“It’s a win for artistry”: Netizens celebrate as Stray Kids’ KARMA receives ‘Album of the Year’ at the 2025 MAMA Awards

On November 29, Stray Kids bagged the Album of the Year award at this year’s MAMA Awards. The boy band was honored with the award on the second day of the event. SKZ’s album, KARMA, debuted earlier in August.

Fans of Stray Kids were thrilled to see their beloved group win the Album of the Year award. Therefore, SKZ followers swamped social media with their adulation for the idol. One of them commented:

“Self-produced. Self-composed. And now ALBUM OF THE YEAR. 3RACHA really put their blood, sweat, and tears into this record. This isn't just a win for SKZ, it's a win for artistry.”

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Netizens buzz as Stray Kids bagged Album of the Year at MAMA Awards

One of their fans highlighted SKZ’s impact:

“Album of the Year? LMAO some of you are shaking right now because your faves worked overtime for numbers and still didn’t touch SKZ’s impact.”

Another fan said the boy band marked their achievement without payola.

“Stray Kids beat that whole payola industry. They deserved way more awards, but at the end of the day they earned their own daesang through pure talent and hard work — no shortcuts, no backing, just SKZ.”

An admirer referred to the band members as kings.

“STAYNATION just leveled up—MAMA handing 'KARMA' the Album of the Year crown? That's not a win, that's Stray Kids rewriting the rulebook with their raw edge and bangers that slap harder than fate itself. Bang Chan to I.N., you kings own the throne!”

Another admirer wrote:

“A self-producing group that’s been doing everything on their own for years winning AOTY with their album KARMA… no one deserves it more”

Another fan said:

“karma being the album of the year is just so sexy of them i am so so so so proud of them”

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Stray Kids KARMA came out in August

SKZ dropped their fourth full-length album, KARMA, on August 22 this year. Their album came out alongside their lead single, CEREMONY.

Here’s the tracklist of KARMA:

• 삐처리(BLEEP)
• CEREMONY
• CREED
• 엉망(MESS)
• In My Head
• 반전(HalfTime)
• Phoenix
• Ghost
• 0801
• CEREMONY (Festival Version)
• CEREMONY (English Version)

Bang Chan shared that MAMA Awards have been their dream ever since they became trainees. In his acceptance speech, the idol said:

“Ever since we were trainees, MAMA Awards is the stage that we’ve dreamed of. It was a wild dream to receive such a huge honor. It still hadn’t hit us that this moment is happening.”

He continued as:

“I am so thankful to the members. We did so well. We’ve been through many ups and downs. We’ve always been therefor each other."

The MAMA Awards were organized at Kai Tak Stadium in Hong Kong.

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