"Beautiful Christmas" Released: December 14, 2022 (2022-12-14)
"The Cure" Released: January 1, 2023 (2023-01-01)
2022 Winter SM Town: SMCU Palace (stylized as 2022 Winter SMTOWN : SMCU PALACE) is the tenth winter album by
SM Town. It was released by
SM Entertainment on December 26, 2022. The album contains ten tracks that saw various collaborations of the label's artists, with two singles have been released to support the album; "Beautiful Christmas" was released as the album's
lead single on December 14, 2022, and "The Cure", released as the second single on January 1, 2023, during the annual online free concert SM Town Live 2023: SMCU Palace at Kwangya.
The concept of the album is the continuation of its predecessor 2021 Winter SM Town: SMCU Express (2021), where the "SMCU Palace" is the place set in the imaginary land of the SM Culture Universe lore, Kwangya. Described by SM Entertainment as the combination of artists' collaboration that would never be seen anywhere else, the album contains collaborations between artists in the label, and was released on December 26, 2022.[1] The album led by its lead single "Beautiful Christmas", a collaboration of
Red Velvet and
Aespa, was released on December 14, 2022, twelve days prior the album release date. It was followed by "The Cure", a collaboration of
Kangta,
BoA, and all SM's group's leader, released as the second single.[2]
The lead single, "Beautiful Christmas", which is the collaboration of the label's girl groups
Red Velvet and
Aespa, was described as a
carol dance track with a lively
swing rhythm centered on rhythmic bass and piano performances, conveying the song's message that today is the best moment with a loved one, doubling the exciting party atmosphere.[4] The second single, "The Cure", was described as a pop song characterized by an exciting African rhythm and a choir full of scale.[citation needed]
Track listing
2022 Winter SM Town: SMCU Palace track listing
No.
Title
Lyrics
Music
Arrangement
Length
1.
"Welcome to SMCU Palace" (performed by SM Classics Town Orchestra)
^Seon, Mi-kyung (December 10, 2022).
"레드벨벳X에스파 뭉쳤다..SM 겨울 앨범 타이틀곡 14일 선공개" [Red Velvet X aespa united.. SM winter album title song pre-release on the 14th] (in Korean). Osen.
Archived from the original on December 10, 2022. Retrieved December 10, 2022 – via
Naver.
"Beautiful Christmas" Released: December 14, 2022 (2022-12-14)
"The Cure" Released: January 1, 2023 (2023-01-01)
2022 Winter SM Town: SMCU Palace (stylized as 2022 Winter SMTOWN : SMCU PALACE) is the tenth winter album by
SM Town. It was released by
SM Entertainment on December 26, 2022. The album contains ten tracks that saw various collaborations of the label's artists, with two singles have been released to support the album; "Beautiful Christmas" was released as the album's
lead single on December 14, 2022, and "The Cure", released as the second single on January 1, 2023, during the annual online free concert SM Town Live 2023: SMCU Palace at Kwangya.
The concept of the album is the continuation of its predecessor 2021 Winter SM Town: SMCU Express (2021), where the "SMCU Palace" is the place set in the imaginary land of the SM Culture Universe lore, Kwangya. Described by SM Entertainment as the combination of artists' collaboration that would never be seen anywhere else, the album contains collaborations between artists in the label, and was released on December 26, 2022.[1] The album led by its lead single "Beautiful Christmas", a collaboration of
Red Velvet and
Aespa, was released on December 14, 2022, twelve days prior the album release date. It was followed by "The Cure", a collaboration of
Kangta,
BoA, and all SM's group's leader, released as the second single.[2]
The lead single, "Beautiful Christmas", which is the collaboration of the label's girl groups
Red Velvet and
Aespa, was described as a
carol dance track with a lively
swing rhythm centered on rhythmic bass and piano performances, conveying the song's message that today is the best moment with a loved one, doubling the exciting party atmosphere.[4] The second single, "The Cure", was described as a pop song characterized by an exciting African rhythm and a choir full of scale.[citation needed]
Track listing
2022 Winter SM Town: SMCU Palace track listing
No.
Title
Lyrics
Music
Arrangement
Length
1.
"Welcome to SMCU Palace" (performed by SM Classics Town Orchestra)
^Seon, Mi-kyung (December 10, 2022).
"레드벨벳X에스파 뭉쳤다..SM 겨울 앨범 타이틀곡 14일 선공개" [Red Velvet X aespa united.. SM winter album title song pre-release on the 14th] (in Korean). Osen.
Archived from the original on December 10, 2022. Retrieved December 10, 2022 – via
Naver.