Welcome to the SHINee World.

To anybody who knows me well, you'll know I was sucked into the deep pit of the K-pop world a while back and I'm still yet to return. The main reason for that were SHINee, a beautifully talented fivesome whose music now holds so many memories to me.
I knew there was no escape when I found myself buying a magazine in Hong Kong, despite not being able to read a blind bit of Chinese, purely because it was the first magazine I'd ever seen with them on the cover. I'm 99% sure that magazine is still in my bedroom at home now.

I've had so many near misses seeing them live, that when they announced their Japanese tour this year, I'd set myself up for disappointment. A ticket lottery is the common ticket procedure over here, and I was unsuccessful the first time. Thankfully I got my second chance back in January, when a last minute second lottery opened. I applied; for two different dates and with three accounts, figuring I'd be unlucky again. Low and behold, persistence paid off, and this weekend I found myself in a slight state of bewilderment walking into the arena.

It was a good job I wasn't closer to the stage, because I know my calm demeanor would have rapidly changed into something that would have gotten me escorted from the premises. Needless to say, my rowdy Scouse side made an appearance during the encore, when I was hands down the loudest person chanting.

I spent way too much money on merch, I couldn't really take any pictures or videos for fear of being kicked out, but I did get to see bae. Key slayed as always, and was unnecessarily fabulous for the duration. He also had pink hair again, which I was delighted about.
Along with that, there was a little section of the show that was London themed, so I'm pretending they knew there was a Brit in attendance and did it purely for me.

While I'm still holding out to see them in Korea, as their Japanese image is too kawaii for my liking sometimes, it was something I never thought I'd get to experience and I'm so glad I did. Bonus being I could actually understand a fair bit of their conversations too.
If you're curious as to what it was like, here's one of their past concert tour performances: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVyyDHoNADI . 

Thank you SHINee, for helping me discover a love for sexually androgynous Korean men, that still worries my father to this day. I'm happy to report the yellow fever is still going strong.