Every time I turn around, a new Super Junior unit has sprouted from nowhere. Certainly with three Super Junior albums released in about a month's time, it seems Father SM is testing the patience and wallets of even the most faithful. At first gander, Super Junior Happy does have the suspicious air of being slapped together - an antidote to occupy members not in Super Junior M and to distract fans still chanting "Only 13" - but their mini album has turned out to be a very agreeable release. If pop music is meant to be happy, harmless, and entertaining, then Super Junior Happy's Cooking? Cooking! passes with flying colors.
In comparison to the picture-perfect boy band image of Super Junior M or even the concept cool of Don't Don, Super Junior Happy feels closer to home, more genuine and down-to-earth. With the variety show half of the group holding fort, Super Junior H looks and sounds like a softer, summery version of Super Junior T (minus Kim Hee Chul, plus Ye Sung). Super Junior Happy doesn't reach the silly sequined heights of Super Junior T, but the same air of feel-good pop and tongue-in-cheek humor leads the way for this lighthearted mini album.
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