Stray Kids Announce New Album “KARMA”

Stray Kids just announced the release of their next full album, KARMA. This will be a full album, and it comes out on August 22. This is Stray Kids’ first musical release of 2025 and their fourth full album. 

The social media announcement came with a minute-and-a-half-long trailer on YouTube. The main focus of the trailer is the 2081 Karma Sports event, and the winners of each of the previous events, beginning in 2074, are invited to attend. We are shown each Stray Kids member throughout the rest of the video until we are brought back to Felix, who introduces the 2081 Karma Sports event. A black and gold coin with the initials SKZ follows them throughout the video and tells the audience which year each member won. The video ends with Hyunjin flipping the coin towards the camera and “2081 Karma Sports” appearing on screen. 

Fans have gone wild with theories about the new comeback, but if there’s one thing we’ve learned from being a Stray Kids fan, it’s that we never know what they have up their sleeves. It’s exciting to wonder, but we can’t wait to see what they tease us with throughout the rest of the promotions. 

The promotional schedule is a long one and began on July 26, with Stay Week. Stray Kids’ fandom, Stay, was revealed on August 1, 2018, and every year around this time, the group and their fans celebrate. Once Stay Week concludes, the images and video teasers begin to come out. Stray Kids will release these photos and videos from July 29, until August 14. The first music video teasers come out during the week of August 15, and a few more videos will be released in the days right before the album comes out. 

There are six official album versions, and for the first time, Stray Kids are releasing vinyls as well. Here is what each album version includes:

• There are two main versions of the album—the Ceremony version and the Hooray version. They both include an outbox, photobook, CD, photo postcard set, photocard, removable sticker, mini poster, and a player ticket set if you pre-ordered the album.

• The KARMA (Limited) version includes an outsleeve, photo cover set, CD, photobook, karma wristband set, photocard, unit photocard, clear binder and photo set, and a folded poster if you pre-ordered the album. 

• The Karma Skzoo Version includes a package box, 1 Skzoo keyring, 1 acrylic NFC charm, a set of 8 photocards, 1 Skzoo profile card, 1 random photocard, and an extra photocard if you pre-ordered the album. 

• The Compact Version includes an envelope, a set of 8 trading cards, a CD, and a photocard if you pre-ordered the album. 

• The Accordion version includes a photobook, CD, CD envelope, lyric book, a 2-cut photo, one photocard, and an extra photocard if you pre-ordered the album. 

There are also three versions of the vinyls—the Target exclusive crystal clear vinyl, the Stray Kids SHOP exclusive vinyl, and the clear sapphire vinyl. Albums and vinyls are available to preorder now. 

Stray Kids comebacks have been some of our favorites, and we were surprised to see another one so soon! They are about to finish their DominATE World Tour, and now we have something new to look forward to.