An Intro to SHINee

The first group I’m going to introduce if very near and dear to me. They were the first group I really got into in kpop. The group is a five member boyband by the name of SHINee. The group consist of Onew, Jonghyun, Key, Minho, and Taemin. SHINee’s fanclub is called Shinee World and fans call themselves Shawols. Their balloon color is pearlescent sky blue.

History

The group is signed with SM Entertainment, one of the three big management companies in South Korea. They first debuted in May of 2008 with the single off their mini-album Noona Neomu Yeppeo (Replay). Their music is very upbeat and youthful sounding. Just three months later they made their return with their first full length album The Shinee World. It debuted at number three on the charts. Then in October they released the repackage of The Shinee World, A.Mi.Go.

One year after their debut they released their first single Juliette. I myself was not very fond of this particular song but I think it has more to do with the masks they wore in the music video and promotional pictures.

SHINee then went on hiatus until October of 2009 when they released their third min-album 2009, The Year Of Us. In Ring Ding Dong, their main song off the cd they took a slightly darker approach then they did in the past. The boys donned leather pants and studded jackets. Oh and let’s not forget the black and grey feathered wings in the music video! During their promotions for the cd SHINee also filmed a tv show by the name of Hello Baby where they had to raise a three year old boy by the name of Jung Yoogeun.

In July their second full length album Lucifer was released. The title song Lucifer is about an obsessive girlfriend that they still love. The translated chorus (credit kpopsubs1) “If you tie me down and lock me in, the love is tied down too the future is tied down too, it can’t grow Freely empty yourself and look at me, I’ll fill you I’ll fill you up. Your spell that I can’t reject is Lucifer, your magic that I can’t reject is Lucifer”. The song itself is rather upbeat with a rather difficult dance routine.

On October first the repackage of Lucifer, Hello was released. With the song Hello SHINee returned to their previous bright and cheerful image. Then in December SHINee held their first solo concert. There was approximately 24,000 people in attendance.

Currently SHINee is pursuing their Japanese debut with a Japanese language release of Replay.

Members

Onew is the oldest of the members of SHINee and the leader. His birth name is Lee Jinki which he prefers to be called by. He was born on December 14, 1989. Onew is well known with his near obsessive level of love for chicken.

Kim Jonghyun is the main vocalist of SHINee. He was born on April 8, 1990. He is rather short to the other members and is often said to look like a dinosaur. In November of 2010 he took part in a project group called SM The Ballad with fellow label mates Jay Kyuhyun, and a trainee named Jino. The group release one cd. Jonghyun was also involved in a scandal in ;ate October 2010 when it was discovered that he was dating actress Shin Sekyung.


Key is one of two rappers in SHINee. He also acts as a vocalist. Key’s birth name is Kim Kibum. He likely took on his stage name due to the fact that one of the members of Super Junior, also part of SMent, was named Kim Kibum. Key was born on September 23, 1991.

Choi Minho is the other rapper in SHINee as well as a sub-vocalist. He was born on December 9, 1992. Minho is very competitive and good at sports.

Lee Taemin is the maknae, or youngest, of the group and is in charge of dance. He has also recently shown rather incredible vocal skills, taking over Jonghyun’s lines in performances when he was injured. Taemin was born on July 18, 1993. Out of all the members Taemin has also gone through the largest image change recently. He has gone from a very young and cute image to a much more mature and sexy image.



Some Video Links With English Subs

Replay (note: noona refers to a woman older then the male using the term)
Love Like Oxygen
A.Mi.Go
Juliette
Ring Ding Dong
Lucifer
Hello
Replay Japanese Version


SHINee’s Hello Baby With English Subs