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RollingStone How K-Pop Group SHINee Stands The Test of Time The members of the decade-spanning group discuss their new album and how they've managed to stay productive. By KRISTINE KWAK 原文網址:https://bit.ly/3uJYrZF *本人將原文所有Shinee皆更正為SHINee https://i.imgur.com/OxDVLCh.jpg

In the ever-changing landscape of K-pop or the music industry in general, a group’s longevity is hard to predict. SHINee, known for their strong musicality, unique fashion sense, and distinct sound, have maintained success since debuting in 2008 with their hit “Replay.” SHINee is a group that cannot be overlooked when looking at the history of K-pop and their songs are easily identifiable with the distinct voices of each member. When they first came into the public eye, SHINee caught everyone’s attention with their unique fashion sense and “boyish” appeal. Since then, they have released hit after hit and have experimented with a variety of musical styles. SHINee hasn’t promoted much in the West, but in Asia, SHINee have broken countless records both in sales and achievements. A look into SHINee’ s discography will give anyone new to K-pop an idea of how the industry has evolved over time with a solid and diverse medley of tracks. Members Onew, Key, Minho, and Taemin have been stronger and closer than ever since the loss of lead singer Jonghyun in 2017 with a strong bond that cannot be replicated, and continue to cultivate a signature sound unique to their group as SHINee. With three members having completed their two-year-long mandatory military service in 2020, they are back with their seventh studio album “Don’t Call Me.” With the title track, SHINee proves their staying power once again. -------------------------------------------------- Rolling Stone connected with SHINee over Zoom for a candid conversation on how they view K-pop’s evolution through the years, the relationships they’ve created, and their anticipations for “Don’t Call Me.” Editor’s Note: This interview has been translated from Korean and edited for brevity and clarity. If you had to introduce Rolling Stone readers to SHINee with just five songs, which songs would they be and why? I personally really loved Sherlock. Key : Ah of course, “Sherlock.” Taemin : That’s a favorite among us too. Minho :“Replay.” Key : “Replay,” “View,” “Sherlock,” “Don’t Call Me.” Onew : The last one needs to be either “Ring Ding Dong” or “Lucifer.” Right? Key : I think “Ring Ding Dong” is more famous. We’ll go with those. SHINee has been a strong player in the K-pop world for over ten years. How have you maintained your group dynamic throughout these years? Key : I don’t think a good group dynamic is something that can really come out of just trying or making an effort. I think we’ve been fortunate to meet good people and through everything we’ve been through, we’ve come to realize how important we are to each other. I think we’re close because of everything that has happened and everything we’ve experienced together. Reflecting on the past 13 years, what would you say has been your biggest career highlight or cherished memory? Key : I think the biggest achievement is just the fact that we debuted. I think it’s hard to pick out a specific record. For memories, we have a lot. Minho : The memories of touring the world. Onew : I think touring is an achievement in itself. Taemin : I actually want to pick out specific moments. For me, SHINee’s first Tokyo Dome concert. There was a lot happening on our end leading up to that event. That and the 2013 Melon Music Awards where we won Best Artist. What do you think is the biggest difference or change you’ve experienced when it comes to the current music landscape? Minho : I think the internet really started to become a thing around when we debuted and that’s what allowed international fans to start listening to our music and watch our performances. That’s probably the biggest change that has happened and I think these days, with social media, there’s so much more communication that is happening beyond simply our music releases and videos. Key : It’s really cool that we can have non face-to-face performances, and obviously the current environment plays a part in this, but just thinking back to when we debuted, we would have never imagined an online concert. There are so many new groups and Shinee is one of the few groups that remain from what people call the 2nd generation of K-pop. What’s the most important thing you’ve learned in your careers that you would want your juniors to take to heart? Key : To be honest, there were a lot of times when it felt like we were barely surviving. Taemin : (laughs) So just get through it? Key : Rather than just getting through hardships, I truly think it takes around 10 years for someone to be able to expand their perspective. The only way to make a wise choice that someone with years of experience can make is to have years of experience. Taemin : So just hold it in for 10 years? (laughs) In all seriousness, I think it’s really important to talk to each other and fight and figure out what is causing issues early on. Communicating a lot is important. Are there any junior groups that you’ve been keeping an eye on? What about them has caught your attention? Key : Aespa? Taemin : They’re from our label, but I’m curious to see how Aespa’s concept plays out. Communicating with fans through music can be a very emotional thing, so I’m interested in seeing how this works with the Aespa AI virtual characters. Key : Although they aren’t necessarily a new junior group, I’m looking forward to EXO and what they create after all the members complete their military service. Taemin, how does it feel to be back with the SHINee members after promoting your solos and SuperM for the past two years? Taemin : When I am with SHINee, there’s a warm feeling as if I am back home. I can’t really put it in words. It’s interesting because I always think I am comfortable when performing solo or with SuperM too, but when I watch myself around SHINee, I can tell that I look the most at ease. We just know each other so well and I missed them and wanted to promote with them so badly while they were gone. I’m so happy we’re able to work together again and there’s a feeling of wanting to have good content and results. Onew, Key, and Minho, how does it feel to be back with your members and your main roles after military service? Onew : There’s definitely a sense of stability and I think we’re truly able to shine when I am with our members compared to when I’m alone. I’ve realized how precious they are. Key : I had a lot of time to think and I realized there were many things I wanted to try. As a group, I feel that I can now try these things. Minho : It’s been so fun to be together after so long and I have big expectations for this round of promotions. I’m really looking forward to it. It’s sad that we can’t meet with our fans directly but I hope that we can deliver our emotions to them. What did you miss most about being part of SHINee? Minho : Even just doing promotions and press and hanging out with each other, practicing choreography and making little tweaks here and there, fighting (laughs). Just kidding, that only applies to Key. I think these are little things that I really missed. The creative process for “Don’t Call Me” must have been quite different from your previous albums, considering it’s been a few years since you’ve released a full album and considering the global pandemic. What has been the biggest challenge? Key : Not being able to do a big concert or anything with our fans directly for sure. We’ve thought a lot about how we can connect with our fans in the best way possible with live broadcasts and with social media. There’s also a lot of variety shows not just on TV but also online. I don’t think it was necessarily difficult or too challenging, but it’s just so different from what we are used to. Is there anything you can share from the production process of “Don’t Call Me”? Onew : For me, when we were first learning the choreography for “Don’t Call Me,” I was practically standing still because I couldn’t keep up. It was a tough challenge for me. Key : On top of it being a while since we’re promoted, “Don’t Call Me” has a really strong performance aspect so it was definitely hard when we were filming the video as well. Taemin : For the promotion of “Don’t Call Me,” we created a phone number that fans can call and hear our voice messages. I thought that was really fun and a new idea. “Don’t Call Me” experiments with a variety of different genres while maintaining that signature Shinee sound. What is each member’s favorite track and why? Key : “Code.” I think it’s trendy and makes you want to dance. I like the bass line as well. Onew : “I Really Want You.” I think it has the SHINee vibe. Taemin : “Kiss Kiss.” It has straightforward lyrics that are expressed beautifully. The guitar riff is repeated throughout in the chorus and I really like that. Minho : “Body Rhythm.” Taemin : He has a really nice body. (laughs) Minho : It’s a genre that we’ve never done before and I think the track came out really well. From the teasers, it looks like the music video has a retro concept with themes of extraterrestrial life. Can you walk us through what this message is? Key : We’ve always shot our album covers with a film camera or worn vintage clothing, but the concept for this album was to take really clean and crisp shots in a distorted reality. You’ll see that the background environment and the clothes are all so clean and normal, but the things that are happening are strange, like when there’s a big accident but everyone looks fine. We wanted to bring this fake reality to life since it has an unexpected twist. Rather than saying the extraterrestrial elements have a meaning behind them, it’s more about the idea of seeming normal when there are strange things happening. Taemin: To add on, our group name SHINee doesn’t mean we are shiny, but rather that we are “ones who are receiving light.” In the end of the video, we get together and a light shines on us. I think the meaning behind that is that we are getting shone on and SHINee is restarting. Like a rebirth. SHINee is obviously very highly regarded when it comes to musicality and performance. You’ve also done some acting, whether in film, tv, or music videos, and you’re also well known for fashion and style. Is there anything that you haven’t done that you’d like to try? Key : I think we fall into our mannerisms when preparing since we’ve done so many concepts. We don’t want to obsess over doing something that hasn’t been done before or think too hard about whether there is anything new to do. I don’t think it’s a bad thing to take things that exist and recreate them rather than to strive to do new things. We want to take into account how the world evolves and changes to portray ourselves in a way that is familiar, but still unique. I don’t think we’re at a stage anymore where there are necessarily any concepts we haven’t done before. Onew : Rather than inventing, I think we try to develop on what we have. Taemin : To add on, I think as we add years to our career, there are stories that we are able to create naturally, like how “Love Sick” was a sequel to “Replay.” Where do you think Shinee will be in 10 more years? Key : (laughs) I don’t think we thought we’d still be doing this 10 years ago. I have a feeling that another 10 years will pass by in a blink of an eye and we’ll still be here doing the same thing. Onew : I think even if we’re not able to dance as strongly as we can now… Key : I hope to have matured a bit by then. Taemin : But when I look at Yunho from TVXQ, I think it could be possible to dance. (laughs) Onew : I think if we really put our heads together we could pull it off. Key : I’m telling you, if we don’t put together a plan now, we’ll still be here doing the same thing in 10 years. (laughs) Minho : I hope in 10 years we can meet in person and not chat over zoom. ======================================================================== MTV News SHINee IS BACK — AND IT'S BEEN 'A LONG TIME COMING' 'DON'T CALL ME' SEES THE K-POP MOGULS RETURN TO THE SPOTLIGHT FOR THEIR FIRST ALBUM SINCE 2018 By Ashlee Mitchell 原文網址:https://on.mtv.com/2RryLTx Key, Minho, Taemin, and Onew sit together, makeup-free, laughing, sipping on drinks, vibing, and generally enjoying each other’s company. It’s about 2 p.m. in Seoul, and the guys have obviously been busy with back-to-back interviews, but that doesn’t deter from the positivity they radiate on a Zoom call. One could mistake them for brothers instead of the iconic second-generation K-pop moguls they are, but that relatability in spite of their superstardom makes them SHINee. The K-pop landscape looked very different when they debuted under SM Entertainment in 2008. SHINee entered the scene with the timeless “Replay,” an R&B jam where the fresh-faced boys sang about impressing an older woman. This debut secured their place as trendsetters in Korea, inspiring what media dubbed the “SHINee Trend” (skinny jeans, high top sneakers, etc.) and earning a devoted fan base that’s steadily grown over the last 13 years. Released today (February 22), their seventh album, Don’t Call Me, is a nine-track effort spanning hip-hop, R&B, EDM, dance, and reggae. It’s their first comeback since 2018’s The Story of Light, and it feels like a grand return. “We’ve been waiting for this for a long time,” Key tells MTV News in English. “At the beginning of the recording it was awkward but it feels so natural now. I feel like, yeah, I’m back.” He’s attentive, thoughtful, and just funny enough, and the other members nod along as he talks. “We worked on it for about a year and a half, it’s been a long time coming.” https://youtu.be/p6OoY6xneI0

“Because we had a lot more time in comparison to other albums to prepare, I think the album quality is something to look forward to as well,” Onew adds. The energetic title track, a thrilling dance song, captures complex emotions after a love betrayal. The styling is edgy and eye-catching, and the music video focuses on the intricate choreography complete with numerous background dancers. Key describes it as high-impact with a hip-hop concept, one SHINee hasn’t explored much in the past. “We just wanted for when people see SHINee’s comeback for it to have a big impact on them. I think when we were thinking about pulling together the outfits, the music video, the overall concept, that’s kind of what we were focused on.” Fittingly, the choreography for “Don’t Call Me” is fast-paced and hard-hitting, allowing the group to challenge themselves and prove that they’ re still very much capable of making a statement. “It’s going to be kind of a world-shocking/surprising performance. That’s what I am excited for,” Taemin, the youngest member, eagerly adds. Key ribs him: “That’s what Taemin said, not us,” and the members all laugh. Throughout the interview, they’ve been sharing knowing glances, and their excitement for their reunion is palpable. When asked about the time between now and their last comeback, it's clear their bond is as strong as ever. “I don’t think too much has changed just because we like being around each other and it's awesome that we’re able to have the same great chemistry with each other,” Minho says. “I think there’s a special synergy that comes out of the four of us together.” Even as Don't Call Me marks the group's first album without any contributions from member Jonghyun, a skilled main vocalist and composer, the future of SHINee is still bright. https://youtu.be/GG9hPKwmeYo

Over their careers, SHINee have proven to not only be vocal powerhouses, but skillful dancers and actors as well, and this new project aims to build on their musical legacy. They’ve each dabbled in various artistic industries beyond music. Minho has appeared in several K-dramas, most recently Lovestruck in the City on Netflix. Key serves as fashion director of the group in addition to designing and releasing successful solo projects like his 2019 album I Wanna Be. Leader Onew acted in hit drama, Descendants of the Sun, in 2016, in addition to releasing his first mini-album, Voice, in 2018. And then there’s Taemin, who recently dropped his two-part project, Never Gonna Dance Again, in fall 2020. As the other members fulfilled mandatory military enlistments, Taemin has grown as a genre-defying performer through solo projects and super group SuperM, keeping SHINee’s name alive for a new generation. “It feels like I’m back with my family, like I’m right at home and I’m really comfortable with them,” Taemin says. He’s been chatty and smiling through most of the interview. “The overall atmosphere has been really great because it’s been such a long time since all of us got together. When we’re together, there’s just so much to talk about and once we start jogging back our memories of the past I realize how far we’ve all come in our career, and that’s just been really great.” Minho chimes in on their work. “This is an album that still has SHINee’s signature sound, but also we did try out new styles and new genres of music. I think it’s not necessarily that it’s different, but it's a more developed, more mature kind of sound that we can expect from this album.” https://youtu.be/8pN1Ob-qxP0

The members have split loyalties to the tracks on Don’t Call Me. As soon as the question of favorite song is asked, Taemin shouts “CØDE!” instinctively as if he’s been waiting for the perfect time. He references collaborators LDN Noise and Kenzie, whom they’ve worked with frequently in the past. “They know SHINee’s signature sound, and while the song is still kind of light and has that refreshing signature SHINee sound that people are used to, there’s still this mature aspect to the song that shows how far SHINee has come, and I also really like the bassline for that track.” For Minho, “Kind”, the last song on the album, is a standout. “It’s a little bit slower and the lyrics are really meaningful so I think it’s a song I would love to perform.” Key adds his pick, “For me it’s 'Heart Attack' because it has that funky feel, and it’s a song that really represents SHINee.” And though it’s hard to choose, Onew mentions the reggae dance song “Body Rhythm,”for which they worked with H1GHR Music’s Woodie Gochild on the rap. “I feel like we might not have too many chances to perform it for the fans, so it’s one of those songs that I really hope we have a chance to showcase.” SHINee’s relationship with their fans, called Shawols, is one of the main reasons they’ve stayed dominant over the years, even in the nearly three-year gap between albums. “I know physically we can’t be together,” Key says of the effect of the pandemic on their promotions, “but through this album we just want to get one step closer to them.” Onew concludes our chat with a message for Shawols: “Let’s have fun together, let’s keep talking, keep communicating, and thank you for waiting for so long until our comeback.” It’s official: SHINee is back. ========================================================================== Forbes SHINee Return To Form With ‘Don’t Call Me’ Comeback Album: ‘These Are Our Natural Selves’ By Jeff Benjamin 原文網址:https://bit.ly/325w4Je https://i.imgur.com/uwOu2zk.jpg

In the K-pop industry, the word “comeback” is used to refer to any new album or song release and doesn’t especially hold the same weight it does in the west for an artist’s career revival. So when SHINee release their first album together in nearly three years, comeback might be thrown around but this is truly the next-step extension of what the boy band has been doing together for more than a decade now. Don’t Call Me is the seventh full-length album released by SHINee, featuring Onew, Key, Minho and Taemin together with nine new tracks to bring to their beloved boy-band magic. While the album opens with the dramatic rap-heavy title track, the LP warps through throbbing synth-dance cuts, sentimental R&B ballads, and shiny funk-pop anthems to show that—even as they approach 13 years together—the SHINee sound still can't be completely pinned down beyond their harmony-heavy blend. As Key sees it, this album doesn’t hold any particular special meaning above others—this is what SHINee has always done and will continue to do. “It’s our natural thing,” he says during a video call from Seoul with his members. “This isn’t a special album per se, these are just our natural selves.” Their natural SHINee selves also include a noticeably close camaraderie during the interview: each member frequently whispers or talks to one another while another speaks, they instinctively know whose coffee drink is whose, and can completely flip anyone’s interview answer on its head—like when Key revealed, in his dead-pan tone, that a backstage visit from Minho was hardly the “surprise” the rapper claimed it to be moments earlier. Even if SHINee claims what they do today is natural, handling your way through a vocal and choreography performance that “Don’t Call Me” requires just shows why SHINee has earned their place as pure pop royalty. Read on for more on what the guys had to say on their return, growth since their last album release, favorite songs and more. https://youtu.be/p6OoY6xneI0

Jeff Benjamin: It’s great that SHINee’s back. What’s it like being together as a group recording, rehearsing, and doing interviews like this? Onew: Obviously we have our own expectations for ourselves as a group since it ’s been a while, but we’re excited. The overall atmosphere back together and being able to do this again has been great. Taemin: It’s been a while that we’ve been together working on an album together and I think we’re able to emit this synergy—it’s a synergy that doesn’t happen in our individual activities. Jeff Benjamin: Minho, you went right from your military discharge to meeting the members backstage at [Korean music show] Inkigayo. Why was it important for you all to meet up so quickly? Minho: This is going to sound obvious, but I just really missed them. When I heard they were all together, I really wanted to surprise them because it had been so long. Key: It wasn’t a surprise at all. We all knew he was going to come to Inkigayo, we were just thinking, “No, he’s not going to wear a military uniform.” But he was wearing it. [Laughs] https://youtu.be/q5IEGxSDUBc

Jeff Benjamin: Looking at Don’t Call Me at large, what does a SHINee album represent today in 2021? Key: You know it’s been 13 years since we debuted, right? Honestly, it’s really hard to show something new to audiences because it feels like we’ve done everything. And we tried every concept. So, these days we’re focused on making a well-made album. We were collecting a lot of good songs but we didn’t care about genres or style of music, we just wanted to combine well-made songs. We want to show that this isn’t a special album per se, these are just our natural selves: We’re singers. Releasing an album isn’t a unique thing for us; it’s our natural thing. Jeff Benjamin: So even if this is SHINee back in its natural habitat, what does “Don’t Call Me” represent as the title track single? Taemin: There were a lot of potential title tracks that were on the list. But for us, “Don’t Call Me” was a really strong standout track because we didn ’t want to just showcase SHINee’s usual colors and usual style but emphasize the performance aspect with this comeback. We felt like “Don’t Call Me” was the song for that. Also, you probably know this, but SHINee has never released songs that are hip-hop–based so we felt like that was something new to try as well. Jeff Benjamin: What are your favorite songs on the album right now? Taemin: “CØDE” because I personally feel like it’s a song that showcases SHINee’s maturity. Even though it’s got SHINee’s signature vibe in it, there’s a mature sound. We worked with [songwriter] Kenzie and [producers] LDN Noise on this one, we work with them so much and I personally just like their sound so much so it was a great track for me. Key: “Heart Attack.” So, “Heart Attack” and “Don’t Call Me” are like black and white. “Don’t Call Me” is based on hip-hop and it’s quite strong, but “Heart Attack” is light and I think it’s typical of SHINee’s funky pop sound. Minho: I can’t really choose, there are so many good ones. Onew: I personally like “I Really Want You” because it really sounds like a SHINee song, really our color. Jeff Benjamin: I want to ask about some specific songs too. “Marry You” is a very mature moment as the final part of the ongoing story that began with “ Replay” in 2008. Key: There’s a story of “Replay,” “Lovesick” and “Marry You,” and we thought about how this universe matters a lot to our fans—it’s an independent world from SHINee World. We’re going to keep trying to make those kinds of universes, fans really like that, but we want to say that we’ re still keeping on with this story. We’re still the same SHINee as our story continues. https://youtu.be/GG9hPKwmeYo

Jeff Benjamin: One of my favorite tracks is “Kind.” I felt it represents SHINee’s relationship, but can you explain it more? Minho: Yes, it does represent the relationship between our members but it’s also a song expressing our relationship with our fans; really any person we love or that we care about basically. Out of all the tracks, it’s more on the quieter and slower side and that does make more of an impact when you’re listening to the whole album. Jeff Benjamin: You last released an album in 2018, what changes or surprises have you noticed between one another since returning to work? Minho: For me, it’s probably Taemin. He’s the only one who hasn’t been in the military while the rest of us were these years. I was kind of surprised to see how well he was keeping up with the trends and all that. Taemin: I was just surprised at how well kept up, it was as if they never left for that year-and-a-half. Even when we were practicing choreography, they were telling me, “Oh I’m so tired” or “I don’t know if I can do this.” But when we saw the actual video of our practice, I was actually really really satisfied. Probably the most satisfied I’ve been compared to our previous releases. It’s just great to see they’re all still on top of it in terms of their physical condition and their ability to keep up with trends. I’ve been hearing a lot of comments from other artists and friends saying they all are so much more handsome and got so much cooler. Jeff Benjamin: To wrap up, is there a message you’d like to share with fans around the world? Onew: Obviously, we worked really hard on this comeback and we put a lot of effort not just into the performance but every aspect of it. I think fans can expect to see a far-more matured SHINee this comeback. Please look forward to it. https://youtu.be/N3103Su_-cM

========================================================================= DAZED How SHINee found their true colours As their long-awaited comeback and seventh studio album Don’t Call Me drops, K-pop’s brightest, longest-burning stars discuss their legacy, future, and mastering creative control Text Tanu I Raj 原文網址:https://bit.ly/3mGwRd5 https://i.imgur.com/ewfUjWB.jpg

Almost as famous as K-pop group SHINee is the catchphrase “SHINee’s back”. Since their early days, the group has prefaced all their activities – releases, sold-out arena shows, multiple reality shows – with these two words. It lights up Twitter’s trending feed, it punctuates every fan forum imaginable. The phrase goes far beyond a playful tagline: for fans, it’s an anchor to hope. In the frantic, frenetic world of K-pop, encased in drama or churtling forward to find the next big thing, “SHINee’s back” is a blissful cocoon for faithful fans. K-pop’s princes reigned supreme across the guts of a decade – a tenure largely unheard of in an industry with sky-high expectations, and what were once beefy contracts that led to break-ups and burnout. When the group first debuted in 2008, the K-pop landscape was very different – more niche, but gaining international audiences and making leaps in production, largely in tandem and impacted by SHINee’s own rapid growth. Onew, Minho, Jonghyun, Key, and Taemin set the scene to come with their debut, R&B inflected “Replay ”, kickstarting a legacy of critically-acclaimed albums, brand deals, reality shows, and two films about the group. In 2018, South Korea’s compulsory military service put Onew, Key, and Minho out of action, and the group’s mammoth activity was put on ice. Minho surprised the group at Taemin’s solo artist showcase right after being discharged from his mandatory military service at the end of 2020. Showing up in his uniform, it was a hilarious and heartfelt moment that saw Key groan at how embarrassing he was, but still instinctively opening his arms for a hug. For fans, it felt overwhelming, but unreal. As the group conversed in front of a joyous audience, Key, ever the Internet savant, rolled his eyes at his team’s Instagram live struggles. The camaraderie fizzed. “SHINee’s back” sprung from lips and phones, but fans’ brains are still very much catching up, even more so with the release of their seventh studio album, Don’t Call Me. The gears finally click in my own head when the video call connects, and the faces of SHINee pop up on the other side for our interview. They’re huddled together at a table, well into what is a typical day for them. Which, as Key describes in his characteristic dry tone, includes: “Work, work, work.” “And eat,” Taemin adds, beaming at Key. “We always eat together.” Throughout our chat, SHINee flit between their world and our own. Taemin seems determined to distract the other members, which at one point prompts Key to cover his face with a sheet of paper and ask him to calm down, making the group dissolve into giggles. Taemin looks into the camera, away from the eyes of our diligent interpreter, and dramatically mimes dance steps, with a playful smile. Minho follows suit as Onew looks on with the smile of a resigned parent. As the filial dynamic unfolds, everything falls into place. Watching SHINee come together is like picking up a conversation with an old friend: you may not have talked in years, but you can pick up from the same place you left off in without missing a beat. It’s a bond unsullied by time and the vagaries of life. SHINee is back after all. “When we were trying to look for a title track for this comeback, we all agreed it needed to be a song that was impactful and strong, and held up the message that we’re back,” says Key of “Don’t Call Me”, the album’s title track. The group started teasing the record earlier this month, dropping surreal visuals on their social media, featuring UFOs and flaming park benches. “We felt that (‘Don’t Call Me’) was the perfect track because it also showcases our performance. That was something we really wanted to do. SHINee is a group that always tries something new” – Minho, SHINee “We felt that this was the perfect track because it also showcases our performance,” adds Minho. “That was something we really wanted to do. SHINee is a group that always tries something new, so it fits in that vein as well.” Minho remains humble when acknowledging the quartet’s drive to push boundaries, but SHINee’s reputation as one of K-pop’s most inventive acts is a cardinal truth. The moment their debut single “Replay” propelled the group to stardom overnight in 2008, SHINee’s impact was undeniable. They exploded what K-pop should and could be, experimenting in genres from R&B to electro on “Everybody”, and hybrid remixing with “Hello” – productions getting slicker with each new release. It was a blueprint for what we see today, with behemoths like BTS, EXO, and SEVENTEEN acknowledging their influence. With each new release, they remained adventurous: the high-powered “Ring Ding Dong”, the pulsating rhythms of “Lucifer”, the fiendish complexity of “Sherlock (Clue + Note)”. The latter, an ingenious amalgamation of two B-sides, “Clue” and “Note”, is a particularly effective showcase of K-pop’s malleability. It wasn’t until 2015’s Odd, however, that the group would actively start building what they now refer to as their ‘colour’, gaining more control and vision for what was next. “I don’t know if this is the right word, but SM (Entertainment) made us,” wrote Key in an essay for Allure earlier this year. “We didn’t create (SHINee). We were a produced group… It wasn’t until 2015, seven years after my debut, that our staff asked for our opinions. I think that was the epiphany moment, like, ‘OK, I need to make these decisions’.” https://i.imgur.com/iNN4nEb.jpg

For the first time in their career, SHINee were confronted with the question of who they wanted to be. There was a blank canvas, with nothing to do but write their own story. The first chapter of this new era was 2015’s “View” , which they collectively chose as the lead single. Simple, refined, and sensual, its deep-house production felt refreshing. In retrospect, Odd is the serendipitous result of stark, resolute clarity and implicit trust. It’s what happens when a group is so absolutely sure of who they are and where they want to go that the transition from concept to reality is all but seamless, a surprising feat for an act with such distinct, headstrong personalities. At this time, they had begun striking out with their own robust solo careers, in what felt like a bid to reckon with the creative control they could harness outside of a group setting. Taemin’s solo work music, still, remains heavily rooted in his pop influences, while Key’s debut solo album, Face, traversed pop punk and big-room house. As a collective, they’re pushing at their genre dynamics. With Don’t Call Me, we see them redefining what it means to be SHINee even more. “The members work very hard for their own individual dreams and goals,” Taemin says. “Because each of us is so strong and we work so hard, I think it was easy for us to build our own identities as individuals. So, when we come together as SHINee, that magnifies even more, expressing SHINee as a group.” Of course, it wasn’t so easy as Taemin makes it sound. Key – who, with his famous dry humour, once explained how Minho annoyed the hell out of him in their shared house, with niggling TV watching and eating habits – shares that it was a constant exercise in being receptive to each other. “Individually, we all went through so many different experiences,” Key explains. “And because of those individual experiences we had on our own, when we were together, we realised that the members were all helping each other. If I was lacking in something, another member would fill in that hole for me.” “Because each of us is so strong and we work so hard, I think it was easy for us to build our own identities as individuals. So, when we come together as SHINee, that magnifies even more, expressing SHINee as a group” – Taemin, SHINee Onew, the group’s taciturn, soft-spoken leader, points out the irony: “It’s because we’re so different that this kind of chemistry and teamwork works.” SHINee’s colour, however, can’t be spoken about without acknowledging the legacy of their celebrated vocalist, Jonghyun, who died by suicide in 2017. SHINee’s ethos has Jonghyn’s legacy at its heart, whether through his lyrics and compositions in posthumous releases like The Story of Light trilogy, or as one of the first K-pop idols to produce, write, and release his own work, and truly push for more creative control and input for artists. His tragic loss sent ripples through fans and industry alike, but it was at the tight-knit core of SHINee that it resonated the most. “We used to go to the same studios, and meet the same staff members, but it was hard to face them,” said Minho on the Radio Star talk show in 2018, one of the few times the members openly discussed Jonghyun’s legacy. Admittedly, at the time, the group had reservations about continuing. “We did it for Jonghyun, and for our fans.” Key explained, during the group ’s appearance on Radio Star, why they decided to hold their concert at Tokyo Dome at the start of 2018 – two months after Jonghyun’s death – as scheduled. They left a space for him in choreography and let his pre-recorded vocals blast out. “Our purpose was to commemorate his memory and say a proper goodbye to him with our fans.” When the album trilogy The Story of Light followed, the group wrote and dedicated the track “Our Page” to him. https://youtu.be/p6OoY6xneI0

The shared grief also brought them closer, elucidating what really mattered. “At the time, I wanted to work as a soloist, but then I realized how nice it is to have my group members,” Taemin said on the show. Outside of their own personal silos, too, there was a renewed comprehension of who SHINee were: “We used to try to show people what they would like to see. That’s what we strived to do. But now, we want to do it for ourselves. We’ve been doing this together for a long time. We thought: ‘What are we doing this for?’ If we can’t get through this, we thought we would split. We decided to overcome this because we didn’t want that.” The words resonate louder in present time, when Taemin describes Don’t Call Me as being perfectly representative of SHINee’s ‘colour’ today. It’s easy to see why: the mood sampler for Don’t Call Me is vibrant and campy, recalling the playfulness and dramatics of the Married to the Music days. The sound, a mix of rap, synth, funk, and pop, still can’t be pinned down, but their solid harmonies dominate. Taemin attributes the genesis of their seventh album to the group’s confidence in this collective identity. “In the beginning, we were a team that had been produced, but it was after we debuted that we (really) built the identity of the group, that we built our own colour and style. I think that’s really important to have as an artist. That’s something we want to continue to emphasise going forward.” “In the beginning, we were a team that had been produced, but it was after we debuted that we (really) built our own colour and style” – SHINee It’s almost disarming to witness this acute self-awareness in an interview. For SHINee, however, the past becomes the foundation for the future. “When we debuted, I focused more on being a team player, making sure I played my role, making sure this team did well,” Onew says, alluding to a feeling of being on autopilot. “But now, I’ve learned to be more considerate (of both myself and others). Being in this together, knowing what everyone’s going through, and also pulling through together. I think that’s where the shift was in my priorities, kind of making this group into what it is. Being more considerate of each other, and being more open with each other.” “When (people) listen to the album, we want them to think, ‘Oh, of course, this is SHINee’. When they watch the music video, ‘Oh, this is so SHINee’,” says Key. “We didn’t put the emphasis too much on being experimental. We just wanted to say that we’re back, that SHINee is back. We’re still here, and that we’ve always been here.” ======================================================================== 把官推有轉推、團員有參與訪問的英文報導整理一下韓文的採訪就......再等等(躺因為很多有趣的地方還是想在閃板紀錄一下從西方人的角度描寫閃的相處也很好玩大概都是簡單的英文google翻譯可以解決就不翻了絕對不是因為我懶第一則滾石的採訪覺得我們忙內越來越會講話了但怎麼好像都跟題目有點微妙的距離是我的錯覺嗎?! 珉豪有個地方說想念閃的其中一個點是跟蹦米吵架找找在哪裡(不是 -- 是我們的顏色呢～ SHINee色!! ˋ︼ˊ* -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 223.139.197.73 (臺灣) ※ 文章網址: https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/SHINee/M.1618131901.A.F29.html ※ 編輯: HsinCJM (223.139.197.73 臺灣), 04/11/2021 17:07:12

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