01.07.17-02.07.17
These two days have been something I’ve honestly looked forward to since 2011. Taemin’s 1st solo concert.
Yesterday, I managed to listen to some audio live streams and it was as wonderful as I imagined. However, being able to watch the concert live today on an official live stream was simply overwhelming. First off, I would just like to thank Taemin, Line Live and everyone who made it possible for all of us fans, who weren’t able to be there in person, experience such a beautiful concert. I’m truly grateful as instead of only the 14k people in the concert hall, almost 340k people got to share this memory.
Personally, I’ve been watching this man since the end of 2011, a little while before Sherlock era. However, I’ve watched and read about all of his previous experiences since his debut. I still remember Taemin asking Key to make sandwiches for him in order to win a noona’s heart in Yunhanam, and Taemin being a dad, thinking of all sorts of weird ways to take care of Yoogeun in Hello Baby. Gradually, this wonderful human being grew up so much and worked so hard to reach this stage where he’s able to have a 2 day budokan concert of his own.
Similarly, I remember when Taemin used to have to sing some lines with Jonghyun helping him back in those days. Apparently, he even knew of people who used to call him tone deaf, telling him that he will never succeed as an idol. However, that did not make this gem of a human give up, it just made him work harder. Taemin went from being able to sing his own few lines, to singing the chorus of a SHINee song himself, to singing his own solo songs and now singing live for 1 hour and 30 minutes for his amazing solo concert. Even in what we people used to solely know him for, dancing, Taemin never stopped improving. Even till this day, he says stuff like “my dream is to be a dancer”, telling others that he is merely an idol right now. This just proves how humble of a human being he is and it shows the never-ending spirit of wanting to improve. This spirit is what brought Taemin here today, to this stage.
Watching such amazing performances where he danced his heart out and poured out his soul singing, I’m just utterly amazed, inspired and overwhelmed. Some fans may think they are the reason he is here today. However, don’t be fooled as he honestly don’t owe us that much, instead, he owes all this to his hard work, the people around him and the amazing staffs. With that said, I still want to express that I personally owe everything to him. It’s watching him that has shaped me into who I am today, creating the me that I now know of. Though I can go into more depth about this, I’ll leave it to when it’s his birthday as today, we are focusing on his concert.
All in all, I just want to express how amazing of a artist Taemin is. The sheer amount of hard work and his vision in what he want to achieve has pushed him to this solo concert. After 10 years, he is here. However, this is just the beginning. To everyone that says that SHINee is dying and the members are no longer relevant, Taemin is going to prove you wrong. If you haven’t watched the concert, do go search for it as you will not regret it. With that, I would like to stop blabbing and say a final thank you for this wonderful experience I will never forget. 😊
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