In my opinion second generation is the best with shinee leading the way! They are SM's ace - throw any genre at them and they're going to slay, top tier level live performances, all members have successful solo careers as well. All modern idols grew up idolizing the members of Shinee! Yes, sadly we lost jonghyun on December 18th 2017, but the members and the shawols will never forget him!
Funny you mentioned this song being stuck in your head now 😂 because, in South Korea, during exams, there are some songs (earworms because you can't get them out of your head) that are banned or advised not to be played in media during these times...and "Ring Ding Dong" is one of them 😂 BTS's "Go Go" is also on the list btw 😁
As you discovered, "Ring Ding Dong," is one of SHINee's most popular songs. Not only does SHINee perform this song at almost all their live performances, but it's also one of their most well-known choreographies. It's one of the dances that every rookie group in the industry, both boy groups and girl groups, are required to learn and know, and most have covered the song and dance at least once in their career, even still today. This song is part of the era when auto tune was brand new and it was the new cool thing that everyone was using in their new songs. SHINee was ahead of their time when this song came out and it blew people away for its sound and style, which many had never heard before. :D This is totally the look and sound that was just becoming the new it thing back in 2009. As others have probably mentioned, "Ring Ding Dong" is such an iconic song and it's so catchy that it has been said that in Korea this song is banned from being played anywhere or listened to during college entrance exam time. When it first came out, students complained that the song would get stuck in their heads and they couldn't concentrate on their studies or on the test. :D If you want to hear the song without the auto tune then you need to hear them perform it live in concert. Try their live MBC music festival performance of "Ring Ding Dong" in 2016, th-cam.com/video/_lYurocLpi8/w-d-xo.html, or their legendary "Ring Ding Dong" and "Lucifer" set from their SHINee World Concert V in Seoul, th-cam.com/video/mtFK7FxKdLs/w-d-xo.html. SHINee's songs are always way different performed live. You will see how SHINee has grown and why they are live performance legends. How I interpret the story in the MV is, the song is about a sort of love at first sight and thoughts of that person keep ringing through your head, so much so that you start to become obsessed with them. It's more than just protecting the girl or your love, but it's about wanting to have her all to yourself and not allowing anyone else to come between you, etc. (As the English part of the lyrics says, "Fantastic, elastic ..." because thoughts of that person are constantly bouncing around in your head.) In the MV, if you notice, at one point, we see all the members dressed in white and they are standing in an all white room looking into the mirror. However, the image they see in the mirror is not their reflection, but what seems to be their alter ego or inner self because we see their mirror images with brooding expressions and they have wings. But their wings are not white like an angel who is pure and good, they are grey like angels of darkness. So, maybe this is showing how their thoughts are not a pure and innocent love, but one of passion and possession, etc. We see them in the white room with the white clothes because I see that as showing how they are hiding their true selves -- on the outside people think they look innocent and pure, but once you get to know them they have far less pure intentions. When in their black and red outfits this is more their true selves. The only explanation I can see as to why they are shown lighting the candles without even touching them is a way to make it clear that they are different then what they seem and they may have "magical powers" that can be used to attract the girl and make her theirs, etc. I interpret the butterfly they talk about in the lyrics, and the ones we see them with in the MV, to represent the girl and how she is beautiful, and fragel and flits around in their life attracting them and distracting them, etc. and they want to capture her and make her theirs. It is also thought that maybe SM Entertainment is now using the butterfly to connect the storylines between SM's groups. Some theories think that maybe SHINee's butterfly is connected to the butterfly we see in EXO's debut "Mama" MVs from 2012, which could also be connected to NingNing's butterfly in aespa's storyline from 2020, and it could even be connected to the butterfly in NCT-127's "Favorite (Vampire)" MV from 2021, etc. The butterfly is thought to possibly represent the heart of the Tree of Life from EXO's storyline and could be the butterfly that helps aespa navigate through Kwangya in aespa's "ep. 2 'Next Level' -- SM Culture Universe" video, which would help to connect all of SM's groups' storylines together. Although SHINee's storyline my not have originally been designed to connect to anything outside of their group, I think SM has been using things from their older groups' MVs as "happy coincidences" in order to draw everyone into their SM Culture Universe storyline. Beyond that, I don't really have an explanation of anything else that is happening in the "Ring Ding Dong" MV. Most of it I interpret as just part of the aesthetic of what was the new cool think and what they were doing with MVs in 2009. The boys' hair and clothing styles and the aesthetic of the MV was supposed to give them more of a bad boy image, to sort of contrast the fact that when they debuted with "Replay" in 2008 they had a boy next door image and they were given the title as the nation's younger boyfriends -- people had a pure and wholesome image of them -- so they wanted to show that as SM's experimental boy group, people should never expect them to stay the same. SHINee will forever be changing up their image to show many different sides of themselves and all different styles of music and dance. "Ring Ding Dong" was showing a new side of SHINee. This was only SHINee's second comeback after debut, so it established their role as the ever changing and evolving group that was expected to keep setting trends and coming up with new concepts, styles and sounds. Fun Fact: Minho's long hair and Jonghyun's "Lion" hairstyle in "Ring Ding Dong" is such an iconic look. But Minho always hated this hairstyle, LOL. He has never liked having long hair. He begged SM to allow him to cut his hair and it took a few months before they would let him do it. They made him wait until they were done promoting for this album because their hairstyles were part of the album's concept. (Minho recently said that he didn't cut his hair for almost a year from the start of "Replay" promotions to the end of "Ring Ding Dong" promotions, so that's why his hair was so long.) And therefore, Minho has refused to ever grow his hair out again. ;P Also, almost all of SM's boy groups had similar hairstyles during this time period. :D Take a look at Super Junior or TVXQ in 2009. Their hair looked like this too. hehehe. This was just sort of the look for Korean entertainers back in the day. SHINee were setting tends even with their hair.
shinee are living legends 💎 They constitute the history of k-pop. Through their discography they have introduced fashions and genres of music. They were the first to make videos of dance practices. Ring ding dong together with Lucifer, View, replay, sherlock is one of their most iconic songs. They debuted in 2008 and are still active today. Their discography is very extensive and still influences groups of 3-4 today and 5 generation
Yes, it's pronounced as shiny, not shine. It was a devastating day when we lost one of the sweetest idols, and most amazing voices in K-pop - Jonghyun is the member with the two-toned hair. I'd recommend you react to Lucifer, one of K-pop's classics, but as your reactions are recorded way ahead of YT release, I'm guessing that someone's already recommended it. It's hard to believe that this song was released 2009 and Lucifer was released 2010. I think that K-pop songs, unlike Western songs, definitely stand the test of time.
SHINee ❤pls react to their Lucifer, Atlantis, Why so serious, view, 1of 1, married to the music, don’t call me, everybody, juice, hard, dear name cover, tell me what to do, etc😊
Live performances are even better ❤
In my opinion second generation is the best with shinee leading the way! They are SM's ace - throw any genre at them and they're going to slay, top tier level live performances, all members have successful solo careers as well. All modern idols grew up idolizing the members of Shinee! Yes, sadly we lost jonghyun on December 18th 2017, but the members and the shawols will never forget him!
This is a classic in the kpop industry fr Idk about a kpop fan who doesn't like or have heard of it before hahaha
Funny you mentioned this song being stuck in your head now 😂 because, in South Korea, during exams, there are some songs (earworms because you can't get them out of your head) that are banned or advised not to be played in media during these times...and "Ring Ding Dong" is one of them 😂 BTS's "Go Go" is also on the list btw 😁
Check out shinee's entire discography and solo work. Have any questions feel free to ask.
they are performance kings please react to sherlock live
The vocals of SHINee ❤❤❤❤ I love when this comes on playlist 😁
As you discovered, "Ring Ding Dong," is one of SHINee's most popular songs. Not only does SHINee perform this song at almost all their live performances, but it's also one of their most well-known choreographies. It's one of the dances that every rookie group in the industry, both boy groups and girl groups, are required to learn and know, and most have covered the song and dance at least once in their career, even still today.
This song is part of the era when auto tune was brand new and it was the new cool thing that everyone was using in their new songs. SHINee was ahead of their time when this song came out and it blew people away for its sound and style, which many had never heard before. :D This is totally the look and sound that was just becoming the new it thing back in 2009.
As others have probably mentioned, "Ring Ding Dong" is such an iconic song and it's so catchy that it has been said that in Korea this song is banned from being played anywhere or listened to during college entrance exam time. When it first came out, students complained that the song would get stuck in their heads and they couldn't concentrate on their studies or on the test. :D
If you want to hear the song without the auto tune then you need to hear them perform it live in concert. Try their live MBC music festival performance of "Ring Ding Dong" in 2016, th-cam.com/video/_lYurocLpi8/w-d-xo.html, or their legendary "Ring Ding Dong" and "Lucifer" set from their SHINee World Concert V in Seoul, th-cam.com/video/mtFK7FxKdLs/w-d-xo.html. SHINee's songs are always way different performed live. You will see how SHINee has grown and why they are live performance legends.
How I interpret the story in the MV is, the song is about a sort of love at first sight and thoughts of that person keep ringing through your head, so much so that you start to become obsessed with them. It's more than just protecting the girl or your love, but it's about wanting to have her all to yourself and not allowing anyone else to come between you, etc. (As the English part of the lyrics says, "Fantastic, elastic ..." because thoughts of that person are constantly bouncing around in your head.)
In the MV, if you notice, at one point, we see all the members dressed in white and they are standing in an all white room looking into the mirror. However, the image they see in the mirror is not their reflection, but what seems to be their alter ego or inner self because we see their mirror images with brooding expressions and they have wings. But their wings are not white like an angel who is pure and good, they are grey like angels of darkness. So, maybe this is showing how their thoughts are not a pure and innocent love, but one of passion and possession, etc. We see them in the white room with the white clothes because I see that as showing how they are hiding their true selves -- on the outside people think they look innocent and pure, but once you get to know them they have far less pure intentions. When in their black and red outfits this is more their true selves. The only explanation I can see as to why they are shown lighting the candles without even touching them is a way to make it clear that they are different then what they seem and they may have "magical powers" that can be used to attract the girl and make her theirs, etc.
I interpret the butterfly they talk about in the lyrics, and the ones we see them with in the MV, to represent the girl and how she is beautiful, and fragel and flits around in their life attracting them and distracting them, etc. and they want to capture her and make her theirs.
It is also thought that maybe SM Entertainment is now using the butterfly to connect the storylines between SM's groups. Some theories think that maybe SHINee's butterfly is connected to the butterfly we see in EXO's debut "Mama" MVs from 2012, which could also be connected to NingNing's butterfly in aespa's storyline from 2020, and it could even be connected to the butterfly in NCT-127's "Favorite (Vampire)" MV from 2021, etc. The butterfly is thought to possibly represent the heart of the Tree of Life from EXO's storyline and could be the butterfly that helps aespa navigate through Kwangya in aespa's "ep. 2 'Next Level' -- SM Culture Universe" video, which would help to connect all of SM's groups' storylines together. Although SHINee's storyline my not have originally been designed to connect to anything outside of their group, I think SM has been using things from their older groups' MVs as "happy coincidences" in order to draw everyone into their SM Culture Universe storyline.
Beyond that, I don't really have an explanation of anything else that is happening in the "Ring Ding Dong" MV. Most of it I interpret as just part of the aesthetic of what was the new cool think and what they were doing with MVs in 2009.
The boys' hair and clothing styles and the aesthetic of the MV was supposed to give them more of a bad boy image, to sort of contrast the fact that when they debuted with "Replay" in 2008 they had a boy next door image and they were given the title as the nation's younger boyfriends -- people had a pure and wholesome image of them -- so they wanted to show that as SM's experimental boy group, people should never expect them to stay the same. SHINee will forever be changing up their image to show many different sides of themselves and all different styles of music and dance. "Ring Ding Dong" was showing a new side of SHINee. This was only SHINee's second comeback after debut, so it established their role as the ever changing and evolving group that was expected to keep setting trends and coming up with new concepts, styles and sounds.
Fun Fact: Minho's long hair and Jonghyun's "Lion" hairstyle in "Ring Ding Dong" is such an iconic look. But Minho always hated this hairstyle, LOL. He has never liked having long hair. He begged SM to allow him to cut his hair and it took a few months before they would let him do it. They made him wait until they were done promoting for this album because their hairstyles were part of the album's concept. (Minho recently said that he didn't cut his hair for almost a year from the start of "Replay" promotions to the end of "Ring Ding Dong" promotions, so that's why his hair was so long.) And therefore, Minho has refused to ever grow his hair out again. ;P Also, almost all of SM's boy groups had similar hairstyles during this time period. :D Take a look at Super Junior or TVXQ in 2009. Their hair looked like this too. hehehe. This was just sort of the look for Korean entertainers back in the day. SHINee were setting tends even with their hair.
shinee are living legends 💎 They constitute the history of k-pop. Through their discography they have introduced fashions and genres of music. They were the first to make videos of dance practices. Ring ding dong together with Lucifer, View, replay, sherlock is one of their most iconic songs. They debuted in 2008 and are still active today. Their discography is very extensive and still influences groups of 3-4 today and 5 generation
Yes, it's pronounced as shiny, not shine. It was a devastating day when we lost one of the sweetest idols, and most amazing voices in K-pop - Jonghyun is the member with the two-toned hair. I'd recommend you react to Lucifer, one of K-pop's classics, but as your reactions are recorded way ahead of YT release, I'm guessing that someone's already recommended it. It's hard to believe that this song was released 2009 and Lucifer was released 2010. I think that K-pop songs, unlike Western songs, definitely stand the test of time.
SHINee ❤pls react to their Lucifer, Atlantis, Why so serious, view, 1of 1, married to the music, don’t call me, everybody, juice, hard, dear name cover, tell me what to do, etc😊
which one died
Jonghyun 😢 Very tragic
@@WandabOT7 thank you