About a month after its album release in Japan, K-pop boy band SHINee will release its third Japanese album, “I’m Your Boy,” in Korea on Wednesday. The album’s digital sounds were pre-released through K-pop music sites Oct. 1.

Alongside with its title song, “Downtown Baby,” the album has 12 tracks, including “Boys Meet U,“ “Lucky Star,” “321,” “Everybody.” “Dream Girl -- Japanese ver.,” “Picasso,” “365” and “Perfect 10.” The songs come in various genres.

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In addition, the limited initial edition of version A, version B (CD+DVD) and the general edition (CD) all come with the music videos of the songs including “Boys Meet U,“ “Lucky Star,” and “321.” Version A includes a “Boys Meet U Special Showcase Movie,” a video of an event to promote the group’s second Japanese album, “Boys Meet U,” while version B contains members’ interviews and behind-the-scenes footage of a photo shoot for their third Japanese album covers as well.

SHINee began a concert tour “SHINee WORLD 2014 I’m Your Boy” in Japan in September, and will continue until mid-December.


By Park Gyu-oh (q5park@heraldcorp.com)