Happy Birthday Jonghyun: SHINee's Key, Minho, Taemin and fans remember late member on his 35th birthday (2024)

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Shinee (/ˈʃaɪniː/ SHY-nee; Korean: 샤이니, romanized: Syaini; Japanese: シャイニー, romanized: Shainī; stylized as SHINee) is a South Korean boy band formed by SM Entertainment in 2008. The group originally consisted of five members: Onew, Key, Minho, Taemin, and Jonghyun, until the latter died in 2017.

SHINee is a South Korean boy band formed by SM Entertainment The members are Onew, Jonghyun, Key, Minho, Taemin (order from oldest to youngest).

He joined SM Entertainment as a trainee with talent in singing and dancing and was chosen to debut as a member of Shinee in 2008 at age 14. The group officially debuted on May 25, 2008, performing on the music program Inkigayo on SBS.

Kim Jong-hyun (April 8, 1990 – December 18, 2017), better known by the mononym Jonghyun, was a South Korean singer-songwriter, and radio host.

On June 9, SM Entertainment announced, "Due to Onew's poor health, he has been advised by medical staff to get some rest and seek treatment. SHINee's upcoming concert and album release will proceed as planned with Key, Minho and Taemin.

SHINee's Key and Minho renew contract with SM Entertainment after Taemin and Onew's exit; agency confirms. SHINee member Key and Minho have decided to continue their journey with SM Entertainment as they renew their contracts.

Key was born on September 23, 1991, in Daegu, South Korea, as an only child. He represented Yeong Shin Middle School in his hometown as a water-skier and competed in water-skiing competitions. In 2005, he joined SM Entertainment after a successful audition at the SM National Tour Audition Casting.

SINGAPORE – After a long hiatus, K-pop boy band Shinee's leader Onew is finally back.

Shinee debuted in May 2008 with their first EP, Replay, which spawned the single of the same name. They later released their first studio album, The Shinee World, which peaked at number three on the MIAK (Music Industry Association of Korea) chart and was re-released as Amigo (2008).

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Lim Seowon may only be 12 but her sweet looks, powerhouse vocals, and nifty dance moves made her stand out on Korean talent show Universe Ticket. But netizens are wondering if Seowon is a little too young to be in showbiz after seeing that she doesn't even have all her teeth yet.

I'm now single again!” Taemin's virtual marriage to A Pink's Son Na Eun on MBC's “We Got Married” came to an end in January of this year.

Translated version: I am damaged from the inside. The depression that has been slowly eating away at me has completely swallowed me, and I couldn't win over it.

Jonghyun's SHINee bandmates, Onew, Key, Taemin, and Minho, along with members of Super Junior, another K-pop boy band, carried his coffin to a hearse, according to the BBC, where his body was transported to a private funeral. Hundreds of grief-stricken fans gathered outside the hospital to pay their final respects.

Later that day, at 4:42 PM, Jonghyun's older sister, Kim So-dam, made an initial call to emergency responders, reporting that she believed he intended to commit suicide, because he had sent her a number of messages on KakaoTalk with words such as "last goodbye" and "say I did well".

He was the vocalist of the South Korean boy band Shinee for nine years, releasing twelve albums with the group in both Korean and Japanese.

With Taemin's discharge, all SHINee members have completed their military service.

SINGAPORE – After a long hiatus, K-pop boy band Shinee's leader Onew is finally back. The 34-year-old vocalist has been on a break for unspecified health issues since June 2023, but recently announced his return – and that he will be joining a new company.

In 2007 and onward, second generation groups such as BigBang, TVXQ, Super Junior, 2PM, Shinee, Beast and Infinite continued to grow the popularity of boy bands domestically in Korea as well as globally through the second phase of Hallyu.