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Mixtape is a pre-debutextended play (EP) by South Korean boy groupStray Kids. The EP was released digitally and physically on January 8, 2018 byJYP Entertainment and distributed throughGenie Music. It consists of seven songs, all of which were performed on theireponymous reality show.[2][3] The album sold 45,249 physical copies in January.[4]
The South Korean Boy GroupStray Kids was formed byJYP Entertainment in 2017 through a reality survival show titledStray Kids broadcast byMnet.[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 albumMixtape release date. The image created a dark atmosphere by overlapping thesilhouettes of the nine Stray Kids members and the shape of acassette tape reminiscent of amixtape. 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'sStray Kids, which covers the debut process of Stray Kids.[7]
^"스트레이키즈, 1월 8일 전격 데뷔 "자작곡 수록"" [Stray Kids pre-debut "Self-produced Tracks" will be released on January 8th].News1 (in Korean). December 28, 2017. RetrievedJanuary 16, 2024.
^"Mixtape".www.melon.com (in Korean). Retrieved14 November 2018.
