Mixtape (Stray Kids EP)

Mixtape is a pre-debut extended play (EP) by South Korean boy group Stray Kids. The EP was released digitally and physically on January 8, 2018 by JYP Entertainment and distributed through Genie Music. It consists of seven songs, all of which were performed on their eponymous reality show.^[2][3] The album sold 45,249 physical copies in January.^[4]

Mixtape
EP by Stray Kids
Released	January 8, 2018 (2018-01-08)
Recorded	2017
Studio	JYPE Studios
Genre	K-pop hip-hop[1]
Length	24:02
Language	Korean
Label	JYP Genie
Producer	J. Y. Park "The Asiansoul" (exec.) Armadillo 3Racha earattack Matthew Engst Garden Jinjjasanai Tobias Karlsson Kim Sang-mi Brandon Lowry Rangga This N That Trippy
Stray Kids chronology
Mixtape (2018) I Am Not (2018)
Singles from Mixtape
"Hellevator" Released: November 1, 2017 (2017-11-01) "Beware" Released: January 8, 2018 (2018-01-08)

Background and development

The South Korean Boy Group Stray Kids was formed by JYP Entertainment in 2017 through a reality survival show titled Stray Kids broadcast by Mnet.^[5] 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.^[6]

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 silhouettes of the nine Stray Kids members and the shape of a cassette tape reminiscent of a mixtape. 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.^[7]

Track listing

Credits adapted from Melon^[8]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Hellevator"	Armadillo 3Racha[a]	Armadillo 3Racha Rangga	Armadillo Bang Chan (3Racha) Rangga	4:01
2.	"Beware" (Grrr 총량의 법칙[b])	3Racha	3Racha Armadillo Trippy 1take	Trippy	3:09
3.	"Spread My Wings" (어린 날개[c])	3Racha	3Racha Trippy	Trippy	3:18
4.	"Yayaya"	3Racha earattack	earattack 3Racha	earattack	3:21
5.	"Glow"	Seo Chang-bin (3Racha) Felix Lee Min-ho	Bang Chan (3Racha) This N That	Bang Chan (3Racha) Garden This N That	3:24
6.	"School Life"	3Racha Yang Jeong-in Kim Woojin This N That	Brandon Lowry Tobias Karlsson Matthew Engst Han Ji-sung (3Racha) Kim Woojin Kim Sang-mi Thrice Noble	Brandon Lowry Tobias Karlsson Matthew Engst Kim Sang-mi Thrice Noble	3:36
7.	"4419"	3Racha Kim Seung-min Hwang Hyun-jin	3Racha Jinjjasanai	Jinjjasanai	3:13
Total length:					24:02

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2018–2023) Peak position Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[9] 33 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[10] 47 New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ)[11] 9 South Korean Albums (Gaon)[12] 2 UK Independent Album Breakers (OCC)[13] 18 US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[14] 6 US Independent Albums (Billboard)[15] 22 US World Albums (Billboard)[16] 2

Year-end charts Chart (2018) Position South Korean Albums (Gaon)[17] 71

Certifications

Certifications for Mixtape

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
South Korea (KMCA)[18]	Platinum	250,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release history and formats for Mixtape

Region	Date	Format	Distributor	Ref.
Various	January 8, 2018	Digital download	JYP Entertainment Genie Music	[19]
South Korea				[20]
		CD		[21]

Notes

1. Normally in track's credit, 3Racha is separated as Bang Chan (3Racha), Seo Chang-bin (3Racha), and Han Ji-sung (3Racha).
2. Grrr Chongnyang-ui Beopchik lit. "Grrr Law of total quantity"
3. Eorin Nalgae lit. "Young wings"

References

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3. Go, Seung-ah. "[팝's신곡]"JYP 신예의 첫걸음"…스트레이키즈 표 '믹스 테잎'". Naver (in Korean). Herald Pop. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
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