Taemin is in my opinion the best kpop solo artist in terms of everything, because he really is a complete artist with all his letters. GUILTY has been pure cinema and music production out of this world. taemin is the best in terms of giving you complete and quality performances. you should check out the mv of THE RIZZNESS another amazing song that belongs to the GUILTY album.
Taemin has been in the industry for more than 16 years as part of the legendary 5-member Kpop group SHINee and he has been a solo artist since 2014. "Guilty" is his title track on his 4th mini Korean solo album, which was released in 2023. I think "Guilty" is a continuation of the themes surrounding Taemin's previous releases. Particularly connected to his Never Gonna Dance Again trilogy of albums -- "2 Kids", "Criminal" and "Idea" -- and Advice album themes from 2021. As Taemin has explained, "Guilty" is about a lover who DOESN'T feel guilty about all the bad things they have done in the relationship and they feel no shame or remorse for the pain and suffering they may have caused the other person. Which, if you connect it to the messages from his previous MVs, this easily could be interpreted as a metaphor for everything Taemin has gone through in his career and life. As an idol, he has been manipulated and controlled his whole life. Debuting at 14 years old, Taemin has lived his entire life in the public eye under a microscope, he is expected to be flawless and perfect, and people are constantly telling him what to do and how he should act, etc. However, now that he has turned 30, I think he is embracing a new chapter in his life where he is saying he is no longer going to allow people to manipulate him and he is officially taking back control. In other words, he's not going to feel guilty any more for being himself and doing what makes him happy. The story in the MV also makes more sense if you pair it with the teaser videos that were released a few days before the MV dropped. In the teasers you will see Taemin being manipulated even more by outside forces and people who literally at one point hand him a gun and force him to shoot something or someone, which is all part of the metaphor that has to do with taking control of his life, etc. If you delve in deep you will see that "Guilty" could be interpreted as his relationship with fame and the different sides of who he is as a person and artist. Everything you see and hear is a metaphor for life told using biblical references as an underlying theme showcasing Taemin's Catholic faith.The majority of Taemin's songs and MVs touch on concepts, stories and themes from the Bible, as a metaphor to explain what he has gone through growing up as an idol and the journey he has taken in order to find confidence in and acceptance with who he is as a person and an artist. With Taemin -- and all the members of SHINee -- you will never get the same thing twice. Everything he releases will be a new style and sound and, yet, it will still be very "Taemin". As SM Entertainment's experimental boy group, SHINee are meant to be the first to do almost everything, and they are expected to come up with something new that no one has ever seen or heard before with every release of theirs. As Kpop's trendsetters, the members of SHINee reinvent the industry with every comeback. Taemin is the main dancer and a main vocalist of SHINee. However, because Taemin is a member of SHINee, this means he can do it all. SHINee are known for the fact that there are no longer any fixed roles in their group, the main vocalists can rap and the rappers can fill in as main vocalists at any moment. However, what they are really recognized for is that they are one of the best vocal groups to ever exist. All of the SHINee members are top tier singers and dancers. You may find this hard to believe, but when Taemin debuted as a member of SHINee way back in 2008, he didn't have a whole lot of lines in their songs. People even used to make fun of Taemin's singing and they would say that he was tone deaf and couldn't sing. However, it's sort of a misconception that Taemin "couldn't sing." it wasn't that he couldn't sing, it was just that he debuted when he was so young -- he was only 14 years old -- that his voice hadn't really developed yet and he didn't really have a good grasp of how to use his voice and produce the sounds he wanted with it. So, in the beginning, when he sang, he was often flat or his voice cracked or he was off key or out of tune, etc. And because he was being compared to the other members of SHINee who are all 2 to 4 years older than him, and the other members had such phenomenal voices to start out with, it really made Taemin sound like he was lacking. (SHINee are considered THE premier vocal group that everyone dreams of being as good as.) That's why in SHINee's first few songs Taemin only has a few lines, and most of the time he was just given big solo dance breaks to fill the stage at his parts in the song. However, if he was really tone deaf, he never would have become an SM Idol trainee -- SM would have put him on the dance track and probably steered him toward becoming a backup dancer -- and he definitely would have never become the amazing singer that he is today. As you probably know, someone who is truly tone deaf is physically unable to hear the difference in the notes and is unable to carry a tune. Taemin is considered one of the greatest dancers of all time. He has literally been voted one of the top two BEST dancers in all of Kpop by his peers and industry experts. (Kai from EXO -- who happens to be Taemin's best friend since trainee days, and a fellow member of the Kpop supergroup SuperM -- is the other top dancer.) That is why Taemin has been nicknamed the Korean Michael Jackson. Literally everyone in the Kpop industry looks up to him and idolizes him. But Taemin really wanted to prove to everyone that he wasn't just a dancer, so he spent a lot of extra time concentrating on vocal lessons and the other SHINee members -- especially Onew and Jonghyun (two of the best vocalists in the industry) -- spent some serious time coaching and mentoring him until he learned what it took to match their vocal range and to use his voice. (For the first year or more after SHINee's debut Taemin spent hours in vocal lessons and he would push himself every day until his nose would bleed because he was so tired and worn out, etc. He practically lived in the training rooms at SM Entertainment.) The ONLY thing the members of SHINee are not good at is lip syncing, so Taemin, and all the members of SHINee, have specifically trained since their debut, to build stamina and endurance, in order to be able to sing live for 3+ hours straight in concert, all while performing these intense choreographies and still sound flawless. When you watch a live performance, you may be shocked because Taemin and SHINee sound so perfect live even though they are dancing so intensely, but that is why they are so highly respected by everyone. Other Idols and audio sound technicians, etc. who have witnessed the SHINee members performing live are always blown away, because in the parts of the song where most singers would take a break and rely on the backing track vocals to cover their voices so they can catch their breath and recover, this is where the SHINee members actually ramp it up and become their most powerful. Therefore, in Taemin's live performance you will discover that he sounds even better than in the recorded version, all while dancing full out. What makes SHINee so great is that even if they are singing acapella while performing this high energy choreography, they sound just as amazing. That's why, even as rookies, senior artists would stop what they were doing to watch SHINee's rehearsals on music programs because SHINee's vocal talent is that impressive. When SHINee debuted, they were the first group to demonstrate how it was possible to sing live while performing complex choreography and still maintain stable vocals. Before SHINee, the thought within the industry was that it wasn't possible to sing live and also perform high intensity choreography at the same time. At that time, most groups would either sing live and have simple choreography, or they would have crazy cool choreography, but lip sync to their recorded vocals. SHINee completely changed the Kpop industry and upped the standard of what it meant to be an idol singer. (Which is even more impressive because they were one of the youngest groups to debut at the time.) Taemin -- and SHINee -- live is unmatched. It's literally referred to as the SHINee standard. It's the standard that all other groups strive to reach, and SHINee are the vocalists that all other artists try to emulate. Taemin has released at least one song or album -- most of the time way more than just one -- as part of SHINee, as a member of a project group, as a solo artist or as a member of SuperM every year since SHINee's debut. (Except for 2022 because he was on hiatus while he carried out his public service duties as part of his military requirements.) Therefore, including his full-length albums, mini albums, and singles, etc., as well as his Japanese albums, Taemin has more than a dozen solo albums. Not to mention the 2 albums he has as a member of SuperM. And on top of all that, SHINee currently has 14 full-length Korean and Japanese albums, just as many repackaged albums, numerous mini albums, etc. Plus he has held many solo concert tours, as well as a world tour as a member of SuperM, and SHINee has held more than 100 concerts within 6 world tours so far. You have a TON to catch up on. :D Now you need to check out Taemin's Killing Voice performance. I have a feeling when you watch his Killing Voice you will find that hearing him sing "Guilty," as well as his other songs, live that you will be even more impressed. Plus, you need to see one of his live performances of "Guilty" to see the complete choreography. There is a reason why Taemin is like none other.
The first thing you said about Taemin in Guilty is his vulnerable vocal! See... Taemin is like an auto-sorter of two major types of Kpop reactors: those who get electrified by his vocal power, and those who don't. The former tend to be industry insiders, genuine pop music reviewers (like you) and actually skilled actually well-paid professional singer performers (like me), the latter who gloss over his vocals tend to be wannabes and clout chasers. Dude I really appreciate your take at 05:45 "Taemin's voice can go all out like that", oh yes, OH YES, that "all-out Taemin voice" was what won my heart. The initiated ones GET TAEMIN, because they FEEL SOUL. Taemin is the litmus test that confirms the homogenized, utilitarian, soulless state of today's pop music. Yes I'm a snob, so watching people doing takes on Taemin is as exhilarating as it is frustrating, because there is always so much more to him that is missed, that youtube comment essays can only do so much. Every time someone with 100K plus subscribers get Taemin, my heart feels a little lighter, so thank you👍👍❤❤❤❤
Oh my God its Taemin!!! I ws hoping for you to do some SHINee stuff and this comes out :D I am so excited. McFLy and Shinee are like my favourite groups and they have so much in common, they are very experimental and so much talented, their live performances are the best and they are so underrated. I hope we can see more of you reacting to Taemin or SHINee !!!!
You got good taste and you feel good vocals so I think you'll like his Criminal, Want, IDEA, The Rizzness (don't be deterred by the lol title trust me) and Horizon.
Bienvenido al fascinante mundo del primer ACE Supremacía de la industria del Kpop .Es un artista único no verás nada como el en la música .Sus MV son geniales. Pero sus conciertos y presentaciones sobrepasa su hermoso arte .Pliss reacciona a CRIMINAL IDEA ADVICE HORIZONTE SEXY IN THE AIR 😊 L
Guilty is my all time favorite Taemin title track 🔥 Since you loved this song specifically for the soundscape, I’d recommend a b-side from his new album that he co-composed and wrote the lyrics for called “Deja Vu”. It’s about multiple universes and quantum physics (which is a passion of his) and the atmosphere of the song makes you really feel the vastness of space. At least it does for me 😅 I’d love to hear what you think of it!
This Taemin era has a video of The Rizzness, but Blue is one of my favorites from the Guilty EP. His current era is Sexy in the Air and Horizon which have beautiful MVs and of course Taemin makes it all happen beautifully as well. I recommend everything Taemin if it wasn't obvious by the Taemin profile photo lmao Thanks for such a positive reaction and I'm always happy to see people recognizing his talent and hard work.
hi you should see the teaser trailer for guilty ans then the video and really pay attention I was released after he left his military service and the last single he left before leaving his agency (he was in said agency since 11 or 12)
Каждый раз, абсолютно каждый раз, когда слушаю или смотрю клип на эту песню Тэмина, у меня бегают мурашки по телу. Я еще не встречала песен, в которые так сильно погружаешься эмоционально. Guilty Тэмина цепляет с первой секунды и не отпускает до самого конца 🖤
This was his last EP under Sm, and the following track after Guilty is the RIZZNESS! Thats sa MUST to react to. People say its a silly word, but then Taemin said it and gave it a new meaning while bringing HipHop to another level in a way just he can do. And also, have you reacted to his newest EP from under his new agency BPM? It is mainly his own work, and leaves absolutely nothing behind. The latest MV of his would be Sexy In The Air and HORIZON (a very much 80-retro sound-which was the purpose-, but Taemin makes it all sound so fresh). Looking forward to your next Taemin reaction!
La nueva empresa nunca va a poder darle a Taemin canciones tan épicas como esta, de hecho Sexy in the air es muy mala, una lástima por el Rey del Kpop.
Taemin is in my opinion the best kpop solo artist in terms of everything, because he really is a complete artist with all his letters. GUILTY has been pure cinema and music production out of this world. taemin is the best in terms of giving you complete and quality performances. you should check out the mv of THE RIZZNESS another amazing song that belongs to the GUILTY album.
let's support Taemin in his dream, he will soon be in America and Europe ❤️❤️❤️
Taemin Is called the Ace of the Kpop 😍😍
Taemin is a genius, I have goosebumps, he's so talented and his style is so unique. Thank you so much for your reaction to Guilty ❤
Taemin has been in the industry for more than 16 years as part of the legendary 5-member Kpop group SHINee and he has been a solo artist since 2014. "Guilty" is his title track on his 4th mini Korean solo album, which was released in 2023.
I think "Guilty" is a continuation of the themes surrounding Taemin's previous releases. Particularly connected to his Never Gonna Dance Again trilogy of albums -- "2 Kids", "Criminal" and "Idea" -- and Advice album themes from 2021.
As Taemin has explained, "Guilty" is about a lover who DOESN'T feel guilty about all the bad things they have done in the relationship and they feel no shame or remorse for the pain and suffering they may have caused the other person. Which, if you connect it to the messages from his previous MVs, this easily could be interpreted as a metaphor for everything Taemin has gone through in his career and life. As an idol, he has been manipulated and controlled his whole life. Debuting at 14 years old, Taemin has lived his entire life in the public eye under a microscope, he is expected to be flawless and perfect, and people are constantly telling him what to do and how he should act, etc. However, now that he has turned 30, I think he is embracing a new chapter in his life where he is saying he is no longer going to allow people to manipulate him and he is officially taking back control. In other words, he's not going to feel guilty any more for being himself and doing what makes him happy.
The story in the MV also makes more sense if you pair it with the teaser videos that were released a few days before the MV dropped. In the teasers you will see Taemin being manipulated even more by outside forces and people who literally at one point hand him a gun and force him to shoot something or someone, which is all part of the metaphor that has to do with taking control of his life, etc.
If you delve in deep you will see that "Guilty" could be interpreted as his relationship with fame and the different sides of who he is as a person and artist. Everything you see and hear is a metaphor for life told using biblical references as an underlying theme showcasing Taemin's Catholic faith.The majority of Taemin's songs and MVs touch on concepts, stories and themes from the Bible, as a metaphor to explain what he has gone through growing up as an idol and the journey he has taken in order to find confidence in and acceptance with who he is as a person and an artist.
With Taemin -- and all the members of SHINee -- you will never get the same thing twice. Everything he releases will be a new style and sound and, yet, it will still be very "Taemin". As SM Entertainment's experimental boy group, SHINee are meant to be the first to do almost everything, and they are expected to come up with something new that no one has ever seen or heard before with every release of theirs. As Kpop's trendsetters, the members of SHINee reinvent the industry with every comeback.
Taemin is the main dancer and a main vocalist of SHINee. However, because Taemin is a member of SHINee, this means he can do it all. SHINee are known for the fact that there are no longer any fixed roles in their group, the main vocalists can rap and the rappers can fill in as main vocalists at any moment. However, what they are really recognized for is that they are one of the best vocal groups to ever exist. All of the SHINee members are top tier singers and dancers.
You may find this hard to believe, but when Taemin debuted as a member of SHINee way back in 2008, he didn't have a whole lot of lines in their songs. People even used to make fun of Taemin's singing and they would say that he was tone deaf and couldn't sing. However, it's sort of a misconception that Taemin "couldn't sing." it wasn't that he couldn't sing, it was just that he debuted when he was so young -- he was only 14 years old -- that his voice hadn't really developed yet and he didn't really have a good grasp of how to use his voice and produce the sounds he wanted with it. So, in the beginning, when he sang, he was often flat or his voice cracked or he was off key or out of tune, etc.
And because he was being compared to the other members of SHINee who are all 2 to 4 years older than him, and the other members had such phenomenal voices to start out with, it really made Taemin sound like he was lacking. (SHINee are considered THE premier vocal group that everyone dreams of being as good as.) That's why in SHINee's first few songs Taemin only has a few lines, and most of the time he was just given big solo dance breaks to fill the stage at his parts in the song.
However, if he was really tone deaf, he never would have become an SM Idol trainee -- SM would have put him on the dance track and probably steered him toward becoming a backup dancer -- and he definitely would have never become the amazing singer that he is today. As you probably know, someone who is truly tone deaf is physically unable to hear the difference in the notes and is unable to carry a tune.
Taemin is considered one of the greatest dancers of all time. He has literally been voted one of the top two BEST dancers in all of Kpop by his peers and industry experts. (Kai from EXO -- who happens to be Taemin's best friend since trainee days, and a fellow member of the Kpop supergroup SuperM -- is the other top dancer.) That is why Taemin has been nicknamed the Korean Michael Jackson. Literally everyone in the Kpop industry looks up to him and idolizes him.
But Taemin really wanted to prove to everyone that he wasn't just a dancer, so he spent a lot of extra time concentrating on vocal lessons and the other SHINee members -- especially Onew and Jonghyun (two of the best vocalists in the industry) -- spent some serious time coaching and mentoring him until he learned what it took to match their vocal range and to use his voice. (For the first year or more after SHINee's debut Taemin spent hours in vocal lessons and he would push himself every day until his nose would bleed because he was so tired and worn out, etc. He practically lived in the training rooms at SM Entertainment.)
The ONLY thing the members of SHINee are not good at is lip syncing, so Taemin, and all the members of SHINee, have specifically trained since their debut, to build stamina and endurance, in order to be able to sing live for 3+ hours straight in concert, all while performing these intense choreographies and still sound flawless. When you watch a live performance, you may be shocked because Taemin and SHINee sound so perfect live even though they are dancing so intensely, but that is why they are so highly respected by everyone.
Other Idols and audio sound technicians, etc. who have witnessed the SHINee members performing live are always blown away, because in the parts of the song where most singers would take a break and rely on the backing track vocals to cover their voices so they can catch their breath and recover, this is where the SHINee members actually ramp it up and become their most powerful.
Therefore, in Taemin's live performance you will discover that he sounds even better than in the recorded version, all while dancing full out. What makes SHINee so great is that even if they are singing acapella while performing this high energy choreography, they sound just as amazing. That's why, even as rookies, senior artists would stop what they were doing to watch SHINee's rehearsals on music programs because SHINee's vocal talent is that impressive.
When SHINee debuted, they were the first group to demonstrate how it was possible to sing live while performing complex choreography and still maintain stable vocals. Before SHINee, the thought within the industry was that it wasn't possible to sing live and also perform high intensity choreography at the same time. At that time, most groups would either sing live and have simple choreography, or they would have crazy cool choreography, but lip sync to their recorded vocals. SHINee completely changed the Kpop industry and upped the standard of what it meant to be an idol singer. (Which is even more impressive because they were one of the youngest groups to debut at the time.)
Taemin -- and SHINee -- live is unmatched. It's literally referred to as the SHINee standard. It's the standard that all other groups strive to reach, and SHINee are the vocalists that all other artists try to emulate.
Taemin has released at least one song or album -- most of the time way more than just one -- as part of SHINee, as a member of a project group, as a solo artist or as a member of SuperM every year since SHINee's debut. (Except for 2022 because he was on hiatus while he carried out his public service duties as part of his military requirements.) Therefore, including his full-length albums, mini albums, and singles, etc., as well as his Japanese albums, Taemin has more than a dozen solo albums. Not to mention the 2 albums he has as a member of SuperM. And on top of all that, SHINee currently has 14 full-length Korean and Japanese albums, just as many repackaged albums, numerous mini albums, etc. Plus he has held many solo concert tours, as well as a world tour as a member of SuperM, and SHINee has held more than 100 concerts within 6 world tours so far. You have a TON to catch up on. :D
Now you need to check out Taemin's Killing Voice performance. I have a feeling when you watch his Killing Voice you will find that hearing him sing "Guilty," as well as his other songs, live that you will be even more impressed. Plus, you need to see one of his live performances of "Guilty" to see the complete choreography. There is a reason why Taemin is like none other.
Taemin's vocal evolution is just amazing ! He has always being a great dancer but people used to look down on him as a singer . They were so wrong
The first thing you said about Taemin in Guilty is his vulnerable vocal! See... Taemin is like an auto-sorter of two major types of Kpop reactors: those who get electrified by his vocal power, and those who don't. The former tend to be industry insiders, genuine pop music reviewers (like you) and actually skilled actually well-paid professional singer performers (like me), the latter who gloss over his vocals tend to be wannabes and clout chasers. Dude I really appreciate your take at 05:45 "Taemin's voice can go all out like that", oh yes, OH YES, that "all-out Taemin voice" was what won my heart. The initiated ones GET TAEMIN, because they FEEL SOUL.
Taemin is the litmus test that confirms the homogenized, utilitarian, soulless state of today's pop music. Yes I'm a snob, so watching people doing takes on Taemin is as exhilarating as it is frustrating, because there is always so much more to him that is missed, that youtube comment essays can only do so much. Every time someone with 100K plus subscribers get Taemin, my heart feels a little lighter, so thank you👍👍❤❤❤❤
-I’ll never get over Taemin’s guilty
우리 태민이네🩵
연휴동안 718번 볼께용🫶
This whole album is a masterpiece, i recommend you to listen the entire mini album, you'll never regret it!
Oh my God its Taemin!!! I ws hoping for you to do some SHINee stuff and this comes out :D I am so excited. McFLy and Shinee are like my favourite groups and they have so much in common, they are very experimental and so much talented, their live performances are the best and they are so underrated. I hope we can see more of you reacting to Taemin or SHINee !!!!
Taemin es un artista completo un verdadero genio.gracias por tu reaccion y espero por más de taemin❤
You got good taste and you feel good vocals so I think you'll like his Criminal, Want, IDEA, The Rizzness (don't be deterred by the lol title trust me) and Horizon.
TAEMIN ✨️IDOL OF IDOLS
GRACIAS por la reaccion al KING TAEMIN ,el DIOS !
Hoping everyone gets a chance to see Taemin live!
YAAAAAAAS, I've been waiting for your Reaction for Taemiiin, please react to more!
I'm so happy you're reacting to taemin! I would love you to check out New, jonghyun and obviously the whole group
yassss! Thank you for reacting to Taemin!
Subbed, liked and hit your bell for the GOD of kpop taemin!!!!!
TAEMIN takes everything to another level with his captivating performance, you just can't take your eyes off him
Bienvenido al fascinante mundo del primer ACE Supremacía de la industria del Kpop .Es un artista único no verás nada como el en la música .Sus MV son geniales. Pero sus conciertos y presentaciones sobrepasa su hermoso arte .Pliss reacciona a CRIMINAL IDEA ADVICE HORIZONTE SEXY IN THE AIR 😊
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When I tell you the live performance is a whole level esp the one he did recent 🙌🏽
Guilty is my all time favorite Taemin title track 🔥 Since you loved this song specifically for the soundscape, I’d recommend a b-side from his new album that he co-composed and wrote the lyrics for called “Deja Vu”. It’s about multiple universes and quantum physics (which is a passion of his) and the atmosphere of the song makes you really feel the vastness of space. At least it does for me 😅 I’d love to hear what you think of it!
There's a live performance of his song soldier I think you would enjoy
My kiiiing Taemin. Yessss. Gracias ❤
This Taemin era has a video of The Rizzness, but Blue is one of my favorites from the Guilty EP. His current era is Sexy in the Air and Horizon which have beautiful MVs and of course Taemin makes it all happen beautifully as well. I recommend everything Taemin if it wasn't obvious by the Taemin profile photo lmao Thanks for such a positive reaction and I'm always happy to see people recognizing his talent and hard work.
You'd love déja vu by him
Check out shinee's entire discography and solo work.
The majestic G.O.A.T King Taemin 👑💯💎🔥
hi you should see the teaser trailer for guilty ans then the video and really pay attention
I was released after he left his military service and the last single he left before leaving his agency
(he was in said agency since 11 or 12)
천사태민👼갓탬🙏 태민❤
Каждый раз, абсолютно каждый раз, когда слушаю или смотрю клип на эту песню Тэмина, у меня бегают мурашки по телу. Я еще не встречала песен, в которые так сильно погружаешься эмоционально. Guilty Тэмина цепляет с первой секунды и не отпускает до самого конца 🖤
This was his last EP under Sm, and the following track after Guilty is the RIZZNESS! Thats sa MUST to react to. People say its a silly word, but then Taemin said it and gave it a new meaning while bringing HipHop to another level in a way just he can do. And also, have you reacted to his newest EP from under his new agency BPM? It is mainly his own work, and leaves absolutely nothing behind. The latest MV of his would be Sexy In The Air and HORIZON (a very much 80-retro sound-which was the purpose-, but Taemin makes it all sound so fresh). Looking forward to your next Taemin reaction!
Taemin is Idol of Idols :-) Pls check a new song Horizon and Sexy in the air
Hey Steven.
Sam Fender has some new music. You really NEED to check it out! :) People Watching, or Wild Long Lie or, Arms Length
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La nueva empresa nunca va a poder darle a Taemin canciones tan épicas como esta, de hecho Sexy in the air es muy mala, una lástima por el Rey del Kpop.
Steven, please react to JoJo’s new project “NGL” it came out today!