''Perfect Man'' is the fifth Korean studio album by South Korean

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. It was released on March 29, 2002, by

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. The title track "Perfect Man", includes lyrics with a persuasive love theme, it was followed by second single entitled, "I Pray 4 U". The album debuted at number one on the monthly Korean Chart, becoming Shinhwa's second number-one album. It sold 355,333 copies, and remained on the chart for a total of 23 weeks. The album placed at No. 14 on the year-end chart "Top 100 Albums in 2002".

Music video

For their music video "Perfect Man", Shinhwa each held a bouquet of yellow flowers. Each members in the music video portray different people, with

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walking and singing first, holding his bouquet of yellow flowers and transition into

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, who drove an ATV. Dongwan later changed into

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, who is a

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in the music video, when he enters an elevator. Andy later change into

Jun Jin Park Choong-jae (; born August 19, 1980), known professionally as Jun Jin, is a South Korean singer, actor and entertainer, known as a member and rapper of six-member boy band Shinhwa. He debuted as a dancer and rapper in Shinhwa in 1998 but sta ...

while doing push ups in the gym, and then change into

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while he sat in a car. Hyesung walks behind a glass door that blurs his figure, and the music video switches to where Shinhwa is dancing, each with a microphone stand before them.

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is shown rapping, and he then walks out from the other side of the glass door which Hyesung had stepped in from. The music video ended with the members throwing their bouquet of yellow flowers and dancing on a stage with a crowd screaming. Their music video for "I Pray 4 U" was much more simple, showing the members singing around a boat (owned by Minwoo in the music video). It also showed the members playing

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against each other.

Andy's return

Andy, who did not participate in their fourth album ''Hey, Come On!'', came back to participate in this one. Despite him not participating in the fourth album, whenever Shinhwa performs one of their song from the fourth album, Andy was given a line that was previously either Eric's or Jun Jin's. One such example was ''Hey, Come On!''. Originally, Jun Jin was the one who was rapping in the beginning but whenever they perform the song at their concert or such, Andy was given the task to rap it.

Accolades

Track listing

''Information is adapted from the liner notes of ''Perfect Man'':'' , lyrics12 = Choi Yoo-won, E. Mun , music12 = Y.W. Choi , extra12 = Park Moon-soo , length12 = 4:25

Charts

Personnel

''Information is adapted from the liner notes of ''Perfect Man'':''

Album production

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- producer * KAT - recording engineer, mixing engineer * Yeo Doo-hyeon - recording engineer, mixing engineer * Lee Seong-ho - recording engineer * Kim Beom-gu - recording engineer * Kim Yong-seong - recording engineer * Kwak Seung-eun - recording engineer * Eom Chan-yong - recording engineer * Jeon Hoon - mastering engineer

Guitar

* Groovie K - "Perfect Man" * Hong Joon-ho - "Shout", "Last Zone" * Sam Lee - "Free", "Fly High" * Lee Geun-hyeong - "Endless Love", "Red Angel" * Lee Seong-wol - "Honesty" * Tommy Kim - "Reason" * Jeong Ki-seong - "In Your Love"

Bass

* Shin Hyeon-kwon - "Free"

Strings

* Oh Jo-han 5 - "Endless Love"

Release history

References

{{Authority control 2002 albums Shinhwa albums SM Entertainment albums