Lucifer is the second full-length album by South Korean boy band Shinee, released on July 19, 2010 in South Korea. It was re-released as Hello on October 1, 2010.
The album is listed by Gaon Album Chart as the sixth best-selling album of 2010 in South Korea, with over 120,000 copies sold.
Within hours of the album's release, it topped various physical and digital sales charts in South Korea.[1] The songs on the album "were more carefully selected than ever", and the album itself is said to "[give] listeners a great chance to experience the diverse musical characters and more mature vocal skills of the members".[2]
"Lucifer" was choreographed by Rino Nakasone,[3] who choreographed Shinee's early songs like "Replay" in 2008.[4] For its choreography, "Lucifer" was nominated for the Best Dance Performance Award at the Mnet Asian Music Awards in 2010.[5]Lucifer also became the 6th best-selling album of 2010 in South Korea, selling over 120,000 copies.[6] In the US, the single "Lucifer" charted on Billboard's World Digital Song Sales chart for 57 weeks.[7]
Shinee released a repackaged album of Lucifer called Hello on October 1, 2010. Their comeback on KBS' Music Bank was on the same day.[8] The repackaged album Hello sold 63,118 copies in 2010 according to the Korean sales chart Gaon.[6]
On November 26, 2010, the track "Obsession" was announced as the theme song for the film, The Warrior's Way.[9] The lead single "Lucifer" was also featured on the January 29, 2018 episode of FOX's popular TV series, Lucifer.[10]
Composition[]
Member Onew made his debut as a lyricist on track 9, "Your Name", while Jonghyun contributed lyrics for the second time (after writing lyrics for "Juliette"). Track 7 was co-written by all of the members.[11] "Love Still Goes On" is viewed as "kind of a sequel" to "Love Should Go On" from the group's debut mini-album Replay. Minho wrote the raps to "Up & Down", "Obsession", "Your Name", and co-wrote the songs "Wowowow" with JQ and "Shout Out" with the fellow members and Misfit. In the repackaged album Hello, he wrote the rap for the title track "Hello", and co-wrote the raps for "One" and "Get It".[11]
"Ready or Not" was written and composed by Will Simms, a French music producer who made his debut in SM Entertainment with this song.[12] Risto Asikainen and Setä Tamu also contributed to the song and Misfit penned the lyrics.
^""샤이니, 유행보다 실험…쉬운 아이돌 아니에요" (인터뷰)" [Shinee, more experimental fashion ... it's not easy to be an idol" (interview)]. Nate. Archived from the original on October 19, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
^샤이니, 민호 부상 딛고 23일 '뮤직뱅크' 컴백 [SHINee, Minho overcame injury after 23 days, 'Music Bank' comeback confirmed]. Newsen (in Korean). July 17, 2010. Retrieved July 15, 2010.
^Yang, Man-su. "영화 '워리어스 웨이' 샤이니 '욕' 뮤직비디오와 만나다" [Watch Shinee's music video for The Warrior's Way]. Today Korea. Archived from the original on September 1, 2021. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
^Lee, Jung-ah (July 31, 2010). "샤이니, 컴백 일주일만에 지상파 음악프로 1위" [Shinee, No. 1 in terrestrial music program a week after comeback]. Osen (in Korean). Archived from the original on May 11, 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
^Choi, Joon-yong (August 6, 2010). "천하무적 샤이니, 2주 연속 '뮤뱅' 1위..'가요계 평정'" [Invincible Shinee, #1 in 'Music Bank' for 2 weeks in a row...]. Asian Economy (in Korean). Archived from the original on May 11, 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
^Jung, Eun-mi (August 9, 2010). "샤이니, '뮤뱅' 이어 '인기가요' 1위 석권" [Shinee wins first place in 'Inkigayo' after 'Music Bank']. Joy News 24 (in Korean). Archived from the original on May 11, 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
^Yoon, Guy (August 15, 2010). "샤이니, 2주 연속 뮤티즌송 수상 '얼떨떨'" [Shinee, winner of Mutizen Song for 2 weeks in a row]. Osen (in Korean). Archived from the original on May 11, 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
^Gil, Hye-sung (October 18, 2010). "샤이니 '헬로', 15일 '뮤뱅' 결방분 1위" [Shinee's 'Hello', No. 1 in 'Music Bank' on the 15th]. StarNews (in Korean). Archived from the original on May 11, 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
^Baek, Sol-mi (October 17, 2010). "샤이니, '헬로우'로 '인기가요' 1위…"보아누나 감사해요"" [Shinee, ranked 1st in 'Popular Song' with 'Hello'..."Thank you, Boa"]. My Daily (in Korean). Archived from the original on May 11, 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
