#shawol problems

[smtown-tourist]

Telling me you’ve never listened to SHINee is dangerous

I can’t just show you ONE of their music videos or play you ONE of their songs.

You better buckle up buttercup because we’re watching all the music videos, listening to all of the best b-sides, which is basically ALL of their b-sides, and watching any live performances of a song we can get our hands on.

You’re gonna leave wishing you hadn’t told me that but I guarantee you’ll be a Shawol with a budding superiority complex and an understanding of why I couldn’t show you just ONE of their songs

[hellotweetygirl]

Right now I’m somewhere between screaming SHINee’s BACK at the top of my lungs and:

[theweirdsenpai]

Me : I'm in my SHINee feels, spotify. Let me hear them boys

*plays This Is SHINee by Spotify*

Spotify : 🙃

Spotify : "Lonely" by Jonghyun, "Blue" by Onew, "Replay" by SHINee, "Our Page" by SHINee--

Me :

Not like this, Spotify

[dripdubudinodropdibidibidirori]

I-Shawols: Taemin we love you so much! We'll do anything for you just name it you deserve the world

Taemin: Call me oppa

I-Shawols:

[ultrakdramamama]

ME 😂😂

cr:  @bumjinki

[smtown-tourist]

[smtown-tourist]

Whenever I’m about to introduce someone new to SHINee, I always struggle with 3 things:

Do I start in chronological order? To me, it feels natural to start with Replay. It’s their debut song, the one that started it all, and Replay by itself is a great song. Plus, starting with Replay allow you to then move in chronological order, showcasing SHINee’s growth and changes over the years. The only downside is that Replay is an older song and might not appeal to someone with a modern taste in music.

Do I pick an OT5 song? As a Blinger and Shawol since 2013, I feel loyal to 5HINee. While the Comebacks that SHINee has made post 2017 are great, it feels wrong to show someone a SHINee song that doesn’t include Jonghyun because, in a roundabout way, I feel as if I’m erasing their origins, the fact that SHINee is 5 and always will be 5. Pre 2017 SHINee is the real SHINee in my mind. Yet, I also know that SHINee has good tracks from post 2017 that shouldn’t be ignored simply because they aren’t 5HINee songs.

Do I choose a title track or a B-side track? This, I believe, is a problem unique to Shawols because not many groups can say that their B-side tracks are on the same level, if not better than their title tracks. SHINee, however, has some of the best B-side tracks in the industry, which, for someone that is trying to find a SHINee song to introduce to someone else for the very first time, makes that decision very difficult. Most of SHINee’s B-side tracks don’t have a music video, so they not be as stunning as the title tracks.

[smtown-tourist]

Shawols every time they hear the word Hard: