Do It (mixtape)

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Do It
Black-and-white photograph of Stray Kids wearing black hats posing in front of large rocks with pink and gray frames
Digital cover
Mixtape / EP by
Stray Kids
ReleasedNovember 21, 2025
Studio
  • JYP (Seoul)
  • Channie's "Room" (Seoul)
Length14:13
Language
  • Korean
  • English
Label
Producer
Stray Kids chronology
Karma
(2025) 		Do It
(2025)
Singles from Do It
  1. "Do It"
    Released: November 21, 2025
  2. "Divine"
    Released: November 21, 2025

Do It is the second mixtape by South Korean boy band Stray Kids. It was released on November 21, 2025, through JYP Entertainment and Republic Records. Marketed as a "SKZ It Tape" record, the mixtape is a follow-up to the "SKZhop Hiptape" record Hop (2024). Similar to its predecessors, 3Racha—Bang Chan, Changbin, and Han—worked on Do It with Space Primates, JBach, Versachoi, Nickko Young, and 2Spade. The mixtape was supported by the dual lead singles: the title track and "Divine", accompanied by each music video.

Background

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In December 2024, Stray Kids released the first mixtape Hop, which was marketed as "SKZhop Hiptape". It contains " 'Stray Kids' only-new-genre' songs that have not been officially defined."[1] The next year, in January, the band uploaded the video "Step Out 2025", outlining their accomplishments in 2024 and plans for the next year, including two albums release.[2] The first work is the band's fourth studio album Karma in August.[3] The album was supported by the encore shows of the Dominate World Tour, titled Dominate: Celebrate, at Incheon Asiad Main Stadium on October 18 and 19.[4]

During the encore concerts, Stray Kids spoiled various mysterious phrases via their costumes, such as "It Tape" and "Do It".[5] On the day of the final show, the band surprisingly announced the upcoming "SKZ It Tape" project, titled Do It, by playing the trailer on screen and later uploaded it to their social media.[6] Set in modern and minimalist mansion, the trailer features all eight members as present-day divines (seonin), who "create cracks and change in a world that has come to a standstill." They possess a distinct energy and face the fear and oppression through whispers and spell-like actions. Eventually, the silent world breaks apart and visually changes from black-and-white to colors.[7]

Stray Kids named a type of record "SKZ It Tape", as well as the previous "SKZHop Hiptape" for Hop, to differentiate it from their regular studio albums and EPs, as the band wants to explore the diversity of music more freely outside conventional releases,[8] and described Do It as a "calm hustle spirit" of "let's just do it like we have been doing so far," following a period of self-celebration in Karma.[9]

Music and lyrics

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Do It consists of four tracks, totaling 14 minutes and 13 seconds in length. The mixtape opens with the reggaeton-based title track,[10] which expresses the message of "don't hesitate, trust your instincts, and move forward"[11] by "just do[ing] it".[12] Self-dubbed as a "new pop", "Divine" includes boom bap-based old-school hip-hop sound with traditional Korean music elements of gutgeori's rhythm "deong gideok kung deoreoreo".[13] It expresses the "breaking free from the constraints of the world and enjoying everything as if it were a new adventure."[14] "Holiday" serves as a "break" of the mixtape with a "warmed" and "exhilarated" energy, and talks about a moment of respite from the hectic pace of daily life.[11] "Photobook" is a emotional rock ballad song delivered to their fans.[11] The mixtape closes with the "Festival version" remix of "Do It".[15]

Release and promotion

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Do It was released on November 21, 2025, being available in ten physical variants–Do (limited), It (standard), eight Accordion (standard)–digital Plve application, digital download, and streaming.[16] On October 20, the day after the mixtape announcement, Stray Kids revealed the mixtape's track list, which consists of five tracks, including the two lead singles, "Do It" and "Divine", as well as the track list for "Do It" remix EP.[17] The next day, the band posted a promotional itinerary for the mixtape.[18] The first teaser images show the members, portrayed as "present-day divines", in all-black styling against the landscape of sky, beach, and rocks.[19] The second depicts a pink-themed party with "dreamy yet transcendent", "dazzling" but "eerie and uncanny" atmosphere.[20] Snippets of all tracks were teased through house-based mashup on "dream-like" and "surreal" animated video,[21] and their instrumentals via the band's social media.[22][23]

On November 19, Stray Kids uploaded the video Intro "Do It" to discuss the album's production and behind-the-scenes,[24] and held a masquerade-themed private pre-listening event the next day.[25] An accompanying music video for "Do It" premiered in conjunction with the release of the mixtape on November 21;[26] the "Divine" music video is scheduled to be uploaded the following week, on November 27.[27] The band partnered with Soundwave to launch Do It pop-up store from November 22 to December 6 at Resone Hongdae.[28] The band performed "Do It" at music programs Music Bank,[29] Show! Music Core,[30] and Inkigayo between November 21 and 23,[31] and set to debut the performance of "Divine" on November 29 at the 2025 MAMA Awards in Hong Kong.[32] Futhermore, Stray Kids gave an interview on news program JTBC Newsroom,[33] and Bang Chan and Felix on Australian talk show The Morning Show.[34] Individually, I.N appeared on the cover for the December 2025 issue of magazine Cosmopolitan Korea,[35] and Felix on Yoo Byung-jae's livestream Hate Scary Stuff,[36] Uhm Jung-hwa's And-ing, etc.[37]

Commercial performance

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According to Hanteo Chart, Do It sold 1.49 million copies on its first day of release.[38]

Track listing

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Do It track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Do It"
Space Primates2:39
2."Divine" (신선놀음)
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Versachoi
  • Versachoi
  • Bang Chan
3:07
3."Holiday"
  • Bang Chan
  • Han
  • Bang Chan
  • Han
  • Versachoi
  • Versachoi
  • Bang Chan
3:07
4."Photobook"
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • Nickko Young
Nickko Young2:53
5."Do It" (Festival version)
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • JBach
  • Bang Chan
  • Changbin
  • Han
  • JBach
  • Sibley
  • Cunningham
  • Space Primates
  • 2Spade
2:27
Total length:14:13

Credits and personnel

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Musicians

  • Stray Kids – lead vocals (all), background vocals (4)
    • Bang Chan (3Racha) – background vocals (1–3, 5), instruments (2), computer programming (2), vocal direction (all)
    • Changbin (3Racha) – background vocals (1–2, 5), vocal direction (1–2, 5)
    • Han (3Racha) – background vocals (1–2, 5), vocal direction (1–3, 5)
  • Space Primates – keyboard (1), computer programming (1)
  • Versachoi – instruments (2–3), computer programming (2–3), vocal direction (2)
  • Nickko Young – piano (4), synthesizer (4), guitar (4), bass guitar (4), drums (4)
  • 2Spade – bass guitar (5), synthesizer (5), drums (5), programming (5)

Technical

  • Kwak Bo-eun – recording (1, 3, 5)
  • Lee Chang-hoon – recording (1, 5)
  • Eom Se-hee – recording (1–2, 5)
  • Bang Chan (3Racha) – recording (2–4), digital editing (2–4)
  • Louis. K – digital editing (1, 3, 5), mixing (3–5)
  • Lee Kyeong-won – digital editing (2)
  • Versachoi – digital editing (2–3)
  • Josh Gudwin – mixing (1)
    • Felix Byrne – assistant (1)
  • Yoon Won-kwon – mixing (2)
  • Kwon Nam-woo – mastering (all)
  • Lee Ha-neul – mixing and mastering in Dolby Atmos (all)

Locations

  • JYP Studios – recording (1–3, 5)
  • Channie's "Room" – recording (2–4), digital editing (2–4)
  • Ritz Lab Studio – digital editing (1, 3, 5), mixing (3–5)
  • Gudwin Sound Studios – mixing (1)
  • Madmiix – mixing (2)
  • Sound Mastering – mastering (all)
  • BK Studio – mixing and mastering in Dolby Atmos (all)

Release history

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Release dates and formats for Do It
Region Date Format Version Label Ref.
Various November 21, 2025
Standard
[39]
CD
  • Limited
  • standard
 [40]
South Korea Plve Platform Plve [41]
United States November 25, 2025 Digital download Exclusive digital [42]
South Korea December 26, 2025 Speaker Devil SKZoo Speaker [43]

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