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SUPER JUNIOR-D&E started their promotion in Japan in 2012, and they enjoyed popularity in Japan by winning #1 on ORICON’s Daily Album Chart with their first regular Japanese album, ‘RIDE ME’. Moreover, last year, they brought 100,000 audiences to their first tour in Japan, ‘SUPER JUNIOR D&E THE 1st JAPAN TOUR 2014’, and also ranking first on ORICON’s Weekly DVD Music Chart with the live DVD recorded from their live concert. Great responses from fans around the world are highly expected for their first album in Korea, ‘The Beat Goes On.’

Especially, this album contains a total of 7 tracks in various genres reflecting the characteristics and charms of SUPER JUNIOR-D&E including 2 songs written and composed by DONGHAE showing his musical talent previously shown in the songs included in SUPER JUNIOR-D&E singles and SUPER JUNIOR albums such as ‘Still You’ and ‘Shirt’. The participation of famous writers and composers in Korea and abroad such as The Underdogs, hitchhiker, ‘NoizeBank’, the team of composers formed by SUPER JUNIOR-M’s HENRY enhanced the perfection of the album.

‘Growing Pains’, title song that contains the sad feeling after a farewell

The title song, ‘Growing Pains’, is a medium tempo song that mixed electric guitar and acoustic guitar well with the signature melody of piano, and the lyric depicts a man who wishes that his love does not feel hurt as much as he does after the break-up. Since DONGHAE personally participated in creating the lyric and the music, this song will definitely present the unique sensitivity of SUPER JUNIOR-D&E.

‘Mother’ is an R&B ballad composed by DONGHAE and Team One Sound, and the lyric impressively renders the thankfulness to the mother’s love in the form of a letter. The gospel-like mood in the chorus in the second half of the song calmly describes the intense heart of love.

‘The Beat Goes On’, the work of The Underdogs, the world-renowned producing team, is an uptempo EDM with intensive drum and synth sounds, and ‘Lights, Camera, Action!’ by NoizeBank, the team of composers formed by SUPER JUNIOR-M’s HENRY, is an EDM with an interesting lyric that describes the heart that fell in love in a variety of ways using expressions that would have been used in film making.

This album also contains ‘Sweater & Jeans’ with the interesting lyric that compares the love with a longtime lover to the sweater and blue jean that became comfortable after long wearing, ‘Breaking Up’, a medium tempo song with various prominent reed sounds, and ‘Can You Feel It?’, a disco funky track that brings the delightful energy of SUPER JUNIOR-D&E, and all 7 songs are expected to win favorable responses from fans.

Meanwhile, SUPER JUNIOR-D&E will be promoting the album with the title song, ‘Growing Pains.’