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Boys Meet U (2013)

Where the lyrics of Boys Meet U take you, and where it was really made.

Breaking News, the album's lead song according to the Japanese Wikipedia page, was not one of the four A-side singles and was first heard as a Tokyo FM radio broadcast.

Key places

Recorded at the In Grid studio, Seoul (2013)

Recording site Big Hit Studios, Seoul — The album was recorded at In Grid, a studio in Seoul. The marker sits at the city centre of Seoul, so the exact building is not shown. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: Private company studio, not open to visitors.

Album story

Overview

• Boys Meet U is the second Japanese studio album by South Korean boy band SHINee
• Released June 26, 2013, in Japan by EMI Records Japan
• Sold as digital download and in three physical versions
• Physical versions: regular CD, CD + DVD, and a limited edition with CD, DVD and photo book
• Lead song is "Breaking News" according to the Japanese Wikipedia page
• Initial announcement made March 25, 2013
• Full track list and a medley preview released June 23, 2013

Background

• A Japanese version of "Sherlock (Clue + Note)" released in Japan on May 16, 2012, as SHINee's fourth Japanese single
• That single carried the original Japanese song "Keeping Love Again" as its B-side
• "Keeping Love Again" is also on the album's CD track list
• The Portuguese Wikipedia page says this was the group's first release under Universal Music Japan, following the dissolution of EMI and Universal Music's absorption of it in April 2013

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · pt.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Shinee is a South Korean boy band formed by SM Entertainment in 2008.
• The Korean name is a coined word combining "shine" with the suffix "ee", meaning "one who receives the light".
• The group debuted in May 2008 with the EP Replay.

Members

• The group currently consists of four members: Onew, Key, Minho, and Taemin.
• The group was originally a five-member band; Jonghyun died on December 18, 2017.

Career

• Shinee's signature style is contemporary R&B, incorporating funk rock, hip hop, and EDM.
• Their 2008 album The Shinee World won Newcomer Album of the Year at the 23rd Golden Disc Awards.
• "Ring Ding Dong" topped several Korean charts and gained popularity across Asia.
• Sherlock (2012) became the fifth best-selling album of the year in South Korea with over 180,000 copies sold.
• Shinee debuted in Japan in 2011 and became the first Asian artists to perform at Abbey Road Studios in London.
• They are regarded as one of the best live vocal groups in K-pop and have won the Mnet Asian Music Awards Best Dance Performance Award three times.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

Records

• Certified Gold by the RIAJ (Japan Recording Industry Association) for selling 100,000 copies
• Released in regular CD, CD + DVD and limited edition formats, plus online digital download
• Four songs from the album were released as A-side singles in Japan: "Sherlock", "Dazzling Girl", "1000-nen, Zutto Soba ni Ite..." and "Fire"
• The Japanese version of "Sherlock (Clue + Note)" released on May 16, 2012, peaked at number two on Oricon's daily and weekly singles charts
• The short version of the "Breaking News" music video was released on June 21, 2013, on Universal Music Japan's official YouTube channel
• The album's initial announcement came on March 25, 2013, and the full track list and medley preview followed on June 23, 2013

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• "Breaking News" was left out of the four A-side singles and was aired on Tokyo FM during Yamada Hisashi's Radian Limited F
• The Japanese Wikipedia page names "Breaking News" as the album's lead song, although the album had no single release for it
• The Discogs release credits Tom Coyne as mastering engineer

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ja.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

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