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Chart Year
2025
Details
- Album
- Karma
- Label
- Republic Records
- Genre
- Trap [EDM]
- Composer(s)
- Ji Sung Han;Chang Bin Seo;Christopher Chahn Bahng;Seoung Hyuk Choi
- Entered Chart
- Sep 6, 2025
- Released
- August 22, 2025
- Recorded
- Studio JYP (Seoul) Channie's "Room" (Seoul)
Music Video
An accompanying music video for "Ceremony", directed by Seong Won-mo and produced by Digipedi, premiered on August 22, 2025,[16] concurrently with its parent album, preceded by two teaser videos.[17][18] According to the group, the music video was inspired by stadiums where they previously held the concert, and "subversively expresses the image of multiple players as a team, giving their all in their respective positions toward the same goal."[19] The video depicts each member in various sports with some physically impossible moves in futuristic landscape: mixed martial arts, tennis, car and motorcycle racing, American football, association football, basketball, b-boying, baseball, and table tennis.[20][21] The scene also alternates to the group dancing, choreographed by We Dem Boyz, in futuristic sets.[22][23] At the end of the video, it cameos professional gamer Faker, who was previously mentioned on the band's song "Hall of Fame".[24] He briefly appears as a gamer who controls all the sporting events in the video and doing his "shh" pose
Notes
If Stray Kids had a victory parade and scored it themselves, the soundtrack would almost certainly be "Ceremony." Released as the lead single from their fourth Korean-language album, Karma, the track is basically a pep rally stuffed into three minutes of EDM trap and baile funk. There are stadium chants, "hip hip hooray," and repeated references to "karma," linking hard work with rewards. "Ceremony" is brash, brassy, and unashamedly about clawing your way past hardship and finally holding up the trophy, whether that's in music, sports, or just surviving another week of jet lag. The lyrics lean heavily into athletic imagery, treating the group as if they're competing athletes, training and, crucially, winning for their team (and their fans, known as STAY). Behind the scenes, "Ceremony" comes courtesy of 3Racha - the group's in-house production unit consisting of Bang Chan, Changbin, and HAN - alongside frequent collaborator Versachoi. Changbin admitted the idea landed in their laps thanks to circumstance: they had a stadium tour looming and wanted to give fans something appropriately victorious. The word "ceremony" stuck, and when they wondered what celebratory phrase might click with international audiences, Bang Chan pulled "hip hip hooray" from his English-language back pocket. The chant made the cut, giving the track an even more gleeful, universal feel. The music video, directed by Seong Won-mo, looks like it fell out of a futuristic Olympic Games. Each member explores sci-fi-tinged scenarios before colliding in glossy, high-energy group sequences. There's also a cameo from Korean professional League of Legends player Faker. As with most things Stray Kids, one version was never going to be enough. Between the album cut, the English-language version, festival and hip-hop-tinged reworks, the "hip hip" spin, the "karma" mix, and a handful of others, "Ceremony" exists in numerous official forms. When Karma entered the Billboard 200 at #1, Stray Kids became the first act in Billboard history to debut atop the chart with their first seven entries. They also became the first group to achieve seven #1 albums on the Billboard 200 in the 21st century.
[Romanized:] Hip-hip (Hooray) Hip-hip (Hooray) Hip-hip, hip-hip Yuh, yuh, yuh, yuh We're moving forward with maximum power And we're gonna dominate, pop it Jangsikaji, big news, topic Gyeongheomchineun sumaneun trophy No one, nobody can stop me Sumaneun eokkkaneun doumdatgi Jump up, jump up Like a pop-up, toaster, lift Working off time That ratio got us going worldwide (Worldwide) Thirsty day and night They put us in the desert but we survive Busy giving our light Unlike them, we're getting all the spotlight Listen to the war cry Karma, karma, karma, karma Hip-hip (Hooray) Hip-hip (Hooray) Hip-hip, hip-hip Karma, karma, karma, karma Ceremony Hip, hip, hip, hip, hip, hip, hip (Hooray) Woah, ceremony Hip, hip, hip, hip, hip, hip, hip (Hooray) We did it, sori jilleo, wow Slide, banji kiss, muah Bada nae sang machi buke Bwara nae du soneun dudukae Bappeul ttae nunko tteul saega eopdae But that's okay, sogameul tto junbihae I feel like uju Bung, bung, bung (Ho) You and I, let's go celebrate I sangtaeneun eomcheongna Ppikkeutppikkeut teojineun emergency We don't care, show you na beojeosi Yeogijeogi, look at our paradise Eodikkaji galji yesang bakkiya Sikkeulsikkeul bukjeokae Uri geuncheoneun eonjena soeum balsaengiya Working off time That ratio got us going worldwide (Worldwide) Thirsty day and night They put us in the desert but we survive Busy giving our light Unlike them, we're getting all the spotlight, yeah Listen to the war cry Karma, karma, karma, karma Hip-hip (Hooray) Hip-hip (Hooray) Hip-hip, hip-hip Karma, karma, karma, karma Ceremony Hip, hip, hip, hip, hip, hip, hip (Hooray) Woah, ceremony Hip, hip, hip, hip, hip, hip, hip (Hooray) Yeah, we gon' celebrate 'cause we got good Karma, karma, karma, karma Calmer, calmer, calmer, that's our Karma, karma, karma, karma Yeah, we gon' celebrate 'cause we got good Karma, karma, karma, karma Calmer, calmer, calmer Oh, ceremony [Korean:] Hip-hip (Hooray) Hip-hip (Hooray) Hip-hip, hip-hip Yuh, yuh, yuh, yuh We're moving forward with maximum power And we're gonna dominate, pop it 장식하지, big news, topic 경험치는 수많은 trophy No one, nobody can stop me 수많은 억까는 도움닫기 Jump up, jump up Like a pop-up, toaster, lift Working off time That ratio got us going worldwide (Worldwide) Thirsty day and night They put us in the desert but we survive Busy giving our light Unlike them, we're getting all the spotlight Listen to the war cry Karma, karma, karma, karma Hip-hip (Hooray) Hip-hip (Hooray) Hip-hip, hip-hip Karma, karma, karma, karma Ceremony Hip, hip, hip, hip, hip, hip, hip (Hooray) Woah, ceremony Hip, hip, hip, hip, hip, hip, hip (Hooray) We did it, 소리 질러, wow Slide, 반지 kiss, muah 받아 내 상 마치 부케 봐라 내 두 손은 두둑해 바쁠 때 눈코 뜰 새가 없대 But that's okay, 소감을 또 준비해 I feel like 우주 붕, 붕, 붕 (Ho) You and I, let's go celebrate 이 상태는 엄청나 삐끗삐끗 터지는 emergency We don't care, show you 나 버젓이 여기저기, look at our paradise 어디까지 갈지 예상 밖이야 시끌시끌 북적해 우리 근처는 언제나 소음 발생이야 Working off time That ratio got us going worldwide (Worldwide) Thirsty day and night They put us in the desert but we survive Busy giving our light Unlike them, we're getting all the spotlight, yeah Listen to the war cry Karma, karma, karma, karma Hip-hip (Hooray) Hip-hip (Hooray) Hip-hip, hip-hip Karma, karma, karma, karma Ceremony Hip, hip, hip, hip, hip, hip, hip (Hooray) Woah, ceremony Hip, hip, hip, hip, hip, hip, hip (Hooray) Yeah, we gon' celebrate 'cause we got good Karma, karma, karma, karma Calmer, calmer, calmer, that's our Karma, karma, karma, karma Yeah, we gon' celebrate 'cause we got good Karma, karma, karma, karma Calmer, calmer, calmer Oh, ceremony [English translation:] Hip-hip (Hooray) Hip-hip (Hooray) Hip-hip, hip-hip Yuh, yuh, yuh, yuh We're moving forward with maximum power And we're gonna dominate, pop it Making headlines, big news topic My experience points are my countless trophies No one, nobody can stop me All the hate gives me a running start Jump up, jump up Like a pop-up, toaster, lift Working off time That ratio got us going worldwide (Worldwide) Thirsty day and night They put us in the desert but we survive Busy giving our light Unlike them, we're getting all the spotlight Listen to the war cry Karma, karma, karma, karma Hip-hip (Hooray) Hip-hip (Hooray) Hip-hip, hip-hip Karma, karma, karma, karma Ceremony Hip, hip, hip, hip, hip, hip, hip (Hooray) Ceremony Hip, hip, hip, hip, hip, hip, hip (Hooray) We did it make some noise wow Slide ring kiss, muah Catch my award like it's a bouquet Look both my hands are full When I'm busy I don't even have time to blink But that's okay I prepare another acceptance speech I feel like I'm the universe Vroom, vroom, vroom (Ho) You and I, let's go celebrate It's getting intense now Flicker, flicker, alarms blaring emergency We don't care, show you I'm standing firm Here and there just look at our paradise No one knows how far we gon' end up Chitter chatter, it's crowded There's always commotion wherever we go Working off time That ratio got us going worldwide (Worldwide) Thirsty day and night They put us in the desert but we survive Busy giving our light Unlike them, we're getting all the spotlight Listen to the war cry Karma, karma, karma, karma Hip-hip (Hooray) Hip-hip (Hooray) Hip-hip, hip-hip Karma, karma, karma, karma Ceremony Hip, hip, hip, hip, hip, hip, hip (Hooray) Ceremony Hip, hip, hip, hip, hip, hip, hip (Hooray) Yeah, we gon' celebrate 'cause we got good Karma, karma, karma, karma Calmer, calmer, calmer, that's our Karma, karma, karma, karma Yeah, we gon' celebrate 'cause we got good Karma, karma, karma, karma Calmer, calmer, calmer Ceremony
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