SHINee's Key hopes to be remembered as hard worker

SHINee's Key / Courtesy of SM Entertainment Key, a member of the popular K-pop group SHINee, on Monday expressed a desire to be remembered as someone who always works hard and honestly in his career, releasing his first solo project after a year. The new EP, "Pleasure Shop," is Key's third solo EP and follows his previous release, "Good & Great," which came out in September last year. The album due out at 6 p.

m. tells the story of a shop selling pleasure to people and its owner, a cyborg named Key. "Pleasure Shop" features six tracks, including the title track, "Overthink," "I Know" and an English-language song, "Novacaine.

" The album primarily focuses on the house music genre, a departure from Key's previous work. Unlike before, he decided to start working on the album by choosing the house genre as the main style. "The house genre has the charm of making people's hearts race," Key said during a media showcase for the album in Seoul.

"As the chorus builds up, there's an anticipation of what will come next. I've showcased the house genre with SHINee before, so I thought it would be great to present it as a solo artist as well." The title track, described as an electro-house song, blends a unique synthesizer pad pattern with a drum beat.

Key contributed to the songwriting, and delivers both fresh vocal performances and dynamic rap verses. Regarding the title track, the singer noted it is "not a critique of modern society" but simply portrays a shop that sells joy. "It might so.