Korean boy band Super Junior have returned to the local music scene with just ten of its 13 original members, namely Lee Teuk, Heechul, Shindong, Sungmin, Ryuwook, Yesung, Siwon, Eunhyuk, Donghae and Kyuhyun. Kang-in plans to enter the army to fulfill his mandatory two-year military service, Kibum is focusing on his acting career and Hangeng is currently embroiled in a legal battle with SM. Yet once again, they are proving their reputation as one of Asia's hottest idol groups was not falsely gained -- their fourth full-length album received 200,000 preorders compared to their previous top-selling album "Sorry Sorry" which had secured 150,000 orders ahead of going on sale. The group sat down with reporters on May 20 to talk about pursuing their singing career with three less members and the struggles they overcame to make a bigger and stronger comeback. Q: There are a few members missing this time. How does it feel? Heechul: Of course we're sad. I also suffered from a bit of depression because of such incidents and I had a very hard time. Q: A lot has happened within the team. Shindong, you confessed your love through your new album. How did your agency respond? Heechul: I think they only let it out because they didn't know what it means. (laugh) Shindong: If I had written it in Korean, I think they would've asked me to do it next time. (laugh) Heechul: I had talked about this earlier with Lee Teuk but if a fan had bought an album, saw that Shindong had written a code so cracks it to see he had asked someone to marry him... We're lucky if the fan doesn't rip up the album. (laugh) Shindong actually kept apologizing to us before we gave our comeback performance for "BONAMANA." Lee Teuk: There could've been mixed responses to what he did but we're grateful that there have been a lot of good articles on it. Shindong: I've become a romantic guy thanks to them. I'm thankful.