The Road: Winter for Spring

The Road: Winter for Spring
Digital cover
Single album by Super Junior
Released	February 28, 2022 (2022-02-28)
Studio	Doobdoob (Seoul) SM SSAM (Seoul) SM Starlight (Seoul) SM Yellow Tail (Seoul)
Genre	Pop[1] Rock[1]
Length	14:26
Language	Korean
Label	SM Label SJ Dreamus
Producer	Lee Soo-man
Super Junior chronology
The Renaissance (2021) The Road: Winter for Spring (2022) The Road (2022)
Singles from The Road: Winter for Spring
"Callin'" Released: February 28, 2022

The Road: Winter for Spring is a Korean-language single album by South Korean boy band Super Junior, released on February 28, 2022.^[2] The single album features the vocals of nine Super Junior members, which are Leeteuk, Heechul, Yesung, Shindong, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook and Kyuhyun.

Background

On February 14, 2022, the group released a promotional image for the single album.^[3] On February 16, 2022, the group announced that they would release it on February 28, 2022.^[4][5] The behind-the-scenes of the music video for the lead single, "Callin'", was released on Super Junior's official YouTube channel on March 2, 2022.

Promotion

The group held a live event on their official YouTube channel on March 1, 2022.^[6][7] They performed the lead single, "Callin'", on M Countdown on March 3, 2022, marking their comeback.^[8] They also made appearances on Music Core and Inkigayo.^[9][10]

Track listing

The Road: Winter for Spring track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Callin'"	Kenzie	Kenzie	Kenzie	3:48
2.	"Analogue Radio"	Jo Yoon-kyung	KYUM LYK(153/Joombas) Baek LYK	KYUM LYK(153/Joombas) Baek LYK	3:25
3.	"Callin'" (instrumental)		Kenzie	Kenzie	3:48
4.	"Analogue Radio" (instrumental)		KYUM LYK(153/Joombas) Baek LYK	KYUM LYK(153/Joombas) Baek LYK	3:25
Total length:					14:26

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for The Road: Winter for Spring

Chart (2022)	Peak position
South Korean Albums (Circle)[11]	1

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for The Road: Winter for Spring

Chart (2022)	Position
South Korean Albums (Circle)[12]	77

Credits

Credits adapted from the single album's liner notes.^[13]

Studio

• SM Yellow Tail Studio – recording (track 1)
• SM SSAM Studio – recording (all tracks), digital editing (track 2)
• SM Starlight Studio – recording (track 2), engineered for mix (all tracks)
• doobdoob Studio – recording (track 2), digital editing (all tracks)
• SM Blue Ocean Studio – mixing (track 1)
• SM Concert Hall Studio – mixing (track 2)
• 821 Sound – mastering (all tracks)

Personnel

• Label SJ – executive producer
• Lee Soo-man – producer
• Tak Young-jun – production director
• SM Entertainment – executive supervisor
• Yoo Young-jin – music and sound supervisor
• Super Junior – vocals (all tracks)
• Kenzie – producer (track 1), lyrics, composition, arrangement, vocal directing, piano (track 1)
• KYUM LYK (153/Joombas) – producer (track 2), composition, arrangement, drums, bass, piano, programming (track 2)
• Baek LYK – producer (track 2), composition, arrangement, drums, bass, piano, programming (tracks 2)
• Jo Yoon-kyung – lyrics (track 2)
• Jeon Seung-woo – vocal directing (track 2)
• Kang Tae-woo a.k.a. Soulman – background vocals (track 2)
• Jeong Su-wan – guitar (track 1)
• Kim Jin-kyu – guitar (track 2)
• Noh Min-ji – recording (track 1)
• Kang Eun-ji – recording (all tracks), digital editing (track 2)
• Jeong Yoo-ra – recording (track 2), engineered for mix (all tracks)
• Jang Woo-young – digital editing (track 1)
• Kim Hyun-gon – recording (track 2)
• Eugene Kwon – recording (track 2), digital editing (track 2)
• Kim Cheol-sun – mixing (track 1)
• Nam Koong-jin – mixing (track 2)
• Kwon Nam-woo – mastering (all tracks)

Release history

Release history for The Road: Winter for Spring

Region	Date	Format	Label
South Korea	February 28, 2022	CD	SM Label SJ Dreamus
Various		Digital download streaming	SM Label SJ

References

1. Lee, Min-ji (February 28, 2022). "슈퍼주니어, 오늘(28일) 'The Road : Winter for Spring' 발매" [Super Junior releases 'The Road : Winter for Spring' today (28th)]. Newsen (in Korean). Retrieved June 25, 2024 – via Naver.
2. "슈퍼주니어, 1년만 스페셜 싱글 컴백..스포일러 이미지 공개". entertain.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved August 27, 2022.
3. "슈퍼주니어, 1년만 스페셜 싱글 컴백…스포일러 이미지 공개". entertain.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved August 27, 2022.
4. "슈퍼주니어, 28일 컴백…화사한 단체 사진". entertain.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved August 27, 2022.
5. "Comeback". Twitter (in Korean). February 16, 2022. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
6. "Comeback YouTube live". Twitter (in Korean). March 1, 2022. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
7. "슈퍼주니어, 컴백 기념 라이브 방송 성료..글로벌 팬들과 소통". entertain.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved August 27, 2022.
8. 김, 수진. "슈퍼주니어, 1년 만 컴백..'Callin' 무대 음방 최초 공개 [엠카]". entertain.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved August 27, 2022.
9. "'음중' 태연, 2주 연속 1위…슈퍼주니어 컴백·엔믹스 데뷔 [종합]". entertain.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved August 27, 2022.
10. 김, 수진. "슈퍼주니어, 글로벌 K팝 팬들의 마음속에 'Callin'' [인기가요]". entertain.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved August 27, 2022.
11. "Circle Album Chart – Week 10, 2022". Circle Chart (in Korean). Retrieved December 21, 2022.
12. "Album Chart 2022". Circle Chart. Archived from the original on January 13, 2023. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
13. Super Junior (2022). The Road: Winter For Spring (track list note). South Korea: SM Entertainment, Dreamus.