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They really said CINEMA for this cb! The mv is based on the book Demian by Hermann Hesse. The headpiece is based on the god that they learn about in the book called Abraxas. Very cool. Love hearing your analysis! We don't get enough about the fashion in kpop. Thanks for supporting Taemin ❤

Taemin is always avant garde. He is his own genre. There’s a reason why he has lasted 15 years and called the idol’s idol👑 thanks for reacting to him. You’re amazing.

Taemin has talked about the literature that inspired this concept: Erotism: Death and Sensuality by Georges Bataille and Demian by Hermann Hesse. Love that Taemin decided to do things his own way with his own colors. I don't see anyone else doing this concept, or even the way in which he does it. Just stunning! Great reaction, thanks for giving so much love to his work

Taemin evokes echoes of Bowie and Prince. Each in categories of their own. Each talented beyond words. Each bending gender. I think the MV is close to a masterpiece.

Im obsessed with that G U I L T Y😂

the conversion therapy theory by anthony makes so much sense to me.

Reaction summery; George rendered unable to spell Grade 2 level words due to the sexy onslaught that is Taemin 😂. I also love the casual clothes vibes in this MV because the contrast so much against the uncommon theme of the vid. When he was wearing the head peice it gave me "kid dressing up as leader of the lost boys" vibes. Like depicting that kinda chaotic evil where little kids don't know they're being bad they're just doing it because it's natural. Kinda twisted innocence. I also love how in the two outfits the skirt silhouette changes completely simply because in one the zip is done and in the either unzipped. All in all an amazing MV. My favourite song from the album is The Rizzness

Same, same... Taemin is Art... All the outfits I've seen from Taemin in this comeback are so androgynous and that suits him perfectly... I'm loving this comeback... Thank you for your reaction, it's always a pleasure to hear and see you

well he got me G-A-Y

I loved your reaction, I couldn't spell "guilty" too because of the shock hahaha😂

¡TAEMIN IS BAAAACK! 😍He is so fucking artistic, deep and sexy, OMG. I was waiting for your reaction, as always I love it, thank you. ❤

Taemin is a great artist. His music always have a meaning. The fashion is amazing.

Thanks for the reaction, George! I liked your comment about the headdress indicating a cult leader/head honcho. Trust a fashion guy to connect that out-of-place piece of clothing to the story being told in the MV. Also liked your comment about the last scene - the kinda "distressed" outfit matching a "distressed" or chaotic set (i.e., the ruins left after Taemin and all the kids ran amok, burning everything down, in the prior scene). Aside from the gray uniforms, all the fashions, to me, were very "street urchin" - which I think matches the storyline of these institutionalized, probably abused, young people who bust out of there in the MV. So good!

Always love hearing your point of view!

the mv director said the headdress is a reference to the rooster-headed pagan god abraxas

You may want to check the outfit on his "the rizzness" choreo. The one in white specially.

Thank you, George, we've been waiting for your review of Taemin's Guilty. The ace of aces never disappoints, nor do you 💜

The king is back to remind everyone

3:03 SAME I got it right now but the first time I was struggling with the spelling 😭 and Taemin doing THAT move wasn't helping at all. Thank you for reacting! I appreciate your analysis of the fashion in mv's and lyrics as well 🤍

its ok George. looking at Taemin makes me stutter too.

💎 What can we say other than THE KING IS BACK!? I absolutely love how deep Taemin’s songs and MVs are…they aren’t just entertainment or for clicks/views, but he tells a story. He wants to make people THINK and question and reflect. This isn’t something one can watch and then move on. His concepts are intellectual and personal. 💎 Regarding the song itself, his haunting whispers with the beautiful runs on top give me chills…the rap section was unexpected, but fit perfectly and suited the song more than I’d have imagined. I loved how the song switched gears in unexpected ways…there are certain formulas that most kpop songs follow, but this moved in ways I’d never imagined it would and it’s perfect. 💎 As far as the choreography…holy freaking moly. I KNEW it would blow my mind…of course it would-it’s Taemin! With that said, I can’t help but wonder if this isn’t some of his best work to date. It’s provocative without being slutty. Not only that, but you can SEE him being jerked around without any hands on him at all. Around the tenth time watching the video, I happened to notice some of what the background dancers were doing (it’s hard to peel my eyes from Taemin!). There are some genius moves that add to the overall look of the stage…some possibly inspired by breakdancing and some quite acrobatic. I can’t wait to see how it plays out on stage! 💎 All I can really say besides the King has returned is, if loving Taemin is a crime, I’m “G-U-I-L-T-Y … Who's gonna punish me?” 💎

" Guilty " Luving this song 🔥🔥🔥❤❤❤

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Thank you for reacting...🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍

Love your fashion analysis! Haven’t seen a reaction that looks at fashion so thanks! 👍🏼

I think the teaser we saw might be for another song, the teaser was a mashup of 2 of his songs in this album. I hope we get an actual video of it, its so intresting and can be interpreted in so many diff ways, forced identity?military? Music industry? Boy camp?

Hi, i am back. Good reaction, ty. Good song. On 1st listen I felt strongly like crying. The tears were held in though the whole song though. But at the end i had to wipe my eyes. I just want to hug Taemin. On my 2nd listen i read the lyrics. And after i wondered was my reaction all in my head. There are layers here upon layers. Loved the fits and makeup. Some of the subject matter was an issue for me. I know Taemin had lots of mental health issues in the military. Based on the teasers I thought he would talk about it. And it looks like he does in his own way. I really want to hear his views on this song and album. I watched Suchwita ep. w. Taemin right after this. Glad he is back giving us headaches, lol. Perfect vocals in my opinion. The feathered headband is a Native American thing for me. I feel it has an important significance. The lyrics had nothing to do with the images in the MV. I think this is way over my head and i will watch some reactions to see what others think of Taemin's msg here. Feels based on imagery. Great choreo. Need the dance practice ASAP. =0p Borahae. -NY USA 2019 Army💟 Loved that long skirt. He looked so good, dang. I also was getting examination. After a few reactions i am thinking he is showing military and psych mental health area. Like a mix of places. I was thinking were ppl saying he was guilty of making them feel attracted to him? Does he feel guilty about something? Lots of thoughts going through my head. I am so glad u watched the teasers. The more i watch the more i think that he is combining the military facility with a mental health facility. And we know he suffered in the military and asked for a transfer. So it seems he is portraying his struggles here. @ireneserrano4570 said on 10/30/23 I'm still confused about the exact meaning, but again, there could be different interpretations as with his other songs. But from the visuals i get the feeling it refers to abuse, it can be at so many levels. It can have psychological and physical or both, you can suffer it under your own family, friends, at school, at work, in love relationships... Then who is the perpetrator? many times you can be trapped by those people, even in a group or the society, you don't even realise but by the time you realise you have been actually abused THEY are gone, who can you blame exactly? I have gone through my own dose of abuse, and after years you realise but you end up blaming yourself too, as if you hadn't known better but then you allowed it...😢 Also the images of classroom and rooms with beds, and a kid surrounded by a group...Taemin is watching him from the door as if he was watching himself as a kid... also at the end those kids in school uniforms, all spread around, one grabbing the legs of an adult that grabs his leg, bleeding... South Korea also has buIIying as endemic.. at schools (kids also teachers committing suicide as they can't either find understanding or help by their surroundings, on the contrary they are treated as the outcast and weirdos) also at the workplace, in the Military, in university... Their social rules, their stratification and obsession with seniority, comparing their ages, wealth, possessions, their marks, everything... the social pressure on kids and in general on everyone to be better, the most xx the most xx...). The crazy mix of their traditional values and the contrast to the monstruos capitalism that devours all traditional values... traditional collectivism versus wild individualism... @pamela-623 said on 10/30/23 this is an amazing comeback, so artsy so taemin, shawols had lots of interesting theories, my favorite being that this is an interpretation of the struggles in military enlistment, young men being taken, examined and given a gun, i find it so fascinating @princesssunshine79 said on 10/31/23 From what I have picked up here and there, I THINK, don't quote me, the song is about training at an extremely young age in a very exploitive industry, his horrible experience while doing his military service, and his own mental health. Again, I am not positive about any of this. But, for Taemin, it makes a lot of sense. Especially the last two bits because his 2 years away was a nightmare that really messed with his mental health and depression. I hope this helps a wee bit. 😁 @sumim2192 said on 11/1/23 Just a note, In July (I think), Taemin updated his Instagram bio with a famous quote from Hermann Hesse's famous novel Demian “The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born must first destroy a world. The bird flies to God. That God's name is Abraxas.” I think his outfit with the feather hat represents the god Abraxas. @prisonbreakd said on 10/31/23 The way he does dark concepts is so amazing to me. I think if you think about how guilt feels, the video/song represents it perfectly. The way he moves through the corridors and outside, and the choreography feels like he is out of control, and being suffocated by the situation, he is overwhelmed and struggling to understand up from down, invisible and visible hands push him around. You can't help but feel sad or sorry for him, despite him singing that he's done something horrible. And I think it's because, unlike in "Want", he is not proud or embracing it here; his pain, struggle and guilt are obvious. It's haunting. To me, the overall story of the video was that love (and life) is not always cutesy and sweet; it can come with a dark side, conflicting feelings, being intense and too much. You can do things you regret, and it can spin out of control, you can be aware of doing something wrong and not know how to stop, you can want things that are not good for you or someone that you care about. You can hurt people and be aware of what you are doing but not know how to do it better. You can love the wrong people, make mistakes and feel... well, guilty. It's just a very painful side of human experience that we don't like to look at because guilt and shame go together and make us very uneasy. @pandakholin said on 10/31/23 9:55 Yep. Rian, Simeez, Noze and Rozalin. They’ve been Taemin’s backup dancers since Criminal. Also here is Suzy Hong and Kim Haeun. Only the best of the best for Taemin. @lunemaline1338 said on 10/31/23 Taemin has spoken before how he regrets debuting so young in a very exploitative industry, that mixed with how hard his military enlistment period was for his mental health I see this being about him kinda losing his innocence and being thrown into violence. the shot of him looking at one of the dancers that kinda looks like a younger version of him having fun with everyone else to him being in this medical room and being moved like a puppet, forced to hold a gun and being stripped of his individuality by wearing this school uniform. That’s what I love about Taemin’s music and MV’s it starts to make you think and theorize, he’s super creative. @schuylernefcy3466 said on 10/31/23 Other note, It's like Taemin is singing the part of the abuser and dancing the part of the abused and I can't believe how hauntingly beautiful it is. @milindawilson9175 said on 11/4/23 I think "Guilty" is a continuation of the themes surrounding Taemin's previous releases. Particularly connected to his Never Gonna Dance Again album -- "2 Kids", "Criminal" and "Idea" -- and Advice album themes. As Taemin has explained, "Guilty" is about a lover who DOESN'T feel guilty about all the bad things they have done in the relationship and they feel no shame or remorse for the pain and suffering they may have caused the other person. Which, if you connect it to the messages from his previous MVs, this easily could be interpreted as a metaphor for everything Taemin has gone through in his career and life. As an idol, he has been manipulated and controlled his whole life. Debuting at 14 years old, Taemin has lived his entire life in the public eye under a microscope, he is expected to be flawless and perfect, and people are constantly telling him what to do and how he should act, etc. However, now that he has turned 30, I think he is embracing a new chapter in his life where he is saying he is no longer going to allow people to manipulate him and he is officially taking back control. In other words, he's not going to feel guilty any more for being himself and doing what makes him happy. With Taemin -- and all the members of SHINee -- you will never get the same thing twice. Everything he releases will be a new style and sound and, yet, it will still be very "Taemin". As SM's experimental boy group, SHINee are meant to be the first to do almost everything, and they are expected to come up with something new that no one has ever seen or heard before with every release of theirs. As Kpop's trendsetters, the members of SHINee reinvent the industry with every comeback. Guilty is Taemin's 4th mini Korean album, but he has been in the industry for more than 15 years as a member of SHINee and he has been a solo artist since 2014. Therefore, including his full-length albums, mini albums, and singles, etc., as well as his Japanese albums, Taemin has more than a dozen solo albums. Not to mention the 2 albums he has as a member of SuperM. And on top of all that, SHINee currently has 14 full-length Korean and Japanese albums, just as many repackaged albums, numerous mini albums, etc. You have a TON to catch up on. :D Now you need to check out Taemin's Killing Voice performance. I have a feeling when you watch his Killing Voice you will find that hearing him sing "Guilty," as well as his other songs, live that you will be even more impressed. Plus, you need to see one of his live performances of "Guilty" to see the complete choreography. There is a reason why Taemin is like none other.

Oh, have you seen him doing the Guilty challenge with Jimin?? I truly enjoyed it. They're too hot to handle. 🔥🔥🔥🔥

i adooooooore your fashion reviews so much!!

Fabulous! He hit it hot coming out from the military. Good God....the 6 pack or was it 8? I will have to review it for a few more times. LOL Love the fits, perfect for the overall darkness of the MV. Ok. Back for a few more reviews...for educational purposes. LOL!! Cheers!

taemin said grouch y2k but make it gender ✨

it's like a pirate look at the end right! the "puffy shirt" vibes on the sleeves

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George! I would love to see you create more garments inspired by looks from music videos. From one apparel designer to a fashionboi, I personally have done this! I recently showcased a blazer inspired by one Zuho from SF9 wore in a Kingdom performance, and took influence from the Deja Vu Ateez dance practice (Vampire version.)

Taemin is just so freakin sexy....I am drooling..😊

Min 3:05 I KNOW, I KNOW LOL

Sounds like my ex-husband.....I swear!! great reaction, don't feel bad he makes us all tongue-tied 🙋🏾‍♀️🙋🏾‍♀️

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