The group Stray Kids is achieving global success with a new release that caps off 2025.
Stray Kids released their new album SKZ IT TAPE (SKZ IT TAPE) "DO IT" and the double title tracks "Do It" and "Shinseonnoreum" on the 21st. The album debuted at No. 1 on the worldwide and European iTunes album charts dated the 21st and reached No. 1 on the iTunes album charts in 37 overseas regions including Singapore, Canada and France on a cumulative basis. The new song "Do It" also debuted at No. 1 on the worldwide and European iTunes song charts and topped the iTunes song charts in 20 overseas regions including Brazil, Sweden and Thailand. With this, Stray Kids swept the No. 1 positions on the worldwide and European iTunes album and song charts.
They also achieved a career high on the world's largest music streaming platform, Spotify. Previously, they became the first K-pop album to reach No. 1 on Spotify's "Countdown Chart Global Top 10," which ranks weekly by users' pre-save counts, and held the top spot for three consecutive weeks. Before the album release, they recorded 1 million pre-saves on the "Spotify Countdown," a metric showing user interest based on pre-save counts, marking the first time for a K-pop album.
The title track "Do It" recorded more than 3.33 million plays on Spotify's daily top songs global chart dated the 21st, reaching a personal best of No. 11, and in the U.S. it rose sharply from the group's previous best of No. 49 with "CEREMONY" to No. 13, making new history for the group. The double title track "Shinseonnoreum" also ranked No. 23 globally on the daily top songs chart and No. 49 in the U.S. The album achieved million-selling status in one day, selling 1.49 million copies on the day of release according to Hanteo Chart, and swept No. 1 on Hanteo Chart's weekly physical album chart (Nov. 17–23, 2025) and Circle Chart's weekly retail album chart (Nov. 16–22, 2025).
The "Do It" music video rose to No. 1 on YouTube music video trending worldwide around 4 p.m. on the 21st and remained at the top for the fourth day through the morning of the 24th. The music video, which depicts modern-day "seons" (hermits) Stray Kids coloring a dystopian Seoul with light and energy, adds viewing pleasure with space staging that transforms into a festival atmosphere to match the repeating chorus and the eight members' powerful performances, and surpassed 31 million views on YouTube.
Stray Kids will accelerate their hit streak by releasing the digital single "Do It (Remixes)" at 2 p.m. today (the 24th) (midnight U.S. Eastern Time). The digital single includes six remix versions of "Do It" to enjoy the song more diversely: the original version, Overdrive, Turbo, Sped Up, Slowed Down and Instrumental. Along with the tracks, the music video for one of the double title tracks, "Do It (Overdrive Version)," will be released through official social media channels.
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