"Our
fans are the rice and SHINee is the soup— an irreplaceable existence." –
Taemin
SHINee is a Korean pop boy group who is in the genre of
contemporary and R&B. They are under the management of SM Entertainment. On
May 25, 2008, the group made their debut performance on SBS Inkigayo with their
song Replay. They have been known for
the SHINee trend. It is a fashion style where in a person wears colourful
skinny jeans and funky shirts. Beside their colourful outfit, their background
is also quite as colourful as them.
The group consists of Lee Jinki (Onew), Kim Jonghyun, Kim
Kibum (Key), Choi Minho and Lee Taemin. The leader and the oldest of the group
is Onew, while the maknae or the
youngest is Taemin. The members got casted in the agency in 2005 and 2006. In
2005, Jonghyun auditioned in the S.M. Casting System and Taemin auditioned in
the S.M. Open Weekend Audition Casting. The other members auditioned in 2006.
Onew was discovered by the founder of the agency during the S.M. Academy
Casting. Key, who lived in Daegu, South Korea, grabbed the opportunity when SM
Ent went to Daegu and he auditioned in S.M. National Tour Audition Casting.
Unlike the others, Minho was casted through Street Casting.
The name of the group came from the English word “shine” and
was added by two letter e’s (ee). The name is pronounced as “shiny”. The
members explained the meaning of their name to be the ones who receive light.
But for fans, the name means that every member shines. The group’s official
fanclub name is Shinee World and is represented by the colour Pearlscent
SkyBlue. People reacted negatively on how childish the fandom name is. But
SHINee stuck with it. They later explained the reason behind the somewhat
child-like name. It is because they want to have fans who would always be there
for them and would support them. SHINee wanted to have a ‘world’ where people
always support and love each other. Now, the fans are continuing to grow in
number. They support SHINee in all their concerts, no matter how far the venues
are and no matter how big the expenses can be. SHINee, in return, is working
hard to give their fans very good music and to repay their support.
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