SKZ-Replay

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SKZ-Replay
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Compilation album by
ReleasedDecember 21, 2022
Studio
  • Channie's "Room" (Seoul)
  • JYPE (Seoul)
  • Jisang's (Seoul)
Length80:01
Language
  • Korean
  • English
Label
Producer
  • 3Racha
  • Versachoi
  • HotSauce
  • Millionboy
  • Nickko Young
  • Shim Eun-jee
  • Hong Ji-sang
  • Semi Kim
  • Bush
  • Nick Lee
  • Josh Wei
Stray Kids chronology
Maxident
(2022)
SKZ-Replay
(2022)
The Sound
(2023)
Singles from SKZ-Replay
  1. "Fam (Korean ver.)"
    Released: December 21, 2022 (2022-12-21)

SKZ-Replay is the third compilation album by South Korean boy band Stray Kids. It was released digitally on December 21, 2022, through JYP Entertainment and Republic Records. Consisting of 25 tracks, the album split into two sides: the A-side contains ten songs, eight performed solo and two performed by the group as a whole, and the B-side includes fifteen original songs from their video series SKZ-Player and SKZ-Record.

Contents

Background

Stray Kids released the video series SKZ-Player and SKZ-Record to showcase their self-written songs and covers, as well as other non-promotional projects published unofficially on various online video platforms. [1] SKZ-Player was released as music videos, [2] while SKZ-Record was released as audio-only videos. [3] The first video from the SKZ-Player series was Lee Know, Hyunjin, and Felix's choreography video, uploaded on August 26, 2018. [4] The first video of SKZ-Record was Seungmin's cover of "Start Over", originally performed by Gaho for the television series Itaewon Class , published on May 4, 2020. [5] "Fam" was originally recorded in Japanese and included on Stray Kids' debut Japanese-language EP All In , released on November 4, 2020. [6] The music video for the unreleased track "#LoveStay" was uploaded on December 31, 2021, as a tribute to the group's fans, collectively called "Stay". [7]

Release and promotion

On January 1, 2022, JYP Entertainment uploaded the video "Step Out 2022", which outlined Stray Kids' accomplishments in 2021 and goals for the new year, including plans for an album that collected songs from the SKZ-Player and SKZ-Record series. [8] At their "Seoul Special (Unveil 11)" show of Maniac World Tour on September 17, the group debuted the Korean version of "Fam" during the encore. [9] On November 9, Stray Kids revealed the souvenirs for the third-generation official fan club recruitment, including a promotional CD for the album titled SKZ-Replay. They stated that the album would be released digitally in December 2022 and consist of an A and B-side; the CD would contain only songs from the A-side. [10] One month later, on December 14, SKZ-Replay was formally announced for release on December 21. [11] The track listing was revealed over the following two days. It consists of 25 tracks, including eight new tracks performed as solos by each member, besides the previously published tracks. [12] An accompanying music video for the Korean version of "Fam" was also uploaded on the same day as the album's release. [13] [14]

Track listing

SKZ-Replay track listing – A-side
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Fam" (Korean version)
  • Bang Chan (3Racha)
  • Changbin (3Racha)
  • Han (3Racha)
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Versachoi [a]
  • Bang Chan
  • Versachoi
3:32
2."Connected" (Bang Chan)Bang Chan
  • Bang Chan
  • Versachoi
  • Bang Chan
  • Versachoi
2:51
3."Limbo" (나지막이; Lee Know)Lee Know
  • Lee Know
  • HotSauce
HotSauce3:17
4."Doodle" (Changbin)Changbin
  • Changbin
  • Millionboy
  • Millionboy
  • Bang Chan
3:04
5."Love Untold" (Hyunjin)Hyunjin
  • Hyunjin
  • Bang Chan
  • Bang Chan
  • Nickko Young
3:30
6."Run" (Han)Han
  • Han
  • Bang Chan
Bang Chan2:58
7."Deep End" (Felix)Felix
  • Shim Eun-jee
  • Felix
Shim Eun-jee3:28
8."Stars and Raindrops" (내려요; Seungmin)
  • Seungmin
  • Hong Ji-sang
  • Seungmin
  • Hong Ji-sang
Hong Ji-sang3:49
9."Hug Me" (안아줄게요; I.N)I.N
  • I.N
  • Bang Chan
  • Nickko Young
  • Bang Chan
  • Nickko Young
3:00
10."#LoveStay"
  • Hyunjin
  • Felix
  • I.N
  • Hyunjin
  • Semi Kim
  • Semi Kim
  • Bang Chan
3:17
Total length:32:46
SKZ-Replay track listing – B-side
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Zone" (Bang Chan, Changbin, Han)
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Bang Chan
3:32
2."Close" (Han)Han
  • Han
  • Bang Chan
Bang Chan3:46
3."Streetlight" (Changbin featuring Bang Chan)Changbin
  • Changbin
  • Bang Chan
Bang Chan3:09
4."I Hate to Admit" (인정하기 싫어; Bang Chan)Bang ChanBang ChanBang Chan2:50
5."I Got It" (Han)Han
  • Han
  • Bang Chan
Bang Chan2:50
6."Miss You" (꼬마별; Hyunjin)Hyunjin
  • Hyunjin
  • Bush
Bush3:08
7."Maknae on Top" (막내온탑; I.N featuring Bang Chan, Changbin)
  • I.N
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • I.N
  • Bang Chan
Bang Chan2:33
8."Alien" (외계인; Han)Han
  • Han
  • Bang Chan
Bang Chan3:19
9."Because" (좋으니까; Changbin, Felix)
  • Changbin
  • Felix
  • Changbin
  • Bang Chan
Bang Chan3:18
10."Piece of a Puzzle" (조각; Changbin, Seungmin)
  • Changbin
  • Seungmin
  • Changbin
  • Seungmin
  • Bang Chan
Bang Chan2:53
11."Wish You Back" (Han)Han
  • Han
  • Bang Chan
Bang Chan3:18
12."Happy" (Han)Han
  • Han
  • Bang Chan
Bang Chan3:29
13."Up All Night" (오늘 밤 나는 불을 켜; Bang Chan, Changbin, Felix, Seungmin)
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Bang Chan
  • Nick Lee
  • Josh Wei
  • Nick Lee
  • Josh Wei
  • Bang Chan
3:21
14."Drive" (Bang Chan, Lee Know)
  • Bang Chan
  • Lee Know
  • Bang Chan
  • Taalthechoi [a]
Taalthechoi2:44
15."Ice.Cream" (Hyunjin)Hyunjin
  • Hyunjin
  • Bang Chan
Bang Chan2:50
Total length:47:00

Notes

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Technical

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Charts

Release history

Release dates and formats for SKZ-Replay
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
VariousDecember 21, 2022 [21]

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