SKZ2020

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SKZ2020
Stray Kids - SKZ2020.jpg
Regular edition and digital cover
Compilation album by
ReleasedMarch 18, 2020
Length90:29
Language
  • Japanese
  • Korean
Label
Producer
  • 3Racha
  • Hong Ji-sang
  • DallasK
  • Earattack
  • Lamook
  • Gongdo
  • Armadillo
  • Rangga
  • Trippy
  • Lee Woo-min "Collapsedone"
  • Fredrik "Fredro" Ödesjö
  • HotSauce
  • Kim Mong-e
  • Time
  • Justin Reinstein
  • Yong Jong-sung (MonoTree)
  • Song Ha-eun
  • Brian Atwood
  • Glory Face (Full8loom)
  • Jake K (Artiffect)
  • Kairos
  • SamUIL
  • K.O
  • Chan
  • Tak1
  • Take
  • Grvvity
  • Lorenzo Cosi
  • YK Koi
Stray Kids chronology
Clé: Levanter
(2020)
SKZ2020
(2020)
Go Live
(2020)
Singles from SKZ2020
  1. "My Pace (Japanese ver.)"
    Released: January 31, 2020
  2. "Double Knot (Japanese ver.)"
    Released: February 18, 2020
  3. "Levanter (Japanese ver.)"
    Released: March 9, 2020

SKZ2020 is the first compilation album by South Korean boy band Stray Kids. It was released on March 18, 2020, through Epic Records Japan, and JYP Entertainment, as the group's Japanese debut release. This consists of twenty-seven tracks that the group had released previously, but re-recorded versions consisting of their current lineup, following the departure of Woojin from the group in late October 2019. [1]

Contents

SKZ2020 preceded by the Japanese version of "My Pace", "Double Knot", and "Levanter". [2] [3] In Japan, the album was released physically in four versions: first press limited, regular, period time limited, and complete limited edition (cassette tape). [4] SKZ2020 debuted at number three on both the Oricon Albums Chart, [5] and the Billboard Japan Hot Albums, [6] selling 36,347 copies in Japan as of March 2020. [7] In the United States, the album entered the Billboard World Albums at number fourteen, selling 1,000 units in its first week. [8]

Track listing

First press limited and regular edition – CD, digital download, streaming
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Levanter" (; Japanese version)
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Hong Ji-sang
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Hong
3:17
2."Double Knot" (Japanese version)
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • KM-Markit
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Nick Furlong
  • DallasK
  • DallasK
  • Bang Chan
3:11
3."My Pace" (Japanese version)
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • KM-Markit
  • Park [a]
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Earattack
  • Larmook
  • Earattack
  • Larmook
  • Gongdo
3:11
4."Hellevator" (from Mixtape , 2018)
  • Armadillo
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Armadillo
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Rangga
  • Armadillo
  • Bang Chan
  • Rangga
3:59
5."Beware" (Grrr 총량의 법칙; from Mixtape, 2018)
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Trippy
  • 1take
  • Trippy
3:10
6."Spread My Wings" (어린 날개; from Mixtape, 2018)
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Trippy
  • Trippy
3:22
7."Yayaya" (from Mixtape, 2018)
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Earattack
  • Earattack
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Earattack
3:21
8."District 9" (from I Am Not , 2018)
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Trippy
  • Trippy
  • Bang Chan
3:33
9."Mirror" (from I Am Not, 2018)
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Lee Woo-min "Collapsedone"
  • Fredrik "Fredro" Ödesjö
  • Collapsedone
  • Ödesjö
3:42
10."Grow Up" (잘 하고 있어; from I Am Not, 2018)
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Trippy
  • Trippy
  • Bang Chan
3:33
11."My Pace" (from I Am Who , 2018)
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Park [a]
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Earattack
  • Larmook
  • Earattack
  • Larmook
  • Gongdo
3:10
12."Voices" (from I Am Who, 2018)
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Trippy
  • Trippy
  • Bang Chan
3:22
13."Question" (from I Am Who, 2018)
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • HotSauce
HotSauce3:04
14."M.I.A." (from I Am Who, 2018)
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Kim Mung-i
  • Kim Mong-e
  • Bang Chan
3:31
15."Awkward Silence" (갑자기 분위기 싸해질 필요 없잖아요; from I Am Who, 2018)
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Time
Time3:15
16."I Am You" (from I Am You , 2018)
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Collapsedone
  • Justin Reinstein
  • KZ
  • Zene the Zilla
  • Collapsedone
  • Reinstein
3:26
17."Get Cool" (from I Am You, 2018)
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Inner Child (MonoTree)
  • Yong Jong-sung (MonoTree)
  • Inner Child
  • Song Ha-eun
  • Totem
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Yong Jong-sung
  • Song Ha-eun
3:16
18."Miroh" (from Clé 1: Miroh , 2019)
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Brian Atwood
  • Atwood
  • Bang Chan
3:28
19."Victory Song" (승전가; from Clé 1: Miroh, 2019)
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Earattack
  • Larmook
  • Earattack
  • Larmook
3:18
20."Boxer" (from Clé 1: Miroh, 2019)
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Glory Face (Full8loom)
  • Jake K (Artiffect)
  • Glory Face
  • Jake K
3:22
21."Chronosaurus" (from Clé 1: Miroh, 2019)
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Bang Chan
  • Kairos
  • SamUIL
  • Kairos
  • SamUIL
  • K.O
3:20
22."19" (from Clé 1: Miroh, 2019)Han
  • Bang Chan
  • Han
Chan3:26
23."Side Effects" (부작용; from Clé 2: Yellow Wood , 2019)
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Tak
  • 1Take
  • Tak
  • 1Take
3:15
24."TMT" (별생각; from Clé 2: Yellow Wood, 2019)
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Time
  • Grvvity
  • Time
  • Grvvity
3:29
25."Double Knot" (from Clé: Levanter , 2019)
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Furlong
  • DallasK
  • DallasK
  • Bang Chan
3:11
26."Levanter" (바람; from Clé: Levanter, 2019)
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Park
  • Analog
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Hong
Hong3:17
27."Astronaut" (from Clé: Levanter, 2019)
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Lorenzo Cosi
  • YK Koi
  • Lorenzo Cosi
  • YK Koi
3:00
Total length:90:29
First press limited edition – DVD
No.TitleDirector(s)Length
1."Stray Kids Japan Showcase 2019 "Hi-Stay" Live"  
2."Levanter" (Japanese version; music video)Ziyong Kim (FantazyLab)3:27
3."Levanter" (music video)Ziyong Kim3:27
4."Astronaut" (music video)Pinklabel Visual3:23
Period limited and complete limited edition – CD, cassette
No.TitleLength
1."Levanter" (Japanese version)3:17
2."Double Knot" (Japanese version)3:11
3."My Pace" (Japanese version)3:11
4."Hellevator"3:59
5."District 9"3:33
6."Grow Up"3:33
7."My Pace"3:10
8."I Am You"3:26
9."Get Cool"3:16
10."Miroh"3:28
11."Victory Song"3:18
12."Side Effects"3:15
13."Double Knot"3:11
14."Levanter"3:17
Total length:47:05

Notes

Charts

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabel
JapanMarch 18, 2020 CD, CD+DVD, digital download, streaming Epic
VariousDigital download, streaming

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