SHINee - Everybody Review

First of all, I'm REALLY REALLY REALLY sorry that I couldn't be doing a lot of reviews... To be honest, I didn't even know SHINee was having a comeback or an MV until Emily showed me the video during lunch.... and let's just say, she was going crazy(:

She said she'll also do a review on this too, but from a "fangirl's" perspective. For this review, as always, I'll try not to be biased and to not incorporate my fanqurl moods(:

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Watch the music video first because it's currently midnight and I'm too lazy to summarize most of the video for you guys:( sorry! Watch the first time, fanqurl; watch the second, to notice what's happening and fanqurl more; watch the third and notice EVEN more things; and so on until you get bored (which will be never!)

I obviously don't understand Korean, so I had to google search for the English translation. Initially, I thought it was going to be another love confessing song, but I was so wrong! I probably thought that because Jonghyun made a heart and shot it out to me... LOL 

ANALYZING:

The five members are singing about society, and more generally, the world. They're talking about how we have "an adult mask that gets removed at night". In other words, they're talking about how we're two-faced--not in the mean, snobby way, but how we have two sides: one that is shown during day to everybody, and the other that is purposely evident during night. 

During night, we are party animals. We go crazy. We listen to dubstep (allow me to insert how amazing the dubstep sounds in this video!) and we don't stop until someone commands us to. You should have noticed by now the scary looking dolls and how SHINee dances like robots or controlled puppets. Another interpretation of this can be: all individuals are not free, even if we claim we are. We're always bound by something: work, love, devotion to religion/morals, etc. 

Then, when the sun rises once more, we have to stop being what we wish to be, and become calm and tranquil. Adults have to get to their long, tedious working hours; pupils must attend the stressful six hours of school; and young children have to wake up from their slumber. The sun is practically our frienimy. 

As the day progresses, we place on our mask again--to conceal who we are from the world. 

DANCE:

Moving on to the dance. Compared to Wold and Mama from EXO, this dance does not seem as intricate as the previous, but haha SHINee only makes it LOOK easy in the eyes of viewers. All that turning, arm moving, jumping, hanging in the air--that's the life of idols in SM. 

The dance match very well with the song, especially at Minho's singing part. It's also very smart of SM to incorporate the toy dance (near the end). 

Another thing that is irrelevant to dance, but needed to be pointed out. Notice how the floors are checkered, the scenes are black & white, then all flashy and bright? That's the contrast of day and night. Chess is a game where there are RULES (day); you can't falter away from them, or you've committed foul! When it's bright and flashy, those are implications of freedom and the light in the night. The day, the brightest time of all, is the darkest; while in contrast, the night is the brightest(:

Enjoy the video and Emily will post a spzzing fanqurl review later...soon.... not sure.

☆彡Jessica