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Taemin Talks Long Road to First U.S. Tour, Control In His Career and Why He’s No Longer ‘A Frog in a Well’

After more years in K-pop, SHINee's Taemin is breaking out into an empowered artist, like Michael Jackson, with BPM Entertainment and new 2025 album.

At Taemin ‘s concert at Kings Theatre in New York, the opening show for the K- pop star’s first U.S. tour as a soloist, the 31-year-old thrusts, lunges, and splays his body in an assortment of impromptu, interpretive positions that captivate the sold-out venue. However, with more than half his life in the K-pop spotlight, Taemin appears as if he’s in complete control of every aspect of the theater stage and his body – seemingly aware of how each strand of his dirty blonde, slightly off-center middle part will land on his head after every move. While feeling more powerful than ever as an artist, Taemin knows loads of eyes are on him, which inspired the concept of the Ephemeral Gaze tour but also serves as a reminder for viewers to see that his attitude has never shifted.

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