#dcm era

[dlstmxkakwldrlarchive]

(scan) SHINee Don't Call Me — Jewel Case ver. Photocard

[venomousnakes]

Happy MINHO Day!

[atlantis-area]

2023 Melon Music Awards - KEY - Dream Girl

[jeennieluv]

i'm so curious cause there's so many shawols from like all eras on tumblr and i'm torn between so many different eras

[sanstropfremir]

i find it interesting how a lot of these 4th gen groups are selling so many physical albums but are not generally known among the public. and how the music landscape is largely digital now (youtube, spotify, tiktok, etc.). i can't really wrap my head around it because no way are people are actually buying multiple albums for the random chance that they get their faves' photocards (at least i hope not? it's so much waste...). a 4th gen stan is probably gonna be mad but i was a fan during 2nd gen/3rd gen and even with the biggest groups with the biggest songs, they didn't sell the amount that a lot of not-as-big groups are selling now. it was big news if a group sold more than a million (esp in exo's case where it was consecutive) but now it's realllly common.

oh anon i hate to break it to you but that is exactly what is happening. entry for fansigns is also another way they'll try to get people to buy more albums. it's all about numbers inflation, but also i don't necessarily blame companies for trying to pump physical album sales because those are what make them money. spotify pays literal pennies in royalties and i suspect that every other streaming platform is the same, so - especially for the last two years since there was no touring/offline events - they have to find a way to make a profit somehow. but the downside is that it does lead to a massive amount of waste and no company cares to do anything about that. the only one that i know of who has actually made an attempt to mitigate that is ist, victon's company, who offered an option for chronograph to have a digital download and photocard only. i think they also might have done the same for hanse's album as well. to be fair i think the exorbitant copies getting thrown out is mostly a problem for the really big groups only, but it is common for fans to buy 2-4 copies just personally if they're collectors, just because of the different versions.

[vampyretaemin]

i think about this a lot (clip from this youtube video)

[ohmuqueen]

Me in 2021: you say skunk hair I say dessert hair 🍮

Me in 2023: you say skunk hair I say emo hair 🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤

[kennabeth]

I will never get enough of sm boys wearing their group colors when performing NEVER

[dlstmxkakwldrlarchive]

[UPDATE] Yoo Jae hwan, composer who appeared in SHINee Inc. during ONEW's segment, released on his personal ig the SHINee remix he made for the show!

universe_level: Onew was always an angel, both before and after I met him. This is the SHINee's Back remix. It's been 3 years since I made it, so I'm giving it to you.

[venomousnakes]

(scan) SHINee 'Don't Call Me' The 7th Album — Reality/Fake Reality Poca Ver.

[casablancarossa]

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.

[mortallyminiaturewerewolf]

New Lance

It is my pleasure to show off my new Dark Age era Force, the Arc Royal Transit Authority (ARTA)

An eclectic mix of mechs piloted by an ecletic mix of mechwarriors, from Lyran Noble failsons to Clan Wolf in Exile drop outs. I'm gonna flesh out their lore more later and write some profiles but for now some pictures of their first game, and also my first time fighting vehicles.

The Crosscut scores the kill of the game, shooting the Panther point blank in the chest with the Snub Nose PPC after it pulled off a risky jump and alpha strike into the Charger's rear arc.

The Charger then proceeded to smash this Rhino into the dirt, 40 LRMs aren't so scary when you're within the minimum range.

Meanwhile on the other end of the board the Anubis distracted the Orion while the Rakshasa sniped it from a hill, the Orion did manage to get a TAC on the Rakshasa and vaporise the gyro. But the Anubis kicked the Orion and sent it to the floor.

Then after another couple of rounds of shooting the Crosscut shot the Orion right in the LRM 15 ammo and blew it up

This left only the other Rhino left on the DCMS side, so we called it there.

What did I learn? Snub nosed PPCs are fucking great, Rakshasa is a good sniper, the Charger is great to just throw at things until they are dead and the Anubis is probably best kept at range but can sprint in and kick shit if needed (Maybe I'll make a custom version with SRMs instead for brawling?)

Thank you @gorqueen for the game. I'm looking forward to playing more against you and kicking more of your heavy mechs in the shins.

[mistarover]

Thoughts on the new shinee cb?

i am going to summarize my thoughts in bullet points :)

JUICE SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE TITLE TRACK MY GOD THE FUCKIN HOOK

LIKE IT MY BAE WE ARE MARRIED

mmmmmmm these bsides are better than dcm

hard is a bit underwhelming but it’s okay lol

no dick jokes in hard??? my god???

I THINK U LIKEEEEEE ME I THINK U LIKEEEEEEE ME I THINK U LI-I-I-I-IKE ME

10X is a 1 of 1 bside actually

satellite is giving odd era in the best way

the last three songs ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

YOU GOT THE JUICE GOT THE GOT THE JUICE

[sanstropfremir]

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.

[reddoll123]

Hey, so here’s my lil’ mini review of SHINee's 8th album Hard after listening to the whole thing twice:

Hard: First time I listened to it was from the mv, and I wasn't sure about it. And so after listening to it twice more via the album, I'm set in just not caring for it. Like, there are parts of the song that I love, like when they harmonize while singing Ohh~, the Hard like a criminal part, the bridge and classic high note at the end of it--but still not the full song. Like some parts felt too disjointed but not even in a good way. So, yeah this might be the first title track from them that I don't care for. Oh well, I know the b-sides will be amazing tho 'cause it's them~

Juice: Ooh the beat for this! 'Kay, I'mma have to disagree with my faves in that I think that this should've been the title track instead of Hard. Like it has Kenzie and Dem Jointz and Adrian Mckinnon as the writers? It was destined to be fire! So I can safely say, so far this is my top song lol. (This does feel like the sister song of DCM though, so I do kinda get it not being the title track at the same time since title tracks shouldn't be too similar.)

10X: Oooooh, such a smooth song already just from the start. Makes me feel expensive like I'm sauntering through a romantically lit downtown era with shopping bags in my hand lol. A nice finger snapping, foot tapping song aka it's really really nice!! SHINee never disappoints with their vocals and harmonies bruh <3. Another top fave!

Satellite: Gave me a nostalgic feeling right away, and kinda reminded me of an older song of theirs. This is such a pretty song, especially the chorus when they go all Ahhh~, really helps make the song feel lifted and light <3. Taemin being at the front as they sing really helps with that as well ^^.

Identity: Immediately thought this was a Key song 'cause it's sumn he would choose for his album (which is a great thing) with the retro yet futuristic vibe the song gives. Anyways, this is a nice bop!

The Feeling: I've already heard this one a few times from the pre-released mv, and it's still real nice. Love the brass, and drumkicks in the beat plus their vocals ofc :3.

Like It: That chorus is real nice! Song is like the definition of quintessential poppy SHINee--just feel good and bright~ I def like this one a lot hehe.

Sweet Misery: Song's okay, like I love the beat and melody but the chorus is a bit of a let down.

Insomnia: Song's also okay though once it got to the 2nd chorus, I started really vibing with this one lol, paying attention to the swing feeling, the piano etc.

Gravity: This is the closest to a ballad in this album, and they once again sound so beautiful together. And I really dig the punchy beat when they sing "Gravity, gravity, yeah" during the chorus. A really nice end to the album imo!

And so my favs from this album in order are: 10X, Like It, Satellite, Gravity, Identity, The Feeling, Juice, Insomnia, Sweet Misery >>>>>>>[a wall], Hard.

TL;DR: Another solid full album from 5HINee <3. It's not the type of album with like a whole new sound for them, bells and whistles, theatrics or whatever but not every album has to be like that. This one's a nice vibe with the bright, punchy side at the start leading towards the wistful yet beautiful latter end of the album. I'd def recommend listening to it, just for their vocals that always shine through and how they blend with each other so well. And as always, I look forward to hearing what they'll do next <333.