The group Stray Kids showed their global album power by topping the Oricon Monthly Album Chart with their first full-length album in Japan.

Stray Kids' first full-length Japanese album "THE SOUND," released on February 22, reached the top of the Oricon monthly album chart in February 2023.

Stray Kids also took first place in the latest weekly combined album ranking (02.20-02.26), and from the chart from February 21st to the 27th, Oricon Daily Album Ranking for 7 days in a row, followed by the weekly album ranking (02.20-02.26). ) Also, those who won first place once again reached the top of the Oricon chart, proving their hot local popularity.

'THE SOUND' is the title song of the same name, followed by 'Battle Ground', 'Lost Me', 'DLMLU', 'Novel', 'Scars' ( Scales), 'There' and mini album 'MAXIDENT' title song 'CASE 143' (Case One Four Three) and b-side song 'Chill out', 2nd regular album 'NOEASY' (Noisy) title song 'Singer' ' It contains a total of 10 songs, including the Japanese version. Bang Chan, Changbin, and Han of the group's producing team, 3RACHA, were in charge of writing and composing the title song, and members Hyunjin and Seungmin also participated in the production of track 4 'DLMLU' and track 5 'Novel', respectively, demonstrating their 'self-producing group' capabilities. boasted

Stray Kids is currently actively developing their 2nd world tour 'Stray Kids 2nd World Tour "MANIAC"' with 42 concerts in 18 cities around the world. On February 11th and 12th, at Saitama Super Arena in Japan, and at Kyocera Dome Osaka on February 25th and 26th, they successfully completed their encore concert in Japan, which recorded a total of 4 sold-out tickets. In particular, through the Osaka Dan-Con, they succeeded in entering the Japanese dome performance hall for the first time in their debut amidst heated cheers.

Stray Kids, who are showing their true value as 'performance restaurants' all over the world, will hold a DanCon in Manila, Philippines on March 11th and 12th. Then, after meeting fans in Atlanta and Fort Worth, USA, on March 31 and April 2 (local time), they will decorate the finale of their second world tour with encore performances at the Bank of California Stadium in Los Angeles, USA.

ParkJun Ha