Finns Are Captivated: Reaction to Taemin Sayonara Hitori テミン さよならひとり 태민 굿바이
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 มิ.ย. 2024
- Es is Very Excited and Kay is slightly bamboozled by the fervour.
Join the journey: A K-pop addict shares her favorites. A non K-pop fan reacts for the first time.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:53 Music video
04:53 Why is this such big favourite?
Edited by @JustEdits21 - บันเทิง
Taemin's "Sayonara Hitori" MV is visually stunning and breathtaking. This is the sort of vibe you should expect from the majority of Taemin's Japanese songs and MVs. They all have this very Japanese feel to them.
If you are curious how this MV was made, you should look up the behind the scenes/making of video, th-cam.com/video/QNLyT4ZZw7U/w-d-xo.html. You will see that for most of it, Taemin is dancing in a shallow pool of water on a green screen set. (Very similar to how SHINee's leader Onew filmed his solo debut "Blue" MV in 2018.) About the only things that are real in the MV are the water and the piano, Taemin's amazing outfits and his impressive dancing. :D
Because this is one of Taemin's Japanese songs, it was produced by one of the Japanese companies SM partners with for its Japanese promotions, so almost everyone involved is Japanese. Therefore, in the behind the scenes footage you also will get a chance to hear just how fluent and comfortable Taemin is speaking Japanese. :D
And if you haven't yet, you should really look up the English translation of the lyrics, because when it comes to Taemin's solo songs, and especially his Japanese songs, the lyrics usually have a very deep meaning and are full of Biblical and existential metaphors for life and his career, etc. The lyrics always add an extra layer to his performances that take everything to the next level.
"Sayonara Hitori" is his Japanese solo debut in 2016. However, Taemin and SHINee have been well-known Japanese artists since SHINee's Japanese debut in 2011.
Although, as mentioned, if you watch one of his live performances of the song in Korea, you will see the Korean version of this song is named "Goodbye." As Es said, Sayonara means goodbye in Japanese. His Japanese version was so popular that they decided to produce a Korean version of the song a few months later. The Korean version is what you hear if you watch Taemin's "Devil Inside" performance on the dance competition show Hit the Stage or any award show or concert performances outside of Japan.
And because Taemin is a member of SHINee, his live performances of this song are even more mind blowing and powerful than what you just experienced. You definitely need to see him perform this song live in concert or as an award show performance. I recommend checking out his "Guess Who," "Soldier" and "Goodbye" MAMA 2016 award show stage.
You should also check out his dance practice, the dance practice is not on TH-cam, so you have to search for it. You haven't even begun to see just how amazing the choreography for "Sayonara Hitori (Goodbye)" is. :P
Fun fact: This was the first time Taemin worked with Sugawara Koharu, who you may remember is the choreographer who also choreographed his dance for "Move." "Sayonara Hitori" was the first time Taemin had done a contemporary style dance and Sugawara was the one who taught him. Since then, Taemin and Sugawara have worked together many times over the years, and they have become really good friends. She helped Taemin choreograph their duet performance on the Korean idol dance competition show Hit the Stage and she was also the choreographer for Taemin's "Want" and "Flame of Love" MVs, as well as one of several who collaborated on Taemin's "Criminal" MV choreography. Sugawara was also the choreographer for SHINee's song "Good Evening."
As we see in the MV, there are blue flowers that bloom and then are placed all around Taemin in the casket. Pearl aqua blue/green is SHINee's color, so blue has a lot of important messages when it comes to SHINee. Plus, blue flowers, when equated with a message, usually stand for love and inspiration, and when presenting someone with blue flowers you are telling them you will stay loyal and passionate about them. Blue flowers also could be used as a connection within Taemin's solo storyline, as well as connecting him to SHINee. We also see blue roses in Taemin's "Press Your Number" MV and blue flowers in SHINee's "Countless" MV. And some theories even think the blue flowers could be connected to the blue roses/flowers we see in EXO's storyline, which is now thought may be all connected to SM's SM Culture Universe story.
Taemin's "Sayonara Hitori" MV is also set in an otherworldly location in another dimension or planet and the prominent feature is a giant moon, just like in EXO's storyline. And it even looks similar to the giant moon we see rising from behind the rock formation in SHINee Key's solo "Bad Love" MV and album teaser video, which possibly could mean it's all connected as well.
The Japanese songs definitely have a very different vibe, much dreamier so far. I really only started to appreciate that dancing skill later, he's just so good and smooth and precise that it's hard to grasp it. Kind of like you'd need a regular person at the Olympics to realise how crazy good the athletes are :D -Kay
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It's a great song and video. And yes, more japanese songs reactions, if possible. I like a lot of his japanese songs.
I agree. I think it's interesting how his Japanese songs are just a little different in mood and theatrics from his Korean ones. Makes me think how I am different when I'm speaking English than if I communicate in Finnish...
Oh the way I smiled when I saw which song you'd be reacting to today. I absolutely love his Japanese music. This video is so visually overstimulating that I've watched it multiple times at reduced speed just to pick up all the detail in the background. You'd be surprised at what you've missed. I love moody Taemin.
It is an absolute masterpiece. Taemin is so good at expressing emotions that no matter what the emotion is, it feels just breathtaking and real to the viewer.
I love Taemin’s vocal! Hope you react to missions from Dream Academy, it’s global girl group survival show with contestants from all around the world and will debut in America (maybe in Korea too) next year! Also, hope you check out XG- Left Right and Mamamoo Killing Voice! Also I would recommend Babymonster live performances #1-#7 too. Thank you so much!!!❤
Thank you for watching! Mamamoo Killing Voice is a sure thing, I've just been holding off to watch most MVs first to avoid spoilers. We (I) follow mostly 2nd and 3rd gen groups so I haven't checked out many newer groups, though I have Babymonster MV in my Watch Later. I'll see about your suggestions!
When you speak the track volume drops...
Hi there! Yeah, the idea was that by the time people are watching reactions, they already know the song well enough :) Happy holidays! -Kay