Giant (Stray Kids song)

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"Giant"
Single by Stray Kids
from the album Giant
Language
  • Japanese
  • English
ReleasedNovember 13, 2024
Studio
  • JYPE (Seoul)
  • Channie's "Room" (Seoul)
Genre
Length2:54
Label Epic Japan
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Yohei
Stray Kids singles chronology
"Come Play"
(2024)		"Giant"
(2024)		"Walkin on Water"
(2024)
Music video
"Giant" on YouTube

"Giant" is a song by South Korean boy band Stray Kids, taken from their second Japanese-language studio album Giant (2024). It was released as a single through Epic Records Japan on November 13, 2024, concurrently with the album and its music video.

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Background and release

On September 30, 2024, Stray Kids announced their second Japanese-language studio album, titled Giant . [1] The track list was revealed on October 11, which the title track "Giant" appears as the first track. [2] The song was released alongside the album on November 13. [3]

Composition

Stray Kids' in-house production team 3Racha—Bang Chan, Changbin, and Han—wrote "Giant" alongside Restart and Chae Gang-hae. Yohei was in charge of the song's Japanese lyrics. "Giant" is a combination of boom bap and dubstep with strong bass and synthesizer sounds. [4] Lyrically, the song expresses "working hard and refusing to take anything for granted, no matter how famous you get." [5]

Music video

An accompanying music video for "Giant" premiered on November 13, 2024, in conjunction with the album and the song releases. Directed by Novvkim, [6] the video depicts Stray Kids in the underground, where they are built what looks like an upscaled ant farm. The members also collect and gather bejewelled eggs to complete their base. [7]

Live performances

Stray Kids included "Giant" on the setlist on the Japan shows of their Dominate World Tour, where they gave the debut performance at Tokyo Dome on November 14, 2024. [8] The group performed the song for the first time on television at Best Artist 2024 on November 30, [9] and later 2024 FNS Music Festival on December 4. [10]

Credits and personnel

Personnel

Locations

Charts

Chart performance for "Giant"
Chart (2024)Peak
position
Japan (Japan Hot 100) [11] 82
Japan Digital Singles (Oricon) [12] 26
UK Singles Downloads (OCC) [13] 46
UK Singles Sales (OCC) [14] 53
US World Digital Song Sales ( Billboard ) [15] 2

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