ADMIN VIRGIL

UM......... Hello, Mr. Kim, God called.

He said he wanted his voice back.

How many times have you told yourself that 'He is Human, this is a human' voice' whilst listening to Kim JongHyun sing. Trust me, no matter how many times you repeat it, it just wont do, he makes you wonder if voices like this truly exists. JongHyun's voice is pure manna.

With his solo concert ‘The Story by Jong Hyun’ fast approaching, Shinee’s Jonghyun dropped this very special album Story Op. 1. Arriving. As if dying over not witnessing the concert in person wasn't bad enough, you ease my decent to death with this album?

 The album comes with nine tracks which are ‘End of a day’, ‘U & I’, ‘Like You’, ’Diphylleia grayi’, ‘Happy Birthday’, ‘I`m sorry’, ‘02:34’, ‘Fine’ and ‘Maybe tomorrow’

The album starts with the title track, ‘End of a day’. This song starts off with some moving melodies and Jong hyun’s voice washes out the score and penetrates deep into the lyrics. The song is sung is a wispy manner and rather gently lifts the moods. The music video which accompanies this song is shot in an unusual manner much like to cater to the song. The screen is divided into two with each side showing the man and the woman respectively. The two wander about and end up coming together. The song and the music video build up on one another.

In ‘U & I’, Jong Hyun tries to bring up the tempo and the mood. The song has classic tech music in it with auto tuned rhythm, and Jong Hyun shows off his rather unique crooning voice.

‘Like You’ keeps up the up tempo beats. The song has a loud clapping beat and the chorus is loud, demanding attention. This song has a lot to offer and makes for a fun listen. The chorus is particularly catching.

‘’Diphylleia grayi’’ also known as just Diphylleia or more commonly known as the Skeleton flower is a peculiar white petal flower which turns transparent when in contact with water.

      Much like the delicate petals of this flower, Jong hyun’s voice merely floats above the melody. The melody is powerful and that contradicts with Jong Hyun’s melting voice. This song is true perfection and is a must listen to in this album. The best of Jong Hyun’s work and his vocal ability. My personal favourite!

Things go mellow jazz with ‘Happy Birthday’, Jong Hyun once again choses to sing in a whisper like tune but gains momentum towards the end of the song.

The violins and Jong Hyun’s voice harmonize into perfection in the chorus of ‘I’m Sorry’, the song gives off a serious feel because of its multitude of instrumental interludes. The song is simple yet out of the ordinary with its musicality.

It is raining is the next track and that gives off the cold left out feeling which ’02: 34’ seem to elude. The song is particularly brighter in mood and tempo than the other songs. The song even incorporates what sounds to be a rap by Jong Hyun himself which is different and makes up for a surprise listen. This song incorporates some unusual sound bites and is worth listening to.

Jong Hyun incorporates some techno beats in ‘Fine’ as the song raises the temperature. The song is daring but deals with the subject in a light manner. The song has an addictive beats that would surely make one move to its beats. The reaches its high point where Jong Hyun croons in ways that adds more tension to the track.

‘Maybe Tomorrow’ has a sweet subtle beat and the jazz like rhythm elevates Jong Hyun’s voice. The chorus is unique as it incorporates a female voice asking ‘Really’. This song seems to end rather short than the other song but is a great song to end the album with.

The grandness of musical instruments used throughout the album cannot be taken lightly. Jong Hyun weaves his voice around these music score and in many songs in the album, gives a portion of the song to the music alone. Jong Hyun shows off his credibility in this album.

Too much is never a bad thing in Kpop.

Admin Virgil.

    

     Like aw mah gwad aw mah gwad aw mah gwad, did you see the new music video Shinee came out with? It is my personal favourite one. Which one of Shinee’s music video is your favourite? Let me know in the comments ok?

     Having said that this is my all-time favourite music video I just had to let the world know what this music video actually means …….  To ME! I just had to, Chingudeuls! You all probably thought that the music video talks is about Shinee getting drunk and wasted while the hostess does her way with them…… well wrong you are, cause that was not what it means. This music video shows exactly how certain villains and cult movies came into existence. Like how people actually came up with the way a villain should look and the actual back stories to how these villains came to be or how ideas for certain scenes came to be etc etc and so on and so forth blah blah blu blu ye ye!

           

     So before Shinee goes on to reveals all that, they throw in a statuary announcement- you know, the smoking is injurious to health kind of thing- but this announcement is of a different kind-

Right!

     Okay, so the music video begins with Jonghyun driving dead straight into that very sign which might have been put there to keep people from driving off the edge of the cliff or something, but don’t worry, Jonghyun knows what he is doing.

Or Minho probably knows it, I think. Yup he knows this is the end.

Onew thinking of what chicken would taste like in the after life

Key who clearly is…… is….

Taemin who graduated to Taeman who believes every day is a roller coaster ride.

And these are the people who are traveling with us to….. Some place. Well anyway, the car crashes and the Shinee members arrive at Purgatory where they must party till the great Gods call them above.

Meanwhile in Purgatory, a party is in the making. . . .

*Knock! Knock!*

Special delivery!

A serving of Jonghyun with a side of Taeman, Minho, Key and Onew.

(Ho ho oho! I must have accidentally butt dialled them!)

The sweet Shinee members unpack themselves and settle in this strange room as a veiled lady come into the room serving glow-in-the-dark drinks.

No NO NOOOO Taeman showing that he is a grown up now by throwing away all the things his parents warned him about stranger and getting drinks from them, he is the first one to do a one-shot!

Oh damn you guys! How long were you out? Look at all the people that have come while you were sleeping!

I TOLD YOU NOT TO DRINK THAT! This is what you get for not listening to your elders!

Wasted, the Shinee members do what they are all too good at, DANCING!

Bruh! Spinning the bottle is so human, let’s spin Key instead!

Now we are talking!
Let us not stop there but throw a knife in it too!

This woman ha! yeah she came prepared.

HOLY MOTHER OF GOD WHAT HAS THIS WOMAN DONE! SHE HAS CREATED SLEEPY HOLLOW MINUS THE HORSIE!

Has no one witnessed what has happened! You guys! Your Key just turned into sleepy hollow dude. . .

Wait what? His insides look like lemons. Why?

Key limes! Haha! It is an inside SM joke, you wouldn’t understand.

ah! the ever hard working Key doesn't give up his lines although his body has long given up it's head.

Right! the party in Purgatory shall go on, my fellow Chingu! let us commence with the spinning of the bottles! 

uh-ho! giving a kid a bat is dangerous! but giving it to an adult, uhh... not so dangerous, right? wrong! if the adult with the bat is Onew and somebody just screamed 'Chicken', bruh, you are a goner!

GOD GOOGLE TRANSLATE! TAEMAN'S EYES! 

they are gone! and this is how, Chinguduels, the hills got eyes! they stole Taeman's eyes.

Things are going hay-wire in the Purgatory parteh. Minho decides to get a hold on the situation by bringing down the horror. He decides to be a host and make some lemon key pies for the guest- Minho bravely raps/dictates the necessary ingredients in the recipe.

Onew, my man, unable to bear the drama he created, takes down few shots and goes tipsy!

Is that taeman with his eyes closed in the background? boy you already lost your eyes, what you doing closing them? 

Onew tries to wash out the hangover alone in the bathroom. oh the sadness. 

In this moment, Key suddenly gets a premonition of some bad omen surrounding Onew and asks fellow Minho to go check on him.

 Minho gives two hoots for that!

back in the backroom, everyone! Onew has completed his cleansing process and shows you his poreless face.

How will you get pores when there is no nose!
ingenious! 
BRAH-HAH-HA!
AND THIS IS HOW VOLDEMORT CAME TO BE!

Meanwhile, at the centre of the party, Sleepy hollow and the hills have my eyes try to make collaboration which results in an epic fail.

WAIT A MINUTE!

Onew has his nose here!
tsk! tsk! tsk! SM, you should be careful next time. I am watching.

After watching an epic failed movie of massive proportion, fellow Jonghyun tries to swallow his gag by consuming some very "not-really-suspicious-looking" cookies.

 Which back fires, and Jonghyun vomits rainbows! awwww, He is too pure for Purgatory ,y'all! 

This yeoja, sensing competition, vomits back! don't ask me what kind a party this is, I guess competitive puking is a thing in Purgy parteh.

Onew {with his nose} finds a sort of serendipity in this toxic vomit. Below is a closer look of the species in it's calm and serene atmosphere.

After revealing his colourful vomit to the masses, Colourful Jonghyun gets the fancy of the Hostess who gives him a little something something!

oh, they grow up so fast! I can't watch!

woah! woah! woah! give the man his lips back lady! what the heck! I can't take this no more, Key loses his head, Taeman his eyes, Onew is Voldie and now Jonghyun is lipless, Life has no meaning now, but the party must go on...... 

As the party gives no care to my Lipless Jonghyun, the Hostess places Jonghyun's lips on the cake.

Why? because the cake wants to have itself and eat itself too! if that makes any sense to you. If not, pretend I never said that and move on.

Minho brings out his Lemon Key cake and pops the questions- 
'Are you married to the music?'

no! I am waiting for you!!
But no one listens to our cries as they blow the candles and fulfill Minho's desire to be Flaming charisma!

As if this isn't too much to handle, they show the Hostess indulging in some fetish of her own- weird collages. 

Satisfied by how it looks on paper, the hostess can't help but feel proud at how well she executed it in reality. 
that ought to put them modern artists to shame!

FINALLY!
Key's head- check!
Taeman with no eyes- check!
Onew with no nose- check!
Jonghyun without his lips-check! and 
Minho's body on the bed and flaming head equally distributed in glass containers all around the room- double check!

and now to add the finale! smash together the parts received from Shinee and create a man who too charming to realize that he just got married. 

And that my friends is how Frankenstein actually lived. 

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did you like it? 
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