translations of fan theories re: shinee’s 7th album -- a thread!
summary of phone msg event so far:

before the 7th album teaser came up, the msg was minho’s voice.
but as soon as it hit 12am, the photo teaser came up & the msg changed to a robotic female voice.
(cont'd) https://twitter.com/chamayahannira/status/1355929459191234562
minho's voice and female voice back-to-back comparison:
https://twitter.com/SHINee_kuchi/status/1355904428792930304
when op didn’t press 1, woman said ‘the recording wasn’t entered’ +the same msg repeated.
minho said to press 0 after recording, but the woman never mentions anth abt 0
then when op pressed 0, the woman said ‘the recording is complete. thank you’ & hung up https://twitter.com/chamayahannira/status/1355929463935000584
if you never press 1, the woman's message repeats 3 times, then says 'the recording wasn't entered,' and hangs up. https://twitter.com/chamayahannira/status/1355936156840456192
usually they just tell us ‘we filmed/recorded this on so-and-so day,’ they never actually write down every single thing they do til the 31st like this... it’s as if they’re reporting their every movement. are we (fans) the ones obsessing (in this concept) https://twitter.com/baby_cheze/status/1355922780970078211
shinee has lead their own getaway. they realize the images of them in the media is fake, & they’ve fled from watchful eyes. so the shinee that ‘we miss’ are in a state of absence right now. is that why we’re hearing an illusion (the woman’s voice)? https://twitter.com/latte_latteee/status/1355908109865156610
one of the books in the background of vlive:
the bone garden by tess gerritsen
"a gruesome secret is about to be unearthed..." https://twitter.com/5of5_SHINee/status/1355929457370882048
1. idea lyrics - a ‘projection’ made by reason
2. ‘projection’ psych term - unconsciously taking unwanted emotions u dont like abt urself+attributing to another
3. projector ‘projecting’ shinee in teaser
4. evth is an illusion/fiction=a shadow on an object https://twitter.com/080525shineeday/status/1355918700482756609
^this makes sense with the disclaimer saying 'any resemblance to actual person or event is purely coincidental' -- what we're seeing/hearing isn't the real shinee but a mere projection, the female voice recording is a representation of their absence
what if marry you is a marriage to an illusion? ‘give me ur 4th finger’ + other lines make the lyrics sound not entirely sweet, but a little ominous. it’s also weird that they’d have a totally saccharine-feeling bside when the title track has a horror vibe https://twitter.com/718_CLASSIC/status/1355911767658905601
we cld think replay-lovesick-marry you is one big ‘creepy house’ separate from the title track, but ‘don’t call me’ +the book abt obsession/stalking give the vibe that fans are the ones obsessing. look at us calling 100s of times just to hear their voices. https://twitter.com/MGD_uyaang/status/1355929434952355851
get the sense they switched voicemail at 12am to imply theyre blocking calls/turning phone off bc they cant take calls any longer (due to exhaustion from obsession or being late night), or they've broken out of location we'd expect them to be (home or w/e) https://twitter.com/MGD_uyaang/status/1355932342305521667
on the other hand, who's the woman who greeted us so familiarly w/o using honorifics?? but then there was also the theory that fans are listening in on a convo btwn shinee & the woman.. (cont'd) https://twitter.com/MGD_uyaang/status/1355932809366368257
(cont'd) come to think of it, the woman speaks casually but minho used honorifics. let’s think about what situation, what kind of relationship would have only one side speak casually
if this was a convo btwn minho/woman? minho says it’s been 13 yrs since they spoke, but the woman just says ‘how are u’ to start her greeting.. maybe the 13 yr gap only existed for minho https://twitter.com/MGD_uyaang/status/1355933752589860864
how does 13yr gap happen? cld be a problem of time (eg time leap in fantasy) but to not have seen someone for 13 yrs yet the other psn has seen u all that time, so she can just say ‘how are u’ & that’s it
a certain one-sided relationship.. eg. singer & fan https://twitter.com/MGD_uyaang/status/1355934284926705666
it's been back to minho's voice since 9am. the woman picks up at night, and shinee picks up during the day, in mint color (inverted from the official black/yellow logo) https://twitter.com/tlqkf_jaengi/status/1356035722378059776
look, these two are different. the words we send to shinee are black, but shinee's words to us are mint colored https://twitter.com/baby_cheze/status/1355916638634172422
mb it sounds crazy but 'to make it certain, give me your fourth finger so you can't run away anywhere' -what if they literally want to cut ur finger off? if u look at lyrics like 'it's worse as time goes on/i can't take it anymore/so it won't hurt anymore' https://twitter.com/baby_cheze/status/1355915083184893957
replay > lovesick > marry you
it seems like as you progress to the right, the obsession (of the speaker) gets stronger
and lovesick sounds bright and has choreo but marry you doesn't have any dancing, so it feels kinda... https://twitter.com/SHINee_joahaee2/status/1355913743373230089
op's theory is that jinki is the criminal, based on seemingly innocuous comments that the members made during their vlive talk (which you could count as spoiler #0 in its entirety). (cont'd) https://twitter.com/orientalis109/status/1356044751749804037
1. everyone has dark hair except jinki, who's blonde. jinki-taemin-minho-key's hair progresses from light to dark. when minho mentioned dyeing his hair he cut off discussion about it abruptly, so there seemed to be a hidden meaning behind it https://twitter.com/orientalis109/status/1356044959967657984
2. why'd they add neutral streaks to taemin's hair instead of a specific color? why is kibum the only one in red while everyone else is in b/w for marry you? the teaser is also b/w so mb the mv will also be b/w with a red highlight (=blood?) https://twitter.com/orientalis109/status/1356045669023141888
3. the memory artifacts as a whole were from their early days of debut, but they weirdly seem to all relate to jinki. especially taemin's burner, which didn't have anything to do w taemin/shinee but was really just confined to a memory of jinki alone https://twitter.com/orientalis109/status/1356046980934340608
4. the title track spoilers are ambiguous but mkt's items feel like they belong to someone being stalked - not picking up phone, changing #, receiving a rose(=love confession?) - while jinki's book could be like the diary/letter of someone who IS obsessed https://twitter.com/orientalis109/status/1356049412741427205
6. taemin said jinki made an 'incredible transformation' when they were discussing the mv. can't remember the exact wording, but there was something like that https://twitter.com/orientalis109/status/1356052778531966977
7. also very suspicious that jinki's the most covered up in the teaser. the bandana covering minho's mouth seems to have some hidden meaning. looks like there's lettering but it's purposely flipped. the lettering on jinki's hood is also upside down https://twitter.com/orientalis109/status/1356053537034129409
some people have also theorized that this schedule is meant to be them setting up their "alibi" https://twitter.com/baby_cheze/status/1356075178795565057
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