This blog compiles information, tutorials, and comeback strategies for ELF to support Super Junior's approaching comeback. This information is exclusively for ELF. Our goal is simple: support Super Junior.
MCountdown has a pre-voting component that is open to international fans, and is therefore one the music shows where we can have the biggest impact. Please take the time to vote once Super Junior is nominated!
Read on for the full tutorial on how to create an Mnet account and then vote for Super Junior!
PART 1: REGISTER
Go to Part 2 (below) if you already have an Mnet account and just want to know how to vote~
1. Go here. Today we’ll show you how to register using an email.
2. Check the top box to agree to everything, then click Next Step.
3. Fill in the form. You must use an email you have access to, as you need to confirm the account registration via the email.
4. Don’t do anything on this form, just click Next Step.
5. Make sure your email is correct, and click Send E-mail.
6. Go open your email and find the link in an email from CJ E&M (NOT MNET). It should look like the second image below. Once you click the link, you are ready to vote for Super Junior!
PART 2: VOTE
Now let’s vote for Super Junior’s Black Suit!
1. Go to the Mnet site: http://mwave.interest.me/mcountdown/vote/preVote. Click Login.
2. Enter the email and password you created in Part 1 of this tutorial. You can also choose to login using one of your social media accounts~
3. You will be redirected back to the main page, where you should scroll down to find the list of nominees. Look for SUPER JUNIOR. They aren’t nominated this week, so we’ve just done some photoshop. Once you find them, click VOTE beneath their name.
4. Confirm your vote for Super Junior, enter the characters to check you aren’t a robot, and click Voting Completed. You’re done! Now go vote with all your email accounts~
LabelSJ also launched a NaverTV channel for this comeback. It is really important that we also subscribe & like videos posted on this channel, as it helps boost SJ’s public profile. This is how you can subscribe to SJ’s channel~
1. If you don’t have a Naver account yet, go here.
2. Go to SJ’s official channel on the NaverTV site: http://tv.naver.com/sjreturns
3. Click Login.
4. Login using your Naver username & password, or using your Facebook or Line accounts.
5. If you aren’t redirected back to the channel page, go to Super Junior’s Naver channel here: http://tv.naver.com/sjreturns. Subscribe by clicking the button by the channel name, and make sure you give hearts to the videos!
LabelSJ has launched a VLIVE channel for this comeback. This is our chance to show that ELF are still here. Register for V App and subscribe to SJ’s channel, and don’t forget to give hearts and comments on all their content.
NOTE: Please DO NOT REUPLOAD any content from SJ’s official channel. This hurts the impact of this comeback and is not how you should support them. If you see anyone uploading content from these channels, ask them kindly to take it down.
This tutorial has 2 parts, one for the App version and one for the web version. You only need 1 account and can access either version.
PART 1: VLIVE APP
1. Download the VLIVE App from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store.
2. Login using the application of your choice. You can even use the Naver account we suggest you create anyway (tutorial here!).
3. Now let’s go find Super Junior’s SJ Returns Channel! Click the menu button in the top left and click “Add Following”.
4. Super Junior’s channel is called “SJ Returns”. Click it! If you don’t see it on the main page, you can search for it by clicking the magnifying glass on the top right and searching “SJ Returns”.
5. Make sure you give hearts to SJ’s videos, and add nice comments ^^
PART 2: VLIVE WEBSITE
1. Go to http://channels.vlive.tv/D744FD/video
2. Make life easier and change the language to English or the language of your choice.
3. Click Login
4. Choose how you want to Login. If you already made a Naver account (tutorial here!), you can use that~
5. Make sure you are following the SJ Returns official channel, and give a heart to any new videos.
To support SJ’s comeback by liking and upvoting articles and videos about them, you will need a Naver account. This is how you create one~
1. Go to https://www.naver.com/
2. Click Register
3. You can either use Facebook or LINE to login, or create your own account. We suggest using your Facebook to make it easy ^^
4. If you choose Facebook or LINE, Naver will ask you to allow access. Just click continue.
5. If you want to register for a separate Naver account, you will see a page like this asking you to fill your information. Below is the English version of this page so you can see how to fill it out. When you are done, click “Sign Up”
6. Done! Now that you have an account, check back for tutorials on all the things you can do with your Naver account to support Super Junior’s comeback!
This tutorial will show you how to purchase Super Junior’s title track PLAY through the MelOn app on Apple iOS devices (iPhone/iPad/iTouch). If you don’t have the MelOn App yet, or don’t have a MelOn ID, please see the following tutorials first:
Tutorial for downloading MelOn App to iOS device
Tutorial for creating a MelOn ID
Click through for the full tutorial.
Step 1: Login to your MelOn App
1. Open your MelOn app and click the More Menu grid option in the bottom right.
2. Click the grey button on the right.
3. Click the first option to login to your MelOn account. If you have not created a MelOn ID yet, you can follow our tutorial [here].
4. Enter your personal MelOn ID and password then click the green button to login.
5. Close the popup screen by clicking as shown. Now you have successfully logged in to your MelOn app ^^.
6. This is what your account page looks like now, showing your ID logged in. Let’s go back to the MelOn home page now so we can buy the streaming ticket~
Step 2: Buy the Downloading/Streaming Ticket
1. Let’s go shopping! Click the shopping basket in the top left of the MelOn home page.
2. Click the blue App Store button~
3. There are a few options here.
Unlimited streaming only.
Download 30 songs + unlimited streaming
Download 50 songs + unlimited streaming
Download 100 songs + unlimited streaming
We choose option [2] because it will let us give Super Junior the maximum number of digital points. Downloading the track gives them points and streaming it also helps them each day to get more points. Option [2] costs around USD $15 (tutorial is from a few years ago, prices are now higher~). You will need to have a credit card or iTunes gift card connected to your iTunes account already in order to buy the ticket.
4. Sign in to your iTunes store account.
5. Confirm your purchase.
6. If you used MelOn to buy a streaming ticket like this before (for MAMACITA, DEVIL, etc.) then you might see this popup. Just click buy ^^.
7. Good job! You have successfully purchased the MelOn ticket.
8. After you buy the downloading & streaming ticket, you will be shown your account purchasing summary. You can see here how many songs you have left to download, and when the ticket for streaming expires. Click the search button on the bottom of the app to go search for the song we want to download!
Step 3: Download & Stream Super Junior’s DEVIL
1. For an example, we will download MAMACITA. First, click on the magnifying glass in the bottom menu of the app. Then, type ‘슈퍼주니어’ into the search bar, as shown. Scroll through the list until you find the album you wish to purchase. For you, it should be PLAY ^^. Click on the album art, not the album title.
2. Now you see the album page. You can go back here to download any songs from the album. Just make sure you focus on the title track so we can give SJ a good digital score. Select the song you want to download, then click the download option that will appear at the bottom.
You can also give the album the heart (it will turn red). You probably know how important the little heart is to the boys ^^ ㅋㅋ
3. After you click to download, it will give you this screen to show you how many downloading credits you are using. Just make sure the song is checked and then click the green button.
[!!!] For some people, a popup might appear asking you to confirm your device. If this happens:
Click the option ‘확인'
Click the green button
Click ‘확인’ on the new popup to confirm
Click the green button as shown in the pic below again.
4. A black popup message will appear at the bottom of the app to show you the download has started. Once the song has finished downloading, you can click the My Music button on the bottom menu to find it.
5. Scroll down to the bottom. You will see the download progress at the very bottom, and you can click the button indicated to find any songs that have already been downloaded to your phone.
6. Click as indicated to see the list of artists you have downloaded.
For some people the song will download directly, but not always. Either way, you have given SJ the digital download points ^^. Now, in order to help them even more, we need to stream the song. So, keep going~
7. Back to the album page, which you can find by clicking the search button again and searching ‘슈퍼주니어’. If you are having trouble, go back to the start of Step 3 and see again how to do this.
Highlight the title track again and this time, click ‘듣기’ to stream the song.
8. Put the song on repeat to keep streaming. Let’s go look at the playlist now to make sure we are streaming properly. Click as shown below~
9. It is really important that we are streaming from the MelOn app (using wifi or data). Sometimes instead it will play the .mp3 file on your phone, which doesn’t give Super Junior any streaming points. To make sure you are streaming the right way, you should see the grey symbol ‘다운’ on the right of the song in the playlist. If the symbol isn’t there, delete the song from the list and go back to point [7] and click the listen button again.
Step 4: How to Logout
1. Let’s start back at the main menu. Click the more menu grid on the bottom right.
2. Click through.
3. Your ID should be in green. Click it to go through.
4. Click the logout button, and you’re done!
5. Your app should now look like the login screen.
Congratulations! You are successfully streaming PLAY to support SJ on the biggest digital chart in South Korea. Try to keep streaming the song for as long as you can (all day & all night if possible). Tell ELF around you to do the same, and let’s work hard this year to give SJ a good result on digital charts. Fighting~
This tutorial will explain how to download & install the MelOn App for Android devices, and how to purchase Super Junior’s PLAY title track for your device.
Even though Android users can install the app, you need the help of someone with an Apple device to help you buy the song. Once someone has helped you buy the song, you can use your Android device to stream it to help SJ on MelOn digital charts.
Important: if you get someone to help you purchase the song, make sure you can trust that person. You will have to give them your MelOn ID, password, and send them the money to buy the songs. There is a lot of competition during this comeback period, so we remind ELF to make sure the person helping you will not take advantage.
Click through for the full tutorial.
Notes:
Red writings = instructions or translations
Purple circles or boxes = you have to click in that area
Step 1: How to install MelOn app in your Android phone
Download MelOn .apk file here.
Copy and paste that .apk file to your Android phone using cable data or Bluetooth
MelOn app will automatically be installed in your phone
Step 2: How to buy MelOn credits for your Android phone
You can only ask for iPhone users or K-ELF to help you buy the credits. Send them your MelOn ID, password, and the money to buy it. They will log into your ID, load the credits, and logout again.
[!] Be careful in finding the person to help you buy the credits. You will give this person your ID, password and money, so make sure the person is ELF and can be trusted. You can also try finding your local fansites who can help you with this.
Step 3. How to Login and Check Your Credit
1. Once your helper has loaded the credits to your MelOn ID, you’re ready to go!
2. Open your MelOn app from your phone and you’ll see the appearance like in the left picture. You’ll find a Bottom Bar consisting of Melon Home, Artist+, My Music, Search, and More Menu (see red writings). Click on More Menu [1] and you will see the appearance as in the right picture. Click on the purple box [2].
3. Click on the purple box [3]. Type in your MelOn ID [4] and password [5] as shown in the right picture, and then click on the purple box [6].
4. You have successfully logged in if you see the page as shown in the left picture below. Click on More Menu [7] and click again at the purple circle [8] in the right picture.
5. Click on the purple box [9]. Then, you’ll see your credits details as shown inside the red box. 30/30 means your quota is still full for downloading and/or streaming. The red box also shows your credits expiry date.
Step 4: How to Download
1. Click on Search menu [10], and type 슈퍼주니어 in [11] box then click on the purple circle [12].
2. You will then see the albums SJ have. For example, we will download “Let’s Dance” song from Mamacita Album. So, scroll down until you find Mamacita album, and click on the album picture [13]. Remember, don’t click on the album title, but click on the album picture. Then, scroll down until you find Let’s Dance, and click on the song title [14].
3. You will now see there are icons above the Bottom Bar. There are Play/Stream, Download, Add to Playlist, and Send Gift (see red box). Click on the Download icon [15], and click on the green button [16].
4. Click on the purple box [17] and the green button [18].
5. Click on the purple box [19] and the green button [20]
6. You’re downloading the song! \o/ You can see the MelOn icon [21] on top of your phone screen that marks your downloading process. If the download process is finished, the icon will be changed to something like [22].
7. To make sure you have really purchased/downloaded the song, click on My Music [23] then click on the purple box [24].
8. Click on the purple box [25], then you will see the list of the songs you have purchased (see the red box). If you can’t find the song you have purchased before in that list, it means somehow you failed purchasing it. Try from the start again if this happens.
Step 5: How to Stream
1. How to stream one song only (for example, we will stream Let’s Dance): Do steps 1-3 from Section 4 (How to Download), but instead of click on the Download icon, click on Play/Stream icon instead [26]. The MelOn player will show and click on [27] repeatedly until you see the icon changed into Repeat One [28] mode.
2. How to stream the whole album (for example, we will stream Mamacita album):
► Do steps 4.1 and scroll down until you find Mamacita album, click on the album picture [29]. Remember, don’t click on the album title, but click on the album picture. Then, click on the Play/Stream icon [30].
► Click on [31] repeatedly until you see the icon changed into Repeat [32] mode.
3. How to make sure you are properly streaming and not just playing the song from your phone memory:
► Click on the purple box [33] to see your playlist. If you see the sign as shown in the purple box [34], it means you are streaming properly. If you can’t see this sign, it means you are just playing the song from your phone memory.
► If you can’t see the sign, click and hold on the song title until a pop up [35] shows on your screen. Click [36] to delete that song from the playlist, then click [37].
► Then try from the start again.
[!!!] Big rule for streaming: Stream from beginning till the end of the song. If you somehow stop the streaming in the middle of the song, it wouldn’t be counted for chart purpose.
Step 6: How to Logout
1. Click on More Menu [38], then click on the purple circle [39].
2. Click on the purple box [40], and click on the grey button [41].
Now you are ready to help Super Junior DEVIL on MelOn! Share with ELF everywhere, let’s put all our effort here as a gift to our wonderful men~
[Tutorial] How to download the MelOn App for Apple iOS
If you have an Apple device (iPhone/iPad/iTouch) you can directly download the MelOn music app and support Super Junior on Korea’s largest digital music chart.
Click through for the full tutorial.
To begin, you need to change your App Store to South Korea. You will need to have the credit card you use for iTunes, so make sure it is by your side before you start. Let’s do this now~
1. Open up your settings application and click “iTunes & App Store”.
2. Click on your Apple ID.
3. Select “View Apple ID”.
4. Click to change your Country/Region.
5. Select South Korea (대한민국) from the list so it has the blue check beside it. For us it was at the bottom of the list. After choosing, click Next and then click Agree twice (agree to terms & conditions twice).
6. Now you will need to change some personal information. We don’t have images for this, but follow the steps below:
► Do not change credit card details, but you need to re-enter your 3-digit security code on the back of your card.
► Change the parts of the billing address that turn red. ZIP code → 100-043 || Telephone → 082 1234567 || Province → Seoul || City → Seoul. *If you think you need more info you can google the address of a hotel or something like that in Seoul and just use that as your address.
7. Finally, open the App Store on your phone, search Melon (멜론) and download the app.
8. You now have the MelOn App! Now you can change your App Store region back to your home region following the same steps 1-6.
MelOn is the equivalent of iTunes in Korea, and downloading + streaming from this site counts up to 65% on Korean charts for music show awards, so it is very important.
As of August 2017, Melon made it much more difficult for international fans -- but difficult doesn’t mean impossible! International fans can now register for Melon only through a Kakao account. So, let’s do that!
Keep reading for the full tutorial~
1. Go to https://www.melon.com/muid/web/login/login_inform.htm and click on the Kakao button to begin your registration. You need to have popups enabled in your browser, so if nothing happens, check there first ^^.
2. If you have a Kakao account, use that to login now. If you don’t have an account, follow our next steps.
3. Let’s create a Kakao account! Check the required boxes and then click next.
4. Now you need to provide account information. You need to have an email address for this (as usual ^^).
5. A verification code will be sent to the email you used to register. If you can’t find it, make sure to check your spam/junk folder. The email arrived within a minute or so for us.
6. Now confirm the account.
7. Now confirm that Melon can use the account.
8. Now set your permissions for Melon by checking the 3 boxes and clicking confirm.
9. Last step! Just press the button!
10. Now you have a Melon account that you can use to support Super Junior’s PLAY comeback on South Korea’s largest music chart!