Whoo-hoo! Another music video release for the summer! And ohmygosh...everyone just stop and hold onto yourselves. SHINee has released the summer jam for Summer 2015! There is no joking around with this song!

THE MUSIC VIDEO

This music video is super fun to watch. With its bright colors and white border, it's very modern and vintage at the same time. Also the saturation of the brighter colors themselves paired with the old band t-shirts and adventures give the music video a classic summer feel. I found the video to be very well composed. I thoroughly enjoyed how the "flashbacks" were shown in black and white and the rest of the music video, the present-time, was shown in color. There were some scenes that were slightly difficult to understand upon first watch, but were easily cleared up with a second watch and some closer attention on my part—the main scene being the beer bottle being smashed over Minho's head (at first I thought one of the girls did it, but then I realized it was the man harassing her at the club).

I loved the entire plot line of the music video. The whole staged kidnapping was a really fun idea, and it looked like the SHINee members really had fun themselves. From what I gather, it seems as though SHINee are exhausted from work, and some fans notice this, so they plan a kidnapping—but they tell the SHINee members about it beforehand! One of the girls is seen whispering into Minho's ear quite often. If you look closely, you can also see that the rags with "chloroform" weren't even pressed against the faces of the SHINee members. Also, the girls wait to put their masks on until after the guys have all seen their faces. Not much of a serious kidnapping, now is it? Which makes it obvious that this was a staged kidnapping just to give the members a break. All that information paired with the fact that the music video gives off a summertime theme—this feels like a well needed break. Even when it gets out that the SHINee members have been "kidnapped", they're seen running from places with access to television. When they come across the cop car, they also make a run for it. Then when some other fans started to take pictures of them, Jonghyun pushed the camera down with a rather grumpy look on his face.

It's well-known that idols don't get vacations very often, or time off. Summer is a season for comebacks, as well. Idols are constantly working, and even if they aren't in the limelight, they're always practicing. So I think this music video pairs together a lot of elements very well and portrays that while they are idols, SHINee are also young men who need to act their age every now and again. Taemin also stated in an interview that they wanted to do a more fun song to connect with their fans better as their next comeback. This is that song.

Lastly...that dance! I cannot wait to see the live performances of this and the full choreography!

THE SONG

I won't go into too much detail on this. I mean, after all, what can I really say? It is the song of the summer. Lighthearted, upbeat, and super catchy. This is a song that is easy to dance and sing along to. You'll want to put it on repeat for hours. I can easily see myself doing just that, even just letting it play as background noise while I go about whatever work I need to do. The vocals are wonderful and mix and blend each member's voice perfectly. The song even switches with ease between each member as their part comes up. There's also a perfect mix of soft notes and high notes that make the song both fun and emotional.

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Basically...well, I'm super in love with this song. I hope everyone gives SHINee's View a listen and that it instantly makes their summer at least ten times better. Also, I definitely recommend checking out the entire Odd album. Just knowing how great View is, I think I have enough background to say that I'm positive Odd is great. I've never had a bad experience when it comes to SHINee albums as a whole.