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Taemin’s WANT:

AFTER THE GATES OF PARADISE WILL COME THE GATES OF HELL

A/N: This post is taking a look at WANT and exploring its references to Milton’s Paradise Lost, Dante’s Inferno, Rodin’s The Gates of Hell, and how Taemin is a sexy, sexy Satan. Any poetry I quote will be followed by the chapter and line numbers in case you’re curious. Also, I checked with multiple/different translations/versions for all the things I quote. Since Tumblr’s war on porn has turned into a war on hyperlinks, I haven’t linked to sources along the way but there’s a list at the end.

Taemin’s new single, WANT, has a stunning video. It’s full of intense imagery that is equal parts enticing and unnerving. And this combination perfectly reflects the devilish lyrics, references, and intent.

As is clear from the title and any of the lyrics in this song (”You’ll be a prisoner to this heat, you’ll want me even more”, to name one example), Taemin is playing the role of the tempter. Now, we’ve seen this from him before – just take a look at the opening lines of MOVE:

Get drunk with this strange mood You can let yourself go But you can’t escape from me

Taemin has consistently leaned into his sexy side with his solo singles, but with WANT, he’s taken this to a whole new level. Beyond being simply hard to resist (and very aware of it), it seems that in this video he’s taking on the role of the ultimate tempter, Satan himself. This is seen in the fiery edits that swallow him, the red suits, and of course, all the snakes. He even goes so far as to reference the sweet, forbidden apple of Eden in his lyrics.

This character revelation might not be the most surprising one you’ve heard (particularly if you looked up the lyrics and read the talk of forbidden fruit), but Taemin manages to throw in some interesting visuals and surprising references so I’m going to break all those down and explain the ways in which Taemin is guiding us right to the gates of Hell.

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