SHINee marks tenth year with sixth full-length album
SEOUL: K-pop boy band SHINee has bounced back from the death of its lead singer by releasing its sixth full-length album. The release of the album also marks its tenth anniversary.
The Story of Light is a set of three five-track records with the second set unveiled at major online music stores on Monday evening, including the title track I Want You.
The fi rst set, with the lead track Good Evening, was released on May 28, while the third set including the title track Our Page, is set for release on June 25. The new album was timed to mark the 10th year since the group, originally a quintet, debuted with its fi rst EP Replay on May 25, 2008. It is also the fi rst SHINee album since member Jonghyun had died in a suicide in December 2017.
“This new album is a compilation of all the images SHINee has so far put forth. It is also meant to celebrate the 10th anniversary,” member Key said during a press conference in southern Seoul.
It was out of the members’ eagerness to put focus on as many songs as possible that they decided to launch the new album in three batches.
“The fi rst episode, as we thought, reflects the image of what others think of SHINee, while the second episode, including I Want You, show how we take ourselves to be,” Key said. “The third episode has a very different feeling, with medium-tempo R& B songs.”
Recalling the ten years of their music career together, member Minho said, “We wanted to be new and trendsetting each time we came back.”
“Ten years from now, I want to be still active as part of SHINee, continuously issuing new records,” he said, revealing that the members have renewed their contract with the agency SM Entertainment. “As we signed the contract, Lee and we said, ‘ This is just the beginning.’”
This new album is a compilation of all the images SHINee has so far put forth. It is also meant to celebrate the 10th anniversary. Key, band member