1. Jonghyun (Main article)
Kim Jonghyun was the lead singer of the band ‘SHINee’. A
five-member band under the label SM entertainment. The
band contained Lee Onew, Kim Key, Choi Minho, Lee
Taemin, alongside Kim Jonghyun.
On the 18th
of December, he sadly took his own life. Itcame
as quite a shock to fans of the band, as the singer never
showed himself to be depressed. He left a note with one of
his closefriends that released it to the public, as to
Jonghyun’s request, as well as his family’s permission. The
note went into depth about his depression and the struggles
he faced in his life.
Jonghyun’s bandmates also showed shock to the news
of his passing, the memberKey posted to his Instagram
account a letter to Jonghyun. The letter spoke about
how he will miss him and said ‘I want to be stronger than
ever, and rather than filling his empty space, I want to feel
him as we promote.’The other members also spoke
about continuing to promote as a band in honor of
Jonghyun. The memberMinho said "It's only for this
stage, but from now on, we will always think that all five
of us are taking the stage," "Please promise us one
thing; to always rememberJonghyun."
In late December, his final album was released
posthumously, thesongs and music video were reported to

2. have finished production justdays before his passing. The
album is named ‘Poet Artist’, this is named after one of the
tattoos he had. ‘Shinin’ is the name of the title track of the
album, there was a music video released for this song, it
includes 80s visuals, smooth R&Band charming vocals. The
song show cases Jonghyun’s immensetalent as both
performer and composer. Poet Artist is his fifth album to be
released solo from his band SHINee. The album shows his
talent due to him having written the lyrics for every song
except ‘Take the dive’ and ‘Justfor a day’, he also created
the music for many of the songs and did the arrangementfor
them.
The album had 11 songs: Shinin’, Only one you need,
Hashtag, Grease, Take the dive, Sightseeing, Rewind, Justfor
the day, I’mso curious, Sentimental and Before our spring.
The song ‘Shinin’ as explained previously is a R&B song with
happy sounding beats and lyrics that shows a more pop style
of music that Jonghyun could create.
‘Take the dive’, ‘I’mso curious’ and ‘Only oneyou need’ are
all quite mellow songs thatare filled with emotion, these
shows how talented Jonghyun was as a performer as they
show off his vocalability.
‘Grease’, ‘Sightseeing’ and ‘Hashtag’ are more pop sounding
songs, which gives them a similar sound to the title track.
The song ‘Just for the day’ is a mixture of mellow and upbeat
style within the song. There is more of a Latin inspired sound
to the song, which makes it stand out in the album.
Another song that stands out within the album is ‘Rewind’,
which is more of a robotic sounding song that repeats the

3. same lyrics many times with an underlying beat that stays
the samethe whole song. The song feels quite calming due
to the repetition; however, it does not follow the same
sounds as the other songs on the album which makes it
stand out. Due to there being some lyrics in Japanese, it was
banned off of a popular radio station within Korea.
The last two songs are ‘Sightseeing’and ‘Before our
spring’, these two songs are more emotional than the
rest of the album. The song ‘Before our spring’ includes
lyrics that allude to the fact that he was going to take his
own life. There are lyrics such as ‘Don’t worry about
what to do, I’m alright, Spring will come to me too.’
There are also lyrics about how he will be watching over
the listener and that it makes him feel at ‘peace’. This
song had a separate music video released,which was
clips of him performing at various differentconcerts.