Stray Kids hit 6 Spotify billion-stream albums, drop 'THIS & THAT' on Aug 7

Stray Kids now have six albums past 1 billion streams on Spotify. ODDINARY and ATE each hit the milestone, placing them second among all K-pop groups by that count.

ODDINARY came in March 2022. ATE dropped in July 2024. Both join IN生, NOEASY, GO生, and ★★★★★ (5-STAR) on the list. The group also holds the record—set in 2025—of being the first global artist to land eight consecutive albums at number 1 on the Billboard 200.

Next up is THIS & THAT, a new mini album due August 7. The pre-release digital single "RUN IT" arrives June 24 and will be officially included on the album. It hit number 1 on iTunes Top Songs charts in 41 regions on its release date: the US, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Spain, and the UK.

Before the album drops, the group kicks off their world tour—Stray Kids World Tour <RUN IT>—with five nights at KSPO DOME in Songpa-gu, Seoul on July 25, 26, 29, August 1, and August 2. The Seoul run follows a June appearance at The Governors Ball Music Festival in New York, where they performed in front of approximately 45,000 attendees. September brings Rock in Rio in Brazil on the 11th, plus headlining slots at STRAYCITY, a new festival spanning three Latin American regions that same month.

Bang Chan, Changbin, and Han form 3RACHA, the in-group production unit that has remained central to the group's self-producing identity since their 2018 debut under JYP Entertainment. (Eight members, one production team, six billion-stream albums—the math keeps getting harder to argue with.)