Before the album release, several teasers were released by TS Entertainment. On August 28, 2011 TS Entertainment revealed that Secret will release their first full-lenghth album in Korea before returning with “Shy Boy” in Japan in November 2011.[1] On September 9, 2011 TS Entertainment confirmed that Secret will make a comeback with their first full-length album sometime in October, joining Girls Generation, Kara, T-ara, Brown Eyed Girls, IU and Wonder Girls with the same promotion cycle in late 2011.[2] In a press released statement, TS Entertainment describe their sentiments regarding on Secret's comeback date and their first official album:
“SECRET will indeed be making their comeback in mid-October. There isn’t a set date in stone yet, but we are sure of October. The album will be a full official album and the girls will be skipping their Chuseok break to completely focus on finalizing last major details. We were originally going to release it in the beginning of October, but we decided to push it back by a week or two to ensure its quality. As it is an album of high quality work, please look forward to it.”[2]
On October 7, teaser photos of members Zinger and Sunhwa were released and 4 days later teaser photos featuring members Hyosung and Jieun were unveiled.[3][4] On October 8, 2011 TS Entertainment revealed the release date for Moving in Secret which is in October 18, 2011.[5] After much speculation, TS Entertainment confirmed that the comeback concept will be a sexy concept.[6] After garnering much attention for their sexy teaser photos and many fans are anticipating their comeback performances to be equally sexy. On October 11, 2011, TS Entertainment revealed through OSEN that the title of their first full-length album is Moving in Secret. TS Entertainment said that the their new song will show Secret's confident and sexy side.[7] The same day, the official album cover and tracklisting was unveiled. A 28 seconds teaser video was released on October 12, 2011. The official music video for "Love is Move" was revealed on October 17, 2011, with the album release a day after.
Promotions
Secret had their comeback stage on October 20, 2011 on M! Countdown, performing their title track, "Love is Move" and also "Don't Laugh". They also performed on other music shows like as Music Bank, Music Core and Inkigayo in the months of October and November 2011.
