SHINee is some sort of Inspiration.

SHINee didn't lose a member but gained an angel. He was a star shining among five others, now he's a star shining up in the sky. You're our pride, Jonghyun. You've done so well. And you deserved better. Stay strong, Jinki, Kibum, Taemin and Minho, as well as the rest of his family and friends.

[fyjjong]

kim jonghyun. we are so proud of you. you were so brave and beautiful and kind and selfless and strong. you’ll continue to be all of these and more even though you are not physically with us anymore. today is a sad day and every 18th moving forward (especially this year) is going to be just as difficult and sad, and as crushed as i still am personally right now i wanted to share this little beam of positivity. it’s not the easiest to do but it’s genuinely how i feel. i’m never going to understand why someone so incredible, why someone who was so one in a million had to go through as much pain as you did, but i guess sometimes life does not make sense and it is rarely fair, even to those who deserve it the most. maybe it is true when they say that those who are needed the most in the world are the ones who are taken too soon. i love you, i love you, i love. we all love you. we all miss you. we’re never going to stop missing you.

[fyjjong]

(180121) @doodleshop_seoul: 🎶 twinkle twinkle. ✨ clear and pure eyes. it’s so very cute. 💕 .

[fyjjong]

this has become a roo blog. jonghyun would want it no other way.

[fyjjong]

“we can be together in this space, while being on the other side of the earth. we can be together at any time now, not just at 12 o'clock. physical matters certainly remained indifferent in our space. i only hope for this to never cease. i hope this space that belongs to you and me, be the site for anyone to rest in tranquility. i hope for our memories to rise as reminiscences and embrace you like no other. this is dedicated to those who have created our space together. thank you.”

[fyjjong]

poet | artist topped the yes24 cd / lp daily sales chart for january 22nd with preorder sales. jonghyun’s novel, skeleton flower: things that have been set free, ranked #2. the novel also ranked #6 on the book / e-book daily sales chart. (source)

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puppy hugging the members one by one

[kibumsfreakk]

😭😭😭

[fyjjong]

for those interested in purchasing a copy of jonghyun’s novel, skeleton flower: things that have been set free: it has been confirmed that a new printing will be released in the first week of february. here. to note: there is no official printing of the novel in anything but korean. international shops that currently offer it up for preorder include: choice music la ($25.99), kpopmart ($15.90), kpoptown ($12.90), ktown4u ($12.21) and yesasia ($22.99). all prices listed are in usd and do not include shipping calculated in.

[bleshilegend]

Don’t avoid eye contact Don’t try to keep hiding yourself You know that what I want is Only you

[taeminplease]

[somebirdsjustcantfly]

[fytaem]

Resources to support SHINee

This is definitely my last post, in which I give you the resources you need to support group and individual activities of SHINee in the future. WHERE CAN I PURCHASE PHYSICAL ALBUMS? Talking about Korean products, most popular websites in which you can purchase physical albums as also dvd / blurays (and even goods in some of them) are Kpopmart, Kpoptown, KTown4U, YesAsia and Music Plaza(this last one distributes ONLY in USA). Physical albums that you purchase from any of these websites count directly in Hanteo Chart. When it comes to Japanese products, you can purchase them also through YesAsia, and sites as Tower Records, CDJapan and HMV. WHERE ARE PHYSICAL SALES COUNTED? Physical albums are counted in Hanteo (which counts real time purchases and it’s the chart music shows use for the percentage of sold physical albums) and Gaon (which counts physical sales but also digital sales, digital streaming and other categories in a weekly frequence). To check the real time chart of Hanteo is needed to have a Korean number, while Gaon can be checked publicly. WHAT ABOUT DIGITAL STREAMING? There’s many, many Korean music sites, but some of them do not allow streaming for international fans (as Melon and Monkey3). Music websites that do allow digital streaming for i-fans are Genie, Bugs, Naver Music,MNET, Olleh and Soribada. Digital streaming counts in different percentages in music shows to get a win, and nowadays the percentage of digital streaming is way higher than physical sales’ percentage. You can find a resource post with tutorials to stream in some of these music sites HERE. CAN I CHECK THE DIGITAL CHARTS IN REAL TIME? Yes you can, click on the upcoming links to check real time charts of these sites: Melon, Genie, Bugs, Naver Music, MNET, Olleh, Soribada. Most of these charts have a TOP100: a first page shows 1~50 ranking, and you must go down the page to find the link to the 51~100 positions. All of these charts are updated every hour (following KST), except Soribada, which is updated every 10 minutes. STREAMING ON ITUNES OR SPOTIFY DOES COUNT IN KOREAN MUSIC CHARTS? No, it doesn’t count. However, streaming in both places does count in charts as Billboard and, of course, streaming on iTunes gives chances to appear on iTunes charts. CAN I SUPPORT SHINEE FOR FREE? Of course! HERE you can find some things you can do for free. HOW DO MUSIC SHOWS WORK? You can find information HERE. WHERE CAN I FIND STREAMING LINKS? For Korean TV shows and radio shows, you can find links in aqstream. For concerts (Korean, Japanese, overseas) shawols tend to use mixlr. When the concert it’s about to start, search for “mixlr” on twitter and you might find shawols sharing their links / shawols streaming other shawols links. HOW CAN I KNOW AT WHICH TIME A SCHEDULE WILL START IN MY TIMEZONE? Visit worldtimebuddy to compare your timezone with others. Usually Taemin and SHINee have activities in Korea (KST) and Japan (JST) but you can check many other timezones if they go overseas. HOW CAN I PURCHASE TICKETS FOR SHINEE CONCERTS? For Korean concerts, tickets are usually sold through yes24, while for Japanese concerts tickets are sold through Tickebo usually following a lottery system; this lottery will give the chance to SWJ Official Fanclub members to participate first, to then probably give option to a general lottery. In both of these cases, you can go to this tutorial to know how to join SWJ and understand how Tickebo works. On the other hand, SM offers special global packages through the platform SMTOWN TRAVEL. Global packages consist of tickets for one or two attendees, but also room(s) in a hotel, menu, special merchandise and transportation and guide, for international fans that decide to attend concerts in Seoul. SM doesn’t usually offer global packages for concerts in Japan, but they can do it in special occasions (as, for example, in previous SHINee concerts in Tokyo Dome and Kyocera Dome). IS THERE ANY FANBASE THAT PROVIDES TUTORIALS? Yes, Support SHINee! IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN DO? Love yourselves. Eat well. Sleep well. Study, gain knowledge in what you feel passion for. Do what you need to do to feel better every time you feel down. Express yourself when you need it, don’t give a fuck about what others say. You matter. It will hurt less someday. Love SHINee. Keep sending positive and lovely messages to SHINee’s official sites but also to the profiles of Onew and, Key, as send lovely messages to Minho and Taemin whenever they are able to post in official profiles. Support them in whatever they need to do to feel better. Love Jonghyun. Let him rest in peace. Spread his legacy. Enjoy his art. Never forget him. Love Taemin. Protect him. Educate him and forgive him. Please love him, so much, way better than I did. I’m sorry. Thank you. Goodbye.

[fyjjong]

(180116) @bumkeyk: hello, this is shinee’s key. i’m talking to you guys for the first time in a while. i’ve been thinking a lot lately and even though it’s a bit late, i figured it would be good to say it myself. ahead of our upcoming tour, i will be greeting you guys through a prerecorded reality show with boa. some might find it a bit early, but i’m planning to pull myself together and return to daily life. the other members are trying to get back on their feet as well. we can’t say that what happened with jonghyun was a breaking point. that would worry jonghyun, his family, and many other people. it’s upsetting that i can’t see him at the moment, but i know he’s waiting for me just around the corner. now more than ever, i want to gain strength and keep jonghyun in our presence as we promote, rather than trying to fill up his space. it might be too much to ask, but i hope that whenever and wherever you see us, you will treat us and love us like you always have. i would be very thankful for that. if you continue to support us so that we can hang in there, we promise we won’t disappoint. thank you. (source: soompi)

[fyjjong]

bts’s jungkook uploaded a short snippet of a lee hi’s “한숨 (breathe)” in his most recent post on their official twitter (@bts_tw) account. for reference: jungkook has mentioned in the past that he is a fan of shinee. (source)

[fyjjong]

one month without you already and it hasn’t gotten any easier than it was the day that we lost you. i’ll never forget you. i’ll always love you. i miss you. 💞💞

[fyjjong]

for jonghyun:  ♫ this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you. ♫ (bonus cover: by lianne la havas.)

[fyjjong]

please join k-shawols in helping to trend their chosen hashtag of the day, in tribute and rememberance of jonghyun: #종현아_덕분에_내_평생이_따뜻해. the hashtag translates, in the simplest terms, to: “thanks to jonghyun my life is warm”. though attempting to trend other hashtags (for either jonghyun solely or shinee as a group) is also fantastic it seems that they want to make the focus of main focus to be on jonghyun, understandably so.

[fyjjong]

regarding the domes. i want people to remember something leading into them: though jinki, kibum, minho and taemin have made a decision (a difficult one) that they feel to be the right one it doesn’t mean that it’ll be easy for them nor does it mean that all are going to feel or react the same way to the process leading up to it. they’re all different people who cope in different ways. even if they’re doing them for themselves, for jonghyun, for jonghyun’s family, for shawols, it won’t be easy. it is going to be an emotionally grueling process that begins with difficult changes that have to be made to make the concerts work and ends with having to face thousands of heartbroken shawols four times over (in under two weeks time). this also all needs to be figured out in under five weeks time. (ex: them having to figure out a way to make the entire concert work without jonghyun’s physical or vocal presence while also trying to keep his memory intact.) they’re likely all terrified and stressed out and i think, as fans, we don’t just need to support them but we need to remember that they’re all human beings and they shouldn’t be expected to be “strong”. they’re going to have a lot of eyes on them during these concerts, including the eyes of the media and always judgmental netizens, and the last thing that they’ll need is anyone critiquing them for acting a particular way, breaking down or not being “professional” enough at certain points. if it’s been this difficult for us that’s not even a … fraction of how difficult it’s been for them, and how difficult it will continue to be. so, on top of hoping that the concerts go as smoothly as possible (given the obvious), we should also hope that they’re taking care of their mental health and that there are people looking out for them, and making sure that they’re aware that it’s okay to cry or live up to the stands that are normally expected of idols (or the standards that have been developed for them as a group through their career). (they have each other, of course, but having others is important as well.)