SHINee's Minho wishes Key a happy birthday on me2day

SHINee's Minho recently posted a photo on the group's me2day, wishing fellow member Key a happy birthday. The picture showed him drinking a Dunkin' Donuts coffee while in Russia. He included the caption, "I am here in Old Arbat street in Russia.... It’s very cold here in Russia. ^^ Today is Key’s birthday!! Congratulations!!!! Here’s a present…. ^^"

Born September 23, 1991, Key celebrated his 20th birthday in Korea today.


Source: SHINee's me2day

SHINee reveals Japanese "Lucifer" MV teaser

EMI Music Japan, the company behind the Japanese career of SHINee, just revealed a music video teaser for SHINee's next single "Lucifer". The teaser features the SHINee members in front of a black background in a room that uses a "water floor".

The single will be available in various versions, including a limited edition type A with a 68 page photo booklet, an original button and an extra DVD. The DVD includes a dance video as well as a music video for "Lucifer". Limited edition type B comes with the same extras as type A, but gets an extra poster and trading card. A regular version only with the title track and the b-sides will also be release.

The single will be release on October 12th with a Japanese version of "Love Like Oxygen" as it's second track.

Source: EMIMusicJapan

SHINee releases 2nd Japanese single "Juliette"

On August 29th, SHINee released their 2nd Japanese single following the success of their 1st Japanese single "Replay ~you are my everything" in June. The 2nd single is available in 3 formats, CD+DVD Type A, CD+DVD Type B, and regular edition CD. All of the editions include a special photo booklet.

Their 1st single included the Japanese version of their Korean hit singles "Replay" and "Hello." The 2nd single includes SHINee's first original Japanese song "Kiss Kiss Kiss," in addition to the Japanese version of "Juliette," whose music video was released ahead of the single at the beginning of August.

"Kiss Kiss Kiss" is a mid-tempo ballad song with beautiful piano playing in the background. You can purchase their 2nd Japanese single at CD Japan.

What do you think of "Kiss Kiss Kiss"?

Source: LukMuLTM and EMIMusicJapan

2011 Mnet Asian Music Awards to be held in Singapore

Singapore has seen many K-pop artists this summer, like Kim Hyunjoong, FT Island, Teen Top, The Boss, X-5, U-Kiss, Dal Shabet, and miss A for the Korean Music Wave 2011 concert. Other artists planning to come to Singapore in the next few months include SHINee; 2PM, scheduled to make a stop in Singapore for their Hands Up Asia Tour; and Teen Top forSundown Festival.

K-pop fans in Singapore and surrounding areas can now rejoice even more, as the Mnet Asian Music Awards will be held at Singapore Indoor Stadium on November 29. This marks the second time that Mnet Asian Music Awards will be held outside of Korea; the 2010 awards were held at The Venetian in Macau.

According to the local organizer, fans who are unable to attend the event itself will be able to watch it on television. Singaporean fans can see the event via Channel U (despite having a 2-hour delay in broadcasting), but some networks may have a live broadcast of the event.

Although not all details have been confirmed just yet, such as performers for this year's event or ticket pricing information, those planning to attend the event can expect an official press release soon.

Source: Mnet MAMA and Soompi

SHINee snatched #1 in daily Oricon charts with "Juliette"

Male group SHINee just had their debut in Japan with the Japanese version of "Replay" a few months ago, and they've already released a second single featuring the Japanese version of "Juliette" on August 29th.

SHINee managed to get to the first position on the Oricon Daily Chart for singles with 25,595 copies of "Juliette" sold on the 1st day of its release. The group snatched away the first position from popular girl group AKB48 and rookie group kis-my-ft2, who both sold 17,739 copies and 1,731 copies of their respective singles previously released weeks before.

The new single is available in 3 formats, CD+DVD Type A, CD+DVD Type B, and regular edition CD. All of the editions include a special photo booklet. SHINee's 2nd Japanese single also includes the group's first original Japanese song, "Kiss Kiss Kiss," a mid-tempo ballad song.

Source: Oricon

SMTOWN NYC confirmed for October 23rd

After much speculation and a "confirmation" courtesy of Isak, details for SMTOWN NYC seem to be finalized as of today.

The concert's date has been revealed to be October 23rd, and the venue is none other than the world-famous Madison Square Garden, whose capacity for the event is speculated to be around 10,000.

Meanwhile, the long delayed SMTOWN Tokyo encore concert is set to occur this weekend from September 2nd to 4th, with an estimated attendance figure of 150,000.

Stay tuned for more updates regarding the NYC concert!

Source: MBN Korea

SHINee's Key shares photo taken in London

SHINee's Key recently uploaded a photo on his me2day, showing him posing with a comical face in front of the Palace of Westminster in London. He included the caption, "I wonder if it's clear… this is a photo that everyone is curious of. It was taken when we were performing in London ~’ㅂ’ I ran out with Minho-goon... ㅋㅋㅋ"

SHINee visited London in June for their first performance in England at the world-renowned Abbey Road Studios.

Fans who responded enthusiastically over the photo, leaving comments like, "Hahaha, his facial expression is so funny," and," The view is really nice ^^"

What do you think of his picture?

 Source: SHINee's me2day and FOREVER_SHINee