SM Entertainment (hereafter SM) will release the 2025 SMTOWN album on February 14, the day of its 30th anniversary.
The 30th anniversary album, ‘2025 SMTOWN: THE CULTURE, THE FUTURE,’ will be available on various music sites at 6 PM on February 14.
As this is the first group album released in about 2 years and 2 months since the SMTOWN winter album ‘2022 Winter SMTOWN: SMCU PALACE’ released in December 2022, explosive interest from music fans is expected.
The album includes a total of 17 tracks, featuring the title track ‘Thank You,’ which is a new group song from SM, as well as remakes of legendary SM hit songs that have made a mark in K-pop history, reinterpreted by junior and senior artists to match each group's unique style and musical characteristics.
In particular, Kangta reinterprets S.E.S.'s ‘Just A Feeling,’ BoA covers SHINee's Jonghyun's ‘End Of A Day,’ TVXQ reinterprets Red Velvet's ‘Psycho,’ Super Junior covers Shinhwa's ‘I Pray 4 U,’ Girls' Generation reinterprets Chae Yeon’s ‘My Everything,’ EXO covers H.O.T.'s ‘Git It Up! (鬪志),’ and Red Velvet reinterprets Girls' Generation's ‘Run Devil Run.’
Additionally, NCT 127 covers Hyun Jin-young's ‘You In Vague Memory,’ NCT DREAM reinterprets EXO's ‘Love Me Right,’ WayV covers SHINee's ‘Juliette,’ aespa reinterprets f(x)'s ‘Rum Pum Pum Pum,’ RISE covers TVXQ's ‘Hug,’ NCT WISH reinterprets Super Junior's ‘Miracle,’ and NAI BIZ covers BoA's ‘Game,’ allowing listeners to enjoy SM's rich musical heritage in a new way.
Furthermore, SM's dance music label ScreaM Records and classical & jazz label SM Classics also join this album, featuring reimagined tracks of SHINee's ‘View’ and BoA's ‘My Name’ in each label's unique musical style, promising a high-quality album that showcases SM's broad musical spectrum all at once.
Additionally, following the pre-release of RISE's ‘Hug’ on January 8, SM garnered a warm response from global listeners by unveiling the title track's music video and some of the album's tracks for the first time during the ‘SMTOWN LIVE 2025’ concert held in Seoul on January 11-12, further proving the power of SM's music across generations.
Meanwhile, the 30th anniversary album ‘2025 SMTOWN: THE CULTURE, THE FUTURE’ is available for pre-order at both online and offline record stores.
[Lee Da-kyum, Star Today Reporter]
