💿 Stray Kids Crush Records in Japan with ‘Hollow’
Stray Kids has officially rewritten the record books. Their 3rd Japanese mini album ‘Hollow’, released on June 18, has soared past 730K first-week sales, landing No.1 on both Billboard Japan and Oricon Weekly Charts.
Before the official release, pre-orders already surpassed 610K on June 17 alone—marking their second-ever half-million seller pre-release after 2023’s “Social Path / Super Bowl”.
🥇 First-Week Glory & Historic Numbers
- 🏆 Billboard Japan Top Album Sales (Jun 16–22): No.1
- 🏆 Oricon Weekly Album Chart: No.1
- 🏆 Oricon Combined Albums Ranking: No.1
- ✅ Highest 1st-week sales in their Japanese career
- ✅ Highest debut week for any 4th-gen K-pop group in Japan
- ✅ Only foreign act in Japan this year to go half-million+ in week 1
🌍 Global Charts? SKZ Owns Them Too.
‘Hollow’ topped:
- 🇯🇵 Apple Music & iTunes (Overall, Pop, Kpop)
- 🇨🇦🇧🇷🇮🇩 iTunes Album Chart in 21 countries
- 🎶 Oricon’s Digital Albums Chart
🎶 All Songs—Original Japanese Tracks
This album marks a first for Stray Kids: every track is an original Japanese song. And it’s not just about the language. Their in-house producer unit 3RACHA (Bang Chan, Changbin, Han) wrote and produced every track.
The title track, also named ‘Hollow’, combines the emotional weight of the Korean word “홀로” (meaning alone) and the English “Hollow”. With synths, electric guitar, and piano, the song captures raw emptiness and silent pain.
🎥 MV Trending #1 Worldwide
The music video, pre-released on June 11, quickly rose to #1 on YouTube Music Video Trending Worldwide and is about to hit 10 million views as of June 25.
“Hollow” isn’t just a release—it’s a statement of Stray Kids’ emotional range, production skills, and global fandom.
Article Source: Original article by Jung Ha-eun, published on June 26, 2025 via Hankyung Live
Image Source: Image via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
