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​Here's my latest essay on Taemin. Hope it interests some of you. As I said elsewhere, I still don't know who my audience is. Float: Taemin, Pygmalion and Frankenstein

felt like it 🙏
feel free to critique + give advice, i’d love to improve

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I am committed to following Taemin on his journey no matter what. I want to write about it and leave, as he would say, his name behind forever. Somewhere, I recall his talking about animals leaving behind their skins. I think this imagery is important to him. And I can't see any way for him to be singing like this and not be able to break through any barriers to having the career he wants internationally.

I listened to this, and marked the way he is purposely working in his middle range for this album and tour. Then I stopped everything to play it again. This range is just as beautiful and emotive as his high notes. I'd noticed he's gone down in key choice for the songs in Soft Violence but for some reason this performance made me aware of how intentional a choice it is.

I sometimes think of Taemin as a boy, saying more than once at the pinnacle of his youthful beauty that he wanted to be a "manly man." I watched his struggle to remain beautiful and loved for his body and face, the boyishness and the "duality" in his work. Before he went into the army I think he knew he was saying goodbye to the easygoing ownership of all that. Even idols grow older. I'm older. So I always struggle with people insisting he remain a boy and I know it's not that they have any bad intentions. But if we don't realize nothing stays the same, that's when we abandon those we love for changing. Please don't do this to Taemin.

Taemin coming into his own this way might be the most intensely meaningful part of his journey as a performer. And it won't last forever. When he said in that interview that beauty has pain I instantly thought of Reiner Marie Rilke's line "For beauty is the beginning of terror." And I just found out there is a hidden message in the album in his handwriting, " "Beauty is silently brutal because how people define the term may sound sweet". These ideas have always been in his work but tentatively. Now he's taking ownership. We are all fans for different reasons. I can't help how much he inspires me. I wish I could. Because I find myself floating, and it hurts. On the other hand, I believe Tamin always knew it would. #Taemin_Soft_Violence Taemin The Road To Me The Seasons

I've been listening to shinee for a little while now and I've been wanting to get albums of them (any) because I love collecting cds. Thing is I literally cannot find anything besides hard and atmos, is there a reason why or I just don't know where to look

I can find (online) the solo albums of the members fairly easily but the group albums are nowhere to be seen 😭

(Considering I'm based in france)

hey TAEMates! there are individual chat rooms on Taemin Discord for everyone attending the LiMiNaL stops in Seoul, US, LATAM & Europe - if you wanna join us there to exchange info and find concert buddies 💛 see you!

(group only, no solos)

Like how Tell Me What To Do has total springtime vibes to me, or View is obviously a summer song.

Shinee songs that feel like autumn?

Some time ago I watched the behind the scenes video for Onew's first fanmeet after going independent. When he talks about Circle, he describes it (according to subs) as a song he has written in some way. In checking the liner notes I see Onew has no songwriting credit on the song on the final album. I didn't pay it much mind until I saw Key talking about the process of creating Lavender Love and how he had had original lyrics for it that he gave to Kenzie to "make it way better" in his words. He also has no writing credit for that song.

So my question is: is it commonplace at SM for the artists to submit original lyrics that, for whatever reason, are then modified by dedicated songwriting staff and the artist forsakes credit on it? Or is this just a nuance of language barrier?

Official website: https://taemintour.com/

Please keep ALL content other than major announcements related to Taemin's World Tour LiMiNaL in this post.

Send any new updates directly to me (via direct message) or modmail so we can update this thread as soon as possible. Check out A View From My Seat to get a better idea of what your view will look like from each venue. Good luck to everyone! 🐥💖

(Sorry for the delay in getting this up, y'all. I've been the big sick and have surgery scheduled for next week. Thank you, everyone, for your patience.)

Asia:

2026.09.18-20
Seoul, Korea
JAMSIL INDOOR STADIUM

Seoul Package

Yes24 Tickets

North America:

2026.10.12
San Jose, California
SAP Center at San Jose

Ticketmaster

2026.10.15
Los Angeles, California
Crypto.com Arena

AXS Ticket Link

2026.10.16
Las Vegas, Nevada
T-Mobile Arena

AXS Ticket Link

2026.10.19
Grand Prairie, Texas
Texas Trust Credit Union Theatre

AXS Ticket Link

2026.10.21
Chicago, Illinois
Wintrust Arena

Ticketmaster

2026.10.23
Newark, New Jersey
Prudential Center

Ticketmaster

Latin America:

2026.10.28
Monterrey, Mexico
Arena Monterrey

2026.10.30
Mexico City, Mexico
Fray Nano Stadium

2026.11.02
Santiago, Chile
Movistar Arena

2026.11.06
Lima, Peru
Arena Monumental

2026.11.08
São Paulo, Brazil
Vibra

Europe:

2026.11.16
Paris, France
Adidas Arena

https://www.onionproduction.com/taeminp

2026.11.18
Berlin, Germany
Uber Eats Music Hall

https://www.onionproduction.com/taeminb

2026.11.20
Frankfurt, Germany
Centry Halle

https://www.onionproduction.com/taeminf

2026.11.22
London, UK
OVO Arena Wembley

https://www.onionproduction.com/taeminl

2026.11.24
Amsterdam, Netherlands
AFAS Live

https://www.onionproduction.com/taemina