When Tae's solo debut was announced, I was excited, but oh my goshhhhhhh

This is just so much better than I thought it would be <3 All the songs sound awesome and can we talk about his voice? Like it sounds all fluffy, like a cloud~ Especially in Play Me and Ace. And Experience is gonna be my jam. I just know it. It sounds AMAZING.

AND THERE'S CHANGMIN! He's always been my TVXQ! bias (the first song I heard my them was "Doue Kimi wo Suki ni Natte Shimattan Darou" and I've been in love with his voice ever since) and you can hear him in the backing vocals of Ace and it's so pretty! Ah, I really can't gt over how pretty this album is! It's like... a pillow. It makes me think of my pillow.

AND THERE'S ALSO KAI! Right before the tracklist came out, I was thinking "Man, wouldn't it be awesome if TaeKai did a song together?" and now they're doing it and Jonghyun wrote the lyrics! KYA! I am super looking forward to Kai's rapping (I have recently become a big Kai fan, though not as big as Chanyeol because no Kai fan will ever be quite as big as Chanyeol) and I fangirled quite a bit when I heard Kai's voice in the highlight medley!

Speaking of biggest fans, that brings me to what is probably my favorite thing about this debut: Jonghyun

The fans have had such mixed reactions. Some are like me and freaking out over every new teaser and some are not as happy. I heard a lot of fans say Jonghyun or Onew should have been the first to go solo and stuff like that (Jjong probably should've been first but I'm so happy with this that I don't care at all).

And while the fandom is having mixed reactions, Jonghyun's just on twitter fanboying harder than all of us lol. He's calling Tae a fairy prince and complaining about him growing up and just being generally precious. Jjong is making me so happy right now.

I was getting into other groups before this (Infintie, Block B, Mamamoo, etc.) but then Taemin just had to come and hit me right in the feels! It doesn't help that he's the member I respect the most (even though Minho is my bias, I learned Taemin's part in Lucifer a couple years back. He earned my respect right there and then lol). My SHINee feels have been renewed and I am just SO happy with this debut! This is the perfect way to wait for Onew to feel better and for all of SHINee to come back!

Ah, so happy~

EDIT: PRETTY BOY IS OUT AND IT IS DOPE. STRAIGHT DOPE. SO MUCH BETTER THAN EVEN THE TEASER. THANK YOU, JONGHYUN, FOR LETTING US HEAR IT EARLY! <3