RUN IT is a 2026 single by South Korean group Stray Kids, released on 24 June 2026 through JYP Entertainment and Republic Records as a pre-release single ahead of their EP THIS & THAT (due 7 August 2026). A high-energy anthem about relentless ambition, self-belief and moving forward without limits, it blends pop and alternative hip-hop with a worldbeat rhythm built on brass and marching-drum sounds, evoking unstoppable progress and the confidence of racing toward victory. Self-produced as ever, it was composed by members Bang Chan, Changbin and Han — the group's 3RACHA unit — with MarcLo and VERSACHOI, and lends its name to the Run It World Tour. This page gathers the song's credits, meaning and the story behind it.
RUN IT Korean Lyrics
Original (Korean) version
도피
[Verse 1]
어딘가로 도피 중임 당당했던 내 모습은 어디
All the problems and lot of things make me fool 날 겁쟁이로 만들었지
날 옥죄어 와 시곗바늘 소리 점점 다가오는 듯해 저기 문틈 사이
보여 낭만이 가득하고 자유로워 보이고 사방이 탁 트인
[Pre-Chorus]
Let's be free 묶여있던 팔다리를 풀어
내 목청이 터지도록 소리 질러
항상 잠재워 왔던 내 상상을 이상으로 바꿔줘
죽어라 창문 밖 보면서 내뿜던 한숨
그래 큰맘 먹고 달리는 차에서 탈주
Let me be free 내 발목을 잡는 족쇄야 이제 놔줘
[Verse 2]
밤하늘에 떠 있는 별들 바라보며 찌푸리던 인상
시끄러운 알람에 짜증만 가득한데 이제 모두 던질까
그냥 걸어 다닐래 그게 어디든
날 보는 시선들에서 지금
만큼은 도착지가 어디든지 신경 안 쓰고 악쓰며 맘대로 뛰어
[Chorus]
Let's run
어디든 숨막히지 않는 곳으로 가 run
덜떨어진 모습 다 숨기고 run
Running on the highway
목적지는 안 정할래
그래 지구상에 나 하나 쉴 곳이 없을까 무작정 두 발로 뛰어나가지 계속 run
[Post-Chorus]
계속 run
두발로 달려 계속 run
계속 run
Run run yeah
Let's run run yeah
[Verse 3]
맘이 가는 대로 풀리지 않는 내 피로
식겁했지 거울 속에 내 모습은 초췌해 다시 뒤로뒤로뒤로
미뤄미뤄미뤄 내일 할 일들 다음으로 pass 싫어 싫어 싫어
Neckless 언제부터 무거웠나 어깨에 짐 쏟아내듯 처진 것 봐
Now stop 잠시 넘어지자 아픈 척이라도 하면 앉아 있어도 될까
[Bridge]
새롭게 시작되는 아침 누군가에게는 상쾌한 새벽 공기가 내겐 무거워
잠 덜 깬 내 정신은 몽롱해 도통 깰 생각은 안 해 눈만 되려 껌뻑
Like a time warp 하듯 어디로 떠나서
넓은 바닷속에 몸을 내던지고 싶어
유유히 헤엄쳐 미지의 세계로 swim
내가 항상 꿈꾸던 곳으로 dream
[Hook]
Run from my room
Run from my town
Run from my city
Run from the world
Run from my room
Run from my town
Run from my city
Run from the world
[Outro]
두 발로 달려 계속 run
계속 run
Run run yeah
Let's run run yeah
귀찮은 문제는 모두 떨쳐 버리고
이곳을 떠나 내가 원하는 곳으로 Let me go
작은 비행기 속 날려 보낸 여유 Fly so high
너무 높아서 내 손에 닿지가 않는 걸까?
Romanized version
[Intro]
Ain't no limit, never running out
Everywhere we go, another win, another day
Yeah, we shining with the lights out
Even in the dark, we find a way to make a way
[Verse 1]
All my life, I've been fighting this and fighting that
시련 속에서도 계속 (Through every trial, I keep going on)
Oh, this time I ain't looking back, I won't collapse
Head high, right now we go, oh, oh, oh
[Chorus]
Whoa
Run it everywhere, all around the world
Whoa
Run it everywhere, all around the world
It's another day, coming on the way
Build another city, run it day and night
Live another day, yeah, we on the way
All around the world, we'll run it day and night
[Post-Chorus]
Ooh-ooh
Run it day and night
Ooh-ooh
Run it day and night
[Verse 2]
Gotta be me, yeah, 멈춤 없이 올려 내 speed (Never hitting the brakes, I keep up the speed)
수많은 화살에 떠 miss, unstoppable beast (A thousand arrows aimed my way, but they all miss, unstoppable beast)
이 영광에 취하지 않아, 더 많은 걸 원해, 성취해내 더 높은 dream (I ain't caught up in the glory, I still want more, keep achieving, chasing a bigger dream)
하나씩 올리고 편하게 lean, 내가 하는 건 오직 하나: win, win (One by one, I level up and lean, only thing I do is win, win)
You're gonna see, 좌절보다 이겨 내는 게 easy (You're gonna see, beating frustration is easy)
Ooh, 고난과 역경이 trained me, feel me? (Ooh, trials and adversity trained me, feel me?)
전부 다 챙겨, 그 많은 포부 전부 쟁취 (I grab it all, every dream and ambition, take it all)
Again and again, 여태까지 그래왔던 것처럼, we're gonna make it (Again and again, just like I've always done, we're gonna make it)
[Pre-Chorus]
All my life, I've been fighting this and fighting that
시련 속에서도 계속 (Through every trial, I keep going on)
Oh, this time I ain't looking back, I won't collapse
Head high, right now we go, oh, oh, oh
[Chorus]
Whoa
Run it everywhere, all around the world
Whoa
Run it everywhere, all around the world
It's another day, coming on the way
Build another city, run it day and night
Live another day, yeah, we on the way
All around the world
[Bridge]
Oh, I'll never give up, I'm just gonna stand up
I'm putting my hands up, 저 하늘 향해서 (reaching for the sky above)
We're rising, no fade-out, across the world, spread out
If you feel it, hands up, 저 하늘 향해서 (Come on) (reaching for the sky above)
[Chorus]
Whoa
Run it everywhere, all around the world
Whoa
Run it everywhere, all around the world
[Outro]
작은 방 시작, sound leaking through my phones (Whoa) (From a small room where it all began)
Dreams on repeat, building up my throne (Run it everywhere)
From Seoul to the world, now they know (All around the world)
My zone, we're never alone
이 순간이 proof we made it (Whoa) (This moment's proof we made it)
Long nights waited, never faded (Run it everywhere)
All that pain, yeah, I paid it (All around the world)
흘렸던 피눈물, I saved it (Blood, tears I shed, I saved it)
우리 발걸음 맞춰, 더 빨라지고 강해지는 (Whoa) (Our footsteps sync, getting faster and stronger)
그들의 심장 박동 소리 (Run it everywhere) (The sound of their heartbeats)
That's our motivation, 멈출 수 없지 (All around the world) (That's our motivation, we can't stop)
Until we're chasing victory
우리 이야긴 남겨질 history (Whoa) (Our story will remain history)
흥얼거리던 멜로딘, symphony (Run it everywhere) (The melody we used to hum, symphony)
우릴 부르는 소리가 들려와 (All around the world) (We hear the voices calling us)
더 넓어진 세상에 뛰어들지 (We dive into a wider world)
English Translation version
[Verse 1]
어딘가로 도피 중임 당당했던 내 모습은 어디
(I'm escaping somewhere, where is my confident self?)
All the problems and lot of things make me fool 날 겁쟁이로 만들었지
(All the problems and a lot of things make me a fool, they made me a coward)
날 옥죄어 와 시곗바늘 소리 점점 다가오는 듯해 저기 문틈 사이
(The ticking of the clock tightens around me, it feels like it's creeping closer through the door crack)
보여 낭만이 가득하고 자유로워 보이고 사방이 탁 트인
(I see it, full of romance, looking free, wide open in every direction)
[Pre-Chorus]
Let's be free 묶여있던 팔다리를 풀어
(Let's be free, untie my bound arms and legs)
내 목청이 터지도록 소리 질러
(Scream until my lungs burst)
항상 잠재워 왔던 내 상상을 이상으로 바꿔줘
(Change my imagination that I've always suppressed into reality)
죽어라 창문 밖 보면서 내뿜던 한숨
(The sighs I let out while looking out the window for dear life)
그래 큰맘 먹고 달리는 차에서 탈주
(Yeah, I made up my mind and escaped from the moving car)
Let me be free 내 발목을 잡는 족쇄야 이제 놔줘
(Let me be free, shackles holding my ankles, let me go now)
[Verse 2]
밤하늘에 떠 있는 별들 바라보며 찌푸리던 인상
(The scowl I wore while looking at the stars in the night sky)
시끄러운 알람에 짜증만 가득한데 이제 모두 던질까
(Full of annoyance from the noisy alarm, shall I throw it all away now?)
그냥 걸어 다닐래 그게 어디든
(I just want to walk around, wherever that may be)
날 보는 시선들에서 지금
(From the gazes looking at me, right now)
만큼은 도착지가 어디든지 신경 안 쓰고 악쓰며 맘대로 뛰어
(At least for now, I don't care where the destination is, I'll scream and run as I please)
[Chorus]
Let's run
어디든 숨막히지 않는 곳으로 가 run
(Go somewhere that isn't suffocating, run)
덜떨어진 모습 다 숨기고 run
(Hide all my flaws and run)
Running on the highway
목적지는 안 정할래
(I won't set a destination)
그래 지구상에 나 하나 쉴 곳이 없을까 무작정 두 발로 뛰어나가지 계속 run
(Yeah, is there really no place on earth for me to rest? I blindly ran out on two feet, keep running)
[Post-Chorus]
계속 run
(Keep running)
두발로 달려 계속 run
(Run on two feet, keep running)
계속 run
(Keep running)
Run run yeah
Let's run run yeah
[Verse 3]
맘이 가는 대로 풀리지 않는 내 피로
(My fatigue that won't go away, just following my heart)
식겁했지 거울 속에 내 모습은 초췌해 다시 뒤로뒤로뒤로
(I was startled, the person in the mirror looks haggard, back, back, back again)
미뤄미뤄미뤄 내일 할 일들 다음으로 pass 싫어 싫어 싫어
(Put it off, put it off, put it off, tomorrow's tasks pass to later, I hate it, hate it, hate it)
Neckless 언제부터 무거웠나 어깨에 짐 쏟아내듯 처진 것 봐
(Since when did the necklace get so heavy? Look at how my shoulders are sagging as if shedding a burden)
Now stop 잠시 넘어지자 아픈 척이라도 하면 앉아 있어도 될까
(Now stop, let's fall down for a bit, if I pretend to be hurt, can I sit down?)
[Bridge]
새롭게 시작되는 아침 누군가에게는 상쾌한 새벽 공기가 내겐 무거워
(The morning that starts anew, the refreshing dawn air is heavy for me to some people)
잠 덜 깬 내 정신은 몽롱해 도통 깰 생각은 안 해 눈만 되려 껌뻑
(My half-awake mind is hazy, it won't even try to wake up, only my eyes keep blinking)
Like a time warp 하듯 어디로 떠나서
(Like doing a time warp, leaving somewhere)
넓은 바닷속에 몸을 내던지고 싶어
(I want to throw my body into the vast ocean)
유유히 헤엄쳐 미지의 세계로 swim
(Swim leisurely into an unknown world)
내가 항상 꿈꾸던 곳으로 dream
(Dream to the place I've always dreamed of)
[Hook]
Run from my room
Run from my town
Run from my city
Run from the world
Run from my room
Run from my town
Run from my city
Run from the world
[Outro]
두 발로 달려 계속 run
(Run on two feet, keep running)
계속 run
(Keep running)
Run run yeah
Let's run run yeah
귀찮은 문제는 모두 떨쳐 버리고
(Shake off all the annoying problems)
이곳을 떠나 내가 원하는 곳으로 Let me go
(Leave this place, let me go to where I want)
작은 비행기 속 날려 보낸 여유 Fly so high
(The ease I sent flying in a small airplane, fly so high)
너무 높아서 내 손에 닿지가 않는 걸까?
(Is it too high that I can't reach it with my hands?)
Song Details
- Singer
- Stray Kids
- Composer
- Bang Chan, Changbin, Han, MarcLo, VERSACHOI
- Lyricist
- Bang Chan, Changbin, Han (3RACHA)
- Genre
- K-pop, Pop
- Label
- JYP Entertainment
- Released
- Jun 24, 2026
- Language
- Korean
- Views
- 27
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💭 Meaning of "RUN IT" Song Lyrics
"RUN IT" is not the victory-lap motivation anthem its title suggests — it is about running away. Stray Kids turn it into an escape song, the sound of someone burnt out and desperate to break free from a life that has started to suffocate them.
The verses are heavy with that exhaustion: a confident self gone missing, a clock tightening like a noose, a haggard face in the mirror, tomorrow's tasks endlessly put off. The release comes in the urge to flee — untie the bound limbs, scream until the lungs burst, leap from a moving car, and "run somewhere that isn't suffocating" with no destination in mind.
By the hook — "run from my room, my town, my city, the world" — it becomes a universal cry against pressure and expectation. "RUN IT" is freedom as survival: not chasing a finish line, but simply needing to get out.
🎬 Behind the song: how "RUN IT" was made
"RUN IT" was self-produced by Stray Kids, composed by members Bang Chan, Changbin and Han — the group's in-house 3RACHA unit — alongside MarcLo and VERSACHOI. The arrangement fuses pop and alternative hip-hop with a distinctive worldbeat rhythm, leaning on brass and marching-drum sounds to create a propulsive, victory-charging energy. It was released through JYP Entertainment and Republic Records.
🌍 "RUN IT" — Cultural impact & legacy
"RUN IT" underlines what makes Stray Kids unusual in K-pop: a top-tier global group that writes and produces its own music through 3RACHA, rather than relying on outside hitmakers. Released as a pre-release single tied to a world tour and a forthcoming EP, it also reflects how K-pop builds anticipation in stages — single, then album, then tour — across a long promotional cycle. Its worldbeat, brass-driven sound shows the group continuing to push beyond standard pop templates.
📖 What is "RUN IT Song Lyrics" about?
"RUN IT" is a 2026 single by Stray Kids, released on 24 June 2026 through JYP Entertainment and Republic Records. It is a pre-release single ahead of the group's EP THIS & THAT, due 7 August 2026 — their first release of the year.
Musically it is classic Stray Kids: a high-energy fusion of pop and alternative hip-hop, built on a worldbeat rhythm of brass and marching-drum sounds that the group describes as expressing "unstoppable progress and the confidence of racing toward victory".
True to form it is self-produced, composed by members Bang Chan, Changbin and Han — the group's 3RACHA unit — with MarcLo and VERSACHOI. The single also lends its name to the group's Run It World Tour.
⭐ Behind the song trivia
- "RUN IT" is a pre-release single for Stray Kids' EP THIS & THAT, due 7 August 2026.
- It was self-composed by 3RACHA — members Bang Chan, Changbin and Han — with MarcLo and VERSACHOI.
- The track blends pop and alternative hip-hop with a worldbeat rhythm built on brass and marching drums.
- The single shares its name with the group's Run It World Tour.
❓ RUN IT — Frequently asked questions
What is "RUN IT" by Stray Kids about?
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👥 Credits
| Vocals | Stray Kids |
|---|---|
| Composer | Bang Chan, Changbin, Han, MarcLo, VERSACHOI |
| Lyricist | Bang Chan, Changbin, Han (3RACHA) |
| Producers | 3RACHA |
| Label | JYP Entertainment |
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