below is a write up for jonghyun written by a reporter who once interviewed shinee for aera magazine. above is a never-before-seen b-side of shinee from “said” photoshoot.
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quiet and serious. that was the impression left by the late jonghyun on the aera reporter who previously covered them. he was a kind artist who was always concerned about his members. and yet why?
the date of the magazine coverage was on february 1, 2016. the five members of shinee: onew, jonghyun, taemin, minho, and key went to the basement studio of asahi shimbum company for a photoshoot for the magazine cover. during the photoshoot, someone started singing then someone started slightly dancing. it was a happy atmosphere. even though they had a concert until the day before in fukuoka thye did not show any signs of tiredness.
during the interview with the five of them together, they got excited while talking about the foods they ate in japan and were uncontrollable. key said, “we ate motsunabe yesterday,” while onew said, “lemon milk is also good.” they got more excited talking about momiji manju and minho said, “hitsumabushi, that’s the best.” “shimahokke is also delicious. also, shirasudon. that was tasty,”, taemin said, showing off his refined choice.
at that point, jonghyun chimed in, “i think i’m bad at this. i think tonkatsu is the best!”
surrounded by onew, who made everyone laugh, key who spoke in flowing japanese, taemin who is friendly, and minho who is bright, jonghyun felt like a quiet guy so watching him playing around with the members, even (the reporter) lost nervousness. when (the reporter) asked a question and jonghyun answered it seriously, it felt a little more tense than usual.
he was particularly passionate when talking about music.
even though all the members were thankful for the success of their dome tour, personally, the size of the venue was not really their purpose, they said. they do not like fussing about age / years or numbers and rather cherish their sensitivity and ways of thinking. they like challenging various things in concerts, for example, during that time they were recording for their album, d×d×d, and they were discussing how “wishful thinking” and “boys will be boys” had unique rhythms, and were thinking about how to express the songs using their own voice and rhythm.
when asked, “your album, d×d×d, has a lot of shinee-like ballads and other songs of different genres, so whoever listens to it would maybe like at least one song, right?” jonghyun commented, “maybe … you say!”, making the members laugh.
a friend who is a shinee fan said, ”one of the things their fans are proud of is that the shinee members have a good relationship with each other“, and emphasized their closeness. now that one member is gone the magnitude of that loss must be immeasurable. (source: keihissi)