Suja's Review Text (album)

“Sexy, Free & single”

Written by Mega Gusna Yenti

Studio album by Super Junior

Label             : SM Entertainment & KMP Holding

Producer          : Lee Soo-Man

Recorded          : May – June 2012 at SM Studios, Seoul, South Korea

Genre             : K-Pop, R&B, electropop, dance, rap, eurohouse

Length            : 35:38

Release country   : South Korea

Release date            : July 4^th, 2012

Language          : Korean

      Sexy, Free & Single was the sixth album of Super Junior, a boy group from South Korea. In this album, Kangin performed for the first time after finished his mandatory military service in April 2012 since October 2009. However, Heechul did not participate in this album because he was in his mandatory military service since September 2011.  As a result, only ten members whose participated in this album. They were Leeteuk, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Yesung, Siwon, Kangin, Kyuhyun, Shindong, Sungmin and Ryeowook.

      Before this album was released, it began by releasing the teaser photo of each members. Starting from the teaser photo of  Unhyuk on June 21^th and followed by Donghae on June 22^th. Next, the teaser of Leeteuk and Ryeowook were released. Next, the photo teaser of Kangin and Sungmin were released on June 25^th but the Yesung’s and Shindong’s were released a day before it. The final teaser of members, Kyuhyun and Siwon, were released on June 26^th.

This album released on July 4^th, 2012 and  it consisted of ten songs; Sexy, Free & Single which composed and arranged by Danish and the songwriters Daniel ‘Obi’ Klein, Thomas Sardorf and Lasse Lindorff. The second track was For U which was dedicated for their fans. The third track Now and the next track was Rockstar which was a club and electronic mixed tract with hip hop. Gulliver was written by Euhyuk and in this song, he also participated in the rap parts with Donghae, Leeteuk, Shindong and Ryeowook as the vocals. Next, Someday,Butterfly, A Good Bye, Daydream and Bittersweet. The full music video wasa released on July 3^th, a day before the releasing of the tracks.

      Besides that, Sexy, Free and Single track also had its Japanese version and released on August 22^nd. This album was also followed by Repackaged Album of sixth album that was Spy as the lead track. It was released on August 3^rd  and followed by the releasing of its music video on August 13^rd.

      In sum, Sexy, Free & Single album was distinctly different with the previous album because it showed the real charismatic of each of members. Futhermore, when the members were dancing, we could see the real super stars. In their teaser photos, the members looked very elegant or we could say “Beautiful Men”. Likewise, in his photo teaser, Lee Donghae dressed black mech shirt with a white lace veil over. He looked very cool at all. I really like kind of ballad songs very much. In Daydream song, I could feel the song and got the sense on it. Not only ballad song, but also dance songs like Sexy, Free & Single song. Its music video was excellent I thought because all members performance was very nice and energic.