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Time Slip (2019)

Where the lyrics of Time Slip take you, and where it was really made.

This album came out on the same day that label-mate Sulli died, which delayed the music video for its lead single.

Key places

Recording location: Doobdoob, Seoul (2019)

Recording site doobdoob Studio — Listed as the recording location for Time Slip in the source, shown at the Seoul coordinates given for Doobdoob. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Time Slip: tenth Korean-language studio album and eleventh overall, by Super Junior
• Released 14 October 2019 by SM Entertainment
• Nine members appear: Leeteuk, Heechul, Yesung, Shindong, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook
• Marks the return of Kyuhyun after his mandatory military service
• Ten tracks, with 'Super Clap' as the lead single

Background

• Previous album One More Time was released when the band had eleven members, three of them inactive
• Kyuhyun finished his mandatory military enlistment in May 2019
• Kangin announced his departure in July 2019, leaving ten members
• Sungmin continued to sit out group activities
• Heechul did not join music show promotions or the Super Show 8 tour due to health issues, but took part in other promotions
• Before the album, members released their own works: Ryeowook's Drunk on Love, Super Junior-D&E's Danger, Kyuhyun's The Day We Meet Again, and Yesung's Pink Magic
• The number 999 was used in hints about the comeback date, in the music videos for 'Danger' and 'Pink Magic'
• The first single 'Show' was released on 10 September 2019 as a remake of Kim Won-jun's 1996 song with the same title

Recording

• Recording location listed for the album: Doobdoob, Seoul
• The reality show SJ Returns season 3 followed the making of the album, including track selection, studio recording sessions, and album cover shooting

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

• The Kraze: overall score 8.7 out of 10
• The Kraze: lead single 'Super Clap' 9 out of 10
• The Kraze: music video for 'Super Clap' 8.5 out of 10
• The Kraze: album 8.5 out of 10
• Cultura (Indonesia): 3 out of 5 stars, praising the group for keeping their identity as an early-generation boy band while creating songs with modern arrangements

Records

• Commercial success: 350,000 pre-orders
• Reached number one on iTunes in 32 countries
• Hanteo News: first-week sales of more than 270,000 copies, breaking the band's previous first-week record by 215 percent from the album Play
• Platinum album certification on 12 December 2019
• Gaon year-end chart: 9th place, 427,647 copies sold in 2019
• 'Super Clap' took first place on the weekly music shows M Countdown and Music Bank

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The album was released on 14 October 2019, the same day label-mate Sulli died, and the music video for 'Super Clap' was delayed until 18 October.
• Heechul did not appear in music show promotions or the Super Show 8 tour because of a health issue, though he joined other promotions.
• The album came in ten versions: nine for each band member and one group version.
• The lead single 'Show' remade a 1996 song by Kim Won-jun, and its music video used clips from the Super Show 7 tour.
• Super Show 8 held two sold-out shows at the KSPO Dome in Seoul on 12 and 13 October, drawing 18,000 audiences in total.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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