stray kids are throwing STAY a week-long party and dropping a surprise album as the gift
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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KiiiKiii Built a Fake Travel Agency to Announce a Comeback and Honestly? Hire Them
'WhyKiiiKiii' arrives august 10 and the teaser site issues you an actual boarding pass. every other marketing team should be taking notes right now.
so KiiiKiii are coming back on august 10 with 'WhyKiiiKiii' and instead of a normal schedule poster they built an entire fake travel agency. i'm serious. there is a website. it has a functioning booking flow. we have entered a new era of rollout.
here's the bit: you put in your name, a departure point, a date and a ticket type, and the site hands you back a boarding pass with WhyKiiiKiii listed as the destination. i filled it out immediately and so will you. no bc why is this better designed than most actual airlines i have flown.
the whole thing sits on a six-destination tour map, with each member illustrated as a tour guide working her own retro theme — heavy Y2K, vintage-advertisement energy, the kind of art direction that makes you want to print it and frame it. the site's whole invitation is to “discover the answer,” and it's promising six summers with six guides, one per member.
promo kicked off july 19 and the concept ties straight back to the album, which is apparently about working out why you should stay exactly as you already are. a record about self-trust, packaged as a holiday you can't physically attend. it's giving depth. it's giving girls who read.
august 10. boarding pass in hand. i fear this rollout quietly raised the bar for everybody else and they haven't noticed yet.
Reported by gokpop. This article is Aegyo Arena's own write-up of that reporting.
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the boys are back with a teaser for their ‘NORMAL’ MV and yes, the setting is a bathroom. no context, just chaos, exactly how we like it.
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