The group officially disbanded in December 2002, after unsuccessful contract renewal negotiations with Bada and Eugene; Shoo maintained her career with SM until 2006.

In October 2016, the group's members reunited in order to celebrate their debut's 20th anniversary with a reality show, album, and concert.

In much of their promotional work, including an appearance on Lee Sora's "Propose" show, they displayed their multiple abilities: Eugene demonstrated her piano playing, while Bada and Shoo sung together.

Eventually, the singles "('Cause) I'm Your Girl" (which had future Shinhwa members Eric Mun and Andy Lee rapping in the introduction) and "Oh, My Love" became huge hits for S.E.S., and they quickly became one of the top-selling groups in K-pop.

[5] The single "Dreams Come True", a cover of Finnish group Nylon Beat's "Rakastuin mä looseriin [fi]" ("Like a Fool"),[6] became a hit along with "I Love You".

The group won several awards for the album, including Top Popular Artist at the 1998 MBC Music Festival.

The band's dark concept was later dropped at the end of their promotional schedule, and all three members reverted to a simpler image; the dance for "Twilight Zone" was subsequently changed as well.

held their first solo concert in support of Love at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena, titled A Sweet Kiss from the World of Dream.

[10][11] The album's lead single "Show Me Your Love", ranked atop the music program charts for multiple weeks.

A cover of J-pop singer Misia's "Tsutsumi Komu Youni...", the song was a slow, ballad influenced by jazz.

[12] Titled Surprise, their 4.5th album was a collection of their songs released in Japanese re-recorded in Korean (with new instrumentals).

Their first single "U" was quite different, being very dance-intensive; the video showed the girls in dominant roles and positions, with Eugene even becoming a dominatrix for one scene.

In the dark-themed music video, Bada is seen writing letters while crying, Eugene is cutting up bunnies in a room (suggesting mental instability), and Shoo is seen caressing a large ball of light on her bed.

After releasing the compilation album Beautiful Songs in June 2003, members followed solo careers in music and acting.

[citation needed] In 2014, their song "Be Natural" was remade by their labelmate girl group Red Velvet, which at the time consisted of 4 members.

At the occasion, Eugene was absent due to pregnancy and was represented by Girls' Generation member Seohyun.

[17][18][19][20] On November 23, the group's schedule was revealed by their record label, with the official announcement of a special celebrative album.

[25] Starting from December 5, the group starred in the ten episode reality show Remember, I'm Your S.E.S., broadcast through mobile app Oksusu.

They also held a two-day concert "Remember The Day", on December 30 and 31 at Sejong University's Daeyang Hall in Seoul.