Super Junior’s new concept leaves fans guessing

Super Junior will be releasing their fifth album on August 3rd. SM Entertainment has been releasing a teaser photo of one member each day. All of the teaser photos of Eunhyuk, Donghae, Leeteuk, Shindong, Kyuhyun, Sungmin, Ryeowook, Yesung, Siwon, and Heechul have been revealed.
However, netizens have been looking closely at the photos. Yesterday, netizens discovered the words, “Mr. Simple,” on Leetuek’s teaser photo. Fans have been wondering if this could be the name of their comeback title track.
Additionally, with the release of each new teaser image, netizens have been using their hawk-eyes to spot other things about the teasers. Starting with the recent teasers, fans began to realize that each member represented a different country in their photo. Ryeowook’s country was easy to discover, as he is wearing a necklace that is the pattern of the flag of the UK.
Check out the teasers below along with the possible countries that the members could be representing!
Siwon – Mexico
Siwon has been speculated to be representing Mexico due to his red jacket and green background. The yellow shoes and underwear are as close to white as you can get. The “soccer ball” represents Mexico’s love for fútbol!

Yesung – France
Yesung is seen holding a red jacket as well as the red, white, and blue flag of France.

Ryeowook – United Kingdom
Ryeowook’s teaser shows a light blue background and a red jacket. His necklace is the pattern of the flag of the UK.


Sungmin – Brazil
Sungmin seems to be representing Brazil in his teaser photo. The background is dark blue, which makes up the color of most of the Brazilian flag. Green and yellow (also on the Brazilian flag) add to the other bright colors giving off the feeling of bright, warm weather, which is common in Brazil.

Kyuhyun – Spain
Kyuhyun’s teaser photo shows an abundance of red and yellow, and Spain’s flag is exclusively red and yellow. Additionally, Kyuhyun is seen wearing a sailor’s hat. Spain is known for their contribution to mapping, as they sailed around the world charting the continents.

Shindong – United States of America
Shindong’s outfit consists of a bright blue jacket. The red background also hints at the colors of the American flag. The rhinestones form the outline of a sky line against the red background, alluding to the look of America’s biggest cities.

Leeteuk – “Mr. Simple” – India 
Netizens were quick to notice the words on Leeteuk’s underwear. Some speculated “Belliago,” but then thought of “Ballia,” a city in India. The designs on background an on the right side of the pictures are similar to Henna artwork, common in India.

Donghae – Canada
After much thought, netizens decided on Canada for Donghae due to his teaser image featuring a fur coat. Canada is also known for having a lot of natural landscape with many trees with leaves that change to a brown color during the fall. Netizens linked the color of the leaves to Donghae’s hair color in the teaser photo.

Eunhyuk – South Africa
Since Eunhyuk’s teaser image was the first photo released by SM Entertainment, netizen’s looked carefully at his photo. First, they noticed that the word “MAP” was written on his neck along with the other pictures. Among the pictures is a diamond and a Dollar sign. This led netizens to search for the country that is the biggest producer of gemstones and diamonds. South Africa was the answer.

Heechul – Netherlands
Many fans have speculated Heechul is representing the Netherlands due to his top hat and the photo’s color scheme.

Editor’s note: None of these countries are confirmed for their concept. SM Entertainment has not stated that each photo represented a country and the official concept has not been announced yet.
Super Junior will be releasing their fifth album’s title track, “Mr. Simple,” on August 2nd at midnight KST. The track will be available on Korean music sites such as Melon, Dosirak, and Bugs. The fifth album will be released on August 3rd.