SM Entertainment (hereinafter referred to as SM) will release a 30th-anniversary commemorative album.
SM will release the 30th-anniversary album ‘2025 SMTOWN: THE CULTURE, THE FUTURE’ at 6 PM on the 14th of next month.
This is the first group album in approximately 2 years and 2 months. It is the first since the 2022 SM Town winter album ‘SMCU PALACE’ released in December 2022.
The title track of this album is ‘Thank You’, a new group song from SM. The album also includes 17 remakes of SM’s hit songs, tailored to each group’s unique character and musical style.
Kangta has re-sung S.E.S.’s ‘Just A Feeling’. BoA remade SHINee Jonghyun’s ‘End of a Day’, TVXQ remade Red Velvet’s ‘Psycho’, and Super Junior covered Shinhwa’s ‘I Pray 4 U’.
Girls’ Generation reinterpreted The Grace’s ‘Passion’, EXO reimagined H.O.T.’s ‘Warrior’s Descendant’, and Red Velvet brought a fresh take on Girls’ Generation’s ‘Run Devil Run’.
NCT 127 introduced Hyun Jin-young’s ‘You in My Faded Memory’, NCT DREAM covered EXO’s ‘Love Me Right’, and WayV delivered SHINee’s ‘Juliette’.
Aespa reinterpreted f(x)’s ‘Rum Pum Pum Pum’, RIIZE took on TVXQ’s ‘Hug’, NCT WISH performed Super Junior’s ‘Miracle’, and Naivis covered BoA’s ‘GAME’.
SM’s musical heritage can be enjoyed in new ways. The dance music label ‘ScreaM Records’ and the classical & jazz label ‘SM Classics’ have re-imagined SHINee’s ‘View’ and BoA’s ‘My Name’.
Meanwhile, SM held the ‘SMTOWN LIVE 2025’ Seoul concert on the 11th and 12th. They unveiled the title track music video and some stage performances for the first time.
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