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Stray Kids – KARMA – Target Exclusive Compact Disc
KARMA is Stray Kids' fourth Korean-language studio album, built around an imagined competition in the year 2081 called the Karma Sports. The concept turns stadium ceremony, rivalry, and victory into a visual frame for eleven tracks about conviction and collective momentum. Bang Chan, Changbin, and HAN of 3RACHA again anchor the writing and production, keeping the project connected to the group's self-directed catalog. The music moves through hip-hop, electronic pop, rock accents, and chants shaped for large-scale performance.
“BLEEP” begins with a refusal to let outside noise define the group. “CEREMONY” expands that confidence into the album's central event, using brassy impact and a repeated hook that resembles an entrance procession. “CREED” treats belief as something demonstrated through action, while “MESS” acknowledges the disorder that can accompany ambition. The first part of the album therefore does not present success as calm or effortless. It sounds like preparation occurring while the contest is already underway.
“In My Head” turns inward, examining the mental noise that follows even when the public performance appears controlled. “Half Time” restores a competitive frame, using the pause between halves as a moment to regroup rather than stop. “Phoenix” draws on the image of return after destruction, and “Ghost” shifts toward what remains unseen but persistent. The changing textures keep the sports concept from becoming one repeated anthem, allowing individual songs to address doubt, recovery, and memory from different angles.
“0801” is placed near the end as a direct expression of the group's bond with STAY, using the fandom's anniversary date as its title. After that emotional center, two alternate versions of “CEREMONY” revisit the lead track. The Festival Version emphasizes communal energy, while the English Version carries the hook into another language. Including both versions on the physical program makes the album's central song function as opening event, celebration, and international statement rather than a single fixed recording.
The Target-exclusive physical package is supplied at random in either the CEREMONY or HOORAY version. Standard components include an outbox, photobook, CD, one random photocard from eight, a photo postcard set, removable sticker, mini poster, and player-ticket set, plus a US/EU retail-exclusive postcard. The Target configuration adds an edition-specific random photocard. A factory-sealed order cannot guarantee which outer version, individual member card, or randomized design is inside.
Brand new, never played and still sealed in the factory plastic
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