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Super Junior

Musical style
As a whole, Super Junior has released three studio albums and one official single, including contributions of songs in the soundtracks of H.I.T and Attack on the Pin-Up Boys. They are acclaimed for their vocal harmonization and unison as each member contributes a different voice range in their music.[62] Some members are credited for their vocal belting techniques, notably Yesung.[g][63] Leeteuk, Heechul, Han Geng, Yesung, Sungmin, Donghae, and Ryeowook sing within the stretch of a high baritone range to the tenor range, while Kang-in and Siwon sing in a lower baritone range. Shindong's, Kibum's, and Kyuhyun's vocals lie in the bass range. Shindong, Eunhyuk, and Kibum are also the known rappers of the group due to their rhythmic vocals and quick tongue. Heechul and Donghae consistently rap as the supporting vocals.[h]
Super Junior's music mainly fall into the category of mainstream Korean pop. Songs of this genre are usually mixed with different branches of electronic instruments, with heavy emphasis on urban contemporary, dance pop, and rap. Super Junior has been notable for their light, bubblegum pop dance mixes, such as "Miracle", "Dancing Out", and "Full of Happiness", although a majority of their promotional singles incorporate mature music and lyrics. Don't Don's first promotional single "Don't Don" includes a balanced infusion of rock, R&B, and rap, along with other musical elements like the electric guitar, bass, and other different percussion instruments, adding to a mixed genre labeled as SMP.[64] Classical instruments are also woven into their music, such as the violin in "Don't Don" and the African djemba and Indian tabla in "A Man In Love."[65] They have also released songs that are solely focused on rap and hip hop. An example is "One Love", a song that Eunhyuk wrote for their first concert.
Super Junior has covered quite a few song in their albums. Their debut single, "TWINS (Knock Out)" is a
cover of Triple Eight's "Knockout," which was released in 2003. While the musical style is mostly maintained as the original, "TWINS (Knock Out)" touches closer to rap rock, with quicker rap and more emphasis on the bass instruments. In most of their covers, the original titles are kept. Examples include Cape's "L.O.V.E" and Exile's "Believe." However, most of these covers are re-arranged to different accompaniments, such as H.O.T's "Full of Happiness".
Heechul, Shindong, and Eunhyuk are credited for their rap lyrics in their co-single with TVXQ, "Show Me Your Love". Eunhyuk is also the main contributor for the rap lyrics in the group's single, "U" and as well as the majority of the rap lyrics for Super Junior's later albums. After the release of their second album, more members began to contribute in writing. Leeteuk, Sungmin, Eunhyuk, and Donghae wrote the lyrics to the pop track, "I am," a song talking about the ordinary man in a celebrity's life.
[5] Ryeowook also composed and co-wrote the lyrics with Sungmin to "Love U More", a track released on their 3rd album's repackage.[5]

Dance style
Super Junior are known for doing performances that are heavily centered around their choreography. The group's pre-debut was a hip hop dance performance and they have also joined B-boy battles and performances throughout their career.[66]
Their dance styles are widely termed as street dancing, with a majority of their dance choreography containing hip hop dance moves such as popping, waving, sliding, and liquid dancing. Most of their songs usually contain a music bridge where two to six members from the group do a dance performance. Han Geng, Shindong, Eunhyuk, and Donghae are reportedly the most skilled dancers of the group, where the four of them are usually seen leading group dances and also performing solos.[67] Dances in the form of martial arts are widely used in their dance routines as both Han Geng and Sungmin are professionally trained in that area.[67][68] Some of the members also participated in creating their dance choreography, such as Shindong who was the main choreographer for "U" and for most of the group's other dance sequences. The members were also responsible for the dance choreography of "Don't Don."

Image
Super Junior are best known to be a youthful, energetic, and humorous group.[69] The group, however, is also known for having many different fabricated images with each new musical release. Super Junior's debut image softly leaned towards a rock appearance to complement the rap/rock "TWINS (Knock Out)." During their promotion of "Miracle," many of the members displayed a youthful and cute image with their lighter hair color and cute dance style. The group soon transitioned to a more mature, preppy style with "U", where the members changed their hair to a darker color and wore darker, more flamboyant outfits.
For the release of Don't Don, the group surprised the media with an edgy transformation.
[70] Their outfits became more revealing and many members bleached their hair, wore dark makeup, and had temporary tattoos. Kang-in had a hairstyle that was a buzz cut with scratched designs, Leeteuk's and Sungmin's hair were bleached blond and half shaved, while Heechul, Han Geng, and Kyuhyun sported with bright-colored hairstyles, which were all inspired by punk fashion and modifications of hip hop fashion.

Albums
2005: SuperJunior05 (TWINS)
2007:
Don't Don
2009:
Sorry, Sorry

CD singles
2005: "Show Me Your Love" (With TVXQ)
2006: "
U"
2008: "
U/TWINS" (Special Japan release)
2008: "
Marry U" (Special Japan release)

Extended plays
2007:
U (Special Taiwan release)

Tours
2007: 2007 SMTOWN Summer Concert
2008:
The 1st ASIA TOUR, Super Show
2008:
SMTOWN Live '08
2009:
The 2nd ASIA TOUR, Super Show 2
2009:
SMTOWN Live '09

Subgroups
Super Junior-K.R.Y
Super Junior-T
Super Junior-M
Super Junior-Happy

Attack on the Pin-Up Boys
Twelve members, excluding Kyuhyun, appeared in the group's debut film Attack on the Pin-Up Boys. The first film released by SM Pictures, it premiered on July 26, 2007 in Korea.[87] "Wonder Boy", performed by Super Junior, is used as the theme song of the film.[87] Although the film was promoted as a typical high school comedy, the movie gained positive reviews from critics[citation needed], praising that the movie had a well-oriented plot unlike most idol films. However, ticket sales remained low in the premiere month despite its unexpected success in the sales the first week.[88] The film was a box-office bomb, failing to attract more than 102,600 admissions and was proven to be a big loss for SM Pictures.[89] However, both versions of the film's DVD became a best-selling record and were sold-out in both Korea and oversea markets, which was more than enough to make up for the production loss of 8.5 billion won.[89]

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