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so this is a commentary from a youtube channel that talked about taemin's 5th mini album 'eternal'! a very insightful video with some great points mentioned about taemin's style and genre~ a comment i really like is when they talked about how taemin holds both forces of holiness and decadence in power... in the end, TAEMIN is TAEMIN!! hope you enjoy!! :)
so this is a commentary from a youtube channel that talked about taemin's 5th mini album 'eternal'! a very insightful video with some great points mentioned about taemin's style and genre~ a comment i really like is when they talked about how taemin holds both forces of holiness and decadence in power... in the end, TAEMIN is TAEMIN!! hope you enjoy!! :)
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00:00We're going to go to the first album.
00:04I'll press the start button as soon as you say the title.
00:068 minutes.
00:07Taemin's Eternal Album.
00:10I have a lot to do today.
00:12This is Taemin's first album since he left SM.
00:20That's right.
00:21There's a part that he's independent, but basically, Taemin participated in the whole process from the overall planning of the album to the music video.
00:33It's an album that emphasizes that he was in charge of producing as a whole.
00:39It's his 10th anniversary since his solo debut.
00:41I heard so.
00:42It's already his 10th anniversary since his solo debut.
00:45I think the 10th anniversary is important, but there are songs that come to mind when you think of Taemin for 10 years.
00:54I'm not talking about a hit song, but a style.
00:57Taemin's arrangement, feeling, and vocals.
01:01Even if a singer has been active for more than 10 years,
01:06What should I say?
01:07You can't build it.
01:08You can't build it.
01:09I think it's great that Taemin built it.
01:13As you said, he participated in producing.
01:16If you look at the credits, he's putting his name on every song.
01:21Liar.
01:22No, Taemin, too.
01:23Taemin is putting his name on every song as a composer.
01:28So we can guess that his participation is more important than ever.
01:35And as I listened to the album,
01:38In a way, it's a different start for you.
01:43In many ways, both physically and emotionally.
01:47I'm sure you felt like a new start.
01:50I was really curious about what kind of work you'd bring.
01:54It's true that I was curious.
01:55To be honest.
01:56But for me, if it's safe, it's safe.
02:02And as Youngdae said a little while ago,
02:06For 10 years, everything that Taemin built as a solo artist.
02:11I felt like it was a completely compressed album.
02:15Didn't you feel that in almost all the songs and performances?
02:20Especially, Taemin did this.
02:24To be honest, there wasn't a song that gave me a weird or unexpected feeling.
02:29If you look at it in a good way, you can say that it's Taemin you've been looking forward to.
02:35If you're a person who's looking forward to something completely new,
02:38I think you can say that there's nothing new.
02:41It depends on how you look at it.
02:42So I expressed it like this.
02:45It's the same, it's different, but Taemin.
02:48It felt like this.
02:49To be honest.
02:50Maybe it's because I'm trying to think like that.
02:54There were moments when I felt that Taemin was different from SM.
03:00It's not a specific song.
03:02If it was SM, I don't think I would have done this.
03:06It's just my own brain.
03:09It's a little different in that regard.
03:11Overall, I felt that Taemin, who we know, came back again.
03:15That's right.
03:16I think it's more important to show something new and have the will of a person called Taemin in the album.
03:27On the other hand, I felt a lot of worries while preparing for independence.
03:33What is it?
03:34It's stable, but it didn't go wrong.
03:37For example, the title song is a double title this time.
03:41There's a song called Horizon.
03:43It's a completely different song.
03:44I'm sure you've been thinking about this a lot.
03:45Sexy in the air is really only Taemin.
03:48Even if you don't listen to it, you'll know just by hearing the name.
03:50It was a song that made me feel like I was going to spray Taemin in the air.
03:55And on the other hand, a song like Horizon is a dance pop that is quite retro and bold enough to make the public aware of it.
04:09That's right.
04:10So I want to say that the two songs were the ones that made me worry the most.
04:20I think you tried to pursue both.
04:23But most of the producers who wrote the song are famous.
04:29Taemin has a lot of experience, so there's not much room for mistakes in the songs themselves.
04:35Of course.
04:36I listened to it twice in a row, and I thought,
04:39Wow, he's really good at music.
04:41I thought there was nothing to say about the music itself.
04:46But if you expected something a little more shocking, it's close to the familiar Taemin.
04:51That's right.
04:52So as I listened to it, I thought,
04:54Oh, this album is just a Taemin-like album.
04:59There was that.
05:00Taemin-like.
05:01That's right.
05:02And if you look back on your 10-year solo career, there are some points that feel different.
05:13As you said earlier, each song has a degree of perfection.
05:20I've been watching Taemin's growth.
05:24Jung Ha Young-dae, too.
05:25We're almost at the beginning.
05:28Even the songs in the album feel like the moments that Taemin made as a solo artist.
05:41If you've been watching Taemin as a solo artist,
05:47I think it's an album that you have no choice but to look at it favorably.
05:50And I think it's an album that you have no choice but to look at it in a different way.
05:56Let me add one more thing.
05:58I've been saying this for a long time.
06:01Taemin's image.
06:03Yuna wrote it here, too.
06:05It's Taemin's great advantage to freely bend gender.
06:12It's a unique part.
06:14It's because he has such a strong image.
06:17Taemin is actually a vocalist.
06:20That's right.
06:22When I listen to this album, I think the vocal part is more stable than any other album in the past.
06:29I think it's a so-called Jjamba.
06:32Of course.
06:33It's been a few years.
06:35In addition to that,
06:37It's one of the most difficult themes to deal with in K-pop between Taemin's unique sexiness and corruption.
06:47I think Taemin's specialty is that he can control it very skillfully with both hands.
06:55It's like going back and forth between an angel and a fallen angel.
06:57I mentioned this in a previous review.
07:02I don't think anyone can reach this.
07:06In a way, it's connected to the title of the album, Eternal.
07:10I'm sure Taemin can try a lot of things, but I hope he doesn't throw this away.
07:19I think so.
07:20This time, I thought a lot about the concept of the album.
07:26I think Taemin knows it well.
07:31That's right. I know it so well.
07:34I know it so well.
07:36Of course, he participated in a lot of songwriting this time.
07:38In the case of the last album, he was away from songwriting.
07:41He said he played a crucial role in decorating the stage and deciding on the concept.
07:46From what I've heard.
07:48I think he's a musician who has his own blueprint of what he's going to do.
08:02I wouldn't have used the word sexy if it were usual.
08:06I'm surprised you used this direct wording.
08:11Is this okay?
08:14Should I just tell our staff?
08:16Wait a minute.
08:18I was listening to Taemin.
08:21I was listening to what Taemin was saying.
08:25Oh, my God.
08:26I was so surprised.
08:28Suddenly, Dark Taemin.
08:30Then we can't talk anymore, right?
08:32It's over.
08:33Yes, I got it.
08:34Then let's move on to the next album.
08:36Just one more word.
08:37I want to say just one more word.
08:38I'll give you 10 seconds to wrap it up.
08:40I think the last song of this album, a song like Say Less,
08:44I think it's a song that can show Taemin's unique sensibility.
08:49I like this kind of Taemin.
08:52In a way, there's a feeling of being trapped in it.
08:56I mean, there's something that traps Taemin.
09:00But he's an artist who can do a lot of things.
09:04Do you need 10 more seconds?
09:06It's over.
09:07All right.
09:08In the end, Taemin is Taemin.
09:10I don't know. I wrote Taemin is Taemin.
09:13I think that's the right word for the album.
09:16Taemin was Taemin on both sides.
09:18I feel like it's a new start.