Hello (Shinee song)
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Korean version
The Korean version of the song was released on October 1, 2010 as the lead singleLead single
A lead single is usually the first single released by a musician or a band before the release of its home album.During the era of the grammophone record, all music arrived in the marketplace as what is now termed a single, one potential hit song backed by an additional song of generally less...
from the repackaged version of Shinee's second Korean studio album Lucifer
Lucifer (album)
-Release history:LuciferHello-Sales and certifications:...
under the label of SM Entertainment
SM Entertainment
S.M. Entertainment is an independent Korean record label, talent agency, producer, and publisher of pop music, founded by Lee Soo-man in South Korea...
. Its lyrics were written by Kim Ina.
Music video
The teaser for the song's music videoMusic video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
was released on September 29, 2010 via the official YouTube
YouTube
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channel of SM Entertainment
SM Entertainment
S.M. Entertainment is an independent Korean record label, talent agency, producer, and publisher of pop music, founded by Lee Soo-man in South Korea...
. The full music video for was released on October 4, 2010.
The group gave their first live performance of the song on October 1, 2010 on Music Bank, a variety show on KBS. They performed the song live in during the following days on KBS and other broadcasting channels.
The featured dance was choreographed by Rino Nakasone-Razalan
Rino Nakasone Razalan
Rino Nakasone Razalan born on June 11, 1979 is a dancer, choreographer from Okinawa, Japan. Rino participated in America's Best Dance Crew Season 3, alongside the crew Beat Freaks....
.
Japanese version
The Japanese version of Hello was released on June 22, 2011 as a B-sideA-side and B-side
A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or...
track in their first Japanese single Replay under the label of EMI Music Japan. Its lyrics were written by Natsumi Kobayashi.