On September 26, 2011 the first teaser photo featuring Taeyeon was released online for the impending comeback for "The Boys", followed by Sunny and Hyoyeon on September 27, Jessica, Sooyoung and Tiffany on September 28, and Yoona, Yuri, and Seohyun on September 29. The girls all represented a fairytale theme. On September 30, 2011, SM Entertainment announced that the album would be indefinitely postponed due to ongoing discussions about an album release in the United States, with details to be released as soon as they were confirmed.
On October 1, 2011, SM Entertainment released the first teaser for "The Boys", followed by second teaser on October 7, 2011. Both teasers showed Yoona picking up a black crystal, and proceeds to show the rest of the members in an outside, misty atmosphere. Later on October 13, 2011, SM Entertainment released a 16 second teaser clips for both the Korean and English version of the "The Boys". The teaser depicts the girls rapping and chanting along to the song. On the same day, SM released 30 second teaser clips of "The Boys", which showed a longer version of the previous teaser videos.
The album was officially released on 19 October 2011 and the group's comeback performances commenced on October 21, 2011, starting with Music Bank. It was confirmed on November 27 that a re-release of the album will be out on December 8. The Korean version of "Mr. Taxi" was promoted as the lead single from this re-release.
Track List :
2. 텔레파시 (Telepathy)
3. Say yes
4. Trick
5. 봄날 (How Great Is Your Love)
6. My J
7. Oscar
8. Top Secret
9. Lazy Girl
10. 제자리걸음 (Sunflower)
11. 비타민 (Vitamin) [Full version of Vita500 CF song]
12. Mr. Taxi (Korean Version)
Download :
- MP3
- FLAC
