{"id":136134,"date":"2025-01-13T07:22:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T15:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=136134"},"modified":"2025-01-13T07:22:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T15:22:49","slug":"shinees-taemin-addresses-why-he-didnt-perform-at-the-smtown-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/shinees-taemin-addresses-why-he-didnt-perform-at-the-smtown-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"SHINee\u2019s Taemin addresses why he didn\u2019t perform at the SMTOWN concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The SMTOWN concert was full of surprises from tens of idols, from veterans to rookies. However,<strong> SHINee\u2019<\/strong>s<strong> Taemin<\/strong>\u2019s absence was the elephant in the room, and the idol himself had to address why he didn\u2019t participate in any of the activities.<\/p>\n<p>The SMTOWN LIVE in Seoul concert took place at the Gocheok Sky Dome on January 11 and January 12. The concert celebrated the company\u2019s 30th anniversary and had many familiar faces joining the lineup, offering a<strong> unique experience<\/strong> to all of the fans.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-136151\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Taemin-is-still-negotiating-with-his-music-agency-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Taemin-is-still-negotiating-with-his-music-agency-.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Taemin-is-still-negotiating-with-his-music-agency--300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Taemin-is-still-negotiating-with-his-music-agency--1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Taemin-is-still-negotiating-with-his-music-agency--768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Taemin-is-still-negotiating-with-his-music-agency--1100x733.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Taemin-is-still-negotiating-with-his-music-agency--680x453.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Taemin-is-still-negotiating-with-his-music-agency--200x133.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>SHINee fans were disappointed that they weren\u2019t able to see all the members together, and Taemin wanted to clear the air in his latest statement on Bubble.<strong> The idol explained he is currently negotiating with the company and it took longer than he expected<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>\u201cDid you sleep well? The weather is cold, so wear warm clothes, keep your neck warm, and drink something hot since the cold is going around. I\u2019m writing this for the fans who might be worried about SHINee. I\u2019m sorry I couldn\u2019t participate in SHINee during the SMTOWN concert. I wanted to finish negotiating with the company and join SHINee activities quickly, but it seems like it will take some time to get things sorted out. But we are <strong>making progress<\/strong>, and it seems like it will end soon.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SMTOWN concert was full of surprises from tens of idols, from veterans to rookies. However, SHINee\u2019s Taemin\u2019s absence was the elephant in the room, and the idol himself had to address why he didn\u2019t participate in any of the activities. The SMTOWN LIVE in Seoul concert took place at the Gocheok Sky Dome on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3102,"featured_media":136135,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16,7],"tags":[1072,1236],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-136134","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop","9":"category-news","10":"tag-shinee","11":"tag-taemin"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136134"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=136134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}