Lucifer (Shinee album)

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.

Lucifer
Digital and A version cover.
Studio album by Shinee
Released	July 19, 2010
Recorded	December 2009 - June 2010
Genre	K-pop
Length	47:59
Language	Korean
Label	SM Entertainment, Avex Asia
Producer	Lee Soo Man
Shinee chronology
2009, Year of Us (2009) Lucifer (2010) The First (2011)
Singles from Lucifer
"Lucifer" Released: July 12, 2010
Alternative cover
Repackage album cover as Hello
Singles from Hello
"Hello" Released: October 1, 2010

The album is listed by Gaon Album Chart as the sixth best-selling album of 2010 in South Korea, with 124,961 copies sold, and the repackaged version at number 17 with 63,118 copies.[1]

Reception and release

Within hours of the album's release, it topped various physical and digital sales charts in South Korea.[2] 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 SHINee members".[3] On August 5, 2010, "Lucifer" totaled over 124,961[4] copies in album sales in South Korea. In the US, the single "Lucifer" charted on Billboard's World Digital Song Sales chart for 57 weeks.[5]

Shinee released a repackaged album of Lucifer called Hello October 1, 2010. Their comeback on KBS Music Bank was on the same day.[6] 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.[7] SHINee's lead single "Lucifer" was also featured on the January 29, 2018 episode of FOX's popular TV series, Lucifer.[8]

Composition

Member Onew made his debut as a lyricist on track 9, "Your Name", while Jonghyun contributed lyrics for the second time (after writings lyrics for "Juliette"). Track 7 was co-written by all of the members.[3] "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".[3]

"Ready or Not" was written and composed by Will Simms, a French music producer who made his debut in SM Entertainment with this song.[9] Risto Asikainen and Setä Tamu also contributed the song and Misfit penned the lyrics.

Singles

"Lucifer" was written by Bebe Rexha and Yoo Young-jin, who also penned the lyrics of many other songs performed by Shinee.[10] The song's music video was released on July 19, 2010 via the official YouTube channel of SM Entertainment.[11] The group made their comeback on July 23, 2010 on Music Bank.[12] They performed the song live during the following days on KBS and other broadcasting channels. Minho did not participate in the dances, however, sitting on a chair due to a leg injury[13] which had already delayed the album's release and promotion.[14] A choreography version of the music video was released on YouTube on August 3.[15] The dance was choreographed by Shim Jae-Won (who was previously a member of Black Beat) and Rino Nakasone-Razalan. By the end of 2010, "Lucifer" had been downloaded 1,431,431 times.[16] In 2011, it was downloaded other 779,474 times and 181,436 times in the first half of 2012. On January 29, 2018, Lucifer was played in an episode of "Til Death Do Us Part" from American television drama series Lucifer.

The Korean lyrics of "Hello" were written by Kim Eana.[17] The song's music video was released on October 4, 2010 via the official YouTube channel of SM Entertainment.[18] The group gave their first live performance of the song on October 1, 2010 on Music Bank.[19] The featured dance was choreographed by Rino Nakasone-Razalan. By the end of 2010, "Hello" had been downloaded 1,005,756 times.[20]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the official homepage.[21][22]

Lucifer – Standard edition

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Up & Down"	Misfit Jonghyun	Carl Seanté McGrier II (wiidope) Kofi Owusu-Ofori (wiidope) Kyuwon "Q" Kim (wiidope)	wiidope	3:33
2.	"Lucifer"	Yoo Young-jin Bebe Rexha[23]	Bebe Rexha Ryan S. Jhun Yoo Young-jin Adam Kapit	Bebe Rexha Ryan S. Jhun Adam Kapit	3:54
3.	"Electric Heart"	Kim Boo-min	Hitchhiker	Hitchhiker	3:19
4.	"A-Yo"	Ha Jung-hyun	C-2 Erin Reid	C-2 Erin Reid	4:27
5.	"Obsession" (Korean: 욕; Hanja: 慾; RR: Yok)	Jonghyun Minho	John Ho Sean Alexander (Avenue 52) Jimmy Burney	John Ho	4:08
6.	"Quasimodo" (Korean: 화살; RR: Hwasal; lit. Arrow)	Jo In-hyung	Michael Lee	Michael Lee	4:08
7.	"Shout Out" (Korean: 악; RR: Ak)	JQ (Makeumine Works) Shinee Misfit	Steven Lee Drew Ryan Scott Sean Alexander (Avenue 52)	Steven Lee	2:53
8.	"Wowowow"	Kim Jin-hee Minho JQ (Makeumine Works)	Will Simms Emma Stevens	Will Simms Emma Stevens	3:11
9.	"Your Name"	Onew Minho	Brandon Fraley	Brandon Fraley	4:06
10.	"Life"	Kim Jeong-bae	Kenzie	Kenzie	4:38
11.	"Ready or Not"	Misfit	Mikko Tamminen Risto Asikainen Will Simms	Mikko Tamminen Risto Asikainen Will Simms	3:03
12.	"Love Pain"	Kim Tae-seong	Kim Tae-seong NODAY	Kim Tae-seong NODAY	3:43
13.	"Love Still Goes On" (Korean: 사.계.후; RR: Sa.Gye.Hu)	Lee Yoon-jae JQ (Makeumine Works)	Lee Yoon-jae	Rado	2:56
Total length:					47:59

Hello  – Repackage edition

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"Lucifer"	Yoo Young-jin Bebe Rexha[23]	Bebe Rexha Ryan S. Jhun Yoo Young-jin Adam Kapit	Bebe Rexha Ryan S. Jhun Adam Kapit	3:54
2.	"Hello"	Kim Eana Minho	Tim "Data" McEwan Jess Cates Lars Halvor Jensen	Park Bum-geum	3:04
3.	"One" (Korean: 하나; RR: Hana)	Park Sung-soo Minho	Park Sung-soo	Park Sung-soo Loomboy NG.K	3:34
4.	"Get It"	Ceejay (Fresh Boys) Gilme Minho Key	Nicolas Scapa J Read Fasse Ryan S. Jhun iDR 12Keyz	Ryan S. Jhun iDR 12Keyz	3:23
5.	"Up & Down"	Misfit Jonghyun	Carl Seanté McGrier II (wiidope) Kofi Owusu-Ofori (wiidope) Kyuwon "Q" Kim (wiidope)	wiidope	3:33
6.	"Electric Heart"	Kim Boo-min	Hitchhiker	Hitchhiker	3:19
7.	"A-Yo"	Ha Jung-hyun	C-2 Erin Reid	C-2 Erin Reid	4:27
8.	"Obsession" (Korean: 욕; Hanja: 慾; RR: Yok)	Jonghyun Minho	John Ho Sean Alexander (Avenue 52) Jimmy Burney	John Ho	4:08
9.	"Quasimodo" (Korean: 화살; RR: Hwasal; lit. Arrow)	Jo In-hyung	Michael Lee	Michael Lee	4:08
10.	"Shout Out" (Korean: 악; RR: Ak)	JQ (Makeumine Works) Shinee Misfit	Steven Lee Drew Ryan Scott Sean Alexander (Avenue 52)	Steven Lee	2:53
11.	"Wowowow"	Kim Jin-hee Minho JQ (Makeumine Works)	Will Simms Emma Stevens	Will Simms Emma Stevens	3:11
12.	"Your Name"	Onew Minho	Brandon Fraley	Brandon Fraley	4:06
13.	"Life"	Kim Jeong-bae	Kenzie	Kenzie	4:38
14.	"Ready or Not"	Misfit	Mikko Tamminen Risto Asikainen Will Simms	Mikko Tamminen Risto Asikainen Will Simms	3:03
15.	"Love Pain"	Kim Tae-seong	Kim Tae-seong NODAY	Kim Tae-seong NODAY	3:43
16.	"Love Still Goes On" (Korean: 사.계.후; RR: Sa.Gye.Hu)	Lee Yoon-jae JQ (Makeumine Works)	Lee Yoon-jae	Rado	2:56
Total length:					57:53

Charts

Lucifer

Chart	Peak position
Gaon Weekly album chart	1
Gaon Monthly album chart	1
Gaon Yearly album chart	39

Hello

Chart	Peak position
Gaon Weekly album chart	1
Gaon Monthly album chart	5
Gaon Yearly album chart	21

Certifications and sales

Chart	Album	Total
Gaon physical sales	Lucifer (album)	241,432+ [24][25][26][27]
Gaon physical sales	Hello Repackage

Accolades

Music program awards

Song	Program	Date
"Lucifer"	Music Bank (KBS)	July 30, 2010
		August 6, 2010
	Show! Music Core (MBC)	July 31, 2010
		August 7, 2010
	Inkigayo (SBS)	August 8, 2010
		August 15, 2010
"Hello"	Music Bank (KBS)	October 15, 2010
	Show! Music Core (MBC)	October 16, 2010
	Inkigayo (SBS)	October 17, 2010

Release history

Lucifer

Region	Date	Version	Format(s)	Label(s)
South Korea	July 19, 2010	A	CD	SM Entertainment
Hong Kong	August 13, 2010			Avex Asia
Taiwan
Philippines	September 18, 2010 (special release) September 24, 2010 (official release)			Universal Records
South Korea	July 28, 2010	B		SM Entertainment
Hong Kong	August 18, 2010			Avex Asia
Philippines	September 18, 2010 (special release) September 24, 2010 (official release)			Universal Records
Japan	September 15, 2010	Japanese Version	CD+DVD	Avex Trax, Rhythm Zone

Hello

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)
South Korea	October 4, 2010	CD	SM Entertainment
Hong Kong	2010		Avex Asia
Taiwan		CD+DVD
Philippines	November 27, 2010 (special release) December 3, 2010 (official release)[28]	CD	Universal Records
Japan	March 2011	CD+DVD	EMI Music Japan

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External links

• "Lucifer" Music Video on YouTube
• "Hello" Music Video on YouTube