it’s the first song he heard when he just went to Korea and it’s the song that gave him strength, made him eager to perform on stage

SHINee is five. SHINee always has been five. SHINee always will be five. ✨

Jonghyun came out in the LA Times today💔

수고했어, 김종현. 정말 고생했어

i love u shinee 

our celestial jonghyun, shining on. (source)

[170302] Did not expect that the first time I saw you perform live will also be the last. 

You did good Jonghyun Kim. You worked hard.

When you’re tired and having a hard time Please let me stay by your side So I can give back to you the love I had only received Before this life ends

(900408 -  ∞)

According to a Dispatch interview with a close friend of Jonghyun, he died feeling like a failure and that he couldn’t live up to expectations. Can we please stop putting these idols on pedestals so high that the moment they don’t do as well, they feel like they will plummet into nothing? I would rather have my favorite groups announce they were never going release music again if it meant that they could focus on themselves and live happy lives. At the end of the day, I don’t need a new album. I don’t need a world tour. But what I do need is for my faves to get physical and mental rest. And to know that sales and views dont matter. What does matter, at least to me, is their happiness, them knowing their worth, and that they are enough. Jonghyun didn’t deserve to feel like he wasn’t enough, and no other idol should.

the official shinee instagram and twitter accounts (@shinee) have blacked out their display images in mourning for jonghyun.