{"id":172303,"date":"2026-07-23T20:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T03:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=172303"},"modified":"2026-07-23T20:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T03:12:12","slug":"shinees-taemin-announces-his-solo-comeback-with-phase-1-soft-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/shinees-taemin-announces-his-solo-comeback-with-phase-1-soft-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"SHINee&#8217;s Taemin announces his solo comeback with &#8216;PHASE 1: Soft Violence&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-id=\"yjaqWr\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">A few hours ago, <strong>SHINee<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>Taemin<\/strong> announced his solo comeback with <strong>&#8216;PHASE 1: Soft Violence&#8217;<\/strong> and an interesting new image teasing the concept of this upcoming release.<\/p>\n<p data-id=\"2fkBgE\">On July 23rd, the K-Pop idol updated his social networks with an image of an ant climbing a tower of sugar cubes in black and white and featuring the title &#8216;PHASE 1: Soft Violence&#8217; and a release day set for <strong>August 31st<\/strong> of the current year.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">TAEMIN <br \/>PHASE 1 : Soft Violence<\/p>\n<p>Release  <\/p>\n<p>2026. 08. 31. 6PM (KST)  <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/%ED%83%9C%EB%AF%BC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\ud0dc\ubbfc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/TAEMIN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TAEMIN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/PHASE1_SoftViolence?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PHASE1_SoftViolence<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jMQ8lGZF42\">pic.twitter.com\/jMQ8lGZF42<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud0dc\ubbfc (TAEMIN) (@Taemin_Xoalsox_) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Taemin_Xoalsox_\/status\/2080306947778375827?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 23, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-id=\"sHEdg4\">The day before, he shared a teaser video titled <strong>&#8216;This is&#8217;<\/strong> with a horror concept following an insect&#8217;s perspective, showing it walking through a dark room until arriving at the idol laid on the floor while a close-up shows that its ear emits an intense neon light from inside the skin.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uRznCYyS5x\">https:\/\/t.co\/uRznCYyS5x<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/%ED%83%9C%EB%AF%BC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\ud0dc\ubbfc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/TAEMIN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TAEMIN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3u2zAmOT90\">pic.twitter.com\/3u2zAmOT90<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud0dc\ubbfc (TAEMIN) (@Taemin_Xoalsox_) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Taemin_Xoalsox_\/status\/2079944565876777121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-id=\"uEbRNK\">This comeback comes approximately 3 months after his previous release of<strong> &#8216;Permission&#8217;<\/strong> back in May, while a month before, he made history by becoming the first Korean male solo artist to perform at 2026 Coachella.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few hours ago, SHINee&#8216;s Taemin announced his solo comeback with &#8216;PHASE 1: Soft Violence&#8217; and an interesting new image teasing the concept of this upcoming release. 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