Leader of Global Korean Wave, Super Junior, Returns to Korea at Last!
Releasing the 5th Full Album ‘Mr. Simple’
on August 3rd!
The leader of global Korean Wave who mesmerized the whole world beyond Korea, Super Junior, is finally returning home with the 5th full album.
This album will be released on August 3rd , it is the full album released in approximately 1 year and 2 months after the 4th full album was released in May last year, and explosive responses from the fans around the world including Korea, Asia, Europe, the Americas, and the Arab world as much as they are expecting to appear on various new stages while enjoying fervent popularity from the world.
This album contains total of 13 songs in various genres such as dance song, pop ballad, and R&B including the title song, ‘Mr. Simple’ to fully represent the charms of Super Junior and the elegant and trendy musical colors, and particularly, the works of hit makers such as Young-Jin Yoo, Kenzie,
Jong-Shin Yoon, hitchhiker, and Jun-Soo Park made the album more colorful and substantial.
Moreover, this Album is released in two versions with different album covers where the fans can meet Superjunior’s funky transformation and fresh charms. ‘Perfection’ of Superjunior-M is listed in version A and the new song ‘SUPERMAN’ is listed in version B, adding richer music and more attraction of Superjunior.
The title song, ‘Mr. Simple’, the final version of
‘SJ FUNKY’ presenting Super Junior’s unique music and performance
The title song, ‘Mr. Simple’, is a ‘SJ FUNKY’ song created for Super Junior only, and it can be considered as the final version of ‘SJ FUNKY’ following ‘SORRY, SORRY’ and ‘BONAMANA’ that became a worldwide hit.
The lyric describes the reality where modern people living in a complicated world failing to achieve what they intended to and losing their love and dreams without the breadth of mind in a simple way with humorous and metaphorical words, meaning “There is no need to take everything very serious. Simple and easy way can rather be a better choice for finding oneself” like the title, ‘Mr. Simple.’
Particularly, Super Junior prepared powerful and energetic stage where their unique music and shapely group dance stand out to capture the eyes and ears of the world fans fans over the world once again with splendid visuals and performances.
A song about Super Junior - ‘Opera’, ‘Walkin’’, ‘Good Friends’
Also, ‘Opera’, the reverse beat dance song with impressive and witty lyric that seems to describe the present state of Super Junior who grew into the global popular star and ‘Walkin’’, a pop dance song which charmingly combined the lyric that depicts Super Junior who takes a step forward with positive attitude under difficult situations, trendy beat, and elegant melody tell the story about Super Junior to double the fun and impression.
‘Good Friends’, a second gift from the senior singer
Jong-Shin Yoon to Super Junior following ‘Disco Drive’ included in the 2nd full album, impressively combined the lyric that depicted the first meeting and the friendship with the members of Super Junior who are lasting companions and friends, rich brass sound, realistic performance, and soulful melody.
DONGHAE’s Own Song ‘Y’, ‘White Christmas’ recreated in Super Junior’s own colors
Another song in the album, ‘Y’, is a medium tempo R&B ballad song with the sad lyric that describes a man who misses the lover who left and is the third piece created by DONGHAE and Chance following ‘A Short Journey’ included in the 4th full album and ‘Just Like Now’ included in the OST of the drama <It's ok, Daddy's Daughter> , showing more mature music skills of DONGHAE. Also, ‘White Christmas’ is Jinu’s song released in 1996 remade in Super Junior’s unique color.
The odd lyric that wishes for a white Christmas in the middle of summer in August and the bright and exciting rock sound of the song was recreated in by Super Junior’s unique pleasant mood to give the refreshment to drive out the heat at once.
Also, ‘My Love, My Kiss, My Heart’, a new style R&B song of the ballad unit, Super Junior-K.R.Y, ‘Storm’, the authentic pop ballad with beautiful melody and lyrical words, and ‘Memories’ with the touching mood presented by Jun-Soo Park who composed ‘It Has To Be You’, the OST hit sung by YESUNG will present more mature harmony and emotion of
Super Junior.
This album also contains ‘Be My Girl’, the dance song with the lyric that wittily expressed how love blossoms and in the addictive electronic sound, ‘Feels Good’ which gives the feeling that the listener is seeing watching a musical through the elements of the musical and with the grand melody played by strings added to the electronic sound, and ‘Sunflower’, an authentic boy pop style song combined with hip hop beat’ that it will be a great resource for finding more diversified musical colors of Super Junior.
Particularly, this album also contains ‘Perfection’, the hit song of Super Junior-M that enjoyed great popularity by sweeping various music charts in Taiwan after it was released in April that it will be a great gift for Korean fans, giving a chance to listen to the music of Super Junior-M who mostly appear on Asian stages only in Asia.
Super Junior will be appearing in various stages with the songs of the fifth album starting with KBS’s ‘Music Bank’ on August 5.