Run It (Stray Kids song)

On June 22, 2026, Stray Kids announced the single, titled "Run It", through its teaser video, alongside the band's tenth Korean-language EP, This & That, and its supporting concert tour, Run It World Tour.^[2] The song was released through digital music and streaming platforms for the next two days.^[3]

"Run It" was written by Stray Kids' in-house production team 3Racha and Marcus "MarcLo" Lomax, and co-composed with Versachoi.^[4] The song combines pop and alternative hip-hop and incorporates a worldbeat rhythm,^[4] based on brass instrument and marching-drum sounds, expressing "unstoppable progress and the confidence of racing toward victory."^[5] The band described the song as their "new anthem".^[6]

An official music video for "Run It", directed by Sam Son,^[7] premiered on June 24, 2026, concurrently with the single release.^[8] Set in a warehouse and sun-bleached desert, the video shows vanguard-like Stray Kids' "collision and cycles through black and white",^[4] expressing "symbolic direction connecting the past and present through a forward-moving force, combined with a refined narrative and black-and-white harmony."^[9][10]

Personnel

• Stray Kids – lead vocals, background vocals
  • Bang Chan (3Racha) – lyrics, composition, arrangement, instruments, computer programming, recording, digital editing
  • Changbin (3Racha) – lyrics, composition
  • Han (3Racha) – lyrics, composition
• Marcus "MarcLo" Lomax – lyrics, composition
• Versachoi – composition, arrangement, instruments, digital editing
• Lee Sang-yeob – recording
• Lee Kyung-won – digital editing
• Yoon Won-kwon – mixing
• Kwon Nam-woo – mastering
• Lee Ha-neul – Dolby Atmos mixing and mastering

Locations

• JYPE Studios – recording
• Channie's "Room" – recording, digital editing
• MadMiix – mixing
• 821 Sound Mastering – mastering
• BK Studio – mixing and mastering in Dolby Atmos