TVXQ! Confirms Local Comeback with "Catch Me"

TVXQ!'s U-Know wears a black leather bandage over his eyes in a brown-colored hairstyle for the teaser photo of the upcoming album "Catch Me" provided by SM Entertainment on September 18, 2012. [SM Entertainment]

K-pop duo TVXQ! has confirmed their long-awaited return to the local music scene in over a year and a half after dropping the fifth official local release, "Keep Your Head Down," in January last month.

TVXQ!'s U-Know Yunho and Max Changmin are releasing a new album titled "Catch Me" is to hit the shelves on September 26, just two days after all tracks become available online, SM Entertainment said through a press release.As the title of the album infers, a teaser photo of U-Know Yunho posted on TVXQ!'s official website shows the member wearing a black leather bandage over his eyes and donned in a black enamel jacket.

TVXQ!, had sweeped Korea and Japan's music charts with "Keep Your Head Down," the title tune off the 11-track album of the same name, last year.

As a proof of their popularity in Japan, the duo attracted about a combined number of 550,000 people to a series of their concerts held there for their four-month live tour "TVXQ! LIVE TOUR 2012~ TONE~" this year.The officials have not mentioned further details regarding the release or when Max Changmin's teaser photo will hit online, but noted TVXQ! will actively promote themselves in the Korean music landscape for a while.


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