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Featured artist of the month SHINee is married to the music in their newest music video “Married to the Music’. Over two months since the chart-topping release of Odd, SHINee follows up with Married to the Music. In addition to all the songs from Odd, the fourth album repackage comes with four new tracks including the title song Married to the Music. It will leave you wanting more with its funky beat and strange music video. A jaw dropping chorus accompanies it. honey-like voices Strong vocals define the whole definitely stand album. out and their If you thought Odd was weird, wait until you see Married to the Music. SHINee proved us that they still have it with this absolute jam. <<The release’s title track is a journey of different genres, opening with what initially sounds like a beatbox-heavy, hip-hop sound before flipping to a sexy, bouncy electronic beat on the verses until we get to a funk-inspired chorus that mixes in horn blasts, groovy guitar strums and classic boy-band harmonies>> - billboard.com
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Distingué Lee jinki, leader of SHINee, but first and foremost, a man with a pretty interesting life. To make sense out of it all, we had a question burst. Here’s Onew. Q: Books on your to-read list? A: IQ84 by Haruki Murakami. I’ve been meaning to read it since forever. Q: Movies on your to-watch list? A: Horror Movies! Q: Weakest subject at school? A: Math... Q: Best subject at school? A: Science!
Q: If your girlfriend were to cook for you, what would you like it to be? A: Dakdolitang. I love that spicy simmered chicken
Q: Which SHINee song do you recommend for lifting up a spirit? A: 321. Go listen to it. Q: Recent favourite fashion item?
Q: Ideal type of girl? A: Fedora hats. A: a girl with a cute aura but who knows what she’s doing, you know? Q: Short hair or long hair? A: Short
Q: A food you dislike? A: cucumbers Q: What is a good type of book for you?
Q: Favourite number? A; 2. I feel like it has a lot of stability.
A: Poetry. I feel like poetry is somehow an accumulation of unsaid feelings and ‘un-exteriorized’ emotions. I think it’s easy to read.
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Q: STress relief. How do you do it? A: Taking a walk. I fInd it very therapeutic for me. Like taking a long walk to some place I’ve never ventured before. Since, it’s unfamiliar, I become really observant and it’s exciting when I discover something new. My mood becomes better then. You should all try it!
A: My voice. Q: Something you want to do before you die? A: Something adrenaline pumping, like skydiving! Q: Weak point? A: My nature to get easily infLUenced by other people’s opinions. Q: What was your childhood dream? A: Being a scientist or an architect. Q: What is in your bag at all times? A: Keys to my room, wallet and phone. Q: Something you are secretly proud of? A: The fact that no matter what I’m going to start or no matter where I’m going, I’m always really prepared for it. Q; Things you do when you’re in your room? A: Sleep. I sleep a lot. Q: Favourite season?
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A: Spring and autumn even though they pass by really quickly Q: Favourite color? A: Blue
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Distingué Odd, what does it represent? Did you have a definitive concept for it at first?
So then what does Married to the music mean? Any specific feelings towards it?
Jonghyun: Odd started out as tryout for our possible concepts. It was on the list but it was at the bottom. We didn’t think much of it. Taemin: Until our manager told us that it was chosen. We thought, why not have fun with it and embrace it completely?
Taemin: Through Odd, we focused on connecting with our fans, we grew up with them, and we wanted a chance to truly be their friends and share our performances with them. With MTTM we wanted them to understand that we could try a new genre and own it. Jonghyun: Right, and the album itself has a lot of tracks representing us anyway. Minho was very worried since it was something we never tried before. He was worried about the fans.
View was a fantastic title track. Tell us a bit more about it. Jonghyun: The lyrics for View were written by me and really liked working on that song. I thought it had so much potential and that I could develop a lot by writing it. Taemin: The music was written by LDN Noise, Ryan S. Jhun and Adrian McKinnon, which are all fantastic producers to work with. We felt like Odd would be a fun new genre of music we hadn’t explored yet and we put it to test. We’ll definitely make something more, probably similar to View in the future
Is ‘Odd’ celebrating something in particular? Jonghyun: It is! It’s celebrating our seventh year as a group. Our debut was May 18, which makes it all the more special to us. Taemin: It holds a lot of meaning. Happy seventh year! Thank you for taking part of the exclusive Distingué interview.
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I’ve been pursuing my dreams since day one and do not regret any choice I’ve made. I was able to grow a lot mentally and as a person through all those experiences and thank everyone who allowed me to do so. I have acquired maturity during my seven years as an idol and not only am I appreciated, I feel like I belong to an irreplaceable family. Special mention to my group, SHINee, without them I would’ve become a lost soul by now. Thank you for allowing me to be part of such a wonderful bunch.
If I am one day able to share knowledge to future generations, I would like to tell them that not all is free in life and that I had to work really hard to be where I am today. I would like to make sure they know how lucky they are to be able to live in such an amazing world and I want them to know of their privileges and not take anything for granted. I want them to know that life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to experience. M y life is m y message to future generations. It is a celebrat i o n and a blessi n g . B e w h o y o u want to be a n d never back down.
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Being able to concentrate on what I like to do is a true privilege and I could never ask for more. I am enjoying life and I think that it is worth living for what we believe in and what we fight for. I feel like the world is too good on me. I accept the challenges given to me with pride and humility. Nothing is perfect but we can at least try to be as close to it as possible.
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Le mot de la fin Editor’s corner - Catherine Hello! Welcome to Distingué’s second issue! I hope you enjoyed this month’s issue as much as I enjoyed making it. This month’s issue is a lot more “experimental” in the way that I tried a lot more designs I had in mind and I didn’t develop much the interviews or the articles. After all, Distingué is more of a design magazine than a fashion/music magazine with real interviews. Reasons are that I don’t have a lot of material to work with(hence why I chose to work with EXO in the September issue, because they’re a lot more people and photshoots/pictures/scans to work with and in SHINee’s case, 5 members is a lot harder to work with than, say, 10.) My goal for Distingué is to try and use as much of the featured artist’s pictures as possible. I try and make it as entertaining as possible. Like I said, Distingué is a sandbox for me.(QR Codes for example, if you hadn’t noticed.) I try things and have fun with some design concepts and hope you enjoy it. That’s the goal at the end of the month. But at the end of the day, Distingué is something I love making and that I hope my readers are enjoying. I tried to make the October issue a lot more fun than the previous one. I tried incorporating some Halloween concepts in there, also a little bit of fashion. Featuring SHINee, it’s a lot more centered on the group than on the interviews and other stuff from previous numbers. I want to make a special mention this month, for SHINee, whom I dearly enjoy and respect. Go check out their discography, it’s awesome. This month’s issue is obviously dedicated to them. Have fun this month, drink reasonably and drive safely and don’t forget to brush your teeth before you go to bed. I love you and thank you for taking time to read this. Have fun Catherine - Distingué Creator
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Credits page 01_ : Lee Jinki, Married to The Music promotional picture, SM Entertainment, editing by Leeloomika.
page 02+03_: Lee Taemin, Harper’s Bazaar Korea
page 04+05_: SHINee, ‘Why so Serious?’ promotional picture, SM Entertainment
page 07_: Lee Taemin& Kim Jonghyun, ‘Everybody’ promotional picture, SM Entertainment
page 08+09_: Lee Jinki, ‘Odd’ promotional pictures, SM Entertainment, edit by Leeloomika
page 10_: Lee Jinki, ‘Dream Girl’ concept photo, SM Entertainemnt
page 11_: Lee Taemin, ‘Everybody’ concept photo, SM Entertainment
page 12-17_: Lee Taemin& Kim Jonghyun, ‘Married to The Music’ photobook picture, scans credit Locktan
page 18+19_: Lee Taemin, ‘Danger’ promotional picture, SM Entertainment
page 20-24_: Kim Jonghyun, ‘Base’ concept photos, SM Entertainment
page 26-31_: SHINee, ‘Romeo’ concept pictures, SM Entertainemnt
page 32_: Lee Taemin, Dazed & Confused
page 34-43_: SHINee, ‘Everybody’ concept pictures, SM Entertainment
page 44_: Lee Taemin, L’Officiel Homme Magazine
page 45_: Kim Kibum, MAPS magazine
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