Stray Kids Attends US MTV VMAs for Fourth Consecutive Year...Proving Global Popularity

Idol group Stray Kids has been nominated for Best K-Pop at the 2025 MTV VMAs for their song "Chk Chk Boom."
According to an announcement on the official MTV VMA website and SNS channel on the 5th (local time),
Kids won the "Best K-POP" award with the title track "Chk Chk Boom" from their mini album "ATE" released in July 2024.
They were nominated in the category of "K-Pop" for the first time in 2022 with the title song "MANIAC" from their mini album "ODDINARY."
In 2023, they won the "Best K-POP" category for the title song "S-Class" from their third full-length album "★★★★★ (5-STAR)," and in 2024, they won the "Best K-POP" category for the mini-album "Rak-STAR."
The MTV VMA, which began in 1984, is a major awards ceremony held in collaboration with the Grammy Awards and the Billboard Music Awards.
Along with the American Music Awards, it is one of the four major American music award ceremonies. Stray Kids won the Music Award at the 39th Japan Gold Disc Awards.
Video of the Year and Best 3 Albums categories, as well as Favorite at the Kids' Choice Awards 2025
This year, they have been receiving trophies in various categories, including the "Music Group" category and the "K-Pop Album of the Year" category at the "2025 iHeartRadio Awards" for the second consecutive year.
The group's popularity is being proven by their successive awards at music award ceremonies. Recently, they have completed their largest-ever world tour, "Stray Kids World Tour"
", they have visited mega stadiums all over the world and broken various records, and will be making a comeback on August 22nd with their new album "KARMA."
The new album will be released as a follow-up to "SKZHOP," which has been ranked number one on the US Billboard main chart, the Billboard 200, for six consecutive years.
This will be the first album released in about eight months since HIPTAPE's "Hop," and will be the third full-length album "★★★★" to be released in June 2023.
This is the first full album released in about two years since "5-STAR." It contains 11 tracks, including the title track "CEREMONY," and was produced by the group's in-house production team, "3RA."
CHA's BANG CHAN, CHANG BIN, and Han participated to complete the group's musical identity.
Kids' 4th full-length album "KARMA" will be released on August 22nd at 1 PM (midnight EST).
It will be released simultaneously worldwide on .