Stray Kids releases Japan encore performance live Blu-ray

Stray Kids releases a live Blu-ray of the Japanese encore performance of their second world tour, which concluded in February of last year.

Stray Kids will release the live Blu-ray 'Stray Kids 2nd World Tour "MANIAC" ENCORE in JAPAN' in Japan on February 7th. As the first live Blu-ray to be released since its official debut in Japan, it is expected to once again vividly convey the excitement of the performance of the same name, which was successfully completed in February 2023.

The Blu-ray main episode includes a stage video of the second world tour Japan encore performance held at Kyocera Dome Osaka on February 26, 2023. From powerful performances such as 'MANIAC', 'Sorikkun', 'God Menu', and 'Back Door' to the members' impromptu stages and 'Time Out', 'MIROH', etc. It contains a total of about 3 and a half hours including the encore stage.

In the fully produced limited edition, 'Stray Kids 2nd World Tour "MANIAC" in JAPAN' will be held a total of 6 times at the Kobe World Memorial Hall and Tokyo National Yoyogi Stadium 1st Gymnasium in June and July 2022, as well as an encore performance in Japan in February 2023. You can see a documentary containing the behind-the-scenes details of '. In addition, it consists of over 6 hours of member solo angle movies, director's cuts, and a special message to STAY (fandom name: STAY).

Their first EP album in Japan, 'Social Path (feat. LiSA) / Super Bowl -Japanese ver.-', released in September 2023, has sold 1 million copies in cumulative album sales. By achieving this, they became the K-pop boy group to achieve million-selling the fastest since their official debut in the local market. After its release, the album topped major local charts such as Oricon and Billboard Japan, and once again rose to No. 1 on Oricon's daily album rankings as of January 14th.

Meanwhile, Stray Kids was recently nominated for various awards ceremonies in the United States. They were named in the 'Group and Duo of the Year' category at the 'People's Choice Awards' to be held on February 18th (local time), and they will be selected for the '2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards' (2024) to be held on April 1st. iHeartRadio Music Awards), including 'K-Pop Artist of the Year' and the title song 'Special' of the 3rd full-length album '★★★★★ (5-STAR)', the third number one work on the Billboard main chart 'Billboard 200'. ' and 'K-Pop Song of the Year' were nominated in a total of two categories.

Kim Se-ah, Ten Asia reporter haesmik@tenasia.co.kr