Jonghyun

For the person of the same name in NU'EST, see JR.

Jonghyun (종현) was a South Korean singer and songwriter under SM Entertainment. He was a member of the boy group SHINee. He made his solo debut on January 12, 2015 with his first mini-album Base while his final album Poet | Artist was released posthumously on January 23, 2018.

Career

2015: Solo debut with Base

On January 1, a mysterious video teaser of a triangle that expands into a square was released on the SMTOWN website.^[1] It was then confirmed that Jonghyun will make his solo debut with the mini album Base on January 12 with teaser photos and a teaser video being released on January 2.^[2] On January 3, it was announced that SMTOWN would be revealing a line up of artists that participated in the album, with Younha being revealed on the same day.^[3] The next day, it was revealed that the singer-songwriter Wheesung participated in the lyric making of the album.^[4] The title track of the mini album was announced to be "Crazy (Guilty Pleasure)", which features the rapper Iron, on January 5 through a teaser video.^[5] The song was described to be a medium tempo retro pop song influenced by neo soul and funk genres.^[5] On January 6, it was announced that Jonghyun would be pre-releasing the song "Déjà-Boo", featuring Zion.T, on January 7.^[6] The track list for the mini album was revealed the next day and featured a total of 7 songs, including the bonus track, along with the symbols "+???" indicating an additional song.^[7] On the same day, the song "Déjà-Boo" was pre-released and took charge of the top spot on real time charts.^[8] A highlight medley for the mini album was released on January 8 with the music video for "Crazy (Guilty Pleasure)" dropping the next day.^[9][10] A performance video for "Déjà-Boo" was released on January 10, two days after his showcase stage. ^[11] The mini album was officially released on January 12 and swept number one on different music charts.^[12] On January 14, a dance practice video for the song "Hallelujah" was released.^[13]

Discography

Studio albums

• She is (2016)
• Poet | Artist (2018)

Special albums

• The Collection Story Op.1 (2015)
• The Collection Story Op.2 (2017)

Mini albums

• Base (2015)

Digital singles

• "Monthly Live Connection Track 1" (2015)
• "Monthly Live Connection Track 2" (2015)
• "Monthly Live Connection Track 3" (2015)
• "Inspiration" (2016)

Collaboration singles

• "Your Voice" (with Heritage) (2016)

OSTs

• "City Hunter OST Part.2" ("So Goodbye") (2011)
• "The King's Dream OST Part.3" ("1 Out of 100") (2013)
• "Mimi OST" ("Breath" with Taeyeon of Girls' Generation) (2014)
• "Birth of a Beauty OST Part.1" ("She") (2014)
• "Who Are You: School 2015 OST Part 6" ("Named" with Taemin) (2015)
• "Oh My Venus OST Part.1" ("Only The Words I Love You") (2015)

Other releases

• "Two Yoo Project - Sugar Man Part.5" ("Only the Words I Love You") (2015)

Concerts

• JONGHYUN – X – INSPIRATION (2016)
• INSPIRED (2017)

Trivia

• His song "Moon" from his first studio album She is will be sent to the moon in 2020 through the Project Mora, a "moon museum" by storing the information inside a capsule.^[14]

Gallery

Main article: Jonghyun/Gallery

References

Official links

• Website
• Instagram
• Twitter

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