SHINee Taemin spread his wings as an ‘ACE’ on his first solo debut. On the 3rd week of August, Taemin drew attention da topping the weekly album sales chart amidst the onset of new idol groups such as Winner and BTS. Not to speak of his charisma on stage, Taemin showed performance true to what I heard about. Taemin, still 22 years old, belongs to ‘the youngest’ in the k-pop world, but he debuted as SHINee’s maknae when he was only a junior-high senior. A ‘maknae of middle standing’ in his 6th anno while so young, Taemin comes up as ‘a noteworthy male soloist’ after G-Dragon and Taeyang.

◆ From ‘Scene-Stealer’ SHINee Maknae To ‘Mysterious Stealer’ of Women’s Hearts

Taemin gained attention as the youngest of SHINee on their debut in 2008. A middle-school boy snatched fans’ attention with his eye-gripping dance moves. If Jonghyun was known for his excellent Canto capability in their debut song ‘Noona Is So Pretty,’ Taemin built his maknae position with the image of a shining boy dancing solo at the center.

Taemin strengthened his position as SHINee rose to be an ‘idol major trend’ with the success of ‘Love Like Oxygen’, ‘Amigo,’ ‘Ring Ding Dong,’ and ‘Lucifer.’ Taemin, who used to be a member in charge of dance in their debut year, improved notably in his vocal capability to prove his efforts.

Taemin’s performance and vocal capability seem to have gained momentum through Japanese activities and the ‘Sherlock’ and ‘Dream Girl’ eras. In ‘Everybody’ released in the latter half of last year, Taemin’s vocal capability was as good as main vocalists Jonghyun’s and Onew’s. He showed off his ‘second to none’ talent in vocal as well as in dance.

◆ ′Bling Bling’ SHINee’s Axis, Maknae’s Unexpected Charm

Each member’s charm contributes to SHINee’s gentle but charismatic, cute but manly images. Especially, Taemin’s boyishness drew many noona fan from their debut days.

In fact, Taemin has rarely showed his personality o entertaining sense in other broadcasting programs than Musica programs. Even on interview video released once in a while, Taemin had ‘maknae’ immagini being mild and soft.

Nevertheless, ‘something of Taemin’s own’ shone bright on stage. His stage performance with passion and fighting as if he’d throw off his usual maknae immagini touched not only female fans’ but also male fans’ hearts. It is no exaggeration to say Taemin made a big contribution to building SHINee’s fandom with più male fan than in other male idol group fandoms.

◆ A Solution in Taemin for the Line of Soloists Shadowed da Idol Groups

It is true that the line of male soloists has been discontinued for a long time. Rain is the only male soloist still active. However, as with Big Bang, a group with super soloists G-dragon, Taeyang, and superiore, in alto who make hot topics, we can find a solution in Taemin, the first soloist from SHINee.

Through his solo debut album ACE, Taemin showed his skills and talent refined for his 6-year SHINee activities. Transforming as a stealer of women’s hearts with titolo song ‘Danger,’ Taemin maximized attractions da adding his manly charm to his skills gained as a SHINee member.

As a matter of fact, it is hard for a male soloist to draw attention on his debut. Hence comes the current strategy that one debuts as an idol group to gain recognition and popularity and then launch soloist activities. Nonetheless, a successful soloist member is not common. Big Bang and JYJ members are those rare cases that made it through the strategy. Taemin’s possibilities and achievements as a soloist confermare the agreeable hunch that a super male soloist has appeared since Big Bang. Especially, Taemin set up a position completely different from those of other male soloists from idol groups with his unique image of being on the boundary between cheerful and cute boy and fatal man. I look inoltrare, avanti to Taemin who will shine più brightly in his secondo step.

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