STAYs, buckle up. Stray Kids are not doing the quiet “thank you for eight years” thing. They’re throwing a week-long party, dropping a digital vault of unreleased tracks, launching a brand-new mini album, and kicking off a world tour that already has Tokyo National Stadium in its sights. All of it is happening right now.
STAYweeK 2026: The Gift That Keeps Giving
From July 26 to August 1, Stray Kids flipped the script and celebrated STAY’s 8th anniversary instead of their own. The centerpiece? SKZ-REPLAY 2026 Pt.1, which dropped at midnight KST on August 1. Seventeen tracks. Most of them previously unreleased or only floating around as SKZ-Player/SKZ-Record cuts, solo stages, and pure fan gifts.
You’re getting the full Korean version of “Battle Ground,” Bang Chan’s “Roman Empire” and “BABY,” Hyunjin’s “LOVER” and “MIC & BRUSH,” multiple Seungmin joints, Han’s “Raining Stars” and “Don’t Say,” live versions, and the earlier single “STAY.” It’s basically a treasure chest of everything the members have been sitting on.
On top of the music, the week was stacked:
- Short-form web drama This & That: The Secret of STAY Company
- New episodes of 2026 ^ㅅ^ SKZ CODE and SKZ LOG
- Fanmeeting behind-the-scenes footage
- An 0801 Mini Live special broadcast
- Offline STAY BIRTHDAY CAFE “Star, Light” still running in Seongsu, Seoul through early August
- Eight years in and they’re still treating the anniversary like a full content festival.
New Mini Album: THIS & THAT Drops August 7
Five days after the Seoul tour leg wraps, Stray Kids are back with a brand-new mini album. THIS & THAT arrives August 7 at 1 PM KST. Eight tracks, every single one produced by 3RACHA. The pre-released title track “RUN IT” already has STAYs in a chokehold, and the rest of the tracklist looks just as stacked: “This & That,” “After You,” “FARMING,” “I Do,” “Way Out,” “Back Then,” plus a Festival Version of the title track.
This is classic Stray Kids energy — no filler, full control, and zero interest in playing it safe.
World Tour: RUN IT Is Already Moving
The Seoul opening leg at KSPO Dome just finished its sold-out run (July 25, 26, 29, August 1 & 2). Next stop is massive: Tokyo National Stadium on August 29–30. Stray Kids will become the first foreign male artist to hold a solo concert there. That’s not a small flex.
From there the tour rolls through Japan (Nagoya, Osaka, Fukuoka), then Asia (Hong Kong, Taipei, Bangkok, Singapore), Latin America, and beyond. They’ve also locked in Rock in Rio in Brazil this September and their own STRAYCITY festival events across Latin America. Full dates are still rolling out, but the scale is already clear — this is one of their biggest world tours yet.
What’s Happening Right Now
| Date | Activity |
| Aug 1 | SKZ-REPLAY 2026 Pt.1 + Mini Live + STAYweeK finale |
| Aug 2 | Final Seoul RUN IT concert |
| Aug 7 | Mini album THIS & THAT drops |
| Late Aug | Tokyo National Stadium shows |
| September onward | International tour + festivals |
Stray Kids are currently in that rare zone where anniversary gifts, a new album, and the start of a major world tour are all overlapping at once. STAYs are getting flooded with content, and the members show zero signs of slowing down.
Eight years deep and they’re still accelerating. The only question left is how loud the rest of 2026 is going to get.
