#i need to refill my taemin memory bank

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[a comment by user Milinda Wilson on Youtube]

The outfit you see Taemin wearing for this performance is his look and style he had for his "Want" comeback promotions. So during this time period, whenever he performed "Want" he wore an outfit that was styled similarly and he always had one glove. When Idols promote their new song or album they always have a style that represents that song and/or album and they usually keep that style throughout the whole promotions, so what he is wearing is what you will see him wearing in any performance of "Want" around this same time. You can often tell what time period a video is from by what their outfits and style looks like, because it represents a specific promotional period.

And Kpop concert videos are never just a tapping, they are videos of live concert, award show performance or special event performance, etc. It's all live.

If you think 1,000 people in the audience felt like a lot, just imagine performing on a regular basis to 55,000 fans who are there to see just you. For example, SHINee regularly holds concerts at the Tokyo Dome in Japan and that concert venue holds 55,000 people. And in order to be allowed to perform at the Tokyo Dome it's pretty much an unwritten rule that you have to be able to fill the place to capacity and sell out.

Taemin actually doesn't really have any formal training in any style of dance. Before joining SM, he had never taken a single dance class nor learned to dance from any kind of teacher. He started out by teaching himself dance moves by watching dancers on TV and he was chosen to be an SM trainee with only his natural talent. As a trainee, SM had him focusing on hip-hop and popping and locking because they thought they wanted SHINee to be a hip-hop group. And he didn't even do any type of contemporary dance training until his Japanese solo debut in 2016 with his song "Sayonara Hitori"/"Goodbye" which was introduced and taught to him by the choreographer, who also happens to be the same choreographer who choreographed "Move" and "Want." That's just how talented he is. Dance just comes naturally to him. But that's not to say, he hasn't also put in a ton of hard work to get to this level.

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.

Taemin's style of dance can't be defined. As he has said, he has worked his entire career to create a style of dance that is unlike anything in the Kpop industry. And I would argue that that now extends to the entire industry of dance. Taemin started out with only self-taught skills, and, even then, as a trainee it was clear his skills as a dancer went far beyond the average dancer. Over the years, he  has infused those popping and locking skills into his now more contemporary style of dance. But, when it comes to dancing, he can do it all and there is no one better at it than him.

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