On Onew's Blondeness

            I had always adored his cute face, with very chinky eyes and a very contagious smile. Whenever he smiles, his eyes seem to disappear from his face and when you stare at his perfectly shaped lips, you’ll find yourself smiling too. He is a living proof of a person who can really ruin your bias-list. He had turned into a tall, manly-but-cute man from a fragile-looking, rabbit-like boy when we first saw him. As he grew up, his hair color also varied in each era, although the shades are quite similar.

            He started with a black hair during the Replay era. It gave him a fresh look and maybe their management chose black because they were still newbies at that time. On their Romeo album, his hair turned into somewhat like a medium copper or golden blonde. He looked so cute with it. He was like a baby tangerine that makes you squeal when you eat it. A darker shade of this hair color came up on their next single, the Year Of Us. It was supposed to give a more mature look, but since his hair was short and his cheeks were so fluffy, he still looked like a baby. In the next eras, Lucifer and Hello, he had a long hair in medium golden blonde. It was my favourite era of all. His physique got better and his face became a little mature than the past eras. The hairstyle and color made him look like the type of guy who would tie your shoe laces, hold the umbrella for you, let you sit properly and the one who would pat your head whenever you are upset. In the next eras, his hair color ranged from a medium blonde, to dark copper and back to black. But like the bombing incidents in Zamboanga, there have been many violent reactions to the expose brought by this fluffy bunny.

            After almost four years, this chinky-eyed and puffy-cheeked man finally learned how to dip his hair in cheese. Yes, he finally has a yellowish blonde hair.Some waited for it and some wanted it to never happen. But one thing can be concluded with this newly released bomb - he looked manlier. But for me, this hair color gave him a somewhat badboy personality. His cuteness seemed to diminish... a little. Personally, I don't like it as much as I liked his hair colors before. But some are really fangirling in this new cheese-like hair color. But whatever the reactions are, what's done is done. As fans, I think we should support this new "innovation" and hope that it'll look better when fixed properly (since he doesn't seem to fix his hair). Maybe he wanted to try something new - a kind that can draw attention of the fans. But nonetheless, whether it looks good or bad on him, as fans, we will always be there for him and for SHINee. And, he will always be that fluffy chinky-eyed bias-wrecker.