Listening Party: Stray Kids 'KARMA' 4th Album
Added 2025-09-17 13:00:20 +0000 UTCComments
I'm obsessed with this album. It's incredible. I think my top 4 are Creed, Ghost, Phoenix, and Half Time. But all of the tracks are so special to me.
Tess Huber
2025-09-24 01:29:31 +0000 UTCJoined back up to watch this 😁 I love your album reviews.
Tess Huber
2025-09-24 00:18:46 +0000 UTCgod this group is just too good at fun music. Their concerts will be forever worth it just to hear these bangers live. Stray kids have been getting a lot of crap for this album and for some reason people are now bringing up being upset about their move away from their older music and i honestly dont understand the complaints because as a 2017 stay ive been having so much fun and i havent been as invested as this with them in a while
hai_rene
2025-09-22 12:26:04 +0000 UTCYour ranking is the same as mine! Sometimes when kpop groups try to tackle hip hop in a major why I am not a fan, but skz does well with it in my opinion.
Kat Tisc
2025-09-19 03:24:16 +0000 UTCI was definitely a part of the people who didn't like the title track. For others, apparently there's a sort of emptiness in the chorus. For me, I was put out by the constant changes? Every part is really different from the first and I found it hard to keep up with. BUT re-listening and familiarising myself with the song has led to me loving it everytime it comes out. The album was also a grower on me but i love halftime, ghost and creed (surprising, cus this is usually not my type of song AT ALL).
Lilac Lavender
2025-09-19 02:09:32 +0000 UTCOoo I have quite a different ranking!~ Phoenix -> In my head -> Bleep -> Mess -> Creed -> Halftime -> Ghost/0801 When I first listened to ceremony I wasn’t in love but I certainly liked it, only took me a few listens to get addicted though! Your reaction to Han’s kiss mwah! part was adorable hahahaha This album is a strong contender for my favourite for sureeee. I can feel their identity so strongly in every song it feels so classic skz whilst being an accumulation of all their growth and evolution. I’ve always loved the skz way of conveying emotion in songs, chan’s voice always gets me in the feels especially. “Jyp is having a great year of releases” - to add to that Nmixx is releasing their first FULL album next month!!
jessie
2025-09-18 02:17:34 +0000 UTCSo true about the skz 1st songs haha
jessie
2025-09-18 02:15:00 +0000 UTCTotally agree! Fun is always the special ingredient when it comes to strays kids, and as you said ceremony is the full embodiment of that!
jessie
2025-09-18 01:52:23 +0000 UTCi've seen a lot of people say their main reason for not liking Ceremony is the "hip hip, hooray" part specifically. Personally, i love that part so much. I love that skz can have fun with their songs like this and incorporate fun slang, especially on a song literally called Ceremony.
ev
2025-09-17 21:36:10 +0000 UTCThis album gives me a clear feeling of opening a new chapter in their music? The idea of rebirth in Phoenix being the most literal sign of it, but even the overal sound feels more authentic to them for me. Songs like Creed remind me of songs like The Tortoise and the Hare and We Go, and then In My Head is sooo nostalgic. I don't know, this album is ambitious in a humble and direct way, I love it.
Quil
2025-09-17 19:57:09 +0000 UTCDo you think that you will do a reaction to SKZ log Stay week where we get to see them actually doing the MV to 0801 all by them selves.
Angelica
2025-09-17 18:34:46 +0000 UTCit might be creed....IT MIGHT be creed...oh it might be creed...IT MIGHT BE CREED xDD I'm not joking: Creed was my least favorite song at first. And I read how pretty much everyone on my Twitter timeline loved Creed and I didn't understand why. lol Now I love Felix and Han's rap so much that I adore the whole song haha. My all-time favorites on the album, though, are Phoenix and Bleep. I see Phoenix being able to be popular all over Europe if it had been some years ago. That was the genre of music that was popular here when I was still in school. haha Bleep is just awesome. It fits so perfectly into the SKZ 1 songs on the albums. Hall of Fame, Mountains, Megaverse...SKZ 1st song choice always slaps
SenifyLeah
2025-09-17 17:48:56 +0000 UTCCreed is so good! Do you think you'll do the MVs for the b-sides as well? Right now they have Bleep, Creed, and 0801 out. Excited for all the SKZ content :D
Rachael H
2025-09-17 16:51:02 +0000 UTCMaxident is a mini album
Jet
2025-09-17 15:48:57 +0000 UTCMy top 3 picks are Creed, Phoenix and Ghost.
prasadi herath
2025-09-17 15:31:12 +0000 UTCi was in the car when i had my own listening party for this album and i kid you not when i tell you i had to physically restrain myself from screaming when i first heard CREED. i know this album is good when my face is stuck in a perpetual stank face the whole time. 10/10 made me wish i did my first listen alone at home... so i could holler the way the album deserved
memewei
2025-09-17 15:23:23 +0000 UTC"i've never had a no-skip stray kids album" what about maxident? LOL that was so long ago tho but in all realness karma is such a good album to release after the crazy tour that was dominate and i can imagine them performing so many of these songs in a future concert or festival. half time and ghost are my favourites followed by bleep and mess, but this album really sounds the best listening it in tracklist order!! also now that skz are around 2ish years away from enlistment era i can't believe it's been so long since i started being a stay like??? i've followed them for so long and they've evolved and grown so much as artists and yet i still love their music as a whole. i wonder when they will start going solo tbh like yeji's was a shock but the timing made so much sense?? hmmm
cy
2025-09-17 15:12:21 +0000 UTCCeremony Karma Ver is better than Festival Ver in my opinion. It has a better EDM head banging vibe to it lol
Julia
2025-09-17 15:10:20 +0000 UTCI absolutely love this album ❤️☺️
Lucy.S
2025-09-17 14:29:23 +0000 UTCThe Ceremony - Hip Hip version goes even harder on the stop and push aspect, it is dubstep so it goes very hard. This is the link if you feel like listening to it either on your own or as a bonus drop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKLfT1ZwSB0&list=RDkKLfT1ZwSB0&start_radio=1
Sven Lenders
2025-09-17 14:29:04 +0000 UTCI totally agree with your top. My absolute favs are also 1. Creed 2. Bleep and 3. Ghost. When it comes to the whole album it took me a few listens to trully appreciate it. I like it very much now, but I still prefer ATE. It's very personal, just some of the songs did not hit me as much as many other skz songs did.
Świetlik
2025-09-17 14:27:45 +0000 UTCPhoenix sounds like it could have been the Boys II Planet signal song as well
Sven Lenders
2025-09-17 14:22:57 +0000 UTCwe have pretty much the same list, for me bleep & creed are both tied for #1 (i just can’t pick 😭) then after those two ceremony is my #3 im happy you enjoyed this album, i really enjoyed it too. i’m glad you are checking out more skz! idk if you heard but there is gonna be a game caterers for JYP artists!!! as a jyp artists stan myself, looking forward to (hopefully) watching it with you when it’s out! 😁
Marii
2025-09-17 14:18:48 +0000 UTC12:00 PD.exe stopped working 😂😂
Sven Lenders
2025-09-17 14:16:04 +0000 UTCAlso still a bit dissapointing that they didn't release the mashup version of Ghost, that sounded soooo good
Sven Lenders
2025-09-17 14:09:06 +0000 UTCI really like this album, and i also really like the Ceremony - Hip Hip version of the remixes album
Sven Lenders
2025-09-17 14:08:11 +0000 UTCcreed is my faaaaavvv it's so good while driving down the highway 😛🏎
dorito
2025-09-17 14:05:42 +0000 UTC
