S.M. The Ballad unveils track from upcoming album today

TRAX's Jay, Super Junior's Kyuhyun, JINO and SHINee's Jonghyun [SM Entertainment]

SM Entertainment's new ballad group S.M. The Ballad, composed of TRAX's Jay, Super Junior member Kyuhyun, SHINee's Jonghyun and singer JINO, unveiled a one-minute teaser of a song from their upcoming album today.

The snippet of their new tune "Hot Times" from their first full-length album "Longing For You," was uploaded onto their official website (www.smtheballad.smtown.com).

SM explained through a press release that they will unveil a one-minute teaser of the five tracks in the record, one song a day, until title track "Longing For You" is revealed on Thursday, also the date when the album goes on sale.

Jay is the leader and main vocal of the duo TRAX (Typhoon of the Rose Attack on Xmas). They were formed in the summer of 2004 by SM and by X Japan's co-founder Yoshiki. Outside of his singing career, Jay has starred in musicals such as "Hey Bro?" and recently in "Rock of Ages."

Kyuhyun is one of the four lead vocalists of 13-member boy band Super Junior and also part of the sub-group Super Junior-M. He also released his first solo single "Listen To You" and will be starring in the upcoming musical "The Three Musketeers."

Jonghyun made his debut as the lead singer in SHINee in 2008. They are known as one of the most popular groups in Korea and Asia with their hits "Replay," "Ring Ding Dong" and "LUCIFER."

Jino, 18, has trained with SM Entertainment for two years and will be making his singing debut through S.M. The Ballad.

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