Shinee What Happened
Added 2019-08-18 15:00:02 +0000 UTCI check out what internet Nathan says happened to Shinee.
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Jonghyun loves to be a singer but more than that he wanted to work behind the scene as a lyricist more. But SM could not let go of his potential as a singer. Jonghyun is an asset to company. And fame took over his life.
Siti Maryam Alladin
2019-11-23 18:10:37 +0000 UTC💎💎💎💎💎
Marie
2019-11-22 22:59:40 +0000 UTCI remember him saying in Blue Night or an interview (something like that) that he came home after drinking and woke up his mom and sister asking if they were happy (he had just bought a house for them to all share and live in) and when they replied: of course! He cried and wondered why he couldn't feel the same way. It's freaking heart breaking.
Ghost
2019-09-09 23:28:25 +0000 UTCOne thing people never mention about Jonghyun & his struggles is that he had a lot of childhood trauma, and he said he struggled with depression since he was young, before becoming an idol. On t.v., he spoke about his childhood once and said that he compulsively destroys childhood photos and hates thinking about his childhood. His dad left them when they were young & he basically brought his family, his mum & sister who he loved more than anyone, up out of poverty. He is a hero, imo. (As he wrote in his public suicide note though, the idol lifestyle def impacted his mental health in a really negative way. He loved his Shinee members, but I think fame & the industry were horrible for his mental health.)
B
2019-09-04 18:38:03 +0000 UTCYes, he should've included about them having renewed their contracts. And I clearly remember them saying in interviews last year that just as they spent their twenties as SHINee they wanted to spend their 30s the same way.
StreetNoise
2019-08-19 23:49:25 +0000 UTCOtherwise I'm not a fan of how it makes it seem like SHINee is done. They just renewed their contracts with SM in 2018 right before Onew, Key, and Minho started enlisting, so it wouldn't make since to renew to promote one last time and disperse. Taemin keeps referencing the members in his solo promotions. And they all have been pretty vocal about wanting to stay together not because they have to but because they want to. So Nathan could have focused on that but then I guess that would ruin his reason for including it in this series.
Ghost
2019-08-19 23:44:22 +0000 UTCThis is going to be long (Sorry guys) A friend of Jonghyun stated that his struggles all came from music. Which was heartbreaking since he was such a charismatic master of performing and entertaining. But in his radio show Blue Night he showed more of his vulnerable and sentimental side (he was on air every night for 3 years from midnight to 2 in the morning) he talked about his struggles a lot and listened to other people's hardships as they got off work and he wanted the show to be a welcoming comfortable place to relax and unwind. He would end the show by saying "come rest again tomorrow." Two of the albums he released: Story Op 1 and 2 were inspired by the stories of his listeners and Jonghyun's own experiences. He was so open about his depression and didn't want others to feel the same way. If you listen to his songs Elevator (where he feels like he can't look himself in the eyes when seeing his reflection in the elevator door), Let Me Out, and Lonely-- he illustrates his struggles in really haunting beautiful ways. He also talked about the duality of how people viewed him verses how he really was and that bothered him a lot. The radio wasn't viewable like a lot of other ones (unless SHINee guested, lol.) But he said he was camera shy and didn't like them. So even though I believe he absolutely loved what he did and loved being a part of SHINee he may have been struggling with the lifestyle it meant he had to have to pursue his dreams. If anyone wants to get more glimpses at his artistry, passion, and his true self, the Mnet 4 Things Show from 2015 is a good overall look. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf5dXkek8Cs And of course, I don't mean to put words in his mouth and I wish even more of the Blue Night talks were subbed but this channel focuses a lot on releasing snippets of Jong's actual words and it helped me understand and process his passing in a much healthier way as I had seen so much of myself in him as an artist- though I am a studio painter/drawer not a musician. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHVRkaLPJyABg1cg_IMtk6A/videos May his legacy not be that he lost his battle but that he accomplished so much in his life and it was all meaningful and personal to him. A true poet-artist.
Ghost
2019-08-19 23:20:10 +0000 UTCThis video got a lot of things wrong. He was very open with his depression. Ugh this video made me cry because the funeral images are still really hard to watch.
JaydithAz
2019-08-19 22:15:01 +0000 UTCOh, and thanks for defending their "Replay" outfits! Don't really know what Nathan was on about there. A lot of the clothes looked like casual street fashion that could fit in a lot of different decades.
StreetNoise
2019-08-19 11:46:36 +0000 UTC😢
The Report Card Podcast
2019-08-18 23:51:47 +0000 UTCSHINee is fluent enough in Japanese, atleast currently.. and atleast from what I've watched. I'm not 100% sure though 😅 But they talk in straight Japanese during concerts, and go on guestings without translators. They said they learned most through anime and they read a lot of books.
Yen
2019-08-18 21:44:17 +0000 UTCFT Island is a krock band. I don't know how fluent SHINee is in Japanese (maybe someone else can answer that) but previously SM had spent a lot of time having BoA learn Japanese (she was the first one to break through the Japanese market) and after that TVXQ! and they are all fluent in Japanese. Most kpop groups aren't fluent but might have a few members who are better than others. I imagine you could learn the songs phonetically. Sort of like how a good deal of NCT members can't speak English but still do English songs. People knew Jonghyun had depression from his songs (you need to listen to "Elevator" someday") and he would talk about it & with fans going through the same thing on his radio show "Blue Night". I just don't think people ever thought it would get to that point. And I know some fans thought he was doing better. He was also in therapy but honestly going by his suicide note that seemed to make things worse as Korea doesn't know how to treat mental health properly yet. I think SHINee will do more than just one album. I think they will go on indefinitely like SM's other boy groups TVXQ! & Super Junior.
StreetNoise
2019-08-18 19:02:36 +0000 UTC2021 is Shinee's 10th anniversary in Japan so I can't see UMJ letting that pass without a full album and dome concerts...hopefully they get to finally play Nissan Stadium.
reggie
2019-08-18 18:26:09 +0000 UTCDid not like the video honestly. Besides getting Jonghyun's passing date wrong, using the funeral footage and describing his method was really unnecessary. He could have mentioned their solo careers or ended in a positive note mentioning that the members are now more united than ever. Since the incident SHINee has been getting known as the group with the guy who passed away rather than their accomplishments, and to SHINee fans videos like these can come across as insincere and profiting off their grief. Anyway, Taemin has mentioned during his concerts that the first thing he wants to do when the other members are back is to work on an album, so I'm looking forward to the end of next year!
Sun
2019-08-18 16:32:08 +0000 UTCThe last part shown was their performance of "from now on" at their first concert just months after jonghyun's passing. He was supposed to perform it with them so as a tribute they left his parts in. It is so powerful. I would love to see yall watch it https://youtu.be/kVBVxhGkam8
onew's falsetto
2019-08-18 15:56:32 +0000 UTCWhen he gets some really basic things wrong about Jonghyun's passing (date, location, the text messages were sent to his sister which made her call the police to help find him), it makes it difficult to fully accept the rest. Jonghyun was open about his battle with depression. I think we underestimated how big and hard that battle was for him.
reggie
2019-08-18 15:30:44 +0000 UTC
