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shineemoon · 1 year

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ngda act 1 🤝 circle

#SHINee #ontae #taemin #onew #lee taemin #lee jinki #never gonna dance again #circle #parallels #my edit

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nso-csi · 6 months

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TAEMIN 'Guilty' has achieved first day sales of 104,796. This is a new record for Taemin, and the highest first day sales for a 2nd generation male soloist. cr.

Taemin's highest first day sales: 1 Guilty - 104,796 (NEW) 2 Advice - 64,281 3 NGDA: Act 1 - 57,190 4 NGDA: Act 2 - 51,173 5 Want - 42,023 6 Move - 12,776 7 NGDA (Extended Ver.) - 12,303 8 Move-ing - 10,215 9 Press It - 9,365 10 Ace - 5,810 cr.

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casablancarossa · 2 months

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Taemin leaving SM; a retrospective rant from a severely uneducated and overly caffeinated fan.

I have thoughts about Taemin leaving SM and by extention Onew too. Might as well drag Minho and Key into this.

Since this is majorly about Taemin, let's talk about him first.

Taemin & SM (pre-NGDA era)

Taemin has been with the company for 16 years, closer to 19 if you count his trainee days. As an older shawol (LLO-era, got me whipped BAD), it was seriously out of the blue that Taemin would be the first to debut solo. SM at the time (i.e in their prime) was a vocal powerhouse and I genuinely thought Jonghyun would be the first one to go solo. SM made the right decision dedicating time and resources in letting him shine and 'Ace' was a phenomenal debut album for Taemin and really stamped that 'Taemin vibe/sound' we all know and love' Generally speaking SM not the best for promotions/scheduling, but the company still had their shit together when 'Move' came out, it felt like it was everywhere and surpassed the noteriety Guilty had achieved. I feel like when Taemin does variety shows, up to now, Move was always the most referenced and remembered act, even amongst the junior idols, that he did and thats because SM did go hard on promoting that song and picked a quiet month to do that comback in.

Taemin vs SM (during/post-NGDA era)

Somewhere along the lines, SM really dropped the ball with promoting Act 1 especially during Taemin's 'Criminal' comeback. They heavily prioritized their newer groups and suddenly their legendary acts were getting shafted with poor promotions and what felt like less dedicated management and resources. I recall, SM postponed the release for Criminal, squashed Taemin in Super-M activties and focused on their new acts while simultaneously over working them (honestly Mark has had such a hectic few years). My internal speculation/assumtion is that, SM figured that acts like SuJu, EXO, SHINee, GG and RV and solo/ duo units, wouldn't need as much dedicated promotions because they are iconic acts and they are fully dependant on fanbases to generate the buzz. Which leads me to my main hypothesis that after a few years of being active, SM really does not care about an artist anymore. Mind you artists that put them on the fucking map to begin with. SM won't double down on these artists because they believe they can't appeal to a younger audience. With the shitshow that was the Criminal promotions. SM really didn't do any better with 'Advice'. Pinning aespa's comeback a day before was a low blow instead of focusing on the talent that's about to go into the military, if they are aware enough to give Taemin a mini comeback so his relevancy sticks throughout his service, why damage it with an aespa release (that felt like it was to tactically avoid facing off the BTS release later than month) and basically doing NOTHING bar announcing pre-orders. Then we enter the 'Guilty' era. Which as we saw was a hit, but mainly because SM capitalized on the power of social media trends, placing Taemin in VARIOUS online contents and slowly dropped related media during winter. I mean we are still not over his 'Guilty' era, the Metamorph concert still has us at a chokehold. I 'd like to think that Taemin became more vocal in what he wanted and expected out of SM when he came back. Obviously the priority to them is/was SHINee and that's fair. DCM did really well with promos (althoughlike most shawols would say, LSM did have a major part to play with that). HOWEVER it was their 15th anniversary comeback last year and I feel like SM treated it like it was just another comeback instead of a major milestone. There were no interviews or press releases for Hard, when events were happening, it felt like it was gate kept to just local fans, like it made me feel like I was living under a rock because it was so last minute and I was not aware of anything. I want to believe that just because SM did an okay job now, excuses them for the last 3 years. What's worse is it's undeniable, Taemin lives to perform and it's no secret he sets some high goals and standard for himself and probably the toll 1) not getting to preform Guilty in GDA, despite wanting to and 2) probably not getting a solid backing for touring globally, despite very vocal fan support. I am not sure if anyone saw that SM forecast for the first two quarters of 2024, but it genuinely feels like Taemin knows that him and SHINee will not be a priority after promotions are finished. I hope I am not dense enough to assume that obviously SHINee has spoken about this privately and internally for a while now. It's really something you can't avoid talking about. Taemin has spoken to his hyungs, people in his circle inside and outside of the industry. Hopefully he is well informed and supported and it seems definite that SHINee is still active as a group.

Key vs SM.

Someone has already mentioned it but if anyone was leaving SM for creative freedom, I genuinely thought it would be Key. 'Bad Love' was an amazing release and Key fought with SM to release with his own brand/aesthetic. Because Taemin's imminent departure is so publicized, SM might be keeping the talks with Minho and Key super under wraps and trying to offer a btter deal. Although recently, bar Good and Great, SM has been using Key as a 'Variety' idol than an actual singer, which sucks because Key is super talented and if SM doesn't recognize that star power now, good luck to them. Also apparently, Kany is signed with BPM? I know she is close with SHInee in general, but I would assume it'd be Key joining her ya'know?

Minho vs SM.

Imma put it out there, the promotions for 'Stay for a Night' was lackluster? I feel like they treat solo Minho and SHINee Minho as two separate entities. Like yes there is a dualism of being a group preformer vs solo preformer. But on the rare occasion SHINee does get promoted Minho seems to get more attention, but as a solo artist, I don't feel the same love for his solo promotions. I hope Minho gets to write and contribute more, which I believe he does in the background. If he does stick to SM, I pray they open other avenues of artistry, primarily, he does really well with his acting roles and yes it really helps that he does fit the 'K-drama ML' look.

Onew vs SM

I feel like Onew gets the short-end of the stick out of the rest of SHINee, never mind that the man has the voice of an angel, but again, he is another one that SM never bothered to market right. It kind of make sense that he would want to leave the company and seek ones that would expand his career inside and outside of singing and while the one good thing SM did recently is make sure Onew was healing and taking care of himself, recent SHINee promo activities feels like they are treating Onew's break as a hush hush 'taboo topic' Honestly, bring back the era where our idols would randomly disappear during promotions because they were casted to be on-stage again. I am still forever clinging onto Onew singing opera, because despite him not being trained for that, he has the talent to do so. It'd be nice to hear him produce his own music, or give acting another shot.

#shinee #shinee taemin #lee taemin #shinee key #kim kibum #shinee minho #choi minho #shinee onew #lee jinki #shawol #THE FANDOM IS HAVIING A MELTDOWN

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waitingfortaemin · 1 year

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Day 627 of Taemin’s enlistment

MOVE (2017) / NGDA : Act 1 (2020)

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vampyretaemin · 1 month

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i once said ngda act 1 wasnt a perfect album bc i didnt like black rose as much and i want to say i was wrong. ive seen the error of my ways. ive changed as a person. ngda act 1 and act 2 are both perfect albums.

#i think it was more ive listened to black rose so many times i wore myself out on it but it is a REALLY good song. dont get me wrong #personal

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commajade · 2 years

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interesting thing is how sk pop culture kind of claimed taemin as the successor to multiple female korean pop artists. since move era people were declaring lineages of uhm jung hwa -> lee hyori -> taemin when that position could have stuck with hyuna or sunmi. that's mass appeal and specifically female sex appeal. and with park jiyoon -> taemin people acknowledge that he's a boundary breaker and pushes people's comfort levels with depictions of sexuality.

the ngda albums r taemin's magnum opus about his entire career and journey with his public identity. act 1 proposes the problem and act 2 is his conclusions. having act 2's title track with boa as an uncredited feature and his costuming being an homage to her, boa -> taemin is something he's claiming for himself basically with her blessing. which makes a lot of sense because they're both prodigy dancers that debuted at age 13 and have immense popularity in japan and around the world. and is also a big responsibility because of how singlehandedly boa broke into the japanese market and basically started kpop hallyu. he claims this position as part of his identity that is a part of his solution to his struggles with career/image. and the supporting subtext and mode of delivery for these revelations is always about his relationship with gender and power.

#taemin meta

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feanoriangrindset · 2 years

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press it by taemin is entirely too good of an album that some people thought he peaked early. but then he came with the steel chair that is ngda act 1&2

#what did we do to deserve a taemin #i mean his tt is always so good but as an album press it is the defending champion until ngda #he doesnt even age he just level up. like pokemon #.txt

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taeminfucks · 2 years

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your personal favorite taemin era? for me it's ngda act 1

ooooof this is hard. in terms of visuals only its probably ACE (not danger), advice, and move. she's so gorgeous it's basically impossible to choose

#ask

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replaybf · 6 months

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guilty will not leave my mind. in criminal the descend into madness feels like the last step to suffocation but in guilty the descend into madness feels like the first step to liberation. it feels like there is a question asked, nearly directly in the pre-chorus “on that vague border between good and bad […] my judgment in the final moment”, where is the limit? who is to declare what is madness and what is allowed? and this ties so wonderfully into the themes of institutionalisation and institutional abuse. in criminal, it feels like when you are pushed to your limit you snap, but you surrender. here, it feels like you are pushed, you snap, and you fight back harder than before.

and i think the theme of sexual liberation is important to mention too. again, something that has been taken from you and weaponised against you becomes your source of power? your source of pain-pleasure? how in ngda act 1 the innocent version the sexual awakening is immediately twisted for the gain of other, how in guilty it’s suppressed… there is so, so much contained in that song and mv i feel like it’ll be years and we’ll still be finding new things about it!

#txt #i analyse this as if i’m getting state-backed funding for it #they need to get me on the creative vision team STAT

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delusionextrusions · 1 year

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wonho's solo debut and taemin dropping ngda act 1 within 3 days of each other and loona dropping 12:00 in october and then monsta x dropping fatal love a month later.......that was the last time i was happy methinks

#2020 was too excellent like SMASH! SMASH! SMASH!

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herewegobebe · 3 years

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TAEMIN | Criminal - Favourite Dance Performance Male Solo Award - Mama 2020 ✨👑💕

#taemin #lee taemin #shinee #criminal #ngda act 1 #YEEESSSS!!! FINALLY!!!#so proud of him #💕#mama 2020 #gifs #my gifs #1k

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nso-csi · 6 months

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TAEMIN 'Guilty' has achieved first week sales of 198,305. This is a new record for Taemin, and the highest first week sales for a 2nd generation male soloist. It's Taemin's best-selling album on Hanteo.

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Taemin's highest first week sales: 1 Guilty - 198,305 (NEW) 2 NGDA: Act 1 - 116,423 3 NGDA: Act 2 - 95,914 4 Advice - 95,453 5 Want - 85,000 6 Press It - 72,563 7 Move - 63,234 8 Ace - 48,335 9 Move-ing - 22,414 10 NGDA (Extended Ver.) - 14,777 cr.

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artnee · 3 years

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