
SHINee's Key left his fans in awe yet again as he goes beyond expectations in the music video of his latest single “BAD LOVE” released on Monday, September 27.
The title track is off of his mini album of the same name, which contains five other songs, namely “Helium,” “Hate that...” (feat. Taeyeon), “Saturday Night,” “Eighteen,” and “Yellow Tape.”
Part of the song goes "Deeper I experience you, you become sweeter and more bitter like poison / Joy and despair are mine / Even if I run away, there is no paradise / Now I know it never finishes / Don't need that kind of love, called love / I'm sick of this bad love."
Watch the music video here:
Shawols all over the world showered Key with kind words and positive feedback on Twitter:
The ending part 👏#KEY_BADLOVE #KEY #키 @SHINee #기범이는배드럽_우리는트루럽#BADLOVE_KEYLOVE pic.twitter.com/ABBPJsxRKe
-- 948 나의 자랑 525 나의 빛 (@BlingestBlinger) September 27, 2021
song of the year! Choreography of the year! KIBUM!!!! #BADLOVE_KEYLOVE#기범이는배드럽_우리는트루럽#SHINee @SHINee pic.twitter.com/sboK6JS61P
-- ²⁶G (@ddoiect) September 27, 2021
i just know TAEMIN's CRIMINAL AND KEY's BAD LOVE sits in one table
-- BAD LOVE D-DAY ✨ (@leejinkied) September 27, 2021
if you wanna know why, watch here#기범이는배드럽_우리는트루럽
#BADLOVE_KEYLOVEhttps://t.co/HfiGn6AAWz
@JediKelli BAD LOVE!!!!! What a MASTERPIECE 🗝🤍🎙https://t.co/ktxrdNJbQj#KEY #키 #SHINee #샤이니#BADLOVE #KEY_BADLOVE pic.twitter.com/lcJCDg0eH7
-- 💎🎼💜 (@purplehope2313) September 27, 2021
Key just saved Monday#KEY #키 #SHINee #샤이니#BADLOVE #KEY_BADLOVE pic.twitter.com/WZWxzseewD
-- jowan carla (@joannecarluhh) September 27, 2021
U GOT THIS CAPTAIN FREAK!! LET'S FLY HIGH!!! did u read mine again? 🤔 anyway let's get it!! #Key #Key_BADLOVE pic.twitter.com/YqUptaTnuN
-- Eighteen while 🐥 away 🐰🥑🐸 (@cassy718) September 27, 2021
THIS ONE'S MY FAVE PART 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/vBmXuJ8jN1
-- ssh (@kibumsilog) September 27, 2021
SO FREAKING COOL #KEY_BADLOVE #KEY #BADLOVE pic.twitter.com/eJ0fPa7CTM
-- тøri 💜 BAD LOVE (@sparksfly13_) September 27, 2021
not many can relate to his kind of artistry, he is truly delivering more than just music!
-- just another hag (broke era)🔸D-429 (@taeminyeehawhat) September 27, 2021
he is giving us a piece of his soul with this album tbh , thank you key 👏#KEY_BADLOVE #KEY pic.twitter.com/WThXjtnh59
KIM KIBUM !!!!!
-- Stel_6v6 곰신/짝궁💙💎✨ (@Stel6v6) September 27, 2021
I'm astonished.
Bad Love is FASCINATING, I don't have other words. #Key went all in with this song. I am a sucker for 80's music's so I'm sold anyway, but those VOCALS! Those adlibs at the end 😱😱😱 and I'm not even talking about the MV's visuals 😱#KEY_BADLOVE
In an interview with Vogue Korea, the K-pop idol shared that “retro” has always been in his heart. “I have been admiring it for a long time and wanted to execute the concept in my own way. I'm fulfilling that in the album 'BAD LOVE.'”
He adds, “I put in a lot of thinking in various aspects. But this time, I thought that I would regret it if I didn't make the album the way that I wanted it to be. Recently, I did a lot of variety shows but I didn't have many chances where I could showcase my musical side. I want to show the public that Key is good with intense and conceptual images and sound.”
Prior to “BAD LOVE,” Key dropped the pre-release single “Hate that…” on August 30, which featured Girls' Generation's Taeyeon.
On September 26, he took online concerts up a notch in his first Beyond Live concert, Groks in the Keyland. The event was a huge success, which showcased Key's versatility as a performer.
.@SHINee's Key successfully held his livestream concert through Beyond Live yesterday, reuniting with his global fans and giving a peek into his new album "Bad Love." His fully-packed first solo EP "Bad Love" will be finally out 6 p.m. (KST) today! 🙌 #KEY_BeyondLIVE #BADLOVE pic.twitter.com/AlRzlj6FEW
-- KpopHerald (@Kpop_Herald) September 27, 2021
Key released his first full solo album Face in November 2018 and the repackaged version I Wanna Be in March 2019. He debuted as a member of SHINee along with Onew, Jonghyun, Minho, and Taemin on May 25, 2008.
Get to know Key and SHINee in this gallery: