''Time Slip'' (stylized as ''Time_Slip'') is the ninth Korean-language

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( eleventh overall) by South Korean boy band

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, released on October 14, 2019, by

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. The album features nine members, marking the return of Kyuhyun after his

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

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, Donghae,

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and Kyuhyun. On January 7, 2020 it was announced that the album would be re-released as a repackaged album, ''Timeless'' on January 28, 2020.

Background and release

is a South Korean

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that had thirteen members at its peak. At the release of their previous album, '' One More Time'', the band has eleven members, with three of them being inactive; Kyuhyun due to military enlistment, Kangin because of his hiatus, and

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, who voluntarily did not participate in group activities. In May 2019, Kyuhyun finished his mandatory military enlistment, thus finishing-off the enlistment period of the band members that started since 2010, when the first member, Kangin, enlisted. In July 2019, Super Junior became a ten members band as Kangin announced his departure from the group after three years hiatus. As Sungmin continue to sit out of the group activity, ''Time Slip'' featured the remaining nine members of Super Junior. However, on August 30,

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, Super Junior's music label announced that Heechul will not be joining the band in music show promotions and the album's supporting tour,

Super Show 8 Super Show 8: Infinite Time is the fifth Asia-wide concert tour and eighth tour overall by South Korean boy band Super Junior, in support of their ninth studio album, ''Time_Slip''. The world tour commenced with two shows in Seoul from October ...

due to health issue but he will participate in other promotions. Since the release of ''One More Time'', some of the band members released their own albums;

released a pop ballad mini album, ''Drunk on Love'' in January, Donghae and

through the sub-unit Super Junior-D&E released a pop mini album, ''

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'' in April, Kyuhyun released a

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, ''The Day We Meet Again'' in May, and

released a mini album, ''Pink Magic'' in June 2019. Super Junior started hinting on their comeback date by incorporating the number 999 in Super Junior-D&E's title track "Danger" and Yesung's "Pink Magic" music videos. On September 3, Super Junior posted cryptic concept images with the text "SUPER JUNIOR COMEBACK 999 : 00 : 00" on their

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accounts and website, that

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to October 14, 2019 and announced it as their comeback date for their ninth album. Nine cryptic teaser images were released, one for each band member, who posed with different props while hiding their faces from camera. The first single and its music video, "Show", was released on September 10, 2019. The single is a remake of

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's song with the same title that was released in 1996. The music video featured clips from the band's previous tour,

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and its encore, Super Show 7S. On September 17, the music video for "Somebody New" was released. The song is described as a "medium tempo song that conveyed hopeful message to those who are facing difficulties". The music video features clips of the daily life of the band members and scenes in the practice room where they practice their choreography for the new album. The

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of the music video was broadcast through episode 54 of

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Season 3, which was aired on October 20, 2019. On September 27, 2019 the lyric video for the track "The Crown" was released. The song described the band's 15 years history and featured heavy

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and synth sound. The track list for ''Time Slip'' was released on September 30, revealing that the album will contain ten tracks altogether, with "Super Clap" as its lead single. It was also revealed that the album will be released in ten versions; nine versions for each band members and a group version. On October 4, they released the fourth music video of the album, "I Think I", which was co-written by band member,

. The song is a fusion of

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and pop R&B genre, a nod to their previous album, which is a

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EP; ''One More Time''. The album was released on October 14, 2019. However, due to the death of label-mate,

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, on the same day, the release of "Super Clap" music video was delayed. It was subsequently released on October 18. On October 25, Label SJ announced the release of the special version of the album, ''Timeline''. The special version was released on November 6 in celebration of their 14th debut anniversary.

Promotion

Live performances

On August 26,

announced the renewal of the reality show

for its third season, with the first episode to be broadcast on September 9, 2019 on

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and

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, ahead of their album release. The show centers around the processes of making the album, including tracks selection, studio recording sessions, choreography practices, and

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and

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shooting. The group made their comeback performances on the Korean music show, '' Music Bank'', with the songs "I Think I" and "Super Clap", on October 18. They also made their appearance on ''

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'' and ''

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''. On September 24, it was announced that Super Junior will be appeared as a full group for the variety show, '' Idol Room''. On October 4, it was announced that Super Junior will appear as a full group on the 200th episode of '' Knowing Bros'', which was set to air on October 12, 2019.

Super Show 8

On October 12 and 13, the group embarked on the album supporting tour,

at the

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in Seoul. The two days concert was sold out and attracted 18,000 audiences.

Repackage album

On January 7, it was announced that ''Timeless'', a repackage of ''Time Slip'' will be released on January 28, 2020 with its lead single being produced by Zico. Two days later, on January 9, 2020, the lead single's title, "2YA2YAO!" (pronounced: ), was revealed in a teaser video posted on

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channel. The video showed short clips of Zico monitoring the members of Super Junior while they were recording the track at a recording studio. The track is a hip hop song and was described as having addictive rhythm and witty lyrics. Super Junior released a series of images on their social media accounts on January 9, which were dubbed as "story telling cards". It featured a

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that described the band's journey and themed around the darkness and light. The promotional concept photos of ''Timeless'' were gradually released between January 13 to January 17, 2020. The group version featured the band members in dandy style while the individual photos were theme around shadow and bright. It was confirmed on January 15 that ''Timeless'' will be released in two versions; "Shadow" and "Bright". Four new songs were included in the album; "2YA2YAO!", "Ticky Tocky", "Shadow" and "Rock Your Body".

Sales and reception

The album received commercial success, recording 350,000 pre-orders and reaching number one on

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in 32 countries. Hanteo News reported that it recorded a first week sale of more than 270,000 copies, breaking the band's previous first week sale record by 215 percent, from the album '' Play''. The album received its platinum album certification on December 12, 2019. On the year end Gaon chart ''Time Slip'' placed 9th, selling 427,647 copies throughout 2019. The album's lead single "Super Clap" also won first place in weekly music shows ''

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'' and '' Music Bank''.

Critical reception

''Time Slip'' received positive reviews from critics. In the magazine ''The Kraze'', it received the overall score of 8.7/10. Further score breakdown showed that the lead single "Super Clap" received 9/10, its music video received 8.5/10 and the album received 8.5/10 score. ''United Kpop'' magazine commented on the contrast between ''Time Slip'' and ''Timeless'', stating that the former "gave a colourful and retro feel" while the latter's title track is "more serious and intense". Indonesian magazine, ''Cultura'' gave the album 3 out of 5 stars, citing that Super Junior through the album, managed to "keep their identity as an early generation boy band who are also able to create songs with modern arrangements".

Track listing

Charts

Album

Singles

Accolades

Awards and nominations

Music program awards

Release history

References

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