Music Critic Kim Youngdae & Operatic Pop Tenor Lim Hyungjoo talked about SHINee on 'A Song For You'
K: We're gonna talk about SHINee. Bec I think they're a representative of K-pop boygroup, a group that has remarkable history & skills.
L: Yes, that's right
K: It's their 15th anniversary this year. They just released their 8th full album too
L: That 8th album, what kind of album is it?
K: Do you remember 'The Beatles'? They have an album called 'Anthology', one of their best.
L: Isn't it like, 'the best of their B-sides' ?
K: Not exactly in that meaning but it's more like, an album that is filled with their whole career experience?
L: I see
K: When I listened to (HARD), I can feel the whole 15 years of SHINee in it.
L: Oh like, it's a 'summary' of their history?
K: Yes. Everything of SHINee that we've been witnessing all these times, fill the album. So the listeners can feel the sense of familiarity and realizing that, 'oh, SHINee is this kind of group that can reach level to that far
translator note: this translation is mostly summarized and not per every word. Might also contain a few inaccuracies.
*"I sometimes imagine each word to be made using a three dimensional open-top glass alphabet. Each letter built to harness and transport the mirrorball liquid marble of the melody" (Alex Turner in 2016)
I've been so many places in my life and time
I've sung a lot of songs
I've made some bad rhymes
I've acted out my life in stages
With ten thousand people watchingBut we're alone now
And I'm singing this song to youI know your image of me
Is what I hoped to be
I treated you unkindly
But darling, can't you see?
There's no one more important to me
Baby, can't you see through me?'Cause we're alone now
And I'm singing this song to youYou taught me precious secrets
Of a true love withholding nothing
You came out in front when I was hiding
Now I'm so much better
And if my words don't come together
Listen to the melody
'Cause my love is in there hidingI love you in a place
Where there's no space or time
I love you for my life
You're a friend of mine
And when my life is over
Remember when we were togetherWe were alone
And I was singing this song to youI love you in a place
Where there's no space or time
I love you for my life
You're a friend of mine
And when my life is over
Remember when we were togetherWe were alone
And I was singing this song to you
We were alone
And I was singing this song to you
We were alone
And I was singing this song, mm
Singing this song to you
I'll say goodbye to love
No-one ever cared if I should live or die
Time and time again the chance for love has passed me by
And all I know of love is how to live without it
I just can't seem to find it
So I've made my mind up I must live my life alone
And though it's not the easy way, I guess I've always known
I'd say goodbye to love