🍑, doesn't key also post a lot about him on insta? I think i've seen a pic about him on his birthday, dec and they debut like almost every year. I could be wrong though.
@@loveitftw Yeah, Key was really close with Jonghyun so he posts about him a lot. Even the boy they took care of from Hello Baby posts about Jonghyun sometimes on his IG. Jonghyun really touched many lives and inspired so many people.
The reason why the audience screams so loud and Onew cries during this performance of "Rainy Blue" is because this was Onew's first solo performance since having vocal surgery. It was a really scary surgery because there was no guarantee that he would ever be able to sing again, let along at the same quality as he did before the surgery. Onew spent about 3 months after his surgery not being able to speak at all in order to give his vocal cords time to heal and then he had to learn to sing all over again. This performance was proof to himself and the fans that he could still do it and that nothing had changed. ("Rainy Blue" is a cover of a Japanese song, which Onew has kind of made famous internationally. Onew is singing in Japanese. It was wrote by a Japanese singer/songwriter who also had the same surgery as Onew, but unfortunately, the songwriter's surgery didn't go as well as Onew's and the songwriter was never able to sing again. ) And, yes, Taemin plays the piano, and it's performances like this where he gets the nickname as our eternal maknae vampire. :D Some of the time. In certain performances and MVs the way Taemin is dressed and the whole aesthetic of the video or stage, such as in this "Rain Blue" performance, really does give off vampire vibes. One of the reasons why Key chose to come up with funny answers for that questionnaire is the fact that this Weekly Idol episode was part of their 10th anniversary promotions and so they have been on the show many times and had to fill out that same questionnaire almost every time, and they have answered those same questions dozens of more times for other variety shows. So, after that many years, it has become boring just to give a straight answer. They often try to come up with clever and funny answers to give them things to talk about and to create comedic moments in the show. What's particularity notable about the fact that Key said he is from New York, is the fact that he is fluent in English -- almost to the point you would think he is a native speaker. So, if you didn't know him, you might think he really was from New York. The amazing thing about Key's high note in "Like a Fire" is that if you listen to the original version on their album, he doesn't have a high note in that song. But during that performance, which is from their SHINee World Concert III (SWC3) in Seoul, he, out of nowhere, decided he wanted to add a high note. It's almost as if he decided he wanted to try and outdo Jonghyun who is the group's high note master and the one who has the high note right before Key in the song. :D That's Key's classic diva attitude. One slight error in this guide: Minho is actually the MAIN rapper of the group and Key is a sub-rapper. (To say Minho is the second rapper makes it sound like he isn't the one that raps the majority of the time in SHINee's songs.) Minho is credited with writing almost all of his rap sections in SHINee songs, which is proof that he is the main rapper. Minho will have songwriting credits on almost every one of SHINee's songs because he wrote the rap section. Also, Minho more than sings SOMEtimes, he sings just about as much as he raps in SHINee songs. He has the deepest voice out of all the members -- which is why he was made the main rapper -- so SHINee's songs don't often highlight his singing in the same way as the other members, but he is part of all of SHINee's harmonies. Also, by virtue of the fact that he is part of SM, means he also has an amazing voice. When you really get to know SHINee, you will see Minho has just as much vocal range as the rest of the members, and that is why SHINee's five-part harmonies are so outstanding. That is also Minho's classic iconic laugh. He laughs with his whole being and he lights up the room while doing it. In that same clip, Jonghyun fell down because, if you see that full clip, you will see that Minho was spraying water with a spray bottle and the floor was all wet. Before Jonghyun walked in the room the other members were playing around sort of making fun of a commercial they did for a Japanese ramen noodle company where they were each given a different dance move that they used to crush the noodles. Jonghyun's dance style was Krump, so he was over exaggerating his movements poking fun of that commercial and because the floor was slippery he fell down, which made Minho laugh even harder. :D Here is that full clip of Minho laughing ua-cam.com/video/Sc2tP1YIVTc/v-deo.html and here is a clip of the original Ramen commercial that SHINee is in ua-cam.com/video/0aHRU8v7824/v-deo.html Jonghyun was the main vocalist of SHINee, but one thing you need to know about SHINee, is that they are all really main vocalists, so they can all fill in for each other, and they have. However, Taemin and Onew are the ones that have most often been tapped to fill Jonghyun's parts in most of their old songs, and even the parts that I think would have been his parts in their new songs. Taemin learned how to be a singer from Jonghyun, so his voice and vocal range is most like Jonghyun's, that is why he is the one to fill in for him most often. SHINee's cover of Lady Gaga's "Just dance" was a special stage at a KBS award show in 2010. Here is the clip of that performance. ua-cam.com/video/VsFMUnFqiK4/v-deo.html They were dressed like that because they were supposed to be dressed like Lady Gaga's over the top crazy style. If you notice, that last clip of SHINee playing charades, and Taemin trying to guess "suitcase," was at a fan meeting in Japan. So, they were all speaking Japanese. As you can see, SHINee are all fluent in Japanese. They are just as popular as Japanese artists as they are Kpop artists. Most Japanese people don't even consider them foreign artists. SHINee debuted as Japanese artists in 2011 and they spend about 50% of their career in Japan doing events and concerts, etc. For every Korean album SHINee also has a Japanese album, but their songs aren't just remakes of their Korean songs, the majority of their Japanese songs are exclusively in Japanese. And that also includes Taemin's solo career -- for every Korean solo album, he usually follows it up with a Japanese album, as well. And yes, Obama actually talked about following SHINee at a press conference while he was president of the United States. That clip is 100% real. This Guide video was made in 2018, so to update the information, yes the other members of SHINee -- Onew, Key and Minho -- now also have solo careers. Onew and Key had their solo debut right before they went off to the military in 2018 and they both have solo albums. Minho also released his first solo single "I'm Home" that same year, right before he enlisted in the military as well. For an updated guide to SHINee you should check out their individuale guide videos next. The person who created the group guide has also recently released (released in the last few months) individual member guides Taemin: ua-cam.com/video/hH5r88pfH9U/v-deo.html, Key: ua-cam.com/video/ADUrw9CeiEk/v-deo.html Onew: ua-cam.com/video/KK8rLkV5bk8/v-deo.html, Minho: ua-cam.com/video/Ko9u6IjFzC0/v-deo.html, and Jonghyun: ua-cam.com/video/7EqwuWuZXcI/v-deo.html. As you discovered, SHINee are known for their live vocals and amazing dancing. They are known as CD-quality singers because they sound just as good live, if not better, than they do recorded. SHINee always sings live. The ONLY thing they are not good at is lip syncing so they avoid it at all costs, so when you hear SHINee singing 95% of the time it will be live. It's a running joke between the fans and the members that when SHINee lip syncs you can tell because it's very obvious. Yes, over the years they have become better at lip syncing then they used to be, but now they have gained the reputation as the group that always sings live, so unless they are required to lip sync for a specific reason, SHINee will always sing live. They have trained their entire career to be able to sing live and always sound flawless while performing extremely complex choreography. SHINee set the standard. That is why they are so highly respected among their peers. It is literally referred to as the SHINee standard. It's the standard all other groups strive to reach. You really should check out some of their live concert performances because their stages are like none other. Their concerts last 3 to 4 hours straight and they perform nonstop and never sound out of tune or out of breath. They are also one of the best dancers in Kpop and they have some of the best harmonies you will ever hear. You know EXO, so you know how good of vocalists they are, well, the members of SHINee actually were mentors to a lot of the EXO members and they helped coach them in their singing. The members of EXO and the members of SHINee are all around the same age and they were all part of the same trainee classes together and they even lived together as trainees, and, yet, SHINee debuted 4 years before EXO, so that just goes to show you a little bit of what makes SHINee so amazing and why they are considered legends. As you may know, Suho was originally training to be a member of SHINee, so they are extremely close -- especially Minho and Suho.
When I first watched their concert, I was thinking some other groups could do this too. After two hours, I couldn't believe that they were still singing and dancing like that. And they had the strength to perform Everybody, which had the hardest choreo, towards the end?! Only live kings can do that.
You just summarized the key points to know as a new shawol so well! Amazing comment indeed! And as a flamer I appreciate so much that you mentioned what a great vocal Minho is because so many keep overlooking that fact. Thank you!
The one about Melania trump isn't about him meeting her.... But it's about him upstaging her in a Olympic government event... It became talk of the town because for the girls there seeing him was more pleasant,shocking & surprising than seeing the US first lady
yes, jonghyun was the main vocalist of SHINee. in their first concert after what happened, most of his parts were covered by taemin and the other parts were covered either by onew or key.
A lot of people seem to shy away or are afraid when talking about Jonghyun because of his passing but that's the opposite of what we want. We want people to continue to talk about him, his music, his legacy and all the things he did during his time so his name can be remembered for a long time. I'm sure that's what every Shawols and SHINee wants. Also Jonghyun had 2 songs with Taeyeon, the other one is Breath which is from SM the ballad(it's an SM subunit basically). They're really close and Taeyeon calls him her "boyfriend song" since they've sang with each other a few times and they bonded through music toom. Jonghyun and Onew are the main vocalists of SHINee with Key as a lead vocalist. Taemin didn't actually have a vocal position when they debuted because he really wasn't that good when it comes to singing lol but his growth as a vocalist was exponential and since his improvement he has taken a bigger role as a vocalist in SHINee. Looking forward to your journey with SHINee. SHINee is a very important group for kpop and is considered as one of the first innovative groups because of their music with fx. They basically started the experimental wave in kpop.
Jonghyun had sort of taken Taemin under his wing, he’s influenced him a lot not just with his vocals but songwriting too. Taemin covers a lot of Jonghyun’s parts when they do older performances, you can see him do that in the newer tours.
Onew is not classically trained but he has received a lot of praise for his Nessun Dorma performance. Some say that his was one of the best performances from a non-classical singer
Taeyeon and Jonghyun were friends actually, and she put a Christmas tree which he gave her beside her in the concert that she held right after his passing :(((( and they have another song together which is also amazing called "breath"
Breath by Lee Hi sir if you a bit confused. She sing it on Mama i thing right after jonghyun passed away and crying hard on the stage, it’s so heartbreaking 😢
@@halfdevvil7207 ya there is a another "breath" by jonghyun and taeyeon and they performed the song together live before, just the same name, but i know the live you're talking about
Austin: "it's easier when the group is smaller like this, I struggle when there's seven or more members" Me: **sweating because NCT has 23 members and Austin just started his journey** But I'm happy you're reacting to SHINee! We share a bias, Kibum! I love all the members, but Key makes me laugh so hard I start tearing up. Also, when I first started watching SHINee, I had no idea what his position was because he literally did everything.
As far as who "took over" for Jonghyun, it was most probably Taemin. He kind of mentored/helped some of his hoobaes may it be vocally (like Taemin) or in songwriting. And you can notice that when it was just four of them, Taemin took most of his parts, with some going to Onew or Key. Their tone and technique were closest to each other among the members. And you can really tell that Taemin stepped it up having to cover for what Jong usually had to do. Also as you listen to their songs, you can tell which parts would probably go to Jonghyun if he was still with us. Jonghyun was also THE biggest Taemin fan. He was so so sweet when Taemin started promoting solo.
@@lucesgracia2204 these are both true. Onew taught Taemin even before they debuted at the rooftop. Taemin wasn't given vocal lessons because his voice hadn't dropped. Jonghyun also helped out Taemin but later down the road and even composed songs for him 🥰
ikr. I suddenly remember how shawols are comforting each other during "that time" and made memes abt how Jjong would rest in heaven while playing his freaking kazoo and annoyed other angels there 😭
Jonghyun used to help Taemin to learn singing and Taemin's breathy techniques are similar to Jonghyun's. Onew and Key's voices are too different and unique to give that Jonghyun vibe. Probably it's surprising, but I'd say Taemin takes a bit more of Jonghyun's part. Watching their MVs, you will notice that Taemin and Jonghyun's parts are often next to each other.
Btw after Jonghyun, the other members covered his parts, but it was mostly Taemin covering the high notes. Initally during their earlier years, Taemin's vocals weren't very stable yet that some even said he was tone deaf. Jonghyun was the one who helped in training him and other members were also backing him up on vocals. Basically SHINee raised up Taemin. Key was even cooking his breakfast and ironed his school uniform. They also send him to school and even fetch him.
So originally, Onew and Jonghyun were both considered group's main vocalists, and Key was the lead vocalist and rapper. At that time Taemin was really young and his talent for dance was emphasized way more, so at the beginning of SHINee career, he did not get many lines. As time was going, with more training and guidance under Onew and Jonghyun, Taemin actually improved his vocal techniques and just, in general, became a better vocalist and started to get more lines. If you listen to earlier music and compare it with the newer tracks, you can also notice that Taemin's voice sort of resembles Jonghyun's (not sure whether it is the technique or just their timbres), so sometimes Jonghyun was called as Taemin's vocal teacher ahaha... So to answer your question, who took over the parts after Jonghyuh passed away, it was Taemin. Because Onew and Key always had a decent amount of lines as main and lead vocalists respectively, and if you'll start reacting to SHINee from the very beginning, you will notice that usually, they had pretty fair line distribution among 3 vocalists, and later on when Taemin improved a lot, the distribution of lines changed a little bit ahahaha
SHINee is very close with all SM artist and Minho is a SNSD member too. [they asked Taeyeon ‘which member send you a message first when they saw your music video for What Do I Call You?’ and she said Minho]. Also Key and Taeyeon are regular members of Amazing Saturday. Onew and Minho gonna be guests for the next episode.
17:04 ok but "She Is" by Jonghyun is actually a definite bop. I think it's very different and oddly refreshing and fun for a solo song. I don't know why it is underappreciated by the fans
idk that its underappreciated by shawols maybe by non shawols. its my favorite jonghyun song as a blinger and a lot of shawols i know also rank it among their tops
In case you want to know more about SHINee, the same channel has guides to each individual member that go more in depth into their personalities and solo work
SHINee has beautiful visuals, different textures of vocals, great discography, amazing dance skills, and FUN PERSONALITY!!!! If you are feeling down, just watch a SHINee moments video and you'll laugh super hard LMAO
Jonghyun wrote "breath" for Lee hi, and this song was also awesome. Taeyeon cried a lot when Lee Hi sang this song in 2018 Golden Disk Awards( the special stage for SHINee Jonghyun). By the way, there was also a collaboration song with Taeyeon and Jonghyun called "breath".
so happy you are diving into the SHINee world, they have a huge discography with WELL over 200 songs, between all the title tracks albums and everyone's solo stuff you'll have plenty of content. Key also has a full album he put out before he went into the military....so WELCOME
@@Arsidala yes, Jonghyun also claims that he is Taemin's mom, but they also said it a lot of times in different interviews especially on their earlier years that Key is the mom.
Jonghyun was the main vocalist of shinee, he had a prominent solo career as well, Taemin was simlar in range to Jonghyun and took over some parts, while Onew actually took vocal lessons to meet the demands of jonghyun's higher vocal parts in songs. Taemin and Onew now split the main vocal position and did well to compensate on their tour in 2018 and for the group's future releases.
I would say the main vocal role was "split" between Onew, Taemin and Key. Key dominated the line distribution of Don't call me, he's also technically as good as Taemin.
Jonghyun was really close with Yeri so it really took a huge toll to Yeri when he passed away. When he passed away it was around during Year End Award shows of MBC, SBS and KBS where every idols performed, Yeri was looking sad and down but knetizens took it in a bad way that she's not being "professional". An 18 year old Yeri was "bashed" for mourning the loss her close oppa, it was just less than a week when it happened they wouldn't let a teenager mourn and breathe. Yeri even cried during an ending stage but i'm glad she have Twice Nayeon, Blackpink, AKMU Suhyun and RV unnies who comforted and cover her from cameras that night. 😭 My thought is knetizens are really one of the reasons why idols choose that path to get away with their problems. It's just too sad that idols comforted us with their songs but we couldn't do the same thing to them. Anyway I just really miss Jonghyun and i just know he's in the place where he can be much happier now
Yep, Taeyeon and Jonghyun had some collaborations like Lonely, which was composed and written by Jonghyun with Taeyeon especially in mind to sing it with him, and Breath, a song that is part of a project called SM The Ballad, where SM put together their best vocalists like them, Chen and Kyuhyun from Super Junior together and produce an album. Jjong and her became pretty close friends in recent years and they were honestly the cutest and most talent pair ever! So precious those two. Tiny but mighty! :3
More SHINee reactions!!! Reaction to individual guides and more title tracks! SOLO STUFF!! JONGHYUN'S SOLO STUFF IS SO GOOD!!! And then album reviews, live performance reviews :)
SIR AUSTIN IM SOOO HAPPY you’re beginning to explore deeper in SHINee ^^❤️ thank you so much for this reaction! I re-lived, laugh a lot and cry alongside you even when it’s not my first time. SHINee is such a unique group with such a strong personality both collective and individually. So full of talent and humor! And quite unique in kpop. Absolute princes! You’re definitely going to enjoy their music a lot! I’m so excited for your reactions to their music 🥰 and oh don’t even get me started in their solo music! In Shinee, just as EXO (hardcore EXO L here) there’s just so much to enjoy! As in music, I would recommend “Marry to the Music”, “1 of 1”, “Feel Good” (there’s no MV but not a song to miss ever!) “”Excuse me Miss” LIVE ( a must pleaaase ❤️, ugh! They have such amazing concert live stages!!!) and well, I think in Taemin’s solo music you already started and will continue enjoying more! For Taemin I would recommend his solo debut “Danger” ,” WANT”, “Goodbye” (Japanese track”). And for Jonghyun ugh! As the genius musician and songwriter he was, I don’t even know where to get started, honestly. But “End of a Day” is a strong recommendation. Must heard with lyrics. That song has been what keeps a lot of us just going through, keep going. You’ll enjoy his posthumous album too! Though maybe you’ll want to react to that one when you’re a bit more familiarized in his music, style and personality ^^ ugh that album is everything. And I’m not going to ever end if I start talking about Key’s, Onew’s and MinHo solo music😩 hope you enjoy this ride a lot! You’ll surely do! I treasure EXO the most in this world but It’s impossible for SHINee not to steal your heart too! They deserve a special place there 🥰 thanks again Sir! Hope you have a nice day💖
"it's easier when the group is small like this" who's gonna tell him that NCT doesn't have fixed number of members and currently has 23 members and will add more for the upcoming years 😭😆
Jonghyun is the main vocalist when he's still around. He said that when they are on their training days he's always got the 2nd rank in terms of vocal ranking while Taeyeon got the 1st rank always. Also they have duet songs like 'Lonely' and 'Breath' please check it out.
Jonghyun was the Main Vocalist... If you watch Shinee’s From Now On Concert from 2018, Taemin stepped up to cover most of Jonghyun’s parts, which is so appropriate since Jonghyun really helped him with his vocal training in the early years. Unrelated (maybe): Jonghyun gifted Taemin a song called Already (which I love- Jonghyun sings the backing vocals with Taemin on the track). When they would ask Taemin to perform it live he would say ask Jonghyun Hyung to sing it. The key’s too high and they already lowered it for Taemin (this is from a radio interview) but Taemin did perform it live after Jonghyun’s passing and absolutely slayed it with Jong still on the backing track 💎💎💎💎💎
Jonghyun’s vocals is reallyyyy good, I would say one of the most unique and powerful vocals out there. He was part of SM’s subunit vocal group called “SM The Ballad” with other SM singers too! Highly recommended to check out :)
My bias used to be Minho because I knew him first through kdrama. Then when I discovered Shinee. I fell in love with all of them. I can't choose who i love the most. I love them all equally through different reasons.
I’m so happy you finally delved into SHINee! They’ve got some really good music and their b-sides are just amazing! However, you can’t appreciate SHINee all the way if you don’t watch some of their stage performances because they were known as one of the best stage performers and they really love the stage. As Sooyoung from Girls Generation (same girl group with Taeyeon) said, “they always perform/dance as if it is their last performance.” Some stage performance to watch: Excuse Me Miss, Y Si Fuerra Ella, Like a Fire, Rainy Blue, Nessun Dorma, Woof Woof, Sherlock (SW4 Ver), Stranger, Everybody (Tokyo Dome), End of a Day (Vlive) and more! These 2 are the ones where you need your thirst pack for lol : Dynamite (SW4) and Born to Shine (Tokyo Dome). If there is any I missed fellow Shawols, please comment below!
WELCOME TO SHINEE WORLD!! The Marge costume is from annual SMTOWN Halloween party where SM idols dress up and they give prizes for the first 3. Key got the prize once which was a trip to overseas with accomodation and everything. He was Voldemort once you should check them out too. SHINee is definitely a chaotic group with a lot of fun. You should check out their Weekly Idol and Knowing Brothers episodes to get to know them better. There is an old show called One Fine Day where they all go to different places in the world to have a holiday by themselves. Key and Minho end up going to the same place surprisingly haha Key is the best in English and as a personal opinion Taemin is the best in Japenese. He also has a lot of Japanese solo albums and concert tours. Onew can hold a high note for more than 40 seconds you should check that out too. Onew, Key and Minho are successful actors and Taemin had some acting experience as well. They all were casted as a part of musicals during their careers. Taemin was prohibited from his vocal lessons and they called him a tone deaf. Onew helped him a lot to practice his vocals secretly and now here he is with his high notes. They all have solo albums which shows their different colours. Taemin can play piano quite well and is one of the best dancers in Kpop. SHINee concerts are also no joke. 2014 I'm Your Boy and SHINee World Concert 4 and 5 are to die for. Jonghyun is not with us anymore unfortunately but his music is still with us. He wrote a lot of songs for his solo albums, for SHINee, for Taemin and other artists such as IU, EXO and Lee Hi. Taemin got a lot of the vocal parts but other members also got some of his parts in the concerts. Minho is a competitive guy who hates losing to people. He is still acting. Him, Key and Onew have already finished their military services and now they are back as a full group. Hope this long comment helps you on your journey of becoming a shawol!
My SHINee bias is Jonghyun especially when he sang Incomplete by Sisqo. I really love SHINee since 2009. I even included them in the acknowledgement of my undergraduate thesis way back 2010. Sir Austin, I was also born in 1988. Thank you for your reaction. One of my fave SHINee ballad songs is Colors of the Season.
SHINee was my first group, my introductory group to Kpop back in 2009 and they have a special place in my heart. They are all very talented and indeed Jonghyun was a genius. He was always criticized for various reasons such as his somewhat explosive personality. At his farewell with his sister he asked to tell her that he did well, you’ll see the "Jonghyun, you did well" often. He is an angel and always was. We must love the art that left us. You gonna love them. ♥️
Yay, glad you're getting more into SHINee! Jonghyun and Onew were the 2 lead singers of the group (in typical SM fashion, they always have 2 vocalists). Key was often the 3rd in line for vocals, while Minho did rap. Fun fact: Taemin has said that he has no vocals on their debut song Replay at all, and it's amazing to see how hard he has worked to become the vocalist he is today. To answer your question, I believe they've pushed Taemin into the lead vocalist role with Onew, as he often is the one to cover Jonghyun's parts nowadays.
Their vocals really shine the most on their B sides! I highly recommend their first album repackage (Amigo) and their Lucifer album for some killer ballads. They’re my personal favs
I’m always happy to see new Shinee stans...I really don’t understand people that make guides to them without Jonghyun, Shinee will always be ot5 even if he’s no longer with us, and his songwriting influenced the groups music, so you can’t just act like he was never there...everyone loved/loves Jonghyun as he was the member that even if he wasn’t your bias, he was your bias, if you get what I mean
I find it funny how you mention their music sounds European, because a lot of SHINee's producers are European 🤣🤣🤣 I will also like to welcome you to our Shawol family ^^ thank you for being so respectful about Jonghyun like you said, some new guides don't include him. Still, I personally think and have seen most Shawols refer to him like normal like we used to do when he was still with us because that makes us comfortable and like we are including him. There is definitely a visible line between being respectful and just overdoing it (thank god you're not like that), like when people keep commenting or saying "R.I.P" with everything shinee related. That annoys some of us because Jonghyun was much more than just his depression. He was an artist that inspired us and understood us, more than anything, Shawols want him to be remembered as the great artist, person, friend, brother, and son he was.
you did get all of the members right at the beginning! the melania trump clip is funny because she thought the girls were fangirling over her but it was because of minho! shinee and exo both have had to attend a lot of official events on behalf of their country and that was one of them. key and onew also have solo careers and albums, and minho has a solo single. jonghyun was the main vocalist of shinee but now onew and taemin and key both kind of now do a lot more of those more vocal parts. the shinee boys are very close with snsd too!
JongHyun was one of the best vocalist in the Kpop industry, one of the first vocal stars of SM Ent., back in the days, when SM gathered their main vocalists for special concerts, he was the one who supported the younger ones, like Chen. He always encouraging them to learn more to develop his talent and flattering them. His main objective was to share his music and he made it. A great person with a good heart, an example to follow for many artists.
Jonghyun actually write a song which is 'Lonely' it's a duet song with Taeyeon. He said that he's thinking of Taeyeon while writing that song because taeyeon is fighting with depression like him. They are very close friends and when Jonghyun decided to end his life people got worried about Taeyeon since they both experiencing the same thing. After his death Taeyeon made a promise to her fans that she will never go that far and she will sing for a long long time. Their friendship is one of the best friendships that we will never see again.
Yeah, this guide was really nice about how they talked about Jonghyun. Shawols like to talk comfortably about him without feeling sad or thinking of only his passing, cus he should be remembered for his personality and music :)
thanks for this! SHINee have a FLAWLESS discography, and it's one of the most interesting and that offers a lot of variety in genres! And about Jonghyun's music, his album "Collection: Story Op.2" is actually one of my all time favourite album, each and every song he wrote for that is just absolutely brilliant! I hope you'll get to listen to all their solo stuff as well, it's worth it for sure, even just on your own! :)
Jonghyun had the most unique voice. I surprised myself by tearing up at his bio. After his death, the four performed standing in spotlights and singing. The mic in the middle was empty but had a spotlight on it. Minho has been in several movies. One of his best is Hwarang. One of his co stars is V from BTS.
I find it rly interesting how the rest of the members have stepped up to fill Jonghyun's power vocal moments. At first, we all thought it would be Taemin because other than Jonghyun, he would sometimes be the one in the past to do the main high notes. But so far, all 4 of them have spread it out pretty equally and I think the line distribution has been amazing
Before I stanned MAMAMOO, I stanned SHINee and I haven't really loved other groups as much as I love these two (I do listen to other group's songs but both of these groups deserved their own playlist on spotify
Minho is known to have written and co-written many of the raps for SHINee's songs. For the initial albums he worked alongside JQ, a composer of SM, something that is not common among idols that have just debuted, In general, everyone has different talents and abilities, however, it is curious how being totally different they merge into a perfect combination.
I feel like you would love their live performances. Evil and excuse me miss are two of my favorites.. I can’t wait to see more shinee content from you!
It's funny how when i became baby EXO-L, u started stanning them after a few days. And now i became a baby shawol, and here we go... Again your videos are going to help me in my journey!!!
SHINee are just so lovely and talented, they are very close with other sm artists, a little friend group I love is jonghyun, yeri, taeyeon and key, btw something that wasnt mentioned here is that jonghyun's mother created "shiny foundation" after his passing, for artists that struggle with mental health to help them get therapy and counseling 💖
Welcome to SHINee World!! They have an amazing japanese discography too and their b-sides are very cool. Everyone in the group has solo music (except Minho, he only has an SM Station but he's focused more on acting and he's great). I think you'll get to know them more with their solos, their individual colors are well represented there. It's a group with a great trajectory, so I don't really know what to recommend apart from their MVs because they have a lot of stuff 🥺 Also, thank you for being so respectul c:
I'm so happy I could dance right now! :D I'm really glad you liked them and want to stan them and I'm so excited about you learning more about them, including Jonghyun, because a lot of new fans don't do it and he is seriously one of my favorite artists and humans ever! All of them are! And you're in for treat with these five wonderful and sweet men! Also, 1) yes, I think their b-sides are what made us all shawols in the first place, and 2) that rap from Minho from their rookie days will haunt him and us for the rest of our lives! I'm so sorry to him but it was too funny to forget!
When they first started, it was mainly Jonghyun and Onew who carried the group's vocal. As the years progressed, the rest of them, including their main rapper Minho became vocalists. Taemin in particular, who barely had lines when they debuted due to his immature vocal chords was trained by Onew and mainly Jonghyun and became one of the most successful soloist. Because of the heavy influence, his singing style now is closest to Jonghyun, and now takes over a lot of Jjong's lines. All members have very distinct tones but together they sound incredible..especially their heavenly harmonies. That's what makes SHINee so unique. Their ballads are incredible! They do have songs that some may say weird, somehow they always made them work. You're right SHINee is chaotic, loud, a mess (i mean, almost all SM groups are) but they are also so cute, charming, loving and sweet with each other despite all the bickering. It is true that Taemin is on-stage fierce and off-stage shy, but with his 4 hyungs, he's definitely a spoilt brat that gets away with everything cause he knows his brothers will clean up his mess. He is forever loved not only by the members but by the entire industry.
I have sooo many things to say but I want to try and keep it short. First of all, I have discovered that Sir Austin and I are the same age, super cool! SHINee is absolutely that group that you turn to when you're feeling down, they are super sweet and beyond funny. The SHINee members are literal crackheads and I live for it. I really hope to see reactions to things like 'SHINee being chaotic' because... YEAH! I love them soo damn much. As you don't know much about Jonghyun it would be great to watch guides on not just him but there are ones for individual members. Jonghyun was truly just amazing, he was super smart, incredibly kind, and always loved to laugh and to make others laugh. Jonghyun's smile is way up there on my list of most beautiful things I have ever seen. When I watch older SHINee content he was def the bias but that's also partly because Taemin was a baby then lol. Due to that I say that Jonghyun is my SHINee bias even though Taemin is my ult because I couldn't look at Taem like that til he was older. Key is def my wrecker but literally all 5 attack me, they're all just really rude and I love it. If you love Minho's laugh, wait until you hear Key's omg.... Taemin's laugh is also just adorable. I think I will stop here now and just say that I am really excited to watch you start on this journey, I know you will love it and them more and more as you come to know more.
I love them all the same. SHINee have the most recognizable and unique voices and their range is impressive. Their songs can put a smile on your face in the most difficult moments and for that I love their music.
Sir.... About you saying European pop influence in Shinee's music reminded me that it was just yesterday in the you tube channel called ReacttotheK, the you-tuber Umu interviewed an ex-AR of SM and she told that Shinee's music is European pop influenced. I didn't know about all this and that's how i got to know😇😇.
It make me so sad, Jonghyun left us on my birthday.. :'( Suho said that Playboy was a very special song for him, and I think not just because he had to perform it solo (where you almost died LOL) but also bc it was written by his very close friend Jonghyun.. Y Si Fuera Ella is Jonghyun's best song for me, I hope you react to him performing it live and also SJ's Kyuhyun's dedicating it to him at KOMS..
If you watch a clip from their first concert tour, specifically Lucifer, you'll see Lay there :D He filled in for Jonghyun because he had hurt his ankle. The more groups you love from SM, the more you'll love all the interactions between them.
I've been watching your videos for a while because you like EXO and I really like your reactions. And I wanted so much you to get to know SHINee because they are the Legendary group! They've been called a brand in kpop (out of concurrency in the whole kpop) with some Korean music.. man (sorry don't remember who was that but an important man whose opinion is important) And I do agree! Because SHINee is on a whole different level than others. So, now I'm subscribing you channel because I do like that you liked SHINee and is a potential Shawol (if you already are - welcome!). Also, I hope to see more of your reactions to SHINee. Best wishes from Ukrainian Shawol
their laugh and funny jokes! once 5 always 5! at times they are the reason for my sadness(guess you guys could get me as a fellow shawol) but they are literally the cure to my blues!
Every member has stepped up. Yes it was Jonghyun who did most of the powerful and best runs but they filled up Jonghyun's absence with their talent and passion in music. The four of them didn't lose their title. They are still rocking the stage powerfully and amazingly.
I'm so happy that you're stanning SHINee now! I've been a Shawol since 2010 and have fallen out (kpop in general) after the 2nd generation of kpop ended. 😩 But I am now starting to go back again and learning what I've missed since then. 🥰
Jonghyun had a lot of friends. Taeyeon, Lee Hi and IU were some close ones. He wrote songs for all of them. Lee Hi’s breathe was a song that he wrote about having a hard time and being able to breathe - she performed it at his memorial show and honestly I dunno how she did it. So I guess I woke up today and chose ✨sadness✨. The way I had my lips pursed together at the end trying not to sob.
Fun fact: Shinee started it first with the dance practice video and SNSD is started the photocard (on album) during 'Oh!' era wherein they put their selca's (selfie) in the album and it's what everyone's doing now.
I’m so excited for you to be diving into Shinee, they’re one of my 2 ult groups (the other one being SNSD). The best thing about Shinee other than their incredible lives (which are better than the MVs) is their amazing personalities and fantastic group dynamic. Although SM groups tend to have that sibling dynamic to them, it’s more prominent with Shinee, as they struggled through so much with each other. I honestly think they resemble actual siblings more so than any other group in SM. There couldn’t have been 5 guys to exist who would more perfect to be in this group than Onew, Jonghyun, Key, Minho, and Taemin.
Taeyeon and Jonghyun were besties actually and she still talks about him alot and misses him ):
i still remember when people are worried for taeyeon and yeri when that happened 😔
crying hours: open
@@aqua17You reminded me of Yeri going through all of that and I can't :'(
🍑, doesn't key also post a lot about him on insta? I think i've seen a pic about him on his birthday, dec and they debut like almost every year. I could be wrong though.
@@loveitftw Yeah, Key was really close with Jonghyun so he posts about him a lot. Even the boy they took care of from Hello Baby posts about Jonghyun sometimes on his IG. Jonghyun really touched many lives and inspired so many people.
The reason why the audience screams so loud and Onew cries during this performance of "Rainy Blue" is because this was Onew's first solo performance since having vocal surgery. It was a really scary surgery because there was no guarantee that he would ever be able to sing again, let along at the same quality as he did before the surgery. Onew spent about 3 months after his surgery not being able to speak at all in order to give his vocal cords time to heal and then he had to learn to sing all over again. This performance was proof to himself and the fans that he could still do it and that nothing had changed. ("Rainy Blue" is a cover of a Japanese song, which Onew has kind of made famous internationally. Onew is singing in Japanese. It was wrote by a Japanese singer/songwriter who also had the same surgery as Onew, but unfortunately, the songwriter's surgery didn't go as well as Onew's and the songwriter was never able to sing again. )
And, yes, Taemin plays the piano, and it's performances like this where he gets the nickname as our eternal maknae vampire. :D Some of the time. In certain performances and MVs the way Taemin is dressed and the whole aesthetic of the video or stage, such as in this "Rain Blue" performance, really does give off vampire vibes.
One of the reasons why Key chose to come up with funny answers for that questionnaire is the fact that this Weekly Idol episode was part of their 10th anniversary promotions and so they have been on the show many times and had to fill out that same questionnaire almost every time, and they have answered those same questions dozens of more times for other variety shows. So, after that many years, it has become boring just to give a straight answer. They often try to come up with clever and funny answers to give them things to talk about and to create comedic moments in the show. What's particularity notable about the fact that Key said he is from New York, is the fact that he is fluent in English -- almost to the point you would think he is a native speaker. So, if you didn't know him, you might think he really was from New York.
The amazing thing about Key's high note in "Like a Fire" is that if you listen to the original version on their album, he doesn't have a high note in that song. But during that performance, which is from their SHINee World Concert III (SWC3) in Seoul, he, out of nowhere, decided he wanted to add a high note. It's almost as if he decided he wanted to try and outdo Jonghyun who is the group's high note master and the one who has the high note right before Key in the song. :D That's Key's classic diva attitude.
One slight error in this guide: Minho is actually the MAIN rapper of the group and Key is a sub-rapper. (To say Minho is the second rapper makes it sound like he isn't the one that raps the majority of the time in SHINee's songs.) Minho is credited with writing almost all of his rap sections in SHINee songs, which is proof that he is the main rapper. Minho will have songwriting credits on almost every one of SHINee's songs because he wrote the rap section.
Also, Minho more than sings SOMEtimes, he sings just about as much as he raps in SHINee songs. He has the deepest voice out of all the members -- which is why he was made the main rapper -- so SHINee's songs don't often highlight his singing in the same way as the other members, but he is part of all of SHINee's harmonies. Also, by virtue of the fact that he is part of SM, means he also has an amazing voice. When you really get to know SHINee, you will see Minho has just as much vocal range as the rest of the members, and that is why SHINee's five-part harmonies are so outstanding.
That is also Minho's classic iconic laugh. He laughs with his whole being and he lights up the room while doing it. In that same clip, Jonghyun fell down because, if you see that full clip, you will see that Minho was spraying water with a spray bottle and the floor was all wet. Before Jonghyun walked in the room the other members were playing around sort of making fun of a commercial they did for a Japanese ramen noodle company where they were each given a different dance move that they used to crush the noodles. Jonghyun's dance style was Krump, so he was over exaggerating his movements poking fun of that commercial and because the floor was slippery he fell down, which made Minho laugh even harder. :D Here is that full clip of Minho laughing ua-cam.com/video/Sc2tP1YIVTc/v-deo.html and here is a clip of the original Ramen commercial that SHINee is in ua-cam.com/video/0aHRU8v7824/v-deo.html
Jonghyun was the main vocalist of SHINee, but one thing you need to know about SHINee, is that they are all really main vocalists, so they can all fill in for each other, and they have. However, Taemin and Onew are the ones that have most often been tapped to fill Jonghyun's parts in most of their old songs, and even the parts that I think would have been his parts in their new songs. Taemin learned how to be a singer from Jonghyun, so his voice and vocal range is most like Jonghyun's, that is why he is the one to fill in for him most often.
SHINee's cover of Lady Gaga's "Just dance" was a special stage at a KBS award show in 2010. Here is the clip of that performance. ua-cam.com/video/VsFMUnFqiK4/v-deo.html They were dressed like that because they were supposed to be dressed like Lady Gaga's over the top crazy style.
If you notice, that last clip of SHINee playing charades, and Taemin trying to guess "suitcase," was at a fan meeting in Japan. So, they were all speaking Japanese. As you can see, SHINee are all fluent in Japanese. They are just as popular as Japanese artists as they are Kpop artists. Most Japanese people don't even consider them foreign artists. SHINee debuted as Japanese artists in 2011 and they spend about 50% of their career in Japan doing events and concerts, etc. For every Korean album SHINee also has a Japanese album, but their songs aren't just remakes of their Korean songs, the majority of their Japanese songs are exclusively in Japanese. And that also includes Taemin's solo career -- for every Korean solo album, he usually follows it up with a Japanese album, as well.
And yes, Obama actually talked about following SHINee at a press conference while he was president of the United States. That clip is 100% real.
This Guide video was made in 2018, so to update the information, yes the other members of SHINee -- Onew, Key and Minho -- now also have solo careers. Onew and Key had their solo debut right before they went off to the military in 2018 and they both have solo albums. Minho also released his first solo single "I'm Home" that same year, right before he enlisted in the military as well.
For an updated guide to SHINee you should check out their individuale guide videos next. The person who created the group guide has also recently released (released in the last few months) individual member guides Taemin: ua-cam.com/video/hH5r88pfH9U/v-deo.html, Key: ua-cam.com/video/ADUrw9CeiEk/v-deo.html Onew: ua-cam.com/video/KK8rLkV5bk8/v-deo.html, Minho: ua-cam.com/video/Ko9u6IjFzC0/v-deo.html, and Jonghyun: ua-cam.com/video/7EqwuWuZXcI/v-deo.html.
As you discovered, SHINee are known for their live vocals and amazing dancing. They are known as CD-quality singers because they sound just as good live, if not better, than they do recorded. SHINee always sings live. The ONLY thing they are not good at is lip syncing so they avoid it at all costs, so when you hear SHINee singing 95% of the time it will be live. It's a running joke between the fans and the members that when SHINee lip syncs you can tell because it's very obvious. Yes, over the years they have become better at lip syncing then they used to be, but now they have gained the reputation as the group that always sings live, so unless they are required to lip sync for a specific reason, SHINee will always sing live. They have trained their entire career to be able to sing live and always sound flawless while performing extremely complex choreography. SHINee set the standard. That is why they are so highly respected among their peers. It is literally referred to as the SHINee standard. It's the standard all other groups strive to reach.
You really should check out some of their live concert performances because their stages are like none other. Their concerts last 3 to 4 hours straight and they perform nonstop and never sound out of tune or out of breath. They are also one of the best dancers in Kpop and they have some of the best harmonies you will ever hear.
You know EXO, so you know how good of vocalists they are, well, the members of SHINee actually were mentors to a lot of the EXO members and they helped coach them in their singing. The members of EXO and the members of SHINee are all around the same age and they were all part of the same trainee classes together and they even lived together as trainees, and, yet, SHINee debuted 4 years before EXO, so that just goes to show you a little bit of what makes SHINee so amazing and why they are considered legends. As you may know, Suho was originally training to be a member of SHINee, so they are extremely close -- especially Minho and Suho.
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When I first watched their concert, I was thinking some other groups could do this too. After two hours, I couldn't believe that they were still singing and dancing like that. And they had the strength to perform Everybody, which had the hardest choreo, towards the end?! Only live kings can do that.
Man, this was a whole essay that could be converted into a SHINee primer.
SUCH EXCELLENT INFO
You just summarized the key points to know as a new shawol so well! Amazing comment indeed!
And as a flamer I appreciate so much that you mentioned what a great vocal Minho is because so many keep overlooking that fact. Thank you!
The one about Melania trump isn't about him meeting her.... But it's about him upstaging her in a Olympic government event... It became talk of the town because for the girls there seeing him was more pleasant,shocking & surprising than seeing the US first lady
Sorry feel like Trump is cancelled
Or maybe Minho was excited to see Melania trump too. Tf?
yes, jonghyun was the main vocalist of SHINee. in their first concert after what happened, most of his parts were covered by taemin and the other parts were covered either by onew or key.
A lot of people seem to shy away or are afraid when talking about Jonghyun because of his passing but that's the opposite of what we want.
We want people to continue to talk about him, his music, his legacy and all the things he did during his time so his name can be remembered for a long time. I'm sure that's what every Shawols and SHINee wants.
Also Jonghyun had 2 songs with Taeyeon, the other one is Breath which is from SM the ballad(it's an SM subunit basically). They're really close and Taeyeon calls him her "boyfriend song" since they've sang with each other a few times and they bonded through music toom.
Jonghyun and Onew are the main vocalists of SHINee with Key as a lead vocalist. Taemin didn't actually have a vocal position when they debuted because he really wasn't that good when it comes to singing lol but his growth as a vocalist was exponential and since his improvement he has taken a bigger role as a vocalist in SHINee.
Looking forward to your journey with SHINee. SHINee is a very important group for kpop and is considered as one of the first innovative groups because of their music with fx. They basically started the experimental wave in kpop.
Jonghyun had sort of taken Taemin under his wing, he’s influenced him a lot not just with his vocals but songwriting too. Taemin covers a lot of Jonghyun’s parts when they do older performances, you can see him do that in the newer tours.
Onew is not classically trained but he has received a lot of praise for his Nessun Dorma performance. Some say that his was one of the best performances from a non-classical singer
Taeyeon and Jonghyun were friends actually, and she put a Christmas tree which he gave her beside her in the concert that she held right after his passing :(((( and they have another song together which is also amazing called "breath"
Breath by Lee Hi sir if you a bit confused. She sing it on Mama i thing right after jonghyun passed away and crying hard on the stage, it’s so heartbreaking 😢
@@halfdevvil7207 ya there is a another "breath" by jonghyun and taeyeon and they performed the song together live before, just the same name, but i know the live you're talking about
@@Sonetsu39 ooh omg that song, yaa ya ya I remembered 😭
Austin: "it's easier when the group is smaller like this, I struggle when there's seven or more members"
Me: **sweating because NCT has 23 members and Austin just started his journey**
But I'm happy you're reacting to SHINee! We share a bias, Kibum! I love all the members, but Key makes me laugh so hard I start tearing up. Also, when I first started watching SHINee, I had no idea what his position was because he literally did everything.
nervous laughing 👀💦
and then you get into the whole SM fam and know every name in there :'D lmao
As far as who "took over" for Jonghyun, it was most probably Taemin. He kind of mentored/helped some of his hoobaes may it be vocally (like Taemin) or in songwriting. And you can notice that when it was just four of them, Taemin took most of his parts, with some going to Onew or Key. Their tone and technique were closest to each other among the members. And you can really tell that Taemin stepped it up having to cover for what Jong usually had to do. Also as you listen to their songs, you can tell which parts would probably go to Jonghyun if he was still with us.
Jonghyun was also THE biggest Taemin fan. He was so so sweet when Taemin started promoting solo.
Onew is the leader and now main vocalist . Onew was the one who taught Taemin the vocalization, they vocalized together during their trainee period.
@@lucesgracia2204 these are both true. Onew taught Taemin even before they debuted at the rooftop. Taemin wasn't given vocal lessons because his voice hadn't dropped. Jonghyun also helped out Taemin but later down the road and even composed songs for him 🥰
This guide is such a rollercoaster. Laughing to crying to laughing again because of Jjong’s damn kazoo.
ikr. I suddenly remember how shawols are comforting each other during "that time" and made memes abt how Jjong would rest in heaven while playing his freaking kazoo and annoyed other angels there 😭
Jonghyun used to help Taemin to learn singing and Taemin's breathy techniques are similar to Jonghyun's. Onew and Key's voices are too different and unique to give that Jonghyun vibe. Probably it's surprising, but I'd say Taemin takes a bit more of Jonghyun's part. Watching their MVs, you will notice that Taemin and Jonghyun's parts are often next to each other.
Onew and Jonghyun were both main vocalists. Jonghyun was my bias, dude was super talented
Btw after Jonghyun, the other members covered his parts, but it was mostly Taemin covering the high notes.
Initally during their earlier years, Taemin's vocals weren't very stable yet that some even said he was tone deaf. Jonghyun was the one who helped in training him and other members were also backing him up on vocals.
Basically SHINee raised up Taemin. Key was even cooking his breakfast and ironed his school uniform. They also send him to school and even fetch him.
You need/have to/should react to "Born to shine" it's a Key solo stage !!! That was ICONIC!!!
Same it's what I said in his last SHINee video
ooh pleeease
So originally, Onew and Jonghyun were both considered group's main vocalists, and Key was the lead vocalist and rapper. At that time Taemin was really young and his talent for dance was emphasized way more, so at the beginning of SHINee career, he did not get many lines. As time was going, with more training and guidance under Onew and Jonghyun, Taemin actually improved his vocal techniques and just, in general, became a better vocalist and started to get more lines. If you listen to earlier music and compare it with the newer tracks, you can also notice that Taemin's voice sort of resembles Jonghyun's (not sure whether it is the technique or just their timbres), so sometimes Jonghyun was called as Taemin's vocal teacher ahaha... So to answer your question, who took over the parts after Jonghyuh passed away, it was Taemin. Because Onew and Key always had a decent amount of lines as main and lead vocalists respectively, and if you'll start reacting to SHINee from the very beginning, you will notice that usually, they had pretty fair line distribution among 3 vocalists, and later on when Taemin improved a lot, the distribution of lines changed a little bit ahahaha
SHINee is very close with all SM artist and Minho is a SNSD member too. [they asked Taeyeon ‘which member send you a message first when they saw your music video for What Do I Call You?’ and she said Minho].
Also Key and Taeyeon are regular members of Amazing Saturday. Onew and Minho gonna be guests for the next episode.
17:04 ok but "She Is" by Jonghyun is actually a definite bop. I think it's very different and oddly refreshing and fun for a solo song. I don't know why it is underappreciated by the fans
idk that its underappreciated by shawols maybe by non shawols. its my favorite jonghyun song as a blinger and a lot of shawols i know also rank it among their tops
Jonghyun said he wrote his song Lonely (featuring Taeyeon) with Taeyeon singing it in his mind. Love their friendship so much 🤧
In case you want to know more about SHINee, the same channel has guides to each individual member that go more in depth into their personalities and solo work
SHINee has beautiful visuals, different textures of vocals, great discography, amazing dance skills, and FUN PERSONALITY!!!! If you are feeling down, just watch a SHINee moments video and you'll laugh super hard LMAO
Jonghyun wrote "breath" for Lee hi, and this song was also awesome. Taeyeon cried a lot when Lee Hi sang this song in 2018 Golden Disk Awards( the special stage for SHINee Jonghyun). By the way, there was also a collaboration song with Taeyeon and Jonghyun called "breath".
Please react to "Excuse Me Miss" by SHINee especially if you want some vocals (but tbh all their songs are full of excellent vocals)
Welcome to the SHINEE WORLD SIR! Thank you for loving SHINee!
Yes! 7:22. Stranger by SHINee is probably my favorite b-side from them! Def recommend
so happy you are diving into the SHINee world, they have a huge discography with WELL over 200 songs, between all the title tracks albums and everyone's solo stuff you'll have plenty of content. Key also has a full album he put out before he went into the military....so WELCOME
Some random stuff you can react to:
SHINee being SHINee
SHINee is just Taemin + 4 Taemints
SHINee angry moments
Key being a mom to SHINee
actually, mom was Jonghyun... A mom of SHINee was Jonghyun...
@@Arsidala yes, Jonghyun also claims that he is Taemin's mom, but they also said it a lot of times in different interviews especially on their earlier years that Key is the mom.
Jonghyun was the main vocalist of shinee, he had a prominent solo career as well, Taemin was simlar in range to Jonghyun and took over some parts, while Onew actually took vocal lessons to meet the demands of jonghyun's higher vocal parts in songs. Taemin and Onew now split the main vocal position and did well to compensate on their tour in 2018 and for the group's future releases.
I would say the main vocal role was "split" between Onew, Taemin and Key.
Key dominated the line distribution of Don't call me, he's also technically as good as Taemin.
*whispers* "SHINee's back" 👁.👁
Jonghyun was really close with Yeri so it really took a huge toll to Yeri when he passed away. When he passed away it was around during Year End Award shows of MBC, SBS and KBS where every idols performed, Yeri was looking sad and down but knetizens took it in a bad way that she's not being "professional". An 18 year old Yeri was "bashed" for mourning the loss her close oppa, it was just less than a week when it happened they wouldn't let a teenager mourn and breathe. Yeri even cried during an ending stage but i'm glad she have Twice Nayeon, Blackpink, AKMU Suhyun and RV unnies who comforted and cover her from cameras that night. 😭
My thought is knetizens are really one of the reasons why idols choose that path to get away with their problems. It's just too sad that idols comforted us with their songs but we couldn't do the same thing to them. Anyway I just really miss Jonghyun and i just know he's in the place where he can be much happier now
Knetizens are the spoiled, ungrateful, and ruthless brats... the only downside of KPop.
Yep, Taeyeon and Jonghyun had some collaborations like Lonely, which was composed and written by Jonghyun with Taeyeon especially in mind to sing it with him, and Breath, a song that is part of a project called SM The Ballad, where SM put together their best vocalists like them, Chen and Kyuhyun from Super Junior together and produce an album. Jjong and her became pretty close friends in recent years and they were honestly the cutest and most talent pair ever! So precious those two. Tiny but mighty! :3
My bias in SHINEE is Key & minho 🤣🤣🤣 because key & minho like tom & Jerry
More SHINee reactions!!! Reaction to individual guides and more title tracks! SOLO STUFF!! JONGHYUN'S SOLO STUFF IS SO GOOD!!! And then album reviews, live performance reviews :)
I knew shinee was gonna captivate you soon enough. Welcome to shinee world.
Also, you need to react to their live performances! Unreal!
SIR AUSTIN IM SOOO HAPPY you’re beginning to explore deeper in SHINee ^^❤️ thank you so much for this reaction! I re-lived, laugh a lot and cry alongside you even when it’s not my first time. SHINee is such a unique group with such a strong personality both collective and individually. So full of talent and humor! And quite unique in kpop. Absolute princes! You’re definitely going to enjoy their music a lot! I’m so excited for your reactions to their music 🥰 and oh don’t even get me started in their solo music! In Shinee, just as EXO (hardcore EXO L here) there’s just so much to enjoy! As in music, I would recommend “Marry to the Music”, “1 of 1”, “Feel Good” (there’s no MV but not a song to miss ever!) “”Excuse me Miss” LIVE ( a must pleaaase ❤️, ugh! They have such amazing concert live stages!!!) and well, I think in Taemin’s solo music you already started and will continue enjoying more! For Taemin I would recommend his solo debut “Danger” ,” WANT”, “Goodbye” (Japanese track”). And for Jonghyun ugh! As the genius musician and songwriter he was, I don’t even know where to get started, honestly. But “End of a Day” is a strong recommendation. Must heard with lyrics. That song has been what keeps a lot of us just going through, keep going. You’ll enjoy his posthumous album too! Though maybe you’ll want to react to that one when you’re a bit more familiarized in his music, style and personality ^^ ugh that album is everything. And I’m not going to ever end if I start talking about Key’s, Onew’s and MinHo solo music😩 hope you enjoy this ride a lot! You’ll surely do! I treasure EXO the most in this world but It’s impossible for SHINee not to steal your heart too! They deserve a special place there 🥰 thanks again Sir! Hope you have a nice day💖
By now kibum and onew have a solo career as well, and Minho has a SM station song
Kibum has a couple of music videos like One of those nights, forever yours, cold and i wanna be
Minho "I'm home"
Onew "blue"
I still can't understand people on how they can pick a bias in SHINee ISTG!!! Like if I do pick one, it'll change every minute aaaahhhggg
Jonghyun was the one who write the song 'Lonely' and he said that he's thinking of Taeyeon while writing that song thats why he asked her for a duet.
Playboy by exo was compose by jonghyun, he also sang it on some of their performances. Chen was mentored by jonghyun before
It wasnt chen but D.O and baekhyun.
"it's easier when the group is small like this" who's gonna tell him that NCT doesn't have fixed number of members and currently has 23 members and will add more for the upcoming years 😭😆
Yes, Jonghyun and Taeyeon have 2(?) songs together LONELY and BREATH.
Yes please reaction to lonely and breath they are amazing you will love it
Since Key is your bais, you MUST react to his live “born to shine” performance, you will be deceased afterwards.
Jonghyun is the main vocalist when he's still around. He said that when they are on their training days he's always got the 2nd rank in terms of vocal ranking while Taeyeon got the 1st rank always.
Also they have duet songs like 'Lonely' and 'Breath' please check it out.
Jonghyun was the Main Vocalist... If you watch Shinee’s From Now On Concert from 2018, Taemin stepped up to cover most of Jonghyun’s parts, which is so appropriate since Jonghyun really helped him with his vocal training in the early years.
Unrelated (maybe):
Jonghyun gifted Taemin a song called Already (which I love- Jonghyun sings the backing vocals with Taemin on the track). When they would ask Taemin to perform it live he would say ask Jonghyun Hyung to sing it. The key’s too high and they already lowered it for Taemin (this is from a radio interview) but Taemin did perform it live after Jonghyun’s passing and absolutely slayed it with Jong still on the backing track 💎💎💎💎💎
Jonghyun’s vocals is reallyyyy good, I would say one of the most unique and powerful vocals out there. He was part of SM’s subunit vocal group called “SM The Ballad” with other SM singers too! Highly recommended to check out :)
My bias used to be Minho because I knew him first through kdrama. Then when I discovered Shinee. I fell in love with all of them. I can't choose who i love the most. I love them all equally through different reasons.
I've watch this guide so many times BUT WHY DO I STILL LAUGH SO MUCH LMAO
I’m so happy you finally delved into SHINee! They’ve got some really good music and their b-sides are just amazing! However, you can’t appreciate SHINee all the way if you don’t watch some of their stage performances because they were known as one of the best stage performers and they really love the stage. As Sooyoung from Girls Generation (same girl group with Taeyeon) said, “they always perform/dance as if it is their last performance.”
Some stage performance to watch: Excuse Me Miss, Y Si Fuerra Ella, Like a Fire, Rainy Blue, Nessun Dorma, Woof Woof, Sherlock (SW4 Ver), Stranger, Everybody (Tokyo Dome), End of a Day (Vlive) and more!
These 2 are the ones where you need your thirst pack for lol : Dynamite (SW4) and Born to Shine (Tokyo Dome).
If there is any I missed fellow Shawols, please comment below!
WELCOME TO SHINEE WORLD!! The Marge costume is from annual SMTOWN Halloween party where SM idols dress up and they give prizes for the first 3. Key got the prize once which was a trip to overseas with accomodation and everything. He was Voldemort once you should check them out too.
SHINee is definitely a chaotic group with a lot of fun. You should check out their Weekly Idol and Knowing Brothers episodes to get to know them better. There is an old show called One Fine Day where they all go to different places in the world to have a holiday by themselves. Key and Minho end up going to the same place surprisingly haha Key is the best in English and as a personal opinion Taemin is the best in Japenese. He also has a lot of Japanese solo albums and concert tours.
Onew can hold a high note for more than 40 seconds you should check that out too. Onew, Key and Minho are successful actors and Taemin had some acting experience as well. They all were casted as a part of musicals during their careers.
Taemin was prohibited from his vocal lessons and they called him a tone deaf. Onew helped him a lot to practice his vocals secretly and now here he is with his high notes. They all have solo albums which shows their different colours. Taemin can play piano quite well and is one of the best dancers in Kpop.
SHINee concerts are also no joke. 2014 I'm Your Boy and SHINee World Concert 4 and 5 are to die for. Jonghyun is not with us anymore unfortunately but his music is still with us. He wrote a lot of songs for his solo albums, for SHINee, for Taemin and other artists such as IU, EXO and Lee Hi. Taemin got a lot of the vocal parts but other members also got some of his parts in the concerts.
Minho is a competitive guy who hates losing to people. He is still acting. Him, Key and Onew have already finished their military services and now they are back as a full group. Hope this long comment helps you on your journey of becoming a shawol!
Lives from SHINee World Concerts III, IV and V are always a good choice.
snsd and shinee are top tier groups , Ive been in love since hello baby days, miss jongkey
My SHINee bias is Jonghyun especially when he sang Incomplete by Sisqo. I really love SHINee since 2009. I even included them in the acknowledgement of my undergraduate thesis way back 2010.
Sir Austin, I was also born in 1988.
Thank you for your reaction. One of my fave SHINee ballad songs is Colors of the Season.
SHINee was my first group, my introductory group to Kpop back in 2009 and they have a special place in my heart. They are all very talented and indeed Jonghyun was a genius.
He was always criticized for various reasons such as his somewhat explosive personality. At his farewell with his sister he asked to tell her that he did well, you’ll see the "Jonghyun, you did well" often.
He is an angel and always was. We must love the art that left us.
You gonna love them. ♥️
Yay, glad you're getting more into SHINee! Jonghyun and Onew were the 2 lead singers of the group (in typical SM fashion, they always have 2 vocalists). Key was often the 3rd in line for vocals, while Minho did rap. Fun fact: Taemin has said that he has no vocals on their debut song Replay at all, and it's amazing to see how hard he has worked to become the vocalist he is today. To answer your question, I believe they've pushed Taemin into the lead vocalist role with Onew, as he often is the one to cover Jonghyun's parts nowadays.
Their vocals really shine the most on their B sides! I highly recommend their first album repackage (Amigo) and their Lucifer album for some killer ballads. They’re my personal favs
My other favorite group 🥺 SHINEE is iconic, and absolutely amazing. Love every single member, super excited to see your journey into being a shawol!!!
I’m always happy to see new Shinee stans...I really don’t understand people that make guides to them without Jonghyun, Shinee will always be ot5 even if he’s no longer with us, and his songwriting influenced the groups music, so you can’t just act like he was never there...everyone loved/loves Jonghyun as he was the member that even if he wasn’t your bias, he was your bias, if you get what I mean
I find it funny how you mention their music sounds European, because a lot of SHINee's producers are European 🤣🤣🤣 I will also like to welcome you to our Shawol family ^^ thank you for being so respectful about Jonghyun like you said, some new guides don't include him. Still, I personally think and have seen most Shawols refer to him like normal like we used to do when he was still with us because that makes us comfortable and like we are including him. There is definitely a visible line between being respectful and just overdoing it (thank god you're not like that), like when people keep commenting or saying "R.I.P" with everything shinee related. That annoys some of us because Jonghyun was much more than just his depression. He was an artist that inspired us and understood us, more than anything, Shawols want him to be remembered as the great artist, person, friend, brother, and son he was.
Yes! Welcome Sir Austen! You have made an excellent decision. Following SHINee changes your life
We love Jonghyun eternally and his memory will live on forever. I know he’s so proud for this year’s comeback ♥️
Anyway, welcome to the fandom!
you did get all of the members right at the beginning! the melania trump clip is funny because she thought the girls were fangirling over her but it was because of minho! shinee and exo both have had to attend a lot of official events on behalf of their country and that was one of them. key and onew also have solo careers and albums, and minho has a solo single. jonghyun was the main vocalist of shinee but now onew and taemin and key both kind of now do a lot more of those more vocal parts. the shinee boys are very close with snsd too!
JongHyun was one of the best vocalist in the Kpop industry, one of the first vocal stars of SM Ent., back in the days, when SM gathered their main vocalists for special concerts, he was the one who supported the younger ones, like Chen. He always encouraging them to learn more to develop his talent and flattering them.
His main objective was to share his music and he made it. A great person with a good heart, an example to follow for many artists.
Key and Gdragon are known aa fashionista in K-pop especially in airport fashion.
Jonghyun actually write a song which is 'Lonely' it's a duet song with Taeyeon. He said that he's thinking of Taeyeon while writing that song because taeyeon is fighting with depression like him. They are very close friends and when Jonghyun decided to end his life people got worried about Taeyeon since they both experiencing the same thing. After his death Taeyeon made a promise to her fans that she will never go that far and she will sing for a long long time. Their friendship is one of the best friendships that we will never see again.
Yeah, this guide was really nice about how they talked about Jonghyun. Shawols like to talk comfortably about him without feeling sad or thinking of only his passing, cus he should be remembered for his personality and music :)
❤️. Yes! I’ve seen some people online be nervous or awkward about him. And no one wants that.
You have come to the moment in every shawol's life when they realize that every member is their bias. No one is safe. Lol :)
thanks for this! SHINee have a FLAWLESS discography, and it's one of the most interesting and that offers a lot of variety in genres! And about Jonghyun's music, his album "Collection: Story Op.2" is actually one of my all time favourite album, each and every song he wrote for that is just absolutely brilliant! I hope you'll get to listen to all their solo stuff as well, it's worth it for sure, even just on your own! :)
Enjoy your journey with Shinee Sir Austin. 💎
Aside from their bop songs they are savage and hilarious just like their soshi noonas.🤣
Jonghyun had the most unique voice. I surprised myself by tearing up at his bio. After his death, the four performed standing in spotlights and singing. The mic in the middle was empty but had a spotlight on it.
Minho has been in several movies. One of his best is Hwarang. One of his co stars is V from BTS.
I find it rly interesting how the rest of the members have stepped up to fill Jonghyun's power vocal moments. At first, we all thought it would be Taemin because other than Jonghyun, he would sometimes be the one in the past to do the main high notes. But so far, all 4 of them have spread it out pretty equally and I think the line distribution has been amazing
Before I stanned MAMAMOO, I stanned SHINee and I haven't really loved other groups as much as I love these two (I do listen to other group's songs but both of these groups deserved their own playlist on spotify
I’m so excited that you’ve decided to get into SHINee👏🏻 in true SM Stan fashion lol it’s impossible trying not to fall in love with sm groups
Minho is known to have written and co-written many of the raps for SHINee's songs. For the initial albums he worked alongside JQ, a composer of SM, something that is not common among idols that have just debuted,
In general, everyone has different talents and abilities, however, it is curious how being totally different they merge into a perfect combination.
I feel like you would love their live performances. Evil and excuse me miss are two of my favorites.. I can’t wait to see more shinee content from you!
It's funny how when i became baby EXO-L, u started stanning them after a few days. And now i became a baby shawol, and here we go...
Again your videos are going to help me in my journey!!!
SHINee are just so lovely and talented, they are very close with other sm artists, a little friend group I love is jonghyun, yeri, taeyeon and key, btw something that wasnt mentioned here is that jonghyun's mother created "shiny foundation" after his passing, for artists that struggle with mental health to help them get therapy and counseling 💖
Welcome to SHINee World!! They have an amazing japanese discography too and their b-sides are very cool. Everyone in the group has solo music (except Minho, he only has an SM Station but he's focused more on acting and he's great).
I think you'll get to know them more with their solos, their individual colors are well represented there. It's a group with a great trajectory, so I don't really know what to recommend apart from their MVs because they have a lot of stuff 🥺
Also, thank you for being so respectul c:
Ma boy jonghyun is one of the few men who can make irene feel comfortable. I remember when they appear in the knowing bros together
I'm so happy I could dance right now! :D I'm really glad you liked them and want to stan them and I'm so excited about you learning more about them, including Jonghyun, because a lot of new fans don't do it and he is seriously one of my favorite artists and humans ever! All of them are! And you're in for treat with these five wonderful and sweet men!
Also, 1) yes, I think their b-sides are what made us all shawols in the first place, and 2) that rap from Minho from their rookie days will haunt him and us for the rest of our lives! I'm so sorry to him but it was too funny to forget!
I'm so happy that you started the SHINee journey 🥺💖
When they first started, it was mainly Jonghyun and Onew who carried the group's vocal. As the years progressed, the rest of them, including their main rapper Minho became vocalists. Taemin in particular, who barely had lines when they debuted due to his immature vocal chords was trained by Onew and mainly Jonghyun and became one of the most successful soloist. Because of the heavy influence, his singing style now is closest to Jonghyun, and now takes over a lot of Jjong's lines. All members have very distinct tones but together they sound incredible..especially their heavenly harmonies. That's what makes SHINee so unique.
Their ballads are incredible! They do have songs that some may say weird, somehow they always made them work. You're right SHINee is chaotic, loud, a mess (i mean, almost all SM groups are) but they are also so cute, charming, loving and sweet with each other despite all the bickering. It is true that Taemin is on-stage fierce and off-stage shy, but with his 4 hyungs, he's definitely a spoilt brat that gets away with everything cause he knows his brothers will clean up his mess. He is forever loved not only by the members but by the entire industry.
After first getting into kpop around 2010, a shinee shirt was the first merch I ever saw in the states. They were THE hotness right off the bat!
I have sooo many things to say but I want to try and keep it short. First of all, I have discovered that Sir Austin and I are the same age, super cool! SHINee is absolutely that group that you turn to when you're feeling down, they are super sweet and beyond funny. The SHINee members are literal crackheads and I live for it. I really hope to see reactions to things like 'SHINee being chaotic' because... YEAH! I love them soo damn much. As you don't know much about Jonghyun it would be great to watch guides on not just him but there are ones for individual members. Jonghyun was truly just amazing, he was super smart, incredibly kind, and always loved to laugh and to make others laugh. Jonghyun's smile is way up there on my list of most beautiful things I have ever seen. When I watch older SHINee content he was def the bias but that's also partly because Taemin was a baby then lol. Due to that I say that Jonghyun is my SHINee bias even though Taemin is my ult because I couldn't look at Taem like that til he was older. Key is def my wrecker but literally all 5 attack me, they're all just really rude and I love it. If you love Minho's laugh, wait until you hear Key's omg.... Taemin's laugh is also just adorable. I think I will stop here now and just say that I am really excited to watch you start on this journey, I know you will love it and them more and more as you come to know more.
With Shinee, they will all become your biases. It’s impossible to pick lol. I love you’ve gotten into them and their music. They’re amazing.
I love them all the same. SHINee have the most recognizable and unique voices and their range is impressive. Their songs can put a smile on your face in the most difficult moments and for that I love their music.
Sir.... About you saying European pop influence in Shinee's music reminded me that it was just yesterday in the you tube channel called ReacttotheK, the you-tuber Umu interviewed an ex-AR of SM and she told that Shinee's music is European pop influenced. I didn't know about all this and that's how i got to know😇😇.
It make me so sad, Jonghyun left us on my birthday.. :'(
Suho said that Playboy was a very special song for him, and I think not just because he had to perform it solo (where you almost died LOL) but also bc it was written by his very close friend Jonghyun..
Y Si Fuera Ella is Jonghyun's best song for me, I hope you react to him performing it live and also SJ's Kyuhyun's dedicating it to him at KOMS..
If you watch a clip from their first concert tour, specifically Lucifer, you'll see Lay there :D He filled in for Jonghyun because he had hurt his ankle. The more groups you love from SM, the more you'll love all the interactions between them.
YAS!! SHINee is such a gem. Please continue to love them. Esp come back to their old shows and every music!
I've been watching your videos for a while because you like EXO and I really like your reactions. And I wanted so much you to get to know SHINee because they are the Legendary group! They've been called a brand in kpop (out of concurrency in the whole kpop) with some Korean music.. man (sorry don't remember who was that but an important man whose opinion is important) And I do agree! Because SHINee is on a whole different level than others.
So, now I'm subscribing you channel because I do like that you liked SHINee and is a potential Shawol (if you already are - welcome!). Also, I hope to see more of your reactions to SHINee.
Best wishes from Ukrainian Shawol
"Do I have a bias or do I just love all of them" is one of the most real things ever said!
I'm so happy you're becoming a Shawol. They are such a talented group.
their laugh and funny jokes! once 5 always 5! at times they are the reason for my sadness(guess you guys could get me as a fellow shawol) but they are literally the cure to my blues!
I cried so much!! Jonghyun is my bias when i got to know shinee.
Oh I can't wait for your vocal analysis of SHINee, especially their live performances!
Every member has stepped up. Yes it was Jonghyun who did most of the powerful and best runs but they filled up Jonghyun's absence with their talent and passion in music. The four of them didn't lose their title. They are still rocking the stage powerfully and amazingly.
I'm so happy that you're stanning SHINee now! I've been a Shawol since 2010 and have fallen out (kpop in general) after the 2nd generation of kpop ended. 😩
But I am now starting to go back again and learning what I've missed since then. 🥰
Jonghyun had a lot of friends. Taeyeon, Lee Hi and IU were some close ones. He wrote songs for all of them.
Lee Hi’s breathe was a song that he wrote about having a hard time and being able to breathe - she performed it at his memorial show and honestly I dunno how she did it.
So I guess I woke up today and chose ✨sadness✨. The way I had my lips pursed together at the end trying not to sob.
Fun fact: Shinee started it first with the dance practice video and SNSD is started the photocard (on album) during 'Oh!' era wherein they put their selca's (selfie) in the album and it's what everyone's doing now.
I’m so excited for you to be diving into Shinee, they’re one of my 2 ult groups (the other one being SNSD). The best thing about Shinee other than their incredible lives (which are better than the MVs) is their amazing personalities and fantastic group dynamic. Although SM groups tend to have that sibling dynamic to them, it’s more prominent with Shinee, as they struggled through so much with each other. I honestly think they resemble actual siblings more so than any other group in SM. There couldn’t have been 5 guys to exist who would more perfect to be in this group than Onew, Jonghyun, Key, Minho, and Taemin.