SHINEE "Good Evening" Music Video Reaction 

To understand SHINee's "Good Evening" MV what you need to know is that it had only been about 6 months when this MV came out since Jonghyun, died, and this song and MV is all about how SHINee and Shawols (SHINee fans) have been grieving and are finally ready to begin to heal and come out of the darkness into the light. The album is called "The Story of Light" and its all about finding the light out of the darkness, etc. Its about how the members are learning to continue on without Jonghyun and find happiness and light in a situation that will forever be difficult. This was their first release off their three part trilogy album. May 25, 2018 was SHINee's 10th anniversary so this was also important because it was a comeback to commemorate their 10 years as a group. SHINee debuted in 2008 when Onew was 18, Jonghyun had just turned 18, Minho and Key were 16 and Taemin was 14, so now after 11 years they are all in their late to mid 20s. So SHINee are part of the second generation of Kpop and yet they are younger then most everyone in their generation and are the same age or even younger than most of the third generation Idols which include groups such as EXO and BTS, etc.They debuted young and have the experience of seasoned veterans. It just goes to show you why they are legends in the industry. The choreography for this song is very deliberate. The reason the choreography is like that is because it depicts them going through the grieving process and it tells the story of all the emotions they went through and how now at the end they have made the choice to continue on as a group and keep on running, etc. The choreography is really complex and beautiful and really fits the song well, once you see it in its entirety and start to understand the story behind it all. You really should check out the dance practice to the song to see the full choreography. In the MV, not only is the shadow that appears at the end when they look into the tunnel/well (whatever you call it) speculated to be Jonghyun's shadow, but the fox is thought to also represent him. Onew intensely stares into the eyes of the fox, almost as if he is communicating with the fox through his thoughts, and to me its as if he is sharing a moment with Jonghyun. There is a fox in the story "The Little Prince" and "The Little Prince' was one of Jonghyun's favorite stories, plus a fox often represents the after life and the spirit of someone who has passed on reincarnated in many cultures. Also in the beginning you see an empty chair. An empty chair is often used to represent the spirit of someone who has passed on as well. But that's just a small portion of the hidden messages within this MV. If you really delve in deep you will discover that the whole MV can be connected to SHINee forever being 5 members and them including Jonghyun in all that they do. There are 5 trees at the end which could represent the fact that, as Onew has said, even though you may only see 4 members on stage, SHINee will forever be a group of 5. They are in a room full of cameras and their images are being projected on the TV screens, which I see as representing the fact that because SHINee is living in the public eye they can never escape from always being watched by the public. Which doesn't allow them the private space to really grieve and to express themselves privately and they are always being judged (both the members in their grieving process and what Jonghyun had to go through and what ultimately led him to feeling the way he did, etc.) This MV used a lot of green and aqua blue light to depict the cool and somber feel of the story but it also was used because aqua blue/green is SHINee's fan color and it was used to represent Jonghyun's presents all around them and the support and solidarity they felt with their fans, Shawols. The story in the MV is showing the 5 stages of grief (denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance) the members went through and how they have now at the end of the MV started to find their way out of it and have made the choice to continue to keep on running and continue on as a group, etc.. But I could go on and on ... every part of this MV has a deeper message and meaning, you just have to open yourself up to the fact that everything in this MV has multiple meanings and purposes. If you notice none of the members look at the camera the entire MV and even in their live performances of the song. This was done deliberately as well because they wanted to show how in their grief they were blind to everything that was going on around them and they were closed off to the world and didn't care what was happening outside of themselves even though the world was watching their every move. The part where Key smashes the piano is only one example of of how SHINee shows how they felt for a while after Jonghyun died -- they were angry at everything, including music, and in a way they were blaming "music" and their careers for what happened and in the MV they were taking their anger out on the piano, etc. The plastic and them flailing under water is supposed to represent how they felt suffocated in their grief and how grieving while in the public eye made them feel trapped at times, etc. Every scene, every image, every movement in their dance, every look, every moment they stand still or look blankly, etc. is very deliberate and is there for a reason. This comeback is part of a three part release celebrating SHINee's 10th anniversary. So they released 3 mini albums with 5 songs each in their " The Story of Light" trilogy and they had 3 comebacks each 2 weeks apart to showcase their lead track on each of their albums. "Good Evening" and "All Day All Night" were their comeback tracks from Episode 1, " I Want You" and "Who Waits for Love" were their comebacks from Episode 2 and Episode 3 was "Our Page" and "Tonight". Their comeback lasted 6 weeks to represent the fact that its SHINee's 6th "full length" album. We were so spoiled this comeback; it feels so nice to see them doing what they love again. At the end of the six weeks they released a special final MV to celebrate their anniversary and all they have been through over the past 10 years with their song "Countless." "Countless" was an epilogue track that was added to their repackaged "Story of Light" album. In SHINee's fan meeting for their 10th anniversary the members all vowed that SHINee will always be 5 and that Jonghyun will always be involved in everything they do. And during the fan meeting when they performed the choreo for some of their most iconic songs they intentionally left Jonghyun's spot open and only filled in for him when something just wouldn't work without someone in that position. I think we are always going to have reminders of him in all that SHINee does from now on, and that is the way it should be. He was loved and will never be forgotten, and when possible, should always be involved in things that have to do with SHINee. OT5 forever and ever. I think we can feel Jonghyun's presence and influence in this album and songs because a lot of what made SHINee's sound uniquely SHINee (and this album is no exception) was because of Jonghyun. He not only shaped SHINee's sound because he was the main vocal of the group but he also wrote and composed over 40 percent of SHINee's songs, so he can be felt in everything they do. It wouldn't be SHINee if we didn't hear his influence shine through in their music, that is what makes SHINee's sound so unlike any other. Jonghyun is known as one of the best vocalist in Kpop who is one of the most prolific songwriters and composers of his generation. Jonghyun not only composed songs for SHINee, but he also wrote all of his own solo songs and numerous songs for other artists such as EXO's "Playboy" and songs for Taemin, IU and Lee HI, etc., as well as participated in several movie and drama OSTs. He was one of the only SM artists to be given complete artistic control over his work, including SHINee's song selections. SM knew that if Jonghyun was involved in any way that the song would be a hit. He was extremely respected within the industry as a songwriter, composer and singer. Like EXO and BTS, where we have to search for the hidden meanings and messages in their MVs to piece together their story, I think from now on we will always be searching for the hidden messages and moments that represent Jonghyun in everything SHINee does. SHINee are known for their live vocals and amazing dancing. They are known as CD quality singers because they sound just as good live, if not better, than they do recorded. SHINee always sings live. The ONLY thing they are not good at is lip syncing so they avoid it at all costs, so when you hear SHINee singing 95 percent of the time it will be live. They have trained their entire career to be able to sing live and always sound flawless while performing extremely complex choreography. You really should check out some more of their live performances because their stages are like none other. Their concerts last 3 to 4 hours straight and they perform nonstop and never sound out of tune or out of breath. They are also one of the best dancers in Kpop and they have some of the best harmonies you will ever hear. If you know EXO then you know how good of vocalists they are, well the members of SHINee actually were mentors to a lot of the EXO members and they helped coach them in their singing. The EXO members and SHINee members are all around the same age and they were in the same trainee classes together and yet SHINee debuted almost 5 years before EXO, so that just goes to show you a little bit of what makes SHINee so amazing and why they are considered legends.

I recomend to read the lyrics of the song. *First the general stuff of the MV* : -They are basically representing the stages of grieve (some says is 5 other 7), in the MV you can see denial (how they move their heads), insolation (when they are on their own little spaces), Anger( when Key hit the piano, like blaming music and their careers for what happened), Bargaining, depression( you can see their expression is really sad in most of the MV, and their dancing is slow) And acceptance (when Key look back and they play in the rain and run in the forest smilling, the dance change as well and became more energetic). There also the sense of shock, when the "Sun light" hit Key face in the begining of the MV, is like when they recived the news. -Also you can see that they are in a glass house and/or always followed by cameras, thats mean they are always in the public eye and that does not allow them to grieve the proper way. -The green/blue (acuamarine) Color is the fandom (Shawol-SHINee World) color, is like tha fans are alway with them. *The specific stuff* : - The fox is a character from the story "the little prince" , that was jonghyun favorite. The CG animation is like that cuz there was a movie of the book were the fox looked exactly like this one. Also in many cultures the fox represent the afterlife/wisdom and also as a guide to the path of the spirit world, cuz of their intuitive sense of direction. So besically it represent jonghyun, you can see how Onew is looking in to his eyes like trying to understand what happened. Also the fox guide them to the forest when they start to run happily, this part is confirmed in the 2nd MV after this one ("I want you" MV), hope you react to it as well. -Onew (the orange hair guy), is the leader and oldest member. You can see in the MV that he seems to be always very sad and serious, and the only one to actually notice the fox (there some kind of conections/ jjong and him were very close) in some part of the MVs you can see Taemin always looking after him , like trying to not left him alone, even in the dance (*watch the live performance*). This confirmed to me that the MV represent exactly what happened. Onew had history of depression as well, and had a "scandal"(incident) before jonghyun passed away, then jjong incident happened and make things even worse for him, so he basically felt responsable for EVERYTHING that had happened . Some one already said in one of your videos that he had a really bad/hard time with all of this. He (as the others) recived therapy, but with him was a lot harder cuz he refused to cry since he believed that he have no right to, he have being basically blaming himselft for it all. As the oldest he suposed to be the lead of the funeral and take name tag , however he could not (Minho did it instead). A lot of people said that SM, his family and members should always have an eye on him, and any one that followed the promotions of their 10 anniversary that exactly what happened all members , specially Taemin took care of him the most, he was watched all the time. He needed to be re-asured that he should not blame himselft and he was a good brother/leader. The MV/dance showed it perfectly. - You could see that Minho is always the one that hold the camera, or is above them or directly looking in to them. It explained since he was the lead of the funeral procession as well it was seem to be the one being the lead in the funeral hall as well. He was basically the face media saw the most from the members when everything happened. - When you see them falling in to the water and with the plastic over them ,it means that with all the emotions+ media they felt that they were soffocating , and in the end you can see Onew halft face out of the water meaning that they are starting breath again but they are still not 100% well. - Also you can see that when Key look back in the forest he smiles is like he sensed Jonghyun presence there, basically he will always be with them. -When they look in to the tunel there are 5 trees behind them, and there is the shadow of jonghyun in the tunel/well. So they are still 5..

I love the minimalistic choreo its so effective. The shot transitions were really interesting. This song was on high rotation on my playlist. Good morning from Australia thanks for the reaction

Yes! The Fox is jonghyun! And the extra shadow in the well is also jonghyun’s :) if I’m correct jonghyun was born in the year of the Fox so that’s where the Fox comes from

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This is one of my favorite Shinee songs. Thank you for reacting to this!

Yes, we know it is 112 Cupid they are credited on the album. the fox is representing Jjong, also if you notice there are 5 shadows at the end... the MV is how fans see them...

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And tearing up again as soon as I see that damn fox. 😭

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No, it’s just a FOX....the shadow presence on the well’s wall scenes respresents our beloved jonghyun 😭😇

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