Super Junior - From a "black hole of d.eath" to a Kpop legend, 17 years of standing firm in the midst of countless storms

Gen 2, a golden generation of K-pop, those who have contributed to bringing the Korean music industry to the world can't help but mention Super Junior - K-pop's most populous b.oy group.

Pioneering group that breaks a series of stereotypes

Super Junior was originally not a project that SM Entertainment focused on in the first place. In 2005, president Lee Soo Man's intention was just to create a project team, every year new members will be added, old members will leave when "older" or have other plans. . The group originally had no name, the name Super Junior was even just a transformation from SM Junior (SM's teenagers) to "super teenagers".

The first generation of the group is called Super Junior 05, consisting of 12 boys Leeteuk, Heechul, Han Geng, Yesung, Kangin, Shindong, Sungmin, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook and Kibum. Kyuhyun was the last member added in 2006, making the project group a permanent boygroup with the most populous record - 13 members.

On November 6, 2005, 12 boys had a debut stage on SBS Inkigayo with the song Twins (Knock Out). Super Junior was a unique thing in Korean showbiz at that time, becoming a topic of discussion everywhere.

First, Super Junior is the first group to have more than a dozen members in the context of other groups with only 6 at most, the first to have foreign members (Han Geng).

In the midst of b.oy groups pursuing a quiet, mysterious and cold image, Super Junior is not afraid to destroy all images, participating in a series of variety shows to get closer to the audience.

The Shindong member is also one of the unique things about Kpop. At that time and even now, the idol profession is inherently only for handsome men, so the fact that a guy with a chubby b.ody debuted in an idol group is a "rare thing". But with his dancing ability, vivacious personality, and talent to conquer all fields, Shindong has become an indispensable piece of Suju.

A series of s.hock waves surrounded

On the path of Super Junior During 17 years, there were moments that seemed to knock everything down. Suju's road has never been smooth, if not bumpy and thorny to the point of being unimaginable.

Super Junior was once the "black hole of death" of Kpop, with continuous, even life-threatening traffic accidents. In August 2006, on the way back from Donghae's father's funeral, Heechul was in a serious car accident, breaking up to 5 parts of his left leg including femur, knee, and ankle. He had to have surgery for 6 hours straight, wear a large splint in his leg, and stop working for 3 months straight. However, Heechul always tried so hard to practice that when he was surgically removed, the bone brace was bent. However, this injury has prevented the "universe superstar" many times from performing with the group and can only participate in military service to serve the community.

April 19, 2007 was a dark day for ELF (Super Junior fans) around the world. On the way back from the radio broadcast, the car carrying Leeteuk, Shindong, Eunhyuk and Kyuhyun and the staff also lost control, hit the lane, and overturned. Shindong and Eunhyuk only suffered minor injuries, but Leeteuk had to have 150 stitches all over his b.ody and the youngest Kyuhyun suffered a broken rib, a punctured lung, and was close to d.eath.

Kyuhyun then recounted how he almost experienced a near-death moment, recalling all the good memories of his childhood before passing out. The male idol's chance of survival is only 20%, but thanks to the talent of the doctor, thanks to the decision of the father with the same miracle, Kyuhyun overcame d.eath, was discharged after 3 months and lived a second life.

Super Junior has always been known for their close relationship, with the divine number 13. But on this road, there were people turning sideways. Super Junior has come a very long way, but the period of promoting with full members did not last up to 4 years. In 2009, when he just rose to the top with the super hit Sorry Sorry, Chinese member Han Geng suddenly filed a lawsuit against SM Entertainment for a "slave contract", unfair treatment, exploitation, and separation of him and his family.

Although it was not until September 2011, the two sides reached an agreement to terminate the contract and Han Geng officially left the group, but in fact, he stopped promoting with the group and returned to China since 2009. It's You is The final product has the participation of all 13 members.

Kibum, Kangin, Sungmin continued to be the sad notes on the exciting song called Super Junior. On the first day of debut, Kibum was the "national male god" in the hearts of Korean girls, owning the right face of the first love, popular with the TV series Sharp, attracting countless fangirls to the group. However, in 2009, Kibum stopped all activities with the group to focus on his acting career. He is still a member of the group, but "yes it's nothing". In 2015, the once-popular handsome man officially left SM Entertainment and left the group after his contract expired.

Kangin is the most troublesome member of the group, Leeteuk once likened him to "Super Junior's injured finger". The male idol's series of scandals began in 2009 when Kangin was investigated by the police for drunk driving, before that, he also participated in a f.ight at a bar. The scandal caused Kangin to apologize to the public and hastily enlist in the army. After being discharged from the army, he was welcomed back by fans, but with an alcohol addiction that was hard to quit, Kangin continued to cause an accident, crashing into a street lamp post because he was drunk on May 24, 2017. Not stopping there, he was also accused of a.ssault by his girlfriend. The scandal piled up, Kangin was f.orced to withdraw from Super Junior's joint activities and officially left the group in July 2019.

ELF often has a saying: "Super Junior's ultimate limit is Leeteuk". You "stone" their favorite member, they can let it go, but you can't touch Leeteuk. Indeed, the ship Super Junior can overcome the storm and move forward like this depends a lot on Leeteuk's leadership talent. Always strongly protecting the members, but in real life, Leeteuk has had to deal with mental illness from an unimaginable family tragedy.

On January 6, 2014, 3 of his relatives - grandfather, grandmother and father passed away. Ironically, it was his biological father who ended 3 lives due to the pressures of illness and a debt of billions of won. At that time, the leader of Super Junior was in the army, he collapsed when he heard the bad news. It wasn't until a few years later that fans knew that Leeteuk was struggling with depression due to a great tragedy, and had to sell his car and manage to pay off the debt left by his father. However, he still braced himself, steered the Super Junior boat, always responded to fans with the brightest smiles.

The great tragedies of life train Super Junior members, but they also have another fear, very vague but common to all idols. It is afraid of fans turning away, leaving behind countless other new and young groups. From the biggest Kpop group, there was a time when Super Junior had to go on stage with 4 members and 7 back dancers at SM TOWN Live in Seoul 2017. Leader Leeteuk said he didn't want to cry, but tears still flowed. fell because the ELFs are still here, using sapphire blue light to follow and cheer on Super Junior.

After the storm, all is peaceful, the "Kpop uncles" assert the level of "The last one to stand"

In 2010, Super Junior released the song Superman, which contained the line "Super Junior, the last man standing". At that time, this verse was considered extravagant, but after 12 years, it suddenly became... true. Despite how many other groups match and fall apart, Super Junior is still standing with the level of the 2nd generation leaders, still here, still releasing albums and going on tours regularly, still the last performers at the awards ceremony. a.ward, was admired by countless juniors and chosen as a model to follow.

The wind and waves have passed, after the rain, the sun is back. In 2015, on the 10th anniversary, Super Junior was given a special gift by SM Entertainment, which is their own company called Label SJ. From now on, Super Junior is allowed to "go out", self-operate and develop in the desired direction. In 2019, ELF finally waited until the youngest member Kyuhyun was discharged from the army, ending 10 long years of welcoming this member back and sending another member off to enlist.

The 10-year period is even longer than the lifespan of other groups. During that time, despite the lack of one person after another, Super Junior still released 7 more albums as a group, held 5 more Super Show seasons with hundreds of concerts, "sweeped" all charts and confirmed. top b.oy group status.

The secret of Super Junior's success comes from the members' commitment. Together for nearly 20 years, the members have now become each other's family.

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