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January 18, 2017
This day a pre-debut “sub unit” of stray kids called 3racha made their debut!

There are 3 members:
CB97 (real name: chan)
SPEARB (real name: changbin)
J.One (real name: jisung)

J:/2017/mixtape is their first mixtape with 7 tracks
1. Intro (prod. CB97)
2. Tik Tok (prod. CB97)
3. Runner’s High (prod. CB97)
4. Don Quixote (prod. CB97)
5. 은석이(prod. CB97)
6. WOW (prod. SPEARB)
7. NXT 2 U (prod. CB97)

3Days is their second mixtape with 9 tracks
1. 쉿 (prod. CB97)
2. 작은 Dragon Three 마리 (prod. CB97)
3. Peer Pressure (prod. CB97)
4. Small Things (prod. CB97)
5. +.- (prod. CB97)
6. 국산 바나나 (prod. CB97)
7. 힘이 돼 (prod. J.One)
8. IF - SPEARB (prod. SPEARB & CB97)
9. I SEE - J.One (prod. J.One & CB97)

Horizon is their third mixtape with 8 tracks
1. Matryoshka (prod. CB97)
2. Hoodie Season (prod. CB97)
3. P.A.C.E. (prod. CB97)
4. 고장난 나침반 (Broken Compass) (prod. CB97)
5. Placebo (prod. CB97)
6. SCENE STEALERS (prod. CB97)
7. Double Knot (prod. CB97)
8. For You (prod. CB97)

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October 6, 2017
JYP released their Hellevator music video and it was mind-blowing. It came out before the show aired on the 17th so JYP kinda spoiled which team won the showcase, but it doesn’t matter now since they’ve made it to their debut!

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October 17, 2017
This day JYP released the first episode of a new survival show called Stray Kids. Below is a summarization of each episode so...

!! spoilers ahead !!

Episode one
JYP gave 2 groups the chance to debut through a annual showcase, a female group called 2 team and a male group called Male Project Team (aka Stray Kids). At the end of the show JYP choose the male team due to their teamwork and this is where we first meet all of Stray Kids!

Episode two
The first mission was revealed which was having the 9 members compose, write and choreograph an original song. On evaluation day the group announced their group name Stray Kids and performed their song Hellevator. JYP praises the song lyrics and melody after the performance, but some members didn’t meet his expectations.

Episode three
The next mission evaluation was a 3:3:3 challenge meaning splitting the 9 members into 3 teams of 3 where each team is suppose to compose, write and choreograph another song. The teams were Minho, Felix and Changbin, Hyunjin, Seungmin and Chan and lastly Jeongin, Woojin and Jisung. They also filmed the Hellevator music video this episode.

Episode four
On evaluation day Minho’s team performed a song titled Glow, Hyunjin’s team performed a song titled 4419 and Jeongin’s team performed a song titled School Life. There were many compliments and critics to each of the members and in the end Minho sadly got eliminated.

Episode five
The 8 members got the day off and were able to take a mini staycation and have some fun!

Episode six
The third mission was JYP vs. YG which is an annual showdown between the 2 agencies. They were supposed to prepare three songs: something to show vocals, something to show dance and the last was freestyling. Jisung and Changbin performed 3racha’s Matryoshka for their freestyle.

Episode seven
Chan, Woojin and Jisung performed BlackPink’s As If Its Your Last for vocals. Then all 8 performed an amazing dance!

A few days later, JYP announced the next mission which was a busking event. So the members went out and did some research.

Episode eight
At their busking event Stray Kids performed Hellevator, School Life and a new song YAYAYA. Also 2pm’s Jun.K, Black Eyed Pilseung’s Rado, GOT7’s BamBam and Yugyeom and DAY6’s YoungK and Sungjin were invited as mystery listeners. JYP’s critics were very harsh this episode and at the end Felix was eliminated.

Episode nine
For the final mission, it was announced that there would be a live broadcast and live audience voting. They prepared a lot for this performance since they had to re-organize parts for 7 members but they got some help from 3 GOT7 members. They also recorded a new song called Young Wings. Then secretly, JYP gave Minho and Felix another chance to debut in the group. Lastly they revealed that the live voting would be deciding whether a 7 or a 9 member group should debut.

Episode ten
December 19, the live broadcast went on air. YAYAYA and Young Wings were performed as 7 members then Hellevator, School Life and another new song Grrr 총량의 법칙 was performed as 9. The live vote ended with 96% wanting 9 members and with that JYP made the final decision that Stray Kids would debut as 9!

❝ A robot has no mistakes, but a robot and human are different. When I see a nine-member stage, I still see lacking parts in both of you. But when all nine perform, the expressions are alive. Congratulations, you will debut as nine. ❞ (JYP)

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After the show--
The group had grown so much since their beginning and when the show ended more information was released about them so let’s finally see their full profiles!

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Woojin (우진)
Birth name: Kim Woojin (김우진)
Position: Main Vocalist
Birthday: April 8, 1997
Nationality: Korean
Height: 174 cm (5’8.5”)
fun facts: has an older brother, hobbies are listening to music and shopping, his specialty is kendo, can speak basic English, his charming point is his face when he laughs, favorite food is chicken, favorite season is autumn, can play the guitar, likes horror movies, was a former a SM trainee and trained with NCT.
Is no longer in the group.

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Chan (찬)
Birth name: Chris Bang
English name: Chris
Position: Leader, Vocalist, Rapper, Dancer
Birthday: October 3, 1997
Nationality: Australian
Height: 171 cm (5’7”)
fun facts: born in Sydney, Australia, has a younger sister and brother, can speak English, Korean, Japanese and little bit of Chinese, has his driver’s license, thinks his charming point is his dimples, favorite seasons are spring and autumn, likes sunny days, produces songs, trained for 7 years, trained with GOT7, Twice and DAY6, is CB97 in their pre-debut group 3racha.

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Minho (민호)
Birth name: Lee Minho (이민호)
Position: Main Dancer, Vocalist, Rapper
Birthday: October 25, 1998
Nationality: Korean
Height: 172 cm (5’7.5”)
fun facts: has been dancing 4-5 years, trained for 1 year, was a backup dancer for BTS during their Japan tour, is an only child, hobbies are hiking, choreographing and watching movies, favorite dance genre is hip hop, favorite season is autumn, a frequent habit is cracking his knuckles, puts his clothes in bundles, was eliminated from the show during episode 4, but was added back on at the end of episode 9

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Changbin (창빈)
Birth name: Seo Changbin (서창빈)
Position: Rapper, Vocalist
Birthday: August 11, 1999
Nationality: Korean
Height: 167 cm (5’5.5”)
fun facts: has an older sister, hobbies are listening to music and shopping, specialties are writing lyrics and rapping, thinks his charming point is being cheerful and active, favorite season is autumn, likes dark things and horror movies, collects things, can’t sleep without his Snorlax plush toy that he calls ‘Ggyu’, helps with producing songs, is SPEARB in their pre-debut group 3racha, trained for 2 years.

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Hyunjin (현진)
Birth name: Hwang Hyunjin (황현진)
Position: Rapper, Vocalist, Visual
Birthday: March 20, 2000
Nationality: Korean
Height: 179 cm (5’10.5”)
fun facts: is an only child, attends SOPA in Seoul, can speak English, hobbies are dancing and playing sports, thinks his charming point is his lips, favorite foods are sashimi, chicken, pizza, kimchi and jjajangmyeon, can’t eat onions, carrots and eggplants, favorite season is autumn, his role at the dorm is to sleep quietly and to keep eating at night, has a dog named Kkami, by is the hardest to wake up, trained for 2 years.

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Jisung (지성)
Birth name: Han Jisung (한지성)
Position: Rapper, Vocalist
Birthday: September 14, 2000
Nationality: Korean
Height: 169 cm (5’6.5”)
fun facts: has an older brother, used to live and study in Malaysia, his hobby is to eat cheesecake while watching movies, likes horror movies, favorite foods are cheesecake and chocolate cake, his special ability is a voice impression of Doraemon, thinks his charming point is acting silly, favorite season is winter, helps with producing songs, likes lyrical and melodic type of raps, trained for 3 years, is J.One in their pre-debut group 3racha

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Felix (필릭스)
Birth name: Lee Felix (이필릭스)
Position: Rapper, Dancer
Birthday: September 15, 2000
Nationality: Australian
Height: 171 cm (5’7”)
fun facts: was born is Sydney, Australia, has an older sister and a younger sister, can speak English, hobbies are listening to music, dancing, shopping, traveling, and beat boxing, thinks his charming point are his freckles, favorite seasons are autumn and winter, can’t eat super spicy food, can imitate a mosquito, likes talking on the phone rather than texting, thinks that learning Korean is hard, but enjoys learning it, trained for 1 year, his role at the form is being a massage therapist, is Catholic, has the habit of biting his lips, was eliminated from the show during episode 8, but was added back on at the end of episode 9

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Seungmin (승민)
Birth name: Kim Seungmin (김승민)
Position: Vocalist
Birthday: September 22, 2000
Nationality: Korean
Height: 175 cm (5’9”)
fun facts: has an older sister, hobbies are writing in his diary, listening to music, and eating, can speak English, lived in LA when he was in the 4th grade, he’s a morning person, thinks his most charming point is his chubby left cheek, favorite season is autumn, his role at the dorm is to wake up early and cook, cleanest member, favorite food is eggs, wanted to be a baseball player when he was younger.

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Jeongin (정인)
Birth name: Yang Jeongin (양정인)
Position: Vocalist, Maknae
Birthday: February 8, 2001
Nationality: Korean
Height: 170 cm (5’7”)
fun facts: has an older brother and a younger brother, attends SOPA, hobbies are listening to ASMR and watching mukbangs, special ability is to sing trot, likes all foods except beans, likes puppies, favorite color is hot pink, favorite season is winter, thinks his charming point is his braces, has had his braces for 5 years, he’s clumsy, is first to wake up, trained for 2 years, his role at the dorm is to do the laundry

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January 8, 2018
Their pre-debut mix tape was released this day, but days before they posted teaser photos on twitter.
The mix tape consisted of all of the songs they created while on their survival show.
track list:
Hellevator
Grrr 총량의 법칙
어린 날개 (Young Wings)
YAYAYA
GLOW
School Life
4419
along with their pre-debut mix tape they also released 2 music videos: one for Grrr 총량의 법칙 and the other for 어린 날개 (Young Wings)!

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January 17, 2018
Stray kids released the first episode of their TV show called the 9th on their V Live! Below are all the episodes and again a quick summary of each with some funny and memorable moments!

Episode one
Stray Kids is moving from the trainee dorms to their permanent dorm! After settling down they make food and put together furniture.
- Jisung can’t close his suitcase
- Felix has about 15 plushies and struggles to carry them into elevator
- MR. FIX!
- Jisung sacrificing Fox Jeongin to Kangroo Chan then getting stolen himself
- “Rubber Duckie, you are the one!” (Chan)
- It takes 6 members to put together one desk...
- Changbin forgot to wash the pan before cooking in it!
- Stray Kids eating on the box that contains the table.. great job!

Episode two
The Kids went out this episode to Namsan Tower! They had to get their either by foot, cable car or bus and they drew papers for this. Once there they ate and left behind 9 souvenirs.
- Minho grabbing Jisung’s hand when he said it was cold!! (miNSUNG!!!!)
- Changbin’s interview by Changbin
- Minho is scared of heights so he held onto Jisung while going to the cable car (minsUNG!)
- Chan, Jeongin and Felix wanting to eat the Churro sign
- All of them buying lockets to put on the Namsan tower’s railing!

Episode three
Yet another day out and they went to an amusement park. They went on many rides and there was so much happiness!
- Jisung was screaming his lungs out on the rollercoaster and it was the first one (“I didn’t know this would go like this!”)
- Why did they let them on those bumper cars!?
- They also chose cute headbands for each other and watched a performance to end this fun day!

Episode four
It’s a very giving episode as Minho, Felix and Jeongin made packed lunches for Seungmin, Changbin and Chan. Also Jisung, Hyunjin and Woojin made gifts for important people in their lives. Then Seungmin and Changbin made little photo albums for the important people in their life. Lastly Chan made a special hoodie with the wording ‘Stray Kids’ on the back in his handwriting for the members and gives letter to everyone!
- They were some Changlix feels the first few minutes!
- Apparently Minho sees Seungmin as a snail!
- I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS EPISODE THEY’RE ALL SUCH SWEET BOYS!

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January 18, 2018
10 days after their mix tape came out, 3racha celebrated their 1 year anniversary and released a single called Start Line. It’s a beautiful song! The lyrics are so powerful and i highly recommend you listen to it!

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March 2-25, 2018
March 2nd was the release of a mysterious countdown timer. No one knew what it was for at the time, but many suspected their debut was coming up. the timer was set for 3 days and in the end the trailer came out.

Stray Kids "I am NOT" Trailer
fan’s suspicions were correct since it was for their debut! the fandom was super excited to see what came next and luckily some awesome teaser photos came out.

After some time, very interesting stage names were announced. minho now goes by lee know, jisung goes by han and jeongin goes by IN. fans had lots of opinions on these stage names, personally i love them! lee know is very catchy, han suits jisung super well and and IN is a name jeongin can grow with and it’s also very mature!
much more info then came out like the album details. the album is named I am NOT! and it has 8 tracks. they then released two mv teasers for the album’s title track “District 9” which are here:

• teaser one

• teaser two

Days dragged on as we haven’t gotten anything really interesting until JYP said straykids would be performing a debut showcase! march 25 marked the date of this showcase and it also marked the day of their official debut.
Their pre-debut days are now over!!

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March 26, 2018
The day after the showcase, their debut mv was released! it came out at 4am where i live so of course being the huge fan i am, i set an alarm to wake me up so i could watch it!
Stray Kids "District 9" M/V
The mv was absolutely amazing! It was super powerful and captivating. lee know started it off with a bang. The chorus hits hard and it's really good! The rap verses were impressive and the vocal line killed it too! The beat is very unique and I’m already obsessed with this song.

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March 25, 2019
They released ‘Miroh‘, which was the first instalment of their ‘Clé‘ trilogy. ‘Miroh‘ earned the group their very first music show win. In June, ‘Clé 2: Yellow Wood‘ and title track ‘Side Effects‘ was released, continuing the trilogy.
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October 2019.
Kim Woojin from Stray Kids had been performing with the band ever since they were formed in the year 2017. Woojin had been the group's lead vocalist and was their oldest member as well. He decided to leave the boy band in the latter half of 2019, which is when  JYP Entertainment, officially announced that Woojin was quitting the band. In an official statement which was translated to English, the record label said: "Woojin, who has been with Stray Kids as a member until this time, has left the group due to personal circumstances and terminated his exclusive contract. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused many fans."

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September 8, 2020
On Tuesday, September 8, 2020, the owner of his Twitter account @ a1b3c4s9 shared his heartbreaking story. She confessed to being sexually abused by a man who is said to be a Kpop idol. “I was once harassed by an idol loved by fans.”
Many fans were hurt by it and many reacted by saying, “I'm glad he left stray kids. We don’t want our boys’ reputation to go downhill.”
There is currently no information of him being proved guilty or not.

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September 14, 2020
In August, Stray Kids announced their second and last Korean comeback in 2020: IN LIFE, their first album repackage. The album had eight new songs, including three subunits that had been performed during their concerts.
From the start, it was evident how much growth they had gone through, with the trailer reaching almost 2M views in only 24 hours, as opposed to the trailer for GO LIVE which at the time had around the same amount of views, three months after its release. IN LIFE sold over 233,000 copies in the first week of its release, almost doubling GO LIVE’s first week sales. The repackage not only became Stray Kids’ second album to go Platinum, but it also became their best selling album yet.
And once again, the title track, ‘Back Door’, was a big part of their success.

After the end of the ‘Back Door’ era, Stray Kids had their first online concert. Even though they performed in several online shows, such as the first KCon, and held showcases online on the day of each album’s release, this was their first proper online concert. The set-list resembled the one for their world tour, but it included newer songs such as ‘Blueprint’ and ‘Ex.’ They also revealed the Korean version of ‘ALL IN’ and they performed for the first time ever ‘TA.’

Overall, the concert was just the result of all their hard work during 2020. And with their energy and talent, they made one of the most memorable online shows of the year.
During 2020, Stray Kids became even more known in Korea and gained the general public’s attention. But that doesn’t mean they didn’t have success in the west as well!

In 2020, Stray Kids received their first-ever western award, winning Best Korean Act at the EMAs. ‘Back Door’ also made it on several year-end rankings of songs by magazines such as Paper (at number 2) and Dazed (at number 5). But what’s even more memorable is the Time listing ‘Back Door’ at number 8 in the 10 Best Songs of 2020, making Stray Kids the first-ever K-pop boy group to be included in the list. Time also listed IN LIFE as one of the albums that defined Kpop this year, and we couldn’t agree more.

After this insane year, there’s no use denying that Stray Kids is clearly one of the leaders of the 4th generation of Kpop.
This year, they became the fourth most followed Kpop group on Instagram with over 10M followers and the second boy group to get to 10M followers. They were the fourth most listened to Kpop group and second boy group in 2020 with over 990M streams. ‘God’s Menu’ and ‘Back Door’ were also the most streamed songs by a 4th gen boy group in 2020. Stray Kids are also the best selling 4th gen boy group in 2020 in Gaon, being 5th on 2020 Top Album Sales for Male Artists and 9th overall with over 960,000 albums sold.

And coming back to YouTube, ‘God’s Menu’ is not only the most viewed music video by a 4th gen boy group, but it was also the fastest to get to 100M. The second fastest music video to reach 100M by a 4th gen boy group is none other than ‘Back Door,’ making them the first 4th gen boy group to have multiple music videos over 100M. This year, they also reached this milestone with their 2019 release, ‘MIROH.’
In other words, the numbers don’t lie.
Stray Kids have had an immense impact, and they’re clearly one of the leaders of the fourth generation!

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March 19, 2021.
Stray Kids Teams Up With Alesso And CORSAK For “Going Dumb” Collab + Drops Lyric Video.
A lyric video has been released for Stray Kids’ “Going Dumb” collaboration with Alesso and CORSAK!
Check it out below:

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And it’s a wrap!
STAN STRAY KIDS!!

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-Reporter Aroo