Stray Kids gears up for new mini-album ‘ATE’

Stray Kids is set to make a statement comeback with the release of its ninth mini-album “ATE” on Friday, July 19.

“ATE” marks the group’s first Korean album release in eight months since its eighth EP “Rock-Star, which is their fourth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart after “Oddinary,” “Maxident,” and “5-Star.”

The new mini-album will feature eight tracks: “Chk Chk Boom”, “Mountains,” “JJAM,” “I Like It,” “Runners,” “Twilight,” “Stray Kids,” and “Chk Chk Boom (Festival Ver.).”

Stray Kids unveiled two music video teasers for its new title track “Chk Chk Boom,” composed by the group’s producing team “3RACHA” (Bang Chan, Changbin, Han), Dallas Koehlke, Ronnie Icon, and BB ELLIOT.

Hollywood star Ryan Reynolds, who plays the character of Deadpool, made a cameo in the first music video teaser.

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Stray Kids is set to embark on a new world tour “dominATE.”

“dominATE” is the group’s third world tour following the success of their second world tour “Maniac” held from April 2022 to April 2023.

The tour will  kick off with four performances at KSPO Dome on Aug. 24 and Aug. 25, Aug. 31 and Sept. 1.

Following the Seoul concerts, the group will hold its world tour across 11 cities in Asia and Australia until January 2025.

Specific dates and venues for the band’s tour in North America, Latin America, and Europe are yet to be announced.

The eight-piece act recently headlined two major music festivals in Europe namely: I-Days in Milan and BST Hyde Park, making them the first K-pop boy group to headline the said events.

Stray Kids is scheduled to headline Lollapalooza Chicago music festival on Aug. 2.

On July 24, the group will release a new song titled “Slash” as part of Marvel Studios’ “Deadpool & Wolverine” soundtrack. The film will hit theaters on July 26.

“Slash” comes three years after the group did its Deadpool-inspired “Kingdom: Legendary War” performance in 2021.