Devil (Super Junior album)

Devil is a studio album released by South Korean boy band Super Junior, released on July 16, 2015, by SM Entertainment.^[2] Released as a "special album", the album features nine members, marking the return of Yesung after his mandatory military service.^[3] This also marks the first album without Shindong and Sungmin, due to mandatory military service.^[4] Devil is the final release to feature Kangin before his hiatus and eventual departure from Super Junior in 2019.^[5][6]

Devil
Devil album cover
Studio album by Super Junior
Released	July 16, 2015 (2015-07-16)
Recorded	2015
Studio	Doobdoob (Seoul) In Grid (Seoul) SM Big Shot (Seoul) SM Blue Cup (Seoul) SM Blue Ocean (Seoul) SM Yellow Tail (Seoul)
Genre	K-pop[1] Dance Rock
Length	36:36 52:15 (repackaged)
Language	Korean Mandarin
Label	SM KT Music
Producer	Lee Soo-man
Super Junior chronology
Mamacita (2014) Devil (2015) Play (2017)
Magic (Super Junior Special Album Part 2) front cover
Singles from Devil
"Devil" Released: July 16, 2015
Singles from Magic
"Magic" Released: September 16, 2015

Background

After announcing that Super Junior returned with special album Devil on July 16 to celebrate the group's 10th anniversary, SM Entertainment released a comical trailer, heightening fans' anticipation for the comeback. The agency said, 'Friendship and trust among members along with gratitude toward fans' love are the foundation for the album.'^[2][7][8]

Production and composition

Producing team the Stereotypes worked with SM's resident composer Kenzie on title song "Devil" for a trendy melody, effectively marking the departure of the group from its usual title track production with another resident SM songwriter-producer Yoo Young-jin, the one who writes for the group's title tracks since debut.^[9] The lyrics liken a man madly in love to the disposition of the devil. The performance for "Devil" was created by choreographer Tony Testa and SM's performance director BeatBurger. The Super Junior members also offered their own insights, leading to the creation of a fun, well-woven choreography with simple motions that showcase the group's laidback charms.^[10]

The album has a total of 10 tracks including the title song "Devil". The album involves many other singers for collaboration songs such as Lee Seung Hwan, and Kim Yoon Ah, Epitone Project and Kang Jun-Woo. Member Lee Donghae participated in writing lyrics and composing for the album.^[11] The tracks are partly classified by the group's subunits, which include Super Junior-K.R.Y., Super Junior-T, Super Junior-M and Super Junior-D&E.^[8]

Promotion

Release

Super Junior held its press conference to commemorate its special album Devil release at SMTOWN COEX Artium in Samsung-dong, Seoul on July 15, 2015.^[12]

Live performances

The group made their comeback performance on the Korean music show M! Countdown with the songs "Devil" and "Don't Wake Me Up" on July 16, 2015, and kept promotions going on Music Bank, Music Core and Inkigayo.^[12] Super Junior first showcased its song during its encore concert Super Show 6 in Seoul, over two days from July 11 to 12. Super Junior performed 4 songs from the album, including the title song "Devil", "We Can", "Don't Wake Me Up" and "Alright".^[11][13]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
2015	Mnet Asian Music Awards	Album of the Year	Nominated	[14]
2016	Gaon Chart K-pop Awards	Album of the Year – 3rd Quarter	Won	[15]
	Golden Disc Awards	Album Bonsang	Won	[16]
		Album Daesang	Nominated

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arranger(s)	Length
1.	"Devil"	Kim Yeon-jung	Yeon-jung Jonathan Yip Raymond Romulus Jeremy Reeves Raymond Charles II Micah Powell		3:36
2.	"Simply Beautiful"	Jo Yoon-kyung	Hyuk Shin DK Marco Reyes Jarah Gibson Jeffrey Lewis		4:03
3.	"Stars Appear..." (별이 뜬다; byeol-i tteun; lit. The star is out)	Epitone Project	Epitone Project	Epitone Project	3:45
4.	"Good Love"	Yeon-jung	Yeon-jung Yip Romulus Reeves Charles II Powell		3:20
5.	"We Can" (performed by SJ-K.R.Y.)	Lee Seung-hwan	Seung-hwan Hwang Seong-je		3:58
6.	"Don't Wake Me Up" (performed by SJ-D&E)	Lee Dong-hae Team One Sound	Dong-hae Team One Sound	Team One Sound	3:08
7.	"Love at First Sight" (첫눈에 반했습니다; cheosnun-e banhaessseubnida; lit. I fell in love with you at first sight.) (performed by SJ-T)	Kang Jun-woo	Jun-woo		3:44
8.	"Forever With You" (每天) (performed by SJ-M)	Zhou Mi	Andreas Oberg Martin K lLANG		3:12
9.	"Rock'n Shine!"	Kim Yoo-nah	Yoo-nah		3:55
10.	"Alright"	Dong-hae Lee Hyuk-jae Team One Sound	Dong-hae Team One Sound		3:55
Total length:					36:36

Magic (repackaged edition)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arranger(s)	Length
1.	"Magic"	Yoon-kyoung	Purple J (이주형) G-High Thomas Sardorf	Purple J (이주형) G-High Sardorf	3:35
2.	"Devil"	Yeon-jung	Yeon-jung Yip Romulus Reeves Charles II Powell		3:36
3.	"Simply Beautiful"	Yoon-kyoung	Shin DK Reyes Gibson Lewis		4:03
4.	"You Got It" (놈, 놈, 놈; nom, nom, nom; lit. That guy, that guy, that guy) (performed by Leeteuk, Heechul, Yesung, Eunhyuk and Donghae)	Park Jeong-su Kim Hee-chul Hyuk-jae Team One Sound	Yip Romulus Reeves Charles II Three	Yip Romulus Reeves Charles II Three	4:23
5.	"Dorothy" (도로시; dolosi) (performed by SJ-K.R.Y.)	Kim Jin-ah	Lee Sang-jun	Cha Gil-wan	4:24
6.	"Sarang♥" (performed by Leeteuk and Heechul)	Hee-chul Team One Sound	Jeong-su Team One Sound	Team One Sound	3:17
7.	"Stars Appear..." (별이 뜬다; byeol-i tteun; lit. The star is out)	Epitone Project	Epitone Project	Epitone Project	3:45
8.	"Good Love"	Yeon-jung	Yeon-jung Yip Romulus Reeves Charles II Powell		3:20
9.	"We Can" (performed by SJ-K.R.Y.)	Seung-hwan	Seung-hwan Seong-je		3:58
10.	"Don't Wake Me Up" (performed by SJ-D&E)	Dong-hae Team One Sound	Dong-hae Team One Sound	Team One Sound	3:08
11.	"Love at First Sight" (첫눈에 반했습니다; cheosnun-e banhaessseubnida; lit. I fell in love with you at first sight.) (performed by SJ-T)	Jun-woo	Jun-woo		3:44
12.	"Forever With You" (每天) (performed by SJ-M)	Mi	Oberg Martin K lLANG		3:12
13.	"Rock'n Shine!"	Yoo-nah	Yoo-nah		3:55
14.	"Alright"	Dong-hae Hyuk-jae Team One Sound	Dong-hae Team One Sound		3:55
Total length:					52:15

Personnel

Credit for Devil are adapted from the album.

S.M Entertainment Co., Ltd – Executive Producer Soo-man Lee – Producer Nam Soo-young – Director of Management Jung Chang-hwan – Director of Media Planning Lee Song-soo, Kwon Yoon-jung, Yoon Ji-hae, I Ga-won – A&R Direction & Coordinator Cho Min-kyung, Lee Seo-kyung – International Repertoire Jung Hyo-won, Kim Min-kyung, Oh Jung-eun, Park Mi-ji – Publishing & Copyright Clearance Vocal director, background vocals – Yoo Young-jin Super Junior: Leeteuk, Heechul, Yesung, Kangin, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook and Kyuhyun – Vocals, background vocals Goo Joung-pil (BEAT BURGER) – Recording, mixing (done at S.M. Yellow Tall Studio) Kim Chol-Sun – Recording, mixing (done at S.M. Blue Ocean Studio) Jang Eui-seok – Recording, mixing (done at S.M. Blue Cup Studio) Kim Hyun-goon, Lee Ji-Hyoong, Kim Kyu-yeoung – Recording (done at doobdoob Studio) Jang EunGyung – Recording (done at Grid Studio) Jag Ki-hoong – Recording (done at Seoul Studio) Kim Han-goo – Mixing at Sound Pool Studio Tom Coyne – Mastering (mastering done at Sonic Korea)

Tak Yeong-jun, Kang Byeong-jun, Park Yeong-sin, Kim, Jung-hoon, Wan Yoong-sun, Song In-hoo, Lee Kyu-won, Park Yoong-suk, Lee Hoo-taek, KCho Bum-sun – Artist Management and Promotion Lee Seong-Soo, Yoon Hee-jun, Cho Yoo Eun – Artist Planning & Development Kim Eun-ah, Jung Sang-hee, Lee Ji-sun, Kwon Jung-ha, Lee Ji-hun – Public Relations & Publicity Kim Min Suk, Park Min-Kwon, Jung Kyung-sik – Media Planning Tak Young-jun, Hwang Sung-young, Beat Burger (Joe Sim, Greg Hwang) – Choreography Direction Toni Testa, Beat Burger (Greg Hwang), Mihawk Back, Hyuno Jin (Look) – Choreographer Choi Jung-min – International Marketing Steven Myungkyung Lee – English lyrics Supervisor Lee Jung-ah – Customer Relationship Management Park Jun-young, Sun Young, Jun Sung-jin – Music Video Direction Hoong Won-ki – Music Video Director Min Hee-jin – Visual & Art Director Mok Jung-ook – Photographer Kim Yae-min (Assistant, Lee Hye-ri) – Design Lee Won-hae – Stylist Kim Jung-eun, Kim Hye-yun – Hair Stylist Choi Hye-rin, Han Hyoo-eun – Make-up Artist Young-min Kim – Executive Supervisor

Credit for Magic are adapted from the album.

S.M Entertainment Co., Ltd – Executive Producer Soo-man Lee – Producer Nam Soo-young – Director of Management Jung Chang-hwan – Director of Media Planning Lee Song-soo, Kwon Yoon-jung, Yoon Ji-hae, I Ga-won – A&R Direction & Coordinator Cho Min-kyung, Lee Seo-kyung – International Repertoire Jung Hyo-won, Kim Min-kyung, Oh Jung-eun, Park Mi-ji – Publishing & Copyright Clearance Vocal director, background vocals – Yoo Young-jin Super Junior: Leeteuk, Heechul, Yesung, Kangin, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook and Kyuhyun – Vocals, background vocals Goo Joung-pil (BEAT BURGER) – Recording, mixing (done at S.M. Yellow Tall Studio) Kim Chol-Sun – Recording, mixing (done at S.M. Blue Ocean Studio) Jang Eui-seok – Recording, mixing (done at S.M. Blue Cup Studio) Kim Hyun-goon, Lee Ji-Hyoong, Kim Kyu-yeoung – Recording (done at doobdoob Studio) Jang EunGyung – Recording (done at Grid Studio) Jag Ki-hoong – Recording (done at Seoul Studio) Kim Han-goo – Mixing at Sound Pool Studio Tom Coyne – Mastering (mastering done at Sonic Korea)

Tak Yeong-jun, Kang Byeong-jun, Wan Young-sun, Kim Min-gun, Kim Si-young, Song In-ho, Park Yeong-suk – Artist Management and Promotion Lee Seong-Soo, Yoon Hee-jun, Cho Yoo Eun – Artist Planning & Development Kim Eun-ah, Jung Sang-hee, Lee Ji-sun, Kwon Jung-ha, Lee Ji-hun – Public Relations & Publicity Kim Min Suk, Park Min-Kwon, Jung Kyung-sik – Media Planning Tak Young-jun, Hwang Sung-young, Beat Burger (Joe Sim, Greg Hwang) – Choreography Direction Toni Testa, Beat Burger (Greg Hwang), Mihawk Back, Hyuno Jin (Look) – Choreographer Choi Jung-min – International Marketing Steven Myungkyung Lee – English lyrics Supervisor Lee Jung-ah – Customer Relationship Management Park Jun-young, Sun Young, Jun Sung-jin – Music Video Direction Hoong Won-ki – Music Video Director Min Hee-jin – Visual & Art Director JAworkshop – Design Kwon Hte-mi – Stylist Kim Jung-eun, Kim Hye-yun – Hair Stylist Choi Hye-rin, Han Hyoo-eun – Make-up Artist Lee Young-hak – Photographer Young-min Kim – Executive Supervisor

Chart

Weekly charts Chart (2015) Peak position Japanese Albums (Oricon)[17] 8 Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard)[18] 11 South Korean Albums (Gaon)[19] 2 South Korean Albums (Gaon)[20] Magic reissue 1 Monthly albums Chart (2015) Peak position South Korean Albums (Gaon)[21] 2 South Korean Albums (Gaon)[22] Magic reissue 1

Year-end charts Chart (2015) Peak position South Korean Albums (Gaon)[23] 9 South Korean Albums (Gaon) Magic reissue 23

Album sales

Region	Sales
South Korea (Gaon)	168,673 (Devil)[24]
	95,202 (Magic)[24]

Release history

Release history for Devil

Country	Date	Format(s)	Label	Version	Ref
South Korea	July 16, 2015	CD	SM KT Music	Devil	[25]
Various		Digital download streaming	SM
Taiwan	August 14, 2015	CD	Avex Taiwan		[26]
South Korea	September 16, 2015	CD	SM KT Music	Magic	[27]
Various		Digital download streaming	SM
Taiwan	October 30, 2015	CD	Avex Taiwan		[28]

See also

• Devil
  • Devil (Music Video) on YouTube
  • Devil (Performance Video) on YouTube
  • Devil (Music Video Teaser) on YouTube
  • Special Album "Devil" (Trailer ver.1) on YouTube
  • Special Album "Devil" (Highlight Medley) on YouTube
• Magic
  • Magic (Music Video) on YouTube
  • Magic (Music Video Teaser) on YouTube