As you know, the 7th album has a lot of meanings to both SJ and fans. It is the first album that Leeteuk and Heechul join after their military service. As many as 5 members will enlist this year and next, and we don’t know when (or whether) the 8th album will be released.[2] This album might be the last one that SJ “actively” promotes (as opposed to honorarily like g.o.d.) before the group moves on to the next stage. Two years of hiatus was long. Korean fans had to go through a lot of things during that time.