After two No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 within the final 10 months, Stray Youngsters have delivered one other new challenge targeted on the Japanese market.
Launched the morning of Feb. 21 (Feb. 22 native time in Japan), The Sound marks Stray Youngsters’ first unique Japanese full-length album. The ten-track file follows up two earlier EPs that the boy band packaged for Japan with Circus from 2022 and All In from 2020. Whereas these earlier EPs consisted of half or extra remakes of their Okay-pop materials, The Sound is a majority of unique music.
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Forward of the total album at present, a number of singles previewed the LP together with “Scars” and “Thunderous (Japanese Model),” which have been each initially launched in 2021, “Case 143 (Japanese Model)” from 2022, and the rip-roaring title observe “The Sound” from January, and rhythmic ballad “There” from Feb. 15, forward of the total album at present.
Demonstrating fan anticipation for the LP, the Youngsters took excessive 5 of Billboard’s Scorching Trending Songs chart, powered by Twitter, dated Jan. 28, with the title observe at No. 1, and the cuts “DLMLU,” “Novel,” “Battle Floor” and “Misplaced Me” at Nos. 2-5, respectively.
Two tracks from The Sound are on the Japan Scorching 100 chart dated Feb. 18, 2023. After peaking at No. 14 final 12 months, “Case 143” is at No. 78 for its nineteenth week on the chart. In the meantime, “The Sound” is at No. 96 after debuting at No. 34 final week. To this point, SKZ peaked at No. 2 on the Japan Scorching 100 with “Scars” in 2021.
Whereas Stray Youngsters’ most up-to-date Korean albums have been in a position to high the Billboard 200 due to their broad availability in retail shops after signing with Republic Information, there’s no present indication that The Sound or any of the band’s different J-pop materials can be made accessible in retail shops or through bodily albums like different Korean bands (reminiscent of BTS and TOMORROW X TOGETHER) have beforehand executed.
Wanting forward, Stray Youngsters will return stateside subsequent month to make up the previously-postponed dates in Atlanta and Fort Value as a part of their Maniac World Tour, and maintain their first-ever area live shows within the U.S. for a pair of reveals at Los Angeles’ BMO Stadium on March 31 and April 2.
Stream Stray Youngsters’ The Sound right here.
