“Skzhop Hiptape” combines the acronym for Stray Kids with the hip-hop genre, “creating a unique name that reflects a new genre exclusive to Stray Kids.”
The project’s first edition, “HOP,” refers to hop, a Korean word for harmony completed by the eight members of Stray Kids, and also to the “hop” from the hip-hop genre, according to its agency.
The band’s latest release, “ATE,” topped the Billboard 200 albums chart for five straight weeks starting on Aug. 3 and, as of Sept. 30, stands as the best-selling K-pop album in the United States so far this year, according to its agency.
Stray Kids released its second full-length Japanese album, “Giant,” on Wednesday, which claimed the top spot on Japan’s Oricon daily album chart on the day of its release.
BY YOON SEUNG-JIN [yoon.seungjin@joongang.co.kr]
