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Super Junior25 (2025)

Where the lyrics of Super Junior25 take you, and where it was really made.

The album name looks back to the group's 2005 debut, and its songs were first performed in front of fans only at the Super Show 10 concerts in August 2025.

Key places

SM Aube Studio, Seoul (2025)

Recording site Big Hit Studios, Seoul — The album credits list SM Aube Studio for recording track 4 and for digital editing and mix engineering on tracks 6 and 7. The map point is placed at Seoul city center, not at the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: Private company studio, not open to visitors.

Album story

Overview

• Super Junior25: the thirteenth Korean-language studio album, fourteenth overall
• By South Korean boy band Super Junior
• Released 8 July 2025 by SM Entertainment
• Marks the group's twentieth anniversary
• Nine tracks; vocals by nine members: Leeteuk, Heechul, Yesung, Shindong, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook, Kyuhyun
• Genres: K-pop, EDM, hip-hop, R&B, acoustic pop
• Lead single "Express Mode" described as a club-pop song

Background

• June 2025: SM Entertainment announced a new full-length album for the following month
• Released as part of the twentieth anniversary celebrations
• Name chosen by the members as a callback to Super Junior05, the first album released in 2005

Recording

• Recording and mixing credited to several SM-affiliated studios, including SM LVYIN, SM Droplet, SM Yellow Tail, SM Wavelet, SM Azure and SM Aube studios
• Mixing also credited to SM Big Shot, SM Concert Hall, SM Blue Ocean, SM Starlight and SM Blue Cup studios
• Mastering by 821 Sound on all tracks
• Credits adapted from the album's liner notes

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Formed by SM Entertainment founder Lee Soo-man in 2005 as a 12-member group with rotational members.
• The rotational concept was abandoned after Kyuhyun joined in 2006, and the group became known as Super Junior.
• Debuted on November 6, 2005 with the single "Twins (Knock Out)" on Inkigayo.
• Media dubbed them the "Kings of Hallyu Wave" for their contribution to the Korean Wave.

Members

• Current active members: Leeteuk, Heechul, Yesung, Shindong, Eunhyuk, Siwon, Donghae, Ryeowook, Kyuhyun.
• Han Geng left in 2011, Kibum in 2015, Kangin in 2019.

Career

• "Sorry, Sorry" (2009) brought international recognition and was the group's best-selling single in South Korea.
• Formed multiple subgroups, including Super Junior-M, Super Junior-T and Super Junior-K.R.Y.
• Won Teen Choice Awards' International Artist and Best Fandom in 2015.
• Released the 11th studio album The Road in 2023 and the 12th studio album Super Junior25 in 2025 for the 20th anniversary.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Title track "Express Mode" described as a club-pop song
• On release day, a live countdown ran via YouTube and TikTok
• An online showcase was broadcast via YouTube and Beyond Live
• First stage for "Express Mode": Mnet's M Countdown on 10 July 2025, two days after release
• Following days: appearances on Music Bank, Show! Music Core and Inkigayo
• 15 July 2025: performance of the single on Killing Voice
• August 2025: Super Show 10 world tour opened with three concerts at KSPO Dome, Seoul
• Those Seoul concerts were the first time songs from Super Junior25 were performed before fans

Records

• Chart positions, sales figures and certifications are not yet listed
• Release history entries are not yet listed

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The members chose the album name as a callback to Super Junior05, the group's first album from 2005.
• The title track made its first music show appearance on 10 July 2025, two days after the album came out.
• Super Show 10 is set to visit 16 cities around the world before its conclusion in March 2026.
• The release day featured a live countdown streamed on YouTube and TikTok.
• The single was performed on Killing Voice on 15 July 2025.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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