#TaeMin

[shineemoon]

250327 choiminho_1209: we are SHINee.

[sugar-petals]

every time i see him pop up on my dash i’m impressed by how taemin (who else) has debuted and effortlessly resonated in several generations of his genre and remains so bewitchingly relevant. yes i know manwhoring and the dark side of catholicism plus dissecting masculinity/femininty will never go out of fashion and he dances more compellingly than 99% of his peers and his looks never seem to change ever and he works his butt off but you know what i mean: 

an inexplicable longevity. without scandal, lack of sympathy from fans, missing the mark, error, mediocrity. all while provoking thought. taemin’s ultraglittering, seductive musical staying power slash a remarkably consistent message — how on earth does he vary his aesthetic but always manages to express HIS idea?— and drive to do what he does are mysteriously singular. and it’s not just his jesus-honoring buttshaking alright. to use the first gen benchmark, without slighting either of these artists: he is the legacy and work of BOA and Rain in one. seamless even after his difficult enlistment, taemin always keeps going and going and innovating and serving looks and performing and enchanting. 

i don’t mean that in a way of “tch why has taemin not fallen from grace yet?? he’s too goody-two-shoes to be true!” or “this dude must be a cash-hungry slaving robot who uses sex to sell as a sleazy capitalist trick!!”. i just sincerely think he’s done so well, everything else would be unfair and inaccurate to say. enviably, taemin really found his own thing, that inspires. it’s no surprise how every shawol/taemin fan is just on fire (and every phobic tongue that rises against him shall be hilariously ridiculed without even bothering much: i like this idgaf attitude in the fandom, it resembles him a lot lol). can’t blame anybody, one hand movement by that cheeky guy, you’re hooked. 

i simply wanted to stress how taemin pulled off sticking around against the odds, being a charmed personality, and electrifying a multi-generational, multi-gender crowd and look damn sharp while doing it: even with a soft, sweet tenor voice such as his. we really have to thank jonghyun in all regards, whatever he has instilled in taemin was, and we all know that, zero percent in vain. it has given him a huge portion of that “X-factor” (or ‘T’-factor in this case lmao), in front of the camera that only the greats have, far beyond just doing ‘attempted personal branding aaand done, retired, forgotten’.

even if yes, that still contributes on the hard-to-ignore business side, SM knew how to do one thing right after all. we don’t know idols personally still, and taemin clearly found his perfect niche, giving the audience what other artists desperately cannot offer on that ‘market’, if you want to put it like that. but either way, he seems much more than the industry in a way? and MJ/Prince, for that matter, despite an obvious inspiration? like a feeling. or musing. really, how does he do it 😭

taemin’s success, fan-favorite status and concept ahead of the curve is so difficult to explain and that’s probably why people enjoy him and his work: it is curated, not calculated. i think there’s huge difference, even if the production process is the same or similar everywhere. but the way most idols are fascinated by taemin says it all basically, he’ll be talked about for decades after and always come back successfully, gaga-style. ngl taemin could never bore me (am i the only one who still positively loses it when he hits the pose? i never found it annoying, i love that shit) it’s so easy to like what he does. his enigma makes him an artist, and i hope he’ll be around for long to spread his cheeky little mischief.

TLDR; i just wanted to emphasize how awesome taemin is and got totally carried away.

[atlantis-area]

6v6 🐥[x]

[herewegobebe]

TAEMIN | 'Heaven' ✦ 'Ephemeral Gaze' in Fukouka 2024

[euro2024isoverthankfuck]

@atlantis-area 🤗

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[acebase]

250327 Taemin bbl

New hair color?

[ldolbybts]

TAEMIN - 2025 SEASON’S GREETINGS [Behind the Scenes]

[bestplace]

[xoacesox]

this absolute relic... piece of history

I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT PERHAPS I NEED TO MAKE IT A LITTLE CLEARER

THE SHERLOCK TAG IS NOT JUST BBC SHERLOCK

THE SHERLOCK TAG IS THE ORIGINAL NOVELS AND ALL TV SHOWS AND MOVIES ETC ETC

BBC SHERLOCK JUST HAPPENS TO BE VERY POPULAR

THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT ALL OTHER SHERLOCK THINGS MENTIONED ARE NOT ON THE TAG

SO YES, THE SHERLOCK TAG IS A BIG DEAL

A REALLY REALLY BIG DEAL

SO IT’S PRETTY DAMN OBVIOUS THAT THE ENTIRE SHERLOCK FANDOM ISN’T GOING TO, AND HAS NO OBLIGATION, TO MOVE TO ANOTHER TAG

SHERLOCK FANS DON’T WANT SHINEE IN THE TAG

SHINEE FANS DON’T WANT SHERLOCK (YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN) IN THE TAG

THE IDEA OF THE ENTIRE FUCKING SHERLOCK FANDOM MOVING IS STUPID

THE IDEA OF SHINEE FANS MOVING STUFF ABOUT ONE DAMN MINI ALBUM TO ANOTHER TAG ISN’T STUPID

IT ALSO ISN’T EVEN SOMETHING THAT IS HARD TO DO

IT WILL BENEFIT BOTH SHERLOCK AND SHINEE FANS

IT SHOULD BE PRETTY OBVIOUS WHAT THE CORRECT COURSE OF ACTION IS

(I PERSONALLY SUGGEST SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF #SHINee Sherlock)

I DON’T REALLY CARE ABOUT THE KPOP STUFF APPEARING IN THE SHERLOCK TAG TOO MUCH. IT DOESN’T REALLY BOTHER ME WHAT BOTHERS ME IS THIS STUPID FUCKING FIGHT THE ENTIRE SITUATION IS ANNOYING BOTH THE SHERLOCK AND SHINEE FANS, SO REALLY, THIS WHOLE THING NEEDS TO STOP

JUST LIKE NON-HETALIA FANS DON’T WANT TO SEE NAKED GAY ANIME MEN IN THE TAGS OF COUNTRIES, NON-SHINEE FANS WOULD APPRECIATE NOT SEEING KPOP STUFF IN THE SHERLOCK TAG

ALYSHIA OUT

[im-so-curious1218]

[realme82]

250212 'You Quiz on the Block"

Key mentioning Jonghyun.❤️‍🩹

I wavered a lot then. I wondered, “what’s (the point of) living?”, “do I have to quit it all?”. I collapsed, but then there was that Tokyo Dome concert which was our way of saying “let’s deal with this”

If there weren’t a platform for us to honour (JH), it would have been hard on us. We wanted to bid goodbye that way, to his short but splendid youth. Every year when it’s his birthday or anniversary, I want to see him and miss him a lot. If there are new songs which we can’t record together with him, I’d think about how well he’d have done. During practice, he appeared in my dreams a lot. He doesn’t say anything, but he’s seated there during concert meetings. And he’s also by the side during practice.

That made me think, he’s always together with us, it’s always the five of us.

[haenxn]

⠀⠀⠀more than a dream⠀ྀ ꯳⃘꤫⃛͡. ⠀⠀͏͏͏⑮ ⠀현실감 없는 fantasy, oh, yeah ❤︎ᰯ ᭢˚̣̣̣͙͏

[dazzlingkai]

TAEMIN 'Sexy In The Air,' 2024

[herewegobebe]

SHINee ✧ 1 of 1 ✧ revisited

[shineemoon]

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