans. the loyalty is being rewarded and i'm not crying, you are.
the crown jewel is a digital album called 'SKZ-REPLAY 2026 Pt.1' dropping august 1 at midnight, which jyp is literally framing as a thank-you gift to stays. tracklist and cover art get revealed monday, so fix your notifications now.
and because they refuse to let us breathe, the new mini album 'THIS & THAT' lands august 7 at 1pm — eight tracks, title track of the same name, fully written and produced in-house by 3racha (bang chan, changbin and han). the self-sufficiency. the audacity. the talent.
for the girlies keeping score: this comes right after 'SKZ IT TAPE DO IT' stretched their streak to EIGHT straight no. 1 debuts on the billboard 200. they don't chart, they colonize. bang chan, run it back.
Reported by The Korea Times. This article is Aegyo Arena's own write-up of that reporting.
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Stray Kids' 'THIS & THAT' Sells 3 Million Copies in First Week
'this & that' is only the SECOND record of all 2026 to hit 3 mil first-week — these men do not miss and i am exhausted (affectionate)
no bc how are stray kids just casually shifting THREE MILLION albums in a single week like it's nothing. 'this & that' hasn't even been out two weeks and stays are already rewriting the record books. i need a lie down.
per hanteo, the mini blew past 3 million copies in its first week — making it only the SECOND album of ALL of 2026 to pull that off. the other one? bts's 'arirang.' so the entire 3-mil-first-week club this year is stray kids and bts. no notes. just staring.
and it's not even new for them?? this is the FOURTH skz album to bulldoze the 3 million mark in week one, joining '5-STAR,' 'ROCK-STAR' and 'KARMA.' the way they simply keep doing this. serving consistency like it's a subscription service.
'this & that' only dropped august 7, which makes the numbers even more unhinged — barely five days on shelves and already in the history books. mother is mothering, the boys are boying, we are so back.
anyway stays go touch grass (i can't either).
Reported by Soompi. This article is Aegyo Arena's own write-up of that reporting.
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The 10th EP 'This & That' swaps their signature chaos for something groovy — Bang Chan calls it a whole new color.
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