''Mixtape'' is a pre-debut

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(EP) by South Korean boy group

Stray Kids Stray Kids (often abbreviated to SKZ; ) is a South Korean boy band formed by JYP Entertainment. The band consists of eight members: Bang Chan, Lee Know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han (musician), Han, Felix (rapper), Felix, Seungmin, and I.N. For un ...

. The EP was released digitally and physically on January 8, 2018 by

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and distributed through

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. It consists of seven songs, all of which were performed on their eponymous reality show. The album sold 45,249 physical copies in January.

Background and development

The South Korean Boy Group

was formed by

in 2017 through a reality survival show titled Stray Kids Stray Kids (often abbreviated to SKZ; ) is a South Korean boy band formed by JYP Entertainment. The band consists of eight members: Bang Chan, Lee Know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han (musician), Han, Felix (rapper), Felix, Seungmin, and I.N. For un ...
broadcast by

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. During the show, the contestants performed seven new songs that were co-written and co-composed by themselves. Most of the song was produced by 3Racha, Stray Kids pre-debut Hiphop and Producing Unit, but got remastered during the show. ''Mixtape'' was the first album released by the boy group as a pre-debut album that released before the group's official debut. On December 28, 2017, the boy group posted a track list image about the pre-debut album ''Mixtape'' release date. The image created a dark atmosphere by overlapping the

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of the nine Stray Kids members and the shape of a

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reminiscent of a

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. The album release date was announced with the phrase ‘2018.01.08’ in the center of the cassette tape. In addition, the track list for the album 'Mixtape' was also revealed. This album contains 7 tracks of self-composed songs performed by members while going through each stage of missions on Mnet's ''Stray Kids'', which covers the debut process of Stray Kids.

Track listing

Credits adapted from

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Charts

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Release history

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References

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