Shut Up! (U-KISS song)
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Shut Up! is a song performed by South Korean
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

 boyband, U-KISS
U-Kiss
U-KISS is a South Korean boy band formed by NH Media in 2008. The members of the group are Soohyun, Eli, Kevin, Dongho, Kiseop, Hoon and AJ . Alexander and Kibum became former members, when their contracts were terminated in early 2011,The group has released two full-length albums, five extended...

 from the group's fourth mini-album, Break Time
Break Time
Break Time is the fourth extended play by South Korean band U-KISS, released on October 4, 2010. The title track being Shut Up. It is the last EP by U-KISS to feature members Alexander and KiBum.-Release:...

. The song was released on digital format on October 4, 2010 while the album was also released on the same day.

Background

After their series of promotions for the group's full length album Only One
Only One (U-KISS album)
Only One is an album by South Korean boy band U-KISS. The first full-length album by the group, it was released on February 3, 2010. It features the lead single "Round and Round ".-Release:...

, U-KISS
U-Kiss
U-KISS is a South Korean boy band formed by NH Media in 2008. The members of the group are Soohyun, Eli, Kevin, Dongho, Kiseop, Hoon and AJ . Alexander and Kibum became former members, when their contracts were terminated in early 2011,The group has released two full-length albums, five extended...

 started recording tracks to be included in their fourth mini-album. The song was released on October 3, 2010 via digital format for online promotions. The mini album, Break Time
Break Time
Break Time is the fourth extended play by South Korean band U-KISS, released on October 4, 2010. The title track being Shut Up. It is the last EP by U-KISS to feature members Alexander and KiBum.-Release:...

 went on sale on the following day with a release of their carrier single, Shut Up! The song was recorded in More Than Present's studio in Seoul, Korea on August of the same year. The beat of the track is more of a gothic rock with a touch of pop and ballad. The vocals were of high energy, while the music can be described as an upbeat.

The group promised their fans a more manly and sexy concept, but they did not only delivered, but went above and beyond. The group returns with a combination of sexy guys and a hot track with their comeback single, “Shut Up” and “Before Yesterday.”

As the group departed temporarily from Brave Brothers who composed most of their songs from the very beginning, the group worked with composer, Kim Tae Hyun this time who is also the composer of After School
After School
After School may refer to:* After-school activity, special activities that are done at the school after the day is over* After school special, a type of television program-Films:* After School , a 2003 Singaporean film...

 ‘Bang!’ and T-ara
T-ara
T-ara is a South Korean girl group formed by Core Contents Media in 2009. Before their debut, there was a high level of interest in the group as they were called "Super Rookies" and had been training for three years prior to debut....

 ‘I Go Crazy Because of You’. U-KISS
U-Kiss
U-KISS is a South Korean boy band formed by NH Media in 2008. The members of the group are Soohyun, Eli, Kevin, Dongho, Kiseop, Hoon and AJ . Alexander and Kibum became former members, when their contracts were terminated in early 2011,The group has released two full-length albums, five extended...

 also worked with composers, Kim Tae Wan who created Rain's ‘Love Song’, as well as PJ who composed IU's ‘Marshmallow’. Overall, the track remains based on hardcore electronic sounds but tries changing the melody or genre and emphasizing more on performance factors.

The original title track was supposed to be, Light It Up composed by Kim Tae Wan. But upon hearing Kim Tae Hyun's Shut Up!, the group shifted to have it as the title track rather than Light It Up.

Promotions

U-KISS
U-Kiss
U-KISS is a South Korean boy band formed by NH Media in 2008. The members of the group are Soohyun, Eli, Kevin, Dongho, Kiseop, Hoon and AJ . Alexander and Kibum became former members, when their contracts were terminated in early 2011,The group has released two full-length albums, five extended...

 is #1 on differen Korean music charts with the release of their fourth mini-album, Break Time
Break Time
Break Time is the fourth extended play by South Korean band U-KISS, released on October 4, 2010. The title track being Shut Up. It is the last EP by U-KISS to feature members Alexander and KiBum.-Release:...

!. On October 7, The boys of U-KISS
U-Kiss
U-KISS is a South Korean boy band formed by NH Media in 2008. The members of the group are Soohyun, Eli, Kevin, Dongho, Kiseop, Hoon and AJ . Alexander and Kibum became former members, when their contracts were terminated in early 2011,The group has released two full-length albums, five extended...

 had their comeback to the music industry with their comeback stage on M! Countdown, followed by their comeback performance on October 8th Music Bank. The group also had their performance on Music Core with Before Yesterday and Shut Up!

U-KISS
U-Kiss
U-KISS is a South Korean boy band formed by NH Media in 2008. The members of the group are Soohyun, Eli, Kevin, Dongho, Kiseop, Hoon and AJ . Alexander and Kibum became former members, when their contracts were terminated in early 2011,The group has released two full-length albums, five extended...

 wrapped up their promotions for “Shut Up” with a goodbye performance on the November 28th episode of Inkigayo.

Music Video

U-KISS
U-Kiss
U-KISS is a South Korean boy band formed by NH Media in 2008. The members of the group are Soohyun, Eli, Kevin, Dongho, Kiseop, Hoon and AJ . Alexander and Kibum became former members, when their contracts were terminated in early 2011,The group has released two full-length albums, five extended...

 released a 39-second teaser through their YouTube official account on October 3, 2010 while the full music video was released on October 7. They came back with new catchy choreography
Choreography
Choreography is the art of designing sequences of movements in which motion, form, or both are specified. Choreography may also refer to the design itself, which is sometimes expressed by means of dance notation. The word choreography literally means "dance-writing" from the Greek words "χορεία" ...

 such as the hand slicing movement and the domino effect which was popularized in the 90's. The setting for the video is a train station, with U-KISS on the platform. It begins with Eli riding a motorcycle while chasing a girl. It then shifted to Dongho
Shin Dongho
Shin Dongho is a South Korean idol singer and member of the Korean boyband, U-KISS under NH Media Entertainment. Dongho is the youngest of the members which include Kevin Woo, Lee Kiseop, Shin Soohyun, Kim Eli, Kim Jaesop and Yeo Hoon Min. Dongho can communicate in Mandarin because he studied in...

 sitting on one side while singing his part. The chorus of the song comes with high-energy routines which is a fresh look for a Korean music video. On the bridge of the song, members go shirtless with more than one scene. It also features a trio-rap from Alexander, Kibum
Marumir
Kim Kibum Born on December 29, 1990 in Seoul, South Korea to Korean parents and an older brother, who is most famously known as SS501's maknae Kim Hyung Jun. Kibum made his music debut in 2006 with the k-pop group XING, alongside Cheon Hye Sung, Yume, and Kevin Woo. But a year after debuting with...

 and Eli who chase with the only one lady.

The original version of the music video was flagged in You Tube for inappropriate content to minors. The video is only open to accounts that are verified, 18 years or older.U-KISS
U-Kiss
U-KISS is a South Korean boy band formed by NH Media in 2008. The members of the group are Soohyun, Eli, Kevin, Dongho, Kiseop, Hoon and AJ . Alexander and Kibum became former members, when their contracts were terminated in early 2011,The group has released two full-length albums, five extended...

’s agency, NH Media, stated that as soon as the music video was uploaded,it was flagged down by Youtube community. This is due to some scenes by which the members went topless and appear with another lady.However, a clean version of the video was revealed on October 8 while a new version for TV broadcast use was revealed on October 29.

The newest version garnered the most number of views among the three versions acquiring as much as 650,000 views. If the three versions were sum up, Shut Up! has 1.2 Million views to date.
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