I'm curious. What concept SHINee has done that you find the most interesting, the most well done, and the one that had potential but missed at execution?
hm! potential but missed at execution is DEFINITELY dcm, there was SO much promise in those first set of fake reality promo photos that was pushed aside for appropriative 4th gen nonsense that was not at all necessary. i don't really know what happened with the creative team there and why they got cold conceptual feet, but i'm very sad that they never pushed thru for the full twin peaks-y fake suburbia theme.
most well done? tie between odd and 10f1. both of them were SO influential to the industry that we're still very visibly seeing the effects of them almost a decade later. personally i would put 1of1 slightly farther ahead of odd just because the styling for 1of1 is one of THE best stylings of all time in the history of kpop, and they damn well knew it. i love odd + view so so deeply but its legacy has been a .....worsening of stylings over the last eight years bc it made companies realize they could just put idols in normal clothes and stop investing so much in costuming.
most interesting? hands down tsol. it's so rare to see such a beautiful monument of grief and love so thoughtfully executed. i've talked at length before about the choreographies from this era and how incredible they are, but the cohesiveness of the full album and its aesthetics of nostalgia and examination of their legacy as a group and how they set an optimistic tone for the future is so so so fascinating. i rewatch the tsol mvs (good evening/i want you/countless, not our page bc it makes sob uncontrollably) more than any other shinee mvs because there's endless ways to unpack them and the inherent dichotomy of deep personal grief and having to pretend to be a veneer of yourself as your job adds such a compelling layer to them.
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I can’t just listen to these songs I have to be able to touch them and EAT them!!!
GUERRILLA HAS NO RIGHT TO BE THIS POPPING LIKE DAMN, the build up to the chorus and the bridge is so fucking good
Cyberpunk is literally perfect, exactly what I imagined it’s just so cool
The fact that Sector 1 has been written since Answer era absolutely GUTS me because you’re telling me that masterpiece has been HIDING FROM ME?????
Overall an excellent album and the songs flows together perfectly in their vibe and storytelling, like I wholeheartedly believe these boys are starting a revolution like let’s gO MFS
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Why didn’t you listen to Help at first? Was there drama around this one? And why is it your fave now? 😊
no it’s just that since i wasn’t tempted by the hype here, when i saw louis’ tweets about it and him (or his Twitter anyway) actually complaining about it leaking (as opposed to him tweeting the home emoji when home leaked, or alternatively when Louis leaked home, aksnsjn), and it was so clear for so long that he worked on walls so hard, that he’s been looking for his own sound and the direction he wants to go, trying to also ascertain where he stands commercially, what are his priorities etc. etc. that i was able to go like ok you know what king? you got it. but eventually i caved (i was not able to live with the fact that there is a louis song I didn’t hear) and was forced to disagree with louis because it’s an absolute bop, i actually love the sound and his voice in it so much!!
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