Lucifer (Shinee album)

Lucifer was Shinee's second studio album, coming two years into their career. It marked the first time they were given significant input in the creative direction of an album, from the music to the styling. Member Jonghyun commented, "The public's perception of idols is that we are 'made-up.' In this regard, our company gave us a lot of room [to give more input] during the making of this second album." The group, previously known for their youthful sound, adopted a more adult, "masculine" image as a result.{{cite web|url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2010/07/28/etc/SHINee-evolving-from-boys-to-men/2923839.html|title=Shinee evolving from boys to men|website=Korea JoongAng Daily|last=Cho|first=Jae-eun|date=July 28, 2010|access-date=April 25, 2022|archive-date=April 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425180727/https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2010/07/28/etc/SHINee-evolving-from-boys-to-men/2923839.html|url-status=live}}

The album has been described as possessing an "electronica-inspired K-pop sound with a tinge of vintage '80s synth". Lead single "Lucifer" is a 1980s-inspired electronica song that compares a two-faced lover to the devil.{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=003&aid=0003343323|script-title=ko:샤이니, 사탄 우두머리 '루시퍼' 앞세우다|trans-title=Shinee releases 'Lucifer'|work=Newsis|via=Naver|last=Lee|first=Jae-hoon|date=July 16, 2010|access-date=May 29, 2022|language=ko|archive-date=May 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529234304/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=003&aid=0003343323|url-status=live}} "Electric Heart" features "soft, whispering vocals" laid over electronic beats and a guitar chorus. Key named the song his favourite on the album, citing its difference from the band's existing work. 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"). "Shout Out" was co-written by all of the members.{{cite web|url=http://shinee.smtown.com/pages/shinee/version06/albuminfo.sm?info=intro |title=The Second Album: Lucifer - Introduce |publisher=smtown.com |access-date=2010-07-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716095653/http://shinee.smtown.com/pages/shinee/version06/albuminfo.sm?info=intro |archive-date=2011-07-16 }} "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".

"Ready or Not" was written and composed by Will Simms, a French music producer who made his debut in SM Entertainment with this song.{{cite web|url=http://seoulbeats.com/2013/06/speaking-with-will-simms-composer-of-exos-wolf-and-snsds-i-got-a-boy/|title=Speaking With Will Simms, Composer Of Exo's "Wolf" And SNSD's "I Got A Boy"|date=June 11, 2013|publisher=seoulbeats.com|access-date=June 29, 2013|archive-date=June 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615021938/http://seoulbeats.com/2013/06/speaking-with-will-simms-composer-of-exos-wolf-and-snsds-i-got-a-boy/|url-status=live}} Risto Asikainen and Setä Tamu also contributed to the song and Misfit penned the lyrics.

Teaser images of the band's members were released online from July 8 to July 12.{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=109&aid=0002120077|script-title=ko:샤이니, 19일 새 앨범 발표 '민호부터 파격 변신 순차적 공개'|trans-title=Shinee to release a new album on the 19th. 'Sequentially revealing a radical transformation starting with Minho.'|work=Osen|via=Naver|last=Lee|first=Jung-ah|date=July 8, 2010|access-date=April 26, 2022|language=ko|archive-date=May 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529234305/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=109&aid=0002120077|url-status=live}} A highlight medley containing snippets of the album tracks was also posted on Shinee's official website on July 15, showcasing the variety of genres.{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=076&aid=0002039303|script-title=ko:'컴백' 샤이니, 10초만에 느낄 수 있는 대박 퀄리티|trans-title='Comeback' Shinee, great quality you can feel in 10 seconds|work=Sports Chosun|via=Naver|last=Baek|first=Ji-eun|date=July 15, 2010|access-date=May 29, 2022|language=ko|archive-date=May 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529234304/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=076&aid=0002039303|url-status=live}} The album was released on July 19, and within hours, topped various physical and digital sales charts in South Korea.{{cite web|url=http://www.mydaily.co.kr/news/read.html?newsid=201007201127121133|script-title=ko:샤이니, '루시퍼' 음반·음원차트 1위 '올킬'|publisher=Baek, Sol-mi|date=July 20, 2010|access-date=July 20, 2010|language=ko|archive-date=July 21, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100721122223/http://www.mydaily.co.kr/news/read.html?newsid=201007201127121133|url-status=dead}} 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".{{cite web|url=http://news.nate.com/view/20100806n05066 |title="샤이니, 유행보다 실험…쉬운 아이돌 아니에요" (인터뷰) |trans-title=Shinee, more experimental fashion ... it's not easy to be an idol" (interview) |publisher=Nate |access-date=July 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20161019200439/http://news.nate.com/view/20100806n05066 |archive-date=October 19, 2016 |url-status=live }}

"Lucifer" was choreographed by Rino Nakasone,{{cite news|script-title=ja:少女時代、美脚ダンスの振り付け担当は日本人ダンサー・仲宗根梨乃|trans-title=The Japanese Lady in Charge of SNSD's Dances, Nakasone Rino|url=http://www5.nikkansports.com/entertainment/ishii/archives/20101020_5937.html|access-date=February 28, 2015|work=Nikkan Sports|date=October 20, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101023060843/http://www5.nikkansports.com/entertainment/ishii/archives/20101020_5937.html|archive-date=October 23, 2010|language=ja}} English translation at [https://web.archive.org/web/20110827154212/http://soshified.com/pages/articles/_/news/102010-the-japanese-lady-in-charge-of-snsds-dances-nakasone-rino-r1332 Soshified.com] who choreographed Shinee's early songs like "Replay" in 2008.{{cite news|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/09/05/2009090500222.html|title=The Japanese Woman Behind K-Pop Bands' Moves|work=Chosun|date=September 5, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304121324/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/09/05/2009090500222.html|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=live}} For its choreography, "Lucifer" was nominated for the Best Dance Performance Award at the Mnet Asian Music Awards in 2010.{{cite web |url=http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/284825/controversial-mnet-asian-music-awards-bares-nominees |title=Controversial Mnet Asian Music Awards bares nominees |author=Hicap, Jonathan M. |work=Manila Bulletin |publisher=Manila Bulletin Publishing |date=October 29, 2010 |access-date=February 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101029175022/http://mb.com.ph/articles/284825/controversial-mnet-asian-music-awards-bares-nominees|archive-date=October 29, 2010}} Lucifer also became the sixth best-selling album of 2010 in South Korea, selling over 120,000 copies.{{cite web|title=Gaon year-end domestic album charts for 2010 |url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/notice/view.gaon?idx=36 |publisher=Gaon Charts |access-date=April 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110213045903/http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/notice/view.gaon?idx=36 |archive-date=February 13, 2011 |language=ko |url-status=dead }} In the US, the single "Lucifer" charted on Billboard{{'}}s World Digital Song Sales chart for 57 weeks.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/shinee/chart-history/wdt/|title=Shinee Chart History (World Digital Song Sales)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 6, 2021|archive-date=December 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215231614/https://www.billboard.com/artist/shinee/chart-history/wdt/|url-status=live}}

Shinee released a repackaged album of Lucifer called Hello on October 4, 2010.{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=001&aid=0004672718|script-title=ko:샤이니, 내달 2집 리패키지 음반 발표|trans-title=Shinee to release second repackage album next month|work=Yonhap News Agency|via=Naver|last=Lee|first=Eun-jeong|date=September 27, 2010|access-date=May 29, 2022|language=ko|archive-date=May 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529234305/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=001&aid=0004672718|url-status=live}} The lead single, also titled "Hello", was released a few days earlier on September 30.{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=111&aid=0000203861|script-title=ko:샤이니, 2집 '헬로우' 공개…로맨틱 가이 변신|trans-title=Shinee releases second album 'Hello'... Transforming into a romantic guy|work=Joy News 24|via=Naver|last=Lee|first=Mi-young|date=September 29, 2010|access-date=May 29, 2022|language=ko|archive-date=May 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529234305/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=111&aid=0000203861|url-status=live}} The repackaged album Hello sold 63,118 copies in 2010 according to the Korean sales chart Gaon.

On November 26, 2010, the track "Obsession" was announced as the theme song for the film, The Warrior's Way.{{cite web|url=https://www.todaykorea.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=129141|title=영화 '워리어스 웨이' 샤이니 '욕' 뮤직비디오와 만나다|trans-title=Watch Shinee's music video for The Warrior's Way|publisher=Today Korea|access-date=September 1, 2021|archive-date=September 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901201531/https://www.todaykorea.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=129141|url-status=live|first=Man-su|last=Yang|date=November 26, 2010 }} The lead single "Lucifer" was also featured on the January 29, 2018 episode of Fox's popular TV series, Lucifer.{{cite magazine |title=SHINee's 'Lucifer' Plays on FOX's DC Comics Series 'Lucifer' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/8097224/shinee-lucifer-song-fox-show-lucifer-video |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Tamar Herman |access-date=2018-01-30 |archive-date=2018-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208175120/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/8097224/shinee-lucifer-song-fox-show-lucifer-video |url-status=live }}

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| title2 = Lucifer

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| music2 = {{hlist|Bebe Rexha|Ryan S. Jhun|Yoo|Adam Kapit}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Rexha|Jhun|Kapit}}

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| title3 = Electric Heart

| lyrics3 = {{ill|Kim Boo-min|ko|히치하이커 (음악가)}}

| music3 = Hitchhiker

| extra3 = Hitchhiker

| length3 = 3:19

| title4 = A-Yo

| lyrics4 = Ha Jung-hyun

| music4 = {{hlist|iDR (C2)|12Keyz (C2)|Erin Reid}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|C2|Reid}}

| length4 = 4:27

| title5 = Obsession

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| lyrics5 = {{hlist|Jonghyun|Minho}}

| music5 = {{hlist|John Ho|Sean Alexander (Avenue 52)|Jimmy Burney}}

| extra5 = Ho

| length5 = 4:08

| title6 = Quasimodo

| note6 = {{Korean|hangul=화살|rr=Hwasal|lit=Arrow}}

| lyrics6 = Jo In-hyung

| music6 = Michael Lee

| extra6 = Michael Lee

| length6 = 4:08

| title7 = Shout Out

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| lyrics7 = {{hlist|JQ (Makeumine Works)|Shinee|Misfit}}

| music7 = {{hlist|Steven Lee|Drew Ryan Scott|Sean Alexander (Avenue 52)}}

| extra7 = Steven Lee

| length7 = 2:53

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| lyrics8 = {{hlist|Kim Jin-hee|Minho|JQ}}

| music8 = {{hlist|Will Simms|Emma Stevens}}

| extra8 = {{hlist|Simms|Stevens}}

| length8 = 3:11

| title9 = Your Name

| lyrics9 = {{hlist|Onew|Minho}}

| music9 = Brandon Fraley

| extra9 = Fraley

| length9 = 4:06

| title10 = Life

| lyrics10 = {{ill|Kim Jeong-bae|ko|김정배 (음악가)}}

| music10 = Kenzie

| extra10 = Kenzie

| length10 = 4:38

| title11 = Ready or Not

| lyrics11 = Misfit

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| extra11 = {{hlist|Tamminen|Asikainen|Simms}}

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| title12 = Love Pain

| lyrics12 = Tesung Kim (Iconic Sounds)

| music12 = {{hlist|Tesung Kim|Noday}}

| extra12 = {{hlist|Tesung Kim|Noday}}

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| title13 = Love Still Goes On

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| lyrics13 = {{hlist|{{ill|Lee Yoon-jae|ko|이윤재 (작곡가)}}|JQ}}

| music13 = Lee Yoon-jae

| extra13 = Rado

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{{Track listing| headline = Hello {{nobold| – Repackage edition}}

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| music1 = {{hlist|Rexha|Jhun|Yoo|Kapit}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|Rexha|Jhun|Kapit}}

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| title2 = Hello

| lyrics2 = {{hlist|Kim Eana|Minho}}

| music2 = {{hlist|Tim "Data" McEwan|Jess Cates|Lars Halvor Jensen}}

| extra2 = Park Bum-geum

| length2 = 3:04

| title3 = One

| note3 = {{Korean|hangul=하나|rr=Hana}}

| lyrics3 = {{hlist|Park Sung-soo|Minho}}

| music3 = Park Sung-soo

| extra3 = {{hlist|Park Sung-soo|Loomboy|NG.K}}

| length3 = 3:34

| title4 = Get It

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| music4 = {{hlist|Nicolas Scapa|J Read Fasse|Jhun|iDR|12Keyz}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Jhun|Remedios|12Keyz}}

| length4 = 3:23

| title5 = Up & Down

| lyrics5 = {{hlist|Misfit|Jonghyun}}

| music5 = {{hlist|McGrier|Owusu-Ofori|Kyuwon "Q" Kim}}

| extra5 = wiidope

| length5 = 3:33

| title6 = Electric Heart

| lyrics6 = Kim Boo-min

| music6 = Hitchhiker

| extra6 = Hitchhiker

| length6 = 3:19

| title7 = A-Yo

| lyrics7 = Ha

| music7 = {{hlist|iDR|12Keyz|Reid}}

| extra7 = {{hlist|C2|Reid}}

| length7 = 4:27

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| lyrics8 = {{hlist|Jonghyun|Minho}}

| music8 = {{hlist|Ho|Alexander|Burney}}

| extra8 = Ho

| length8 = 4:08

| title9 = Quasimodo

| note9 = {{Korean|hangul=화살|rr=Hwasal|lit=Arrow}}

| lyrics9 = Jo

| music9 = Michael Lee

| extra9 = Michael Lee

| length9 = 4:08

| title10 = Shout Out

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| lyrics10 = {{hlist|JQ|Shinee|Misfit}}

| music10 = {{hlist|Steven Lee|Scott|Alexander}}

| extra10 = Steven Lee

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| title11 = Wowowow

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| music11 = {{hlist|Simms|Stevens}}

| extra11 = {{hlist|Simms|Stevens}}

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| title12 = Your Name

| lyrics12 = {{hlist|Onew|Minho}}

| music12 = Fraley

| extra12 = Fraley

| length12 = 4:06

| title13 = Life

| lyrics13 = Kim Jeong-bae

| music13 = Kenzie

| extra13 = Kenzie

| length13 = 4:38

| title14 = Ready or Not

| lyrics14 = Misfit

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| extra14 = {{hlist|Tamminen|Asikainen|Simms}}

| length14 = 3:03

| title15 = Love Pain

| lyrics15 = Tesung Kim

| music15 = {{hlist|Tesung Kim|Noday}}

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| title16 = Love Still Goes On

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| lyrics16 = {{hlist|Lee Yoon-jae|JQ}}

| music16 = Lee Yoon-jae

| extra16 = Rado

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