The Road is the eleventh Korean-language studio album (fourteenth overall) by South Korean boy band Super Junior released on January 6, 2023.[1] 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,[2] while the latter was released on December 15, 2022, by SM Entertainment.[3] The album features the vocals of nine Super Junior members, which are Leeteuk, Heechul, Yesung, Shindong, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook and Kyuhyun.[4]
On June 13, 2022, Label SJ released the concept trailer for their eleventh album.[5][6]
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".[7]
Super Junior released the music video for their second track, "Don't Wait", on June 29, 2022.[8]
On November 28, SM released the first set of teasers for The Road Vol. 2: Celebration, with a set release date of December 16.[9]
On July 15 to July 17, the group embarked on the album supporting tour, Super Show 9 at the Jamsil Arena in Seoul.[10] They first performed "Celebrate" during the Philippines stop of the tour on December 17, 2022.[11]
^Moon wan-sik (December 27, 2022). 슈퍼주니어, 1월 6일 정규 11집 'The Road' 합본 오프라인 발매 [Super Junior will release the combined 11th album 'The Road' offline on January 6]. Naver (in Korean). Retrieved December 27, 2022.