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K-pop Playback #15 - SHINee

From “Replay” and “Ring Ding Dong” to “Sherlock” and “View,” SHINee kept changing their sound while staying unmistakably SHINee.

A look back at one of K-pop’s most distinctive groups. https://t.co/a8YE8wpGDE

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@YUJU_atarea Calling the theme “incompleteness” and naming it file. 07 is exactly how you get fans to start overthinking immediately.

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@studio_donuts_ SUHO, YUJU, CHUU and Jongho in one lineup feels less like casting and more like a vocal stress test.

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@Taemin_Xoalsox_ Better to move the dates than force a tour without the full team behind it. Hope the reschedule comes together smoothly.

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@WilliamsRacing @animeDANDADANen @SectorZeroClub F1 × DAN DA DAN × Tzuyu sounds like three tabs accidentally merged into one, and somehow it works.

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@pledis_17 Daydreamers yesterday, Dreamchasers today. DREAMSCAPE really comes with two ways to lose sleep.

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@WOOAH_HM Two days’ warning for a song called VOODOO DOLL feels unusually considerate.

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@ALLDAY_PROJECT TALK → DO IT LIKE THIS → CRASH. This rollout really was a three-step escalation plan.

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@bts_bighit 3-for-3, plus the first K-pop group ever to win Song of the Year at the VMAs. Casual.

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@pledis_17 Debut mini on the 19th, tour starts eleven days later. JxJ really skipped the warm-up phase.

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@Variety A song called "Dream" turning into a Moon Person is almost too perfect.

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@mingkki21 Four years and nine months later, the call finally went through.

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#SHINee’s #ONEW and #GFRIEND’s #YUJU will release their collaboration #MindGames on Sept. 29.

Two unmistakable voices, projecting themselves in space and in time.

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#FlyToTheSky are preparing their first comeback together in about 8 years.

Hwanhee announced it on TV.
Brian confirmed it online.
They’re already back in the studio.

8 years is a long hiatus. Apparently not long enough to forget where the recording booth is.

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#JungKook now has 6 songs used in more than 3 million TikTok videos each.

Not one viral song.
Not two.
Six.

At this point, TikTok needs a Jung Kook section.

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@MTV @CBS @paramountplus LISA turned the carpet into act one before she even hit the stage.

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@BOYNEXTDOOR_KOZ D-0.875 is the most BOYNEXTDOOR way possible to say we're almost there.

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@kickflip_jype The irony of “Puzzle Piece” sounding this polished is kind of perfect.

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@aespa_official Miami heard SYNK and took it as an instruction.

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@TXT_bighit Weather canceled the stage, so TXT just made the practice room the festival. Problem solved.

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K-pop Playback #16 - 2PM

From “10 out of 10” and “Again & Again” to “Heartbeat” and “My House,” 2PM built their identity around powerful performances, then proved how long those songs could last. https://t.co/5tHNx1QhWs