Criminal is the song that introduced me to Taemin back in 2020. I was a rock and alt rock girl through and through, and only agreed to watch a K-pop video by this artist called Taemin because I was practically begged to. Not to be dramatic, but Taemin hit me like a fucking sledgehammer to my brain, my heart, and yes definitely my girlie bits! I just could not process what I was seeing... Criminal began my journey with Taemin, and through him SHINee, and I have not looked back even once.
Okay, as recommended couple of times you should watch the rock version of his concert.. My other recommendations would be his VCR „Thirsty“, performance video „You and Me“ (really beautiful), performance video „blackrose“ and one of my favorite songs of him „Strings“ .. but there is much, much more. Taemin actually doesn’t have bad songs. His b-sides are as good as, if not better as his title tracks.
@@lorydannagrThe rock version is from his Metamorph concert. Also we only got 'Strings' in Metamorph concert He already move on with new concert siries Ephemeral Gaze which ppl crazy about 'Dejavu'
I'm just here for Taemin, the king of kpop, please watch some videos from his last two tours and his live performances, if you want I can give the links. Thanks
6:30 Now you understand my plight with Mr. Lee Taemin 🥴 And you've only uncovered the surface level thus far ..... gurl you're in for an incredible ride. 😏
Just so you know, the Taemin you see is not necessarily the criminal in his "Criminal" MV. I see him as the victim who is being held captive by the criminal. The criminal is his lover (i.e. the other side of his personality) that he is singing about, which is a metaphor for the pressure he feels under as a Kpop idol. The song is about living in a toxic relationship and being brainwashed by a lover. He has now fallen in love with the person (or thing -- i.e. his career) who is inflicting all the pain and suffering on him, so now he accepts the abuse as a normal part of the relationship. Even though he is being abused by that person -- possibly a metaphor for the pressure he is creating for himself with the need to always be the best in everything he does -- he can't help but love them and allow them to continue to hurt him, etc.
All the abuse is happening to him, he is not hurting anyone else or doing anything criminal himself. Therefore, the story isn't about Taemin being a criminal. Notice, the S.W.A.T. team isn't arresting him. They pretty much walk right past Taemin and ignore him as they search for the criminal. The "boss" vibe is a facade he puts on to make people believe he is in control, but as we see in the choreography, he is being manipulated by all the outside forces around him. For example, we see him lying across the backup dancers backs and they pick him up and manipulate him to do what they want him to do at that moment. A lot of his dance moves are designed to make him look like a marionette puppet that is being pulled around by strings and being told what to do. Which is what we see when he is crouched down and he creates that wiggly, wave movement in the dance, etc. As part of the story, he has been held captive for so long that, as it says in the lyrics of the song, he is now suffering from Stockholm syndrome, so he is no longer fighting the abuse and that is why you see him throw his bindings away. The criminal -- which is a metaphor for the pressure he has felt in his career -- no longer has to tie him up to keep him there. (Because he has fallen in love with the pain and suffering he inflicts on himself as an artist, etc.) The backup dancers represent the forces he is struggling against as he fights with his mind over whether to stay or go, etc. Also, pirates didn't just wear eye patches because they injured one of their eyes. Eye patches were more often worn by thieves who had perfect eyesight. An eye patch helps you to see better in the dark or in low light. If you shield your eyes from bright light, when you enter a dark room and remove the eye patch, your eyes adjust more quickly to the dark. This allowed pirates and thieves to be able to see better and be able to get in and get out more quickly as they go from bright daylight to darkness of a low lit room or hull of a ship, etc. Therefore, I think the eye patch that Taemin wears and the masks covering one eye of the backup dancers is a metaphor for being able to see in the dark and how Taemin is saying he has now been in the industry long enough to understand what the "criminal" is doing to him -- i.e. he knows he needs to shield himself from the bright lights of fame in order to see what is happening in the dark -- and he is fully aware of what he is sacrificing, but he loves what he does too much to leave, etc. Fun fact: It was Taemin's idea to include the police blotter/news clips in that part of the song. If you notice, the sound bites are from all over the world and they are speaking multiple languages. "Criminal" is the second part of Taemin's Never Gonna Dance Again album that came out in 2021. It's part of a trilogy, which started with his prologue "2 Kids," and continued with "Criminal," which is part of Act 1 of the album. And it was followed up by "Idea," which is part of Act 2 of the album and it brings the whole concept full circle. And now his follow up release, "Advice," has become the epilogue to the story. Taemin said in an interview: "The two acts put together tell a story. '2 Kids’ is about growing pains and depicts the story prior to the story in the album. You can think of '2 Kids' as a teaser before the movie called 'Never Gonna Dance Again.' Act 1 shows a new side of me. I think it’ll be something you’ve never seen in K-pop before. And Act 2 is the end-all-be-all. It’s the ultimate level of intensity. Never Gonna Dance Again’ was originally the name of the concept. Because it doesn’t make sense for me to stop dancing. But I wanted to give a sense of rebellion with the irony of the title.” This album's whole concept is a metaphor for his life and career. With every release from this album, the concept was designed to be darker then the last. In "2 Kids" he was emotionally and physically beating himself up with regrets. In "Criminal" he was living in a toxic relationship. In "Idea" he takes the theme one step further, and says that even though it was my idea and my plan to live this life, nothing comes without a price, and because of that need for perfection, any chance of being average or living a regular life is pretty much dead. Taemin has sacrificed everything to become the magnificent and unique performer and person that we know him as today. But there really is no one that pushes him or holds him to a higher standard then himself. Taemin has said that he really has never taken a true vacation since he was a trainee -- he started with SM Entertainment when he was around 11 years old -- and he doesn't know what to do if he isn't constantly working and training. As he has said, there has never been anything that has come easy to him and he has only gotten to where he is today because he has worked hard to accomplish everything. He is constantly pushing himself to become the best of the best in everything he does. All of Taemin's dances tell a story. As he has said, he specifically designs his choreography to be a part of the story within the song and MV. So, "Criminal" is supposed to be slightly creepy, as well as sexy. He is literally being abused and asking you to please "destroy me more." As a member of SHINee, Taemin has trained his entire career to be able to pull off this type of intense and intricate dancing while singing live and always sounding flawless the whole time. That is what SHINee are known for. So not only is Taemin an amazing dancer -- considered one of the top two dancers in all of Kpop -- but he is also one of the best singers in the industry, and the 5 members of SHINee make up one of the top groups, that everyone looks up to and dreams of even coming close to being as good as. If you are impressed with Taemin's dancing, you should also see his dance practice video for "Criminal." You will be even more shocked. And if you want to see Taemin explain the concept behind his dance moves, watch a tutorial video he did where he explains the dance to Jeno and Mark from NCT.
You need to check out his Japanese songs. I love Under My Skin, Sayonara Hitori, Holy Water & Flame of Love. Yoongi did a Suchwita with Taemin. It’s very very good. You need to see it.
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Evolution of Taemin is AMAZING,PERFECT DANCER, VOCALIST!!
TAEMIN IS ART AND ART IS TAEMIN!!!!👍💚
Criminal is the song that introduced me to Taemin back in 2020. I was a rock and alt rock girl through and through, and only agreed to watch a K-pop video by this artist called Taemin because I was practically begged to. Not to be dramatic, but Taemin hit me like a fucking sledgehammer to my brain, my heart, and yes definitely my girlie bits! I just could not process what I was seeing... Criminal began my journey with Taemin, and through him SHINee, and I have not looked back even once.
I looove your comment!!!😂😂😂
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We are so proud of you LEE TAEMIN 💎❤️👑
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Okay u need to get that coffee and watch that video because it’s a rock version of criminal and it’s sooooooo good
Yessss do thatt
Yes and he’s art too ❤
please react live version from his concert METAMORPH .... its rock version and is fucking amazing
The one where he is shirtless…? 🫣
@@lorydannagr YES!! It is 100% absolutely mandatory. Sorry, I don't make the rules...
Taemin is on a completely different level...Every time you are amazed by his art 🩵Hope you will come back soon with a shinee video
His songs are all good. You have to watch ‘the’ heaven 2024 his world tour ver.
Okay, as recommended couple of times you should watch the rock version of his concert..
My other recommendations would be his
VCR „Thirsty“, performance video „You and Me“ (really beautiful),
performance video „blackrose“
and one of my favorite songs of him „Strings“ .. but there is much, much more. Taemin actually doesn’t have bad songs. His b-sides are as good as, if not better as his title tracks.
Taemin is just amazing! ❤️ Thank you so much!
@@lorydannagr
My fav songs;
Sayonara Hitori /Goodbye Japanese
Move
Under my skin
Think Of You
Guilty
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@@lorydannagrThe rock version is from his Metamorph concert. Also we only got 'Strings' in Metamorph concert He already move on with new concert siries Ephemeral Gaze which ppl crazy about 'Dejavu'
I’m obsessed with this song 💜
Taemin sen nasil bir yeteneksin müthişsin
I'm just here for Taemin, the king of kpop, please watch some videos from his last two tours and his live performances, if you want I can give the links. Thanks
6:30 Now you understand my plight with Mr. Lee Taemin 🥴
And you've only uncovered the surface level thus far ..... gurl you're in for an incredible ride. 😏
I’m here for it all! ❤️❤️❤️
You want to see Taemin and art? Just Me And You' Special Video @Beyond LIVE - TAEMIN : N.G.D.A 💙
Seventeen's song was released a few hours ago. We want to see your reaction to the song Love, Money and Fame.🥲
I recorded my reaction, but I never put my reactions the same day. ❤️
@@lorydannagr I love your reactions to Seventeen songs, keep going, I love you, keep going.🤍
I am so happy you enjoy them! ❤️❤️❤️ Sending love!!! ❤️🫂🫂🫂
Just so you know, the Taemin you see is not necessarily the criminal in his "Criminal" MV. I see him as the victim who is being held captive by the criminal. The criminal is his lover (i.e. the other side of his personality) that he is singing about, which is a metaphor for the pressure he feels under as a Kpop idol. The song is about living in a toxic relationship and being brainwashed by a lover. He has now fallen in love with the person (or thing -- i.e. his career) who is inflicting all the pain and suffering on him, so now he accepts the abuse as a normal part of the relationship. Even though he is being abused by that person -- possibly a metaphor for the pressure he is creating for himself with the need to always be the best in everything he does -- he can't help but love them and allow them to continue to hurt him, etc.
All the abuse is happening to him, he is not hurting anyone else or doing anything criminal himself. Therefore, the story isn't about Taemin being a criminal. Notice, the S.W.A.T. team isn't arresting him. They pretty much walk right past Taemin and ignore him as they search for the criminal.
The "boss" vibe is a facade he puts on to make people believe he is in control, but as we see in the choreography, he is being manipulated by all the outside forces around him. For example, we see him lying across the backup dancers backs and they pick him up and manipulate him to do what they want him to do at that moment. A lot of his dance moves are designed to make him look like a marionette puppet that is being pulled around by strings and being told what to do. Which is what we see when he is crouched down and he creates that wiggly, wave movement in the dance, etc.
As part of the story, he has been held captive for so long that, as it says in the lyrics of the song, he is now suffering from Stockholm syndrome, so he is no longer fighting the abuse and that is why you see him throw his bindings away. The criminal -- which is a metaphor for the pressure he has felt in his career -- no longer has to tie him up to keep him there. (Because he has fallen in love with the pain and suffering he inflicts on himself as an artist, etc.) The backup dancers represent the forces he is struggling against as he fights with his mind over whether to stay or go, etc.
Also, pirates didn't just wear eye patches because they injured one of their eyes. Eye patches were more often worn by thieves who had perfect eyesight. An eye patch helps you to see better in the dark or in low light. If you shield your eyes from bright light, when you enter a dark room and remove the eye patch, your eyes adjust more quickly to the dark. This allowed pirates and thieves to be able to see better and be able to get in and get out more quickly as they go from bright daylight to darkness of a low lit room or hull of a ship, etc. Therefore, I think the eye patch that Taemin wears and the masks covering one eye of the backup dancers is a metaphor for being able to see in the dark and how Taemin is saying he has now been in the industry long enough to understand what the "criminal" is doing to him -- i.e. he knows he needs to shield himself from the bright lights of fame in order to see what is happening in the dark -- and he is fully aware of what he is sacrificing, but he loves what he does too much to leave, etc.
Fun fact: It was Taemin's idea to include the police blotter/news clips in that part of the song. If you notice, the sound bites are from all over the world and they are speaking multiple languages.
"Criminal" is the second part of Taemin's Never Gonna Dance Again album that came out in 2021. It's part of a trilogy, which started with his prologue "2 Kids," and continued with "Criminal," which is part of Act 1 of the album. And it was followed up by "Idea," which is part of Act 2 of the album and it brings the whole concept full circle. And now his follow up release, "Advice," has become the epilogue to the story.
Taemin said in an interview: "The two acts put together tell a story. '2 Kids’ is about growing pains and depicts the story prior to the story in the album. You can think of '2 Kids' as a teaser before the movie called 'Never Gonna Dance Again.' Act 1 shows a new side of me. I think it’ll be something you’ve never seen in K-pop before. And Act 2 is the end-all-be-all. It’s the ultimate level of intensity. Never Gonna Dance Again’ was originally the name of the concept. Because it doesn’t make sense for me to stop dancing. But I wanted to give a sense of rebellion with the irony of the title.”
This album's whole concept is a metaphor for his life and career. With every release from this album, the concept was designed to be darker then the last. In "2 Kids" he was emotionally and physically beating himself up with regrets. In "Criminal" he was living in a toxic relationship. In "Idea" he takes the theme one step further, and says that even though it was my idea and my plan to live this life, nothing comes without a price, and because of that need for perfection, any chance of being average or living a regular life is pretty much dead. Taemin has sacrificed everything to become the magnificent and unique performer and person that we know him as today.
But there really is no one that pushes him or holds him to a higher standard then himself. Taemin has said that he really has never taken a true vacation since he was a trainee -- he started with SM Entertainment when he was around 11 years old -- and he doesn't know what to do if he isn't constantly working and training. As he has said, there has never been anything that has come easy to him and he has only gotten to where he is today because he has worked hard to accomplish everything. He is constantly pushing himself to become the best of the best in everything he does.
All of Taemin's dances tell a story. As he has said, he specifically designs his choreography to be a part of the story within the song and MV. So, "Criminal" is supposed to be slightly creepy, as well as sexy. He is literally being abused and asking you to please "destroy me more."
As a member of SHINee, Taemin has trained his entire career to be able to pull off this type of intense and intricate dancing while singing live and always sounding flawless the whole time. That is what SHINee are known for. So not only is Taemin an amazing dancer -- considered one of the top two dancers in all of Kpop -- but he is also one of the best singers in the industry, and the 5 members of SHINee make up one of the top groups, that everyone looks up to and dreams of even coming close to being as good as.
If you are impressed with Taemin's dancing, you should also see his dance practice video for "Criminal." You will be even more shocked. And if you want to see Taemin explain the concept behind his dance moves, watch a tutorial video he did where he explains the dance to Jeno and Mark from NCT.
Te recomiendo black Rose goodbye etc . Canta muy bien este hombre.gracias🎉
Te recomiendo la canción de Taemin Want y Heaven , Black Rose muy buenas también Under my skin
Want next please. Another art piece
Please do the rock version of criminal...you can thank me later😂
I’m scared now…..
You need to check out his Japanese songs. I love Under My Skin, Sayonara Hitori, Holy Water & Flame of Love.
Yoongi did a Suchwita with Taemin. It’s very very good. You need to see it.
yes!!!
Bugun Jiminin Dogumgünü keşke Jiminle ilgili bir video paylasabilseydin Lory Jimini çok seviyorum iyiki doğmuş meleğimiz
are u sure u are not a TAEMATE