The history of SuperM's birth and the prospect of their comeback

The story about SuperM has been released since July 2019, before the official announcement by SM. The reason is that seven members of SuperM were seen flocking out of the SM building several times. It has calmed down since thenOn August 2, SM said it would announce a "super-special group" led by seven members in the form of a regular group, not a project, which overturned fans of SHINee, EXO, NCT 127 and WayV. In particular, the hashtag to cancel the group launch topped the Twitter trend.

Fans of Taemin and Baekhyun argued that the members have already released solo albums and that it is ridiculous to work in a new group with other group members at a time when they need to be stable in their activities to establish their position. And most of all, there were many opinions that SuperM was added, making the members suffer even more even though the schedule is already severe.

Producer Lee Soo-man said that NCT's SuperM plan itself was first proposed by Capitol Records, the U.S. record label of NCT 127, the fact that SuperM's intention to plan, NCT 127 has been active in overseas markets, and the title song "Jopping" is less than 40 seconds. In fact, NCT 127's second full-length album recorded growth, ranking fifth on the Billboard main chart "Billboard 200" and second on "Artist 100."

In particular, many fans complain about SM's own "factory system" operation. Lee Soo-man's rotation group system has been a long-cherished desire since his H.O.T. activities. Even in Super Junior, it fell down while trying to operate under a rotation system, and the wish came true during NCT. There is an opinion that this replacement type of group operation is a project to only promote the rise of SM's company name value rather than the group's own name value.

Some say that the balance of positions and part distribution among members have not been balanced. There are main rappers Taeyong and Mark, and lead rapper Lucas is with them, and all songs have a lot of rap parts because there are many rappers. Two veteran vocals, Baekhyun and Taemin, and three rappers who are giving push to SM were put in the team, and as a result, many said that Ten and Kai's positions in the team were outstanding. In addition, there are lead vocal positions Taemin and Ten, but the prevailing opinion is that the main vocalist Baekhyun is still too burdened to take charge of the climax high-pitched part alone. Kai is the best main dancer and center, showing a clear performance as the opening and ending center of the title song, but as a vocalist and rapper position, he occupies a somewhat ambiguous position, so there are fewer parts in 7 SuperM activities with fewer people than in 9 EXO activities.

Some fans calmly accept the formation of the team. Thanks to the company's unique system and huge scale, there are many core fans who only sell SM idols once they start to like SM idols, so there are many fans who like SHINee, EXO, and NCT now or have liked them before. Especially within NCT fandom, there are quite a few fans who like NCT as their main focus and liked EXO and SHINee. These fans are familiar with NCT's unit structure and do not feel repulsed because they are familiar with each group and its members. And there was a fantasy about this Avengers-like coalition-type group, and there are some fans who express their novelty and favor, saying that it really happened.

As the teaser was gradually released, there was an opinion that NCT U, a rotation unit of NCT, was reminiscent of NCT U, as it attached the year 2019 next to SuperM and put an emphasis on U. As a result, it was speculated that SuperM would be working in a new combination with all the other members of each SM group, but in 2020, the first full-length album was released with the same member and worked as the same member.

Baekhyun and Taemin, who are in charge of the highest proportion of vocal parts, joined the military in 2021, and Lucas's entertainment activities were suspended due to controversy over Lucas' private life. In addition, Korean members Taeyong and Kai are also expected to have a long period of military service as they have to fulfill their military service in the future. So far, there is more speculation that SuperM's activities will naturally end without dismantling or changing its members due to the military white flag. However, since they were active until August 2021, there is still a possibility of a comeback with the four members.