‘SM Town’ Super Junior‘s PR War... The Story Behind Leeteuk Shouting “You Fake Guys”

MUSIC Jan 12, 2025

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Super Junior. Photo courtesy of SM Entertainment.
Super Junior. Photo courtesy of SM Entertainment.
Group Super Junior showed off their wit on stage and made everyone laugh by giving spoilers about their activities this year.

On the 12th, Super Junior passionately sang their hit song ‘Sorry Sorry’ at the second day of ‘SM Town Live 2025’ to commemorate their 30th anniversary held at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul.

After that, they each went into ‘promotion’ mode during the group greetings, making fans burst into laughter. Yesung promoted his upcoming solo concert, Siwon promoted his film ‘Fairy Tale But You Pay’, and Kyuhyun promoted his musical ‘The Man Who Laughs’.

Eunhyuk then said, “Aren‘t we all family? He surprised everyone by saying, “I’ll make a surprise announcement here too,” and “This is my first solo comeback in 20 years since my debut.” Leeteuk then joked, “This isn‘t even an album from SM. I feel bad being with those fakes (SM). I’m the real SM man.”

The members encouraged each other‘s individual activities and said, “SM is celebrating its 30th anniversary, and this is our 20th anniversary,” and “I think we’ll be able to show you a good side of ourselves with our concerts this year, so please look forward to it,” raising expectations for their full group activities.

Meanwhile, “SM Town Live 2025” was prepared by SM Entertainment as a stage that connects the past, present, and future of K-pop to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the founding.

A total of 25 teams participated in the performance, including TVXQ, SMTR25, Super Junior, BoA, Navis, Espa, Dear Alice, Rise, EXO Suho, Chanyeol, Girls‘ Generation Hyoyeon, SHINee Key, Minho, Red Velvet, Fly to the Sky Hwanhee, NCT Wish, NCT Dream, Wavey, NCT 127, Super Junior-M, HOT Kangta, Tony An, S.E.S. Bada, Red Velvet, and Maitro.



Reporter Yoo Ji-hye yjh0304@donga.com