In a show, Shindong recalled that Super Junior was not meant to last long for 2 decades, explaining why they almost disbanded three months after debut.
On June 20, Seo In Guk's official YouTube channel uploaded the recent episode of his talk show, "Skipping Interlude" featuring Super Junior Shindong and Ryeowook as its special guests.
On this day, the two members appeared to promote the group's latest single, "Show Time," which was released on June 11.
In the broadcast then, Seo In Guk asked what's the secret behind the longevity of the group, which is now in its 20th year after debuting in 2005.
Ryeowook and Shindong then answered:
"Contract? Because we signed contract. That's a must. If someone didn't sign the contract, we wouldn't be able to do this."
Shindong added:
"In some ways, I think we know ourselves well. That only as Super Junior can we shine brighter. We know this. I don't think it's going to work out if I do it alone."
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Just then, MC Seo brought up that aside from the music scene, Super Junior is also famous in the entertainment world for being good at variety shows.
While the question was intended to give the actor a piece of advice to improve his hosting skills for her YouTube channel, Shindong recalled an interesting anecdote about the original concept of Super Junior, which is "dispersing" after three months.
He narrated:
"You know what? The first time I joined Super Junior was as a variety show member. This may or may not be known to everyone, but Super Junior's first album was called 'Super Junior 05.'
The 12 of us will become singers, and release an album and those who act will act, and those who do variety shows, would do it.
After three months, the concept was to disperse, just for 3 months. We only did it for 3 months."
The idols continued that they were supposed to have a rotational system, wherein an album once a year would be released with new members. At the time, 'Super Junior 06' was set to be unveiled in 2006 regardless of with or without original members from the 2005 lineup.
Shindong then conveyed that since he intended to debut as a variety show member, he didn't have to sing in their first album.
"When I first joined, for this concept, I didn't have to sing. So in the first album, there wasn't my voice at all. (When) the photo was first revealed, (people asked), 'How good is he at singing so that he can be under SM?'
But I didn't appear at all at the stage. It was a fun element at first."
Going back to Seo's question on how to improve his hosting skills, Shindong finally said:
"I appeared at 'Reckless Challenge,' and when I watched the broadcast, I didn't even show even one word. I did so badly. How I overcame this after that was that I became more comfortable with people.
So after that, whenever I was on a variety show, I always went into the waiting room. So whether there were three or five people, I continued to talk to them. I did this so that I became more comfortable."
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Written by Eunice Dela Cruz
