''The Road'' is the eleventh Korean-language studio album ( fourteenth overall) by South Korean boy band

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set to be released on January 6, 2023. The album was originally released in two parts, ''The Road: Keep On Going'' and ''The Road: Celebration''. The former was released on July 12, 2022, while the latter was released on December 15, 2022, by

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. The album features the vocals of nine Super Junior members, which are

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Heechul Kim Hee-chul (; born July 10, 1983), better known mononymously as Heechul, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, presenter and actor. He is a member of the South Korean boy band Super Junior and has further participated in its subgroup Super ...

Yesung Kim Kang-hoon (born Kim Jong-woon; August 24, 1984), better known by his stage name Yesung is a South Korean singer, songwriter, actor, radio personality and television presenter. He debuted in 2005 as a member of Super Junior and its subgroups ...

Shindong Shin Dong-hee (born September 28, 1985), better known by his stage name Shindong (lit. meaning: "prodigy"), is a South Korean rapper, singer, dancer, host, radio personality and video director. He is best known as a member of Super Junior and i ...

Eunhyuk Lee Hyuk-jae (born April 4, 1986), better known by his stage name Eunhyuk, is a South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter, dancer and television host. He is a member of the South Korean boy group Super Junior and its subgroups Super Junior-T and S ...

, Donghae,

Siwon Choi Si-won (; born 7 April 1986), known mononymously as Siwon, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, model, and actor known for his work as a member of South Korean boy group Super Junior. Choi committed as special representative of UNICEF K ...

Ryeowook Kim Ryeo-wook (born June 21, 1987), better known by the mononym Ryeowook, is a South Korean singer, songwriter and musical actor. He is best known as a member of boy group Super Junior and its subgroups, Super Junior-K.R.Y. and Super Junior-M ...

and Kyuhyun.

Background

On June 13, 2022,

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released the concept trailer for their eleventh album. On June 28, 2022, Super Junior released the track list for Vol.1 of their eleventh album. Five tracks were included in Vol.1. The title song for the album was "Mango". Super Junior released the music video for their second track, "Don't Wait", on June 29, 2022. On November 28, SM released the first set of teasers for ''The Road Vol. 2: Celebration'', with a set release date of December 16.

Promotion

Super Show 9

On July 15 to July 17, the group embarked on the album supporting tour, Super Show 9 at the

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in Seoul. They first performed "Celebrate" during the Philippines stop of the tour on December 17, 2022.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Monthly charts

Year-end charts

References

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