SM the Ballad
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| Labels | S.M. Entertainment |
| Associated acts | SM Town |
| Website | smtheballad |
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SM the Ballad (stylized as S.M. THE BALLAD) is a South Korean ballad group formed by S.M. Entertainment in 2010. The group has released two mini-albums.
"Miss You", the lead single of the unit's first mini-album, was originally titled "When It Began" and was written as a duet song for SHINee. When SHINee members Onew and Jonghyun recorded the song, which included the rap vocals of member Minho, S.M. Entertainment intended to include the duet in SHINee's 2008 debut album, Replay. Due to incompatibility with their album's image, SHINee planned to release the song as a separate single. After a few more image changes, it was decided that the single would be performed by Xia Junsu, Super Junior's Kyuhyun, and Jonghyun. Two months prior to the mini-album's release, Junsu left S.M. Entertainment. The final plan was to include Jay Kim of the TRAX and new SM trainee, Jinho, and the song title officially became "Miss You".
With Jonghyun, Kyuhyun, Jay Kim, and Jino in the final line-up, S.M. the Ballad debuted their first performance of "Miss You" on SBS's Inkigayo on November 28, 2010. They released their album, Miss You, on November 29, 2010.
On February 3, 2014, S.M. Entertainment revealed, TVXQ's Max Changmin, Super Junior's Yesung, Zhang Liyin, Girls' Generation's Taeyeon, Super Junior-M's Zhou Mi, f(x)'s Krystal & EXO's Chen gathered to release a new album together with original member Jonghyun. S.M. explained, "SM The Ballad is indeed planning to comeback [sic] very soon. We're going to reveal the details soon". It was later announced that the track list would contain songs in Korean, Japanese and Chinese.
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