#pearl maknae energy REALNESS

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i canT PEARL SAYING "SHUT UP OLD MAN" TO MUMBO

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BTS friends to dating, Maknae Line

A/N: Happy 4th of July to my fellow migook-saram! Let’s remember the values this country was built on, and reflect on how we can become a more just society for all people, regardless of background. I’ve spent my day celebrating America by reading BTS fics (lol). It’s the first day I’ve had off from work and classes for a long time, so it feels heavenly to relax at home. As always, feedback, comments or just saying hi is always welcome <3 Without further ado, enjoy the maknae line confessions!

Warnings: none

Genre: fluff

Words: 2,831

Written while listening to: Ragged Wood by Fleet Foxes; 3005 by Childish Gambino; Orange Sky by Alexi Murdoch; Bainá by Barbatuques; 715-Creeks by Bon Iver; Feels by Kiiara, to name a few.

Jimin (I feel like similarly to Hobi, he would be very likely to date a childhood friend. I also think he’d like someone a teeny bit bossy. //I realize that this is unrealistic scenario, but hopefully it’s cute <3 ).

You and Jimin had become friends while he was studying contemporary dance in Busan. You had been in the same tutorial, and the two of you were often the last two in the dance studio at night, perfecting your moves. You had gone for ballet, so your classes didn’t always overlap, but at a school so small, it was hard to not get to know the others in the dance track. After he had dropped out to join Bangtan, you had missed him terribly. The two of you had kept in touch via Kakao, but it wasn’t the same as late night dinners, tickle fights, and whatever else the two of you had done when you were feeling deliriously exhausted and slap-happy after the long days of school and practice.

After finishing high school a few years later, you had moved to Seoul to be in the ballet company. Even though you had grown up in a city, Busan had a completely different vibe from Seoul, and you often found yourself lonely. You and Jimin were in the same city, but he was so often busy with promotions and tours that you rarely saw him. You had contacted him when you first moved to Seoul, and he had come over to throw a tiny house-warming part of just the two of you, giving you a throw blanket for your couch, and a bottle of wine. Slowly you had furnished your small apartment, and Jimin always brought you small mementos from the different places he travelled on tour. But despite the fact that you knew he thought of you, you rarely saw each other.

On this particular night you were feeling particularly down. You tried to tell yourself that it was only a manifestation of the nerves you were feeling about tomorrow’s opening night. It was your debut role as the lead ballerina and you knew that all eyes would be on you. You were also nervous about making small talk at the fancy reception they always threw for wealthy supporters of the ballet and that you would be expected to make an appearance. You open the bottle of wine jimin gave you all those months ago. As much as you would like to drink the entire bottle, cry, and possibly call Jimin, your body is your job, and tomorrow is one of the most important days of your career. So you sip at the one glass you’ve allowed yourself, and realize that you don’t even know what continent he is currently on.

The opening night goes stunningly well, and you receive a standing ovation. The high of dance and performing has made you forget your angst of the night before, and you feel happy for the first time in ages. The reception that you were dreading is also going fine, with no  one being too creepy or grabby. Right as you think that, you feel a hand linger gently on your waist and turn around, ready to (gently) tell off whoever might be touching you.

Smiling back are two crescent moons, crinkling at the corners. It is always his eyes that you notice first.

“Jimin?” You breathe, not believing that he is really here.  You hug him tight and close.

His smile gets bigger. “People think I’m clingy and mochi, but I learned it from the best,” he teases gently.

“Were you here for the performance?” You ask, realizing how hopeful you sound.

“I wouldn’t have missed your big debut for the world,” he says, fingers lacing through your own. “You were….ethereal,” he continued. “I mean, you were always amazing, but I never remember seeing anything like that back in high school,” he said.

You scoffed a little at that, but could feel your cheeks getting rosy. “I’m a professional, now, Park Jimin. Hopefully I’ve gotten better from when I was 16,” you retort, not really upset.

You felt sad when his hand left your own, but soon after he put something into your hands. A red box with gold letters spelling out the name of the very famous jeweler on top. You gasp and open it. Inside is a gold bangle, and a screwdriver. You had heard of these bracelets, but had always scorned the idea of locking something onto someone else’s wrist. With Jimin though, you had to admit that you didn’t hate the idea as much as you previously had.

“Jimin, I can’t accept this. Small gifts, but this is too much. We’re not even dating….” You trail off.

“Y/N-ah. This is me asking if you want to date. It’s too hard for me to go so long without seeing you.”

He leaned in, and you bumped foreheads, looking into each others’ eyes.  You won’t kiss, as you were still at a work function.  As he moves away, you gently hold his wrist and latch the bracelet closed.

You smile at him. “Looks like I’ll have to hang onto this screwdriver after all, you say,” and smirk up at him. “I’m not letting go of your hand anytime soon.”

Taehyung (Tae would need to date someone who loves kids. I feel like this is canon. I feel like he’s too direct and charming to ever really get shy. I always imagine him with someone really classic and understated as well. AKA, not me. Sadly I do not meet any of these criteria, lol)

You had met Tae a few months ago, when you had taken your cousin to the indoor play-park at one of the nearby mega-malls. It had been too cold to play outside, but with the energy that your cousin had, you knew you wouldn’t get through your day of babysitting if you didn’t take her to do something.  You had been running around with her for a bit, but as she went down the slides designed for five-year olds, you sat out. No way did you want to get stuck in one of those tubes. You were glancing at your phone from time to time, while keeping your eye on your cousin. After a few minutes, you noticed her playing with another small child about her age. You shook your head, smiling. It was crazy how quickly kids could make friends.

Out of your peripheral vision, you saw a guy in Gucci from head to toe (not that you would know for sure, since you hadn’t seen any in real life, but that’s what it looked like in the magazines and blogs you casually followed). What was more alarming was the fact that he was wearing a hat, sunglasses (inside no less) and a face-mask.

Pervert, you thought to yourself, quickly looking for your cousin. He simultaneously approached the small boy. You were ready to protect the little boy too, until his face lit up and he shouted, “Hyung!” And barreled at the man in the face-mask so forcefully you thought that man might topple over. You saw him there frequently that winter, almost every Tuesday. As the kids became friends, this is how the two of you became friends. You talked about your dream of owning a daycare one day, which for some unknown reason made his face light up.

“I would totally trust you to take care of my nephew,” he said, boxy smile in full force.

It was strange that the two of you could relate so well. He always was decked out head to toe in designer gear, while you dressed casually and loved to find a good bargain. You were saving to make your dream come true, and didn’t want to let something frivolous like clothes and jewelry get in the way of that. Especially working with kids-you shuddered at the prospect of a child spilling juice or paint or god knows what else on Gucci loafers.

Despite his appearance though, he was surprisingly down to earth, talking about his family, their farm, and generally doting on his nephew. Before you knew it, you were smitten with him. I mean, he was beautiful and kind, not to mention how creative he was. You never knew what unexpected thing would come out of his mouth next.

At this point spring was starting to warm up, and you were nervous about whether you would still meet at the park. But at the same time on Tuesday, he texted you to ask what park you wanted to meet at with the kiddos.

The entire time at the park, he was clingier than usual, barraging you with aegyo you weren’t prepared for. You didn’t know where this was coming from, but you knew that your heart couldn’t take too much more of this. Your face was blushing, but whenever Tae would look at you and smirk, you would blame it on the temperature and sunshine, which would only make him smirk more.

As the play session was winding down, he kissed you quickly on the cheek, and asked when he could take you out to dinner. Your heart was pounding in your chest since the two of you had only ever hung out with the kids present, but you were excited at the chance to see him in a different context.

Later that week, as you were getting ready for your date, you put on a simple black dress, black ballet flats, red lipstick, pearl drops and braided your hair back. You knew that your outfit would likely never be as expensive as Tae’s, but you still wanted to look nice. He met you at the station, looking even more beautiful than usual. It was kind of unfair that he was always upstaging you, but you had accepted that as the natural order of things. You went into the dimly lit restaurant, and Tae led you to a secluded table in the corner.

He was drumming his fingers on the table, and before the food could even arrive, he was asking if you would be his girlfriend, and practically bouncing with excitement as he went through all of the date ideas he had that the two of you could go on. As he kept talking, you realized you hadn’t yet given him your answer, so you leaned across the table, and kissed him.

Jungkook (oops, this one got long. I feel like he would be super unapproachable at first, but then super soft once you got to know him. But I also think it would take our maknae a long ass time to confess, and it might not be very smooth when he actually did).

Jungkook had been your high school classmate. Naturally shy and studious, you would have  never approached him, though. You were at the School of Performing Arts for acting, but had little interest in fame. Rather, you loved how acting gave you an escape into someone else’s head, how it could make you feel brave and bold, and a thousand other feelings that you didn’t normally experience. Jungkook, on the other hand, was already a famous idol, constantly surrounded by throngs of girls. Even from afar, you could tell that he was jacked, and figured that someone with that impressive physique was probably ultra-vain.

The distance lessened though when you had acting class together one day. He ran into class a bit late, makeup smudge, probably coming late from a schedule. Seeing him look frazzled somehow made him seem (slightly) more human. The only open seat was next to you, and he gave you a brief nod. Little did you know that this would be the start of one of the closest friendships you would ever had.

The two of you were cast as the male and female leads in the class play, which meant that you had to spend a LOT of time preparing together. When he couldn’t make it to school or had to squeeze practice in between other obligations, you would meet him at Big Hit’s practice studios or the dorm.  His members would give the two of you shit about your “friendship,”” with lots of eye-rolls and elbow nudges. He was always professional, staying on task, running through lines and offering constructive feedback. While it was more of a family drama than a rom-com, there were a few touching scenes that would require you to be comfortable with each other.

One scene in particular you were dreading was the kiss scene about partway through the play. He always acted like it was no big deal, and you didn’t either, reminding yourself that he was a professional and probably did things like this all the time. Also, the ability to mask yourself for the sake of the character was one of the main reasons you loved acting so much. So whenever that scene approached, you pretended that you didn’t feel butterflies in your stomach or a spike in your pulse. You told yourself that it was good that the two of you had chemistry, and that it would make the play that much more realistic.

Slowly but surely though, it was becoming harder to ignore how Jungkook made you feel. Your gaze would drift to him, even when you didn’t mean for it to, and he caught you a few times, shooting a smile and wave to you from down the hall, which always made you think of a bunny. It was getting to the point where you had heard whispers around school, and you could only hope that he hadn’t heard them, which seemed likely based on how busy he had been with BTS promotions. Trying to fall asleep that night, you told yourself that you only had to repress it for only one more week, since that was all that was left of the run.

After coming the curtain closed on the final performance, you ran back to the girl’s changing room, eager to get out of your uncomfortable stage costume and back into your oversized hoodie. In a rush to get to the final after-party, you decided to leave your make-up and grabbed your phone, seeing that your ride was waiting.  You ran out the door and directly into Jungkook, who was clearly waiting for someone.

You assumed that your friendship would retreat to something more casual now that the play was over, but the way his face lit up when he saw you still made you feel warm all over.

“Hey, Y/N-ah, do you have a second?” He asked, and you could tell his cheeks were pink even under all that stage makeup.

“Sure, Kookie,” you smiled. “What's up? Can we make it quick? My ride to the afterparty is waiting-are you coming tonight?”

He shook his head sadly. “I don’t think the company would like it very much if pictures from tonight got out.”

“Ahh…” you said, feeling disappointed and not sure where the conversation was going.

He seemed to hesitate, and then steeled himself for whatever he was about to say. You found it crazy how he seemingly switch between innocently nervous and determined.

“Y’N-ah, it has been amazing getting to know you over the last couple of months, and I hope we can keep hanging out after this is over.”

You were surprised but happy…“Kook, I’d love that! Of course I want to stay friends.”

He ran a hand through his hair, and huffed. “That’s not quite what I meant, Y/N-ah.”

Before you could compute what he was trying to say, he leaned in and kissed you gently and slowly. After some quick reciprocation, you leaned back, not wanting to risk someone seeing the two of you, both for his image, and for your social life at school.

He stammered after the kiss, trying to come up with something suave to say, and failing. And that was when it hit you. All of those times you thought you were the only one feeling butterflies, Kook had just been a really, really, really, good actor.

[05-25-2008]

STAN SHINEE - A MASTERPOST

HELLO! i’ve met some people who have wanted to stan shinee, and asked for information on them, so i decided to make this huge post for anyone who wants to know more about shinee and/or potentially stan!!!!! all are welcome!!!!!

members:

-> onew: - real name: lee jinki - nicknames: dubu/tofu - his stans are called mvps - oldest member - birthday: december 14, born in 1989 in gwangmyeong, gyeonggido - only child - position: leader, vocalist - he had a vocal cord polyp removal and vocal fold mucosa reconstruction operation in june of 2014, which made him unable to sing for a few months. his first performance after the surgery was of the japanese song “rainy blue,” which can be found on youtube. you can see him get emotional there, too, which is understandable, as it was unknown if he would be able to sing the same way again. kim yeonwoo, a friend of onew as well as his vocal coach revealed that onew’s voice had improved after the vocal chords surgery. he also said that onew’s vocal range “improved and he can make sounds comfortably too”. - your local class clown - he can also play the piano - he was good at english when he was in school and still does good with it and speaks very good japanese, also rumored to know some chinese - he’s mostly ambiverted, as he can be both shy and extraverted in different situations - he is incredibly caring and respectful. he always bows fully at ninety degrees and holds the bow for a long time to show how thankful he is, and whenever his members cry or get wound up, he’s always there to settle things - he is a softie. he once cried because someone was being  nice to him - has a mole on his arm that is appreciated by all - he has a soft and beautiful voice - a smile that shines brighter than the sun - is known to have something called “onew condition” because he’s incedibly clumsy - has this famous “ttakbam” which is basically him pulling back his middle finger and releasing with a lot of force and it’s PAINFUL from what we’ve seen when he’s done it on shows, and even on jonghyun on their latest appearance on weekly idol. he left a mark!!! he also breaks walnuts and wood with his ttakbam. [examples: https://youtu.be/qIpV9lwOaX4 / https://youtu.be/13FDjk4UQ2M / https://youtu.be/c84YrCWp1_s / https://youtu.be/Xb-BW4WiO-0 ] - social media: his instagram is @dlstmxkakwldrl 

-> minho: - real name: choi minho - nicknames: flaming charisma - his stans are called flamers - birthday: december 9, born in 1991 in incheon - position: rapper, also sings - his father is the coach of a well-known south korean soccer team. minho wanted to become a professional soccer player before becoming an idol. - he has a brother - attended konkuk university’s affiliated high school - speaks japanese - very passionate about sports - has a really funny and cute high-pitched laugh - he’s a ball of energy! dabbing here and there, messing around, - he can get riled up, as seen when he’s on weekly idol haha

-> jonghyun: - real name: kim jonghyun - nicknames: puppy, dino, jjong - his stans are called blingers - birthday: april 8, born in 1990 in seoul - position: vocalist - he is the only member who doesn’t appear in all of the music videos. on april 1, 2013, he was in a car accident, causing him to injure his nasal bone. it was reported that he received surgery on the injury, and he sat out for most of shinee’s promotions for their song “why so serious?” - he has a dog named roo - he is short, and often called out for that, but dislikes it - speaks japanese - he’s a songwriter!!! he’s written many many songs, including exo’s playboy, which was originally going to be his, but he gave it to exo. - he was in a relationship with actress shin sekyung in 2010, but broke up in june 2011 because of their busy schedules - social media: his instagram is @jonghyun.948, and his twitter is @realjonghyun90 - he’s very emotional, he cries often at concerts because he is so grateful and happy - he’s got an Attitude, he can get angry when he feels like it! - he can hit some crazy high notes??? here’s a link to this high note contest: https://youtu.be/ifdUImaTUag

- jonghyun passed away on december 18, 2017. gone, but never forgotten. we as shawols continue to support shinee as a five-member group and nothing less.

-> key: - real name: kim kibum - nicknames: kibummie, almighty key, diva key - his stans are called lockets - position: rap and vocals - birthday: september 23, born in 1991 in daegu - graduated from myongji university with a degree in film and musical. he’s also attending woosuk university, majoring in “culture and education contents development” - he was raised by his grandma from birth because his mom was sick and his dad was busy with work. his grandmother unfortunately passed in 2014. - very good with languages!!! he speaks japanese and english fluently, and rumored to know chinese as well - he has two dogs named comme des and garçons that he loves very very much - known to be sassy - is really good at covering girl group songs - he loves fashion, he’s a fashion king. he designs shinee’s concert clothing and models very often and gets sent lots of clothing and just wears wonderful outfits all the time - has a scar on his eyebrow that’s appreciated, not hated! - social media: his instagram is bumkeyk - also cries kind of often - calls his fans his “little freaks” or “freaks"

-> taemin: - real name: lee taemin - nicknames: maknae, taem, taeminnie - his stans are called taemints - maknae - birthday: july 18, born in 1993 in seoul - position: vocalist - graduated from chungham high school - currently majoring in musical and film at myongji university - speaks japanese - not easily scared, unless it’s bugs, which he’s TERRIFIED of [examples: https://youtu.be/ME-OudY23pk / https://youtu.be/HI_dvlBUMeE] - acts hot and mature onstage, but then is a small baby who needs protection backstage - he’s dedicated to his catholic faith. at the end of the year performance every year he does a little prayer before the clock strikes midnight - he can play the piano - he’s also known as the dancer, he’s a very talented one - he doesn’t fully cry often in front of the camera, perhaps because he gets shy, but he is definitely grateful for his fans and the success he’s had as an idol

fan base name: shawol [a mixture of the words “shinee world,” a huge concert held by them every year]

group color: pearl aqua green

debut—present:

shinee debuted on may 22, 2008 under smtown entertainment with the song “replay”

their discography in order it was released [GET READY]:

2008:

- “replay" ep [may] - first full-length album “shinee world” released in august with title song “love like oxygen" - on october 30, a repackage of the “shinee world” album was released titled “a.mi.go,” which included three new songs, one of them being “amigo,” which was the title track

2009:

- on may 25 they released “romeo”. its title track is “juliette - on october 19 they released “2009, year of us”. its title track is “ring ding dong” [only one of the most iconic songs + long-haired kings not only this era, but throughout lucifer and sherlock]

2010:

- on july 19, they released their second full length album, titled “lucifer”. it became the 6th best-selling album of 2010 in south korea - in october, the “lucifer” album was re-released with the new title “hello”. - on december 26th they held their first ever shinee world concert

2011:

- on march 19, their fourth korean mini album, titled “sherlock,” was released - the japanese remake of “sherlock” was released in japan on may 16 - on june 19 they made history by becoming the first asian artists to perform at abbey road studios in london - on june 22, they made their japanese debut with a japanese version of “replay”. - their first japanese studio album “the first” was released in december - they participated in the album “2011 winter smtown - the warmest gift” with a cover of the song “last christmas”.

2012:

- on october 10, they released an original japanese single titled “dazzling girl”

2013:

- on march 13, they released the japanese song “fire” - shinee released their third korean album, which consists of two versions: the first part, titled “dream girl—the misconceptions of you,” was released on february 19. the second part “why so serious?—the misconceptions of me,” was released on april 29. a compilation album was released later on combining the two albums, and it’s called “the misconceptions of us” - on june 25, universal music japan released shinee’s 10th japanese single “lucky star" - on june 26, they released their second japanese album “boys meet u” - on august 21, they released a single with the same name, “boys meet u,” which included the japanese version of “dream girl” - on september 24, universal music japan released their 3rd japanese album, “i’m your boy,” with the singles “boys meet u,” “3 2 1,” and “lucky star" on october 14, they released the ep “everybody”

2014:

- on december 11 they released their 3rd live concert album from shinee world 3

2015:

- they held a 3-day long shinee world 4 concert between may 15 and 17, which is a live concert album - their fourth studio album “odd” was released on may 18, and the title song “view” was released on may 19. - the repackage album of “odd” titled “married to the music” was released on august 3, with 4 additional songs - they released their 11th and 12th japanese singles “sing your song” and “dxdxd” on october 25 and december 13

2016:

- on january 1, they released their fourth full-length japanese album titled “dxdxd” - they released their 13th japanese single “kimi no sei de” on may 18 - on october 5, they released their new album titled “1 of 1” - the repackage of “1 of 1” was released on november 15 with 5 new songs - on december 21, they released their 14th japanese single “winter wonderland”

2017:

- on january 27, they released their single 15th “get the treasure" - on feburary 2, they released their japanese album “FIVE"

2018:

- on march 26, they released their Japanese single “from now on"

- on may 15, sm entertainment revealed teasers for a three-part korean album titled the “story of light”

- on may 28, the first part of “the story of light,” ep one, was released with the title track being “good evening”

- on june 11, the second part of “the story of light,” ep two, was released with the title track being “i want you”

solo activities:

-> onew: - he’s been in some musicals. his musical debut was in “brothers were brave”. he was then in the musical “rock of ages” with the lead role, drew. - he appeared in the drama “dr. champs” in the final episode. he’s cameoed in “athena: goddess of war,” “oh my god x2,” “pure love,” the web drama “dating was the easiest,” [which he was chosen out of 2,000+ people for!!!] and he was in the drama “descendants of the sun” - mc - he recorded the song “in your eyes” for the drama series “to the beautiful you” - he sang the soundtrack “moonlight” for the drama “miss korea” - “law of the jungle” in 2014 - tvn showed called “eat, sleep, eat” which basically showcases different southeast asian recipes - him and lee jinah released a duet titled “starry night” as a part of sm station - fans donated 1.44 tons of rice to support him in the musical “rock of ages,” and he donated it all to help feed north korean children. he also donated 770 kg of rice to children in need in south korea. he recently donated about 1.2 million won to the korean heart association. - he’s releasing a song on may 4, 2017 through sm station with rocoberry titled “수면제” - HIS NESSUN DORMA COVER [https://youtu.be/CYsThgP3maA?list=PLD0jjg_rbTf16eqdgOtLOnqEv4gL29ry8] - HIS TAP DANCE SOLO AT SHINEE WORLD 4 [https://youtu.be/02FlinN0rIw?list=PLD0jjg_rbTf16eqdgOtLOnqEv4gL29ry8] - i won’t give up jason mraz cover [https://youtu.be/iD2HKx9rC7s?list=PLD0jjg_rbTf16eqdgOtLOnqEv4gL29ry8]

-> minho: - joined as a regular member of the show “let’s go! dream team” in 2009 - in the group romeo’s “miro” music video - he’s written the raps to many songs such as “one” and “get it” from the “hello” album, and “alarm clock” and “honesty” from the “sherlock” mini-album, “dream girl,” “girls, girls, girls,” “aside,” “beautiful,” and “dynamite” from the album “dream girl—the misconceptions of you”. the list goes on, but basically he is a talented rap writer! - he debuted as an actor on november 20, 2010 in a drama special called “pianist” - he was in sbs’ sitcom “salamander guru and the shadows” in 2012 - he was in the dramas: “to the beautiful you” [2012], “medical top team” [2013], “because it’s the first time” [2015], “hwarang: the poet warrior youth” [2016] - he debuted on the big screen as an actor in the movie called “canola,” which was released in may of 2016. he’s been in other movies such as “marital harmony” as a supporting role, and appeared as one of the main characters in the movie “derailed”, released in 2016 - sports, sports EVERYWHERE. he’s played basketball, soccer, and been in swimming competitions as well - he was part of unicef’s #IMAGINE campaign in 2016 - he was on this show called “exciting india” with other idols. he went to india to find out how popular kpop was there + how to make it more popular. cute show tbh - that part in dynamite at shinee world IV when he ripped his shirt off and performed shirtless LOL - tokyo dome solo [https://youtu.be/tDyorUbSo-4] - “oh my gosh” solo at the 1st concert in china [https://youtu.be/YC6YNyXrix0]

-> jonghyun: - as i stated, he’s a songwriter!!!!! - he was in a project with trax’s jay, super junior’s kyuhyun, and rookie singer jino called “sm the ballad” which focused on releasing ballad, r&b songs. they released their debut mini album “miss you” on november 29, 2010. they took a 4-year hiatus and came back with new members, jonghyun being the only one from the original lineup - he was on immortal songs 2 in june of 2011 - duet with taeyeon from girls’ generation titled “breath” - in july of 2014, he debuted a thing called “blue night lyrics, that man’s composition” where he personally writes a song pertaining to a listener’s story - he helped with the production and composition of taemin’s first mini album “ace,” and wrote the track called “pretty boy” - on january 12, 2015, he debuted as a solo artist with his first mini album titled “base”. the title tracks are “crazy (guilty pleasure)” and “데자-부 (déjà-boo) - held his first solo concert in august of 2015 called “the story by jonghyun” - he released a new compilation album for each of his songs that he recorded in his radio show. it’s called “story op. 1,” and was released on september 17, 2015. - he published a book called “skeleton flower: things that have been released and set free,” which talks about his experience with songwriting and inspirations - he was selected as one of the top 5 kpop idol vocalists in october of 2015 - on may 24, 2016, he released his first album titled “she is” - he was also on the radio show “blue night radio” for three years, but he has announced his departure from it recently - he released another full album on april 24, 2017 titled the collection ‘story op.2’ - sang a cover of “y si fuera ella” by alejandro sanz, titled “hyeya” !!!!! [https://youtu.be/7CP9FH1puj4?list=PLD0jjg_rbTf16eqdgOtLOnqEv4gL29ry8]

- jonghyun’s album titled ‘poet | artist’ was released on january 23, 2018. please support our beloved moon if you can. 💓💓💓💓💓

-> key - he took part in exo’s song “two moons” on their debut mini album “mama” - he’s been in musicals! he made his broadway debut when he was cast as “frank abagnale jr.” in a korean production of “catch me if you can”. he was “clyde” in the musical “bonnie & clyde,” and also “d’artagnan” in “the three musketeers”. he was cast as the lead role for the musical “zorro,” and was also in “in the heights” - he made his theatrical debut as “byeong gu” in “save the green planet” - he had his own web show called “key’s know how” - in 2014, he formed a duo with infinite’s woohyun, named toheart - he was on the variety show “we got married global edition,” his virtual wife being arisa yagi, a japanese model - he’s one of the main presenters of mnet’s m! countdown - in september of 2016, he made his official acting debut in the drama “drinking solo” - as i said, this boy loves his fashion. he’s been compared to g-dragon. he’s said that he enjoys to try something new and look different from others. he collaborated with designer ko taeyong to make self-designed sweatshirts that had his dogs and sold them for charity. he’s been designing shinee’s concert outfits since 2015 - he collaborated with japanese illustrator “bridge ship house” for shinee’s 5th shinee world concert to create costumes that had a well-balanced combination of shinee’s overall and individual identities - in 2016, he became a model for “jill stuart accessory” - he became a special editor for the korean “elle”. he shares his personal lifestyle in a column called “key story” - in 2012, key and his fans donated 2.12 tons of rice to “world vision”. on september 23, 2014 [his birthday], fans raised 2 million won and created a well in cambodia to be used for medical aid - he was a part of the “make a promise” campaign alongside group mate taemin in 2016 - he’s also done some lyric writing, such as the lyrics for “get down” in shinee’s album “2009, year of us,” “girls, girls, girls” in shinee’s “dream girl—the misconceptions of you” album, he wrote the rap in “colorful” from shinee’s mini album “everybody,” etc !!!!! - his “born to shine” tokyo dome solo !!!!! [https://youtu.be/6W9k52oVlbo] - his katy perry’s firework solo stage [https://youtu.be/NBgmVPX8zqA]

- he recently starred in a show streamed through the vlive app with fellow SM artist [and his idol!] boa titled ‘keyword boa’

- he’s currently the host of mnet’s show “breakers” [june 2018]

-> taemin: - he made his acting debut in 2009 in “tae hee, hye kyo, ji hyun” as “junsu” - in 2012, he was the voice actor for the main character “johnny” in the korean animated movie “the outback” - in 2012 he released his first ost titled “u” for the drama “to the beautiful you” - in 2012 he was in a 6-member dance team with super junior’s eunhyuk, super junior m’s henry, girls’ generation’s hyoyeon, and exo’s kai and luhan. they danced to the song “maxstep” - he was on “we got married” in 2013. his partner was son naeun - in 2013, he also made an appearance on “dating agency: cyrano” as an idol singer named “ray/yang hoyeol” - on august 18, 2014 he made his solo debut with the mini album titled “ace”. the title song is “danger”. fun fact: taemin went to a dance studio in los angeles to learn the dance for that - he was on “match made in heaven returns” - he was in jbtc’s program “off to school” with some other idols - he released a song titled “that name,” which he collaborated on with band mate jonghyun, for the sountrack of “who are you: school 2015” - taemin released his first album titled “press it” on february 23, 2016. its title tracks are “press your number” and “drip drop”. BRUNO MARS participated in producing “press your number”. - taemin’s solo debut in japan happened on june 27, 2016 when the mini album “sayonara hitori” aka “solitary goodbye” was released. - in june of 2016, taemin was casted onto the dance show called “hit the stage”. he performed/promoted a korean version of his japanese single “sayonara hitori,” performing it with the creator for the choreo of “sayonara hitori,” koharu sugawara. [https://youtu.be/kNO0XqvNncs?list=PLD0jjg_rbTf16eqdgOtLOnqEv4gL29ry8]

- in 2017 he was a mentor on the show “the unit”

- taemin had a solo comeback with a full album titled ‘move’ on october 16, 2017. please support him and his hard work!

- in may of 2018, a new show titled “why not? the dancer” featuring eunhyuk from super junior, gikwang from highlight, jisung from nct dream + 2018, and taemin began. it follows their journey to los angeles where they take on the role of choreographers in a dance studio, and is still currently running [june 2018 update]

as a group: - onew and jonghyun sang the duet “please, don’t go” for their ep “romeo”. [here’s a live performance: https://youtu.be/OlDW81BAkgI?list=PLD0jjg_rbTf16eqdgOtLOnqEv4gL29ry8] - onew and jonghyun also sang another duet together called “tragedy”, which is a cover. [https://youtu.be/7SiGLLeeNeU?list=PLD0jjg_rbTf16eqdgOtLOnqEv4gL29ry8] - onew and taemin performed the japanese song “rainy blue” together. onew sang while taemin accompanied on the piano. [prepare those tissues: https://youtu.be/0LXT4BrTZ34?list=PLD0jjg_rbTf16eqdgOtLOnqEv4gL29ry8] - jonghyun and taemin collaborated for “internet war,” but that is not spoken about often… - they’ve been on “hello baby” - they’ve endorsed several brands such as Reebok, Nana’s B [cosmetic brand], skechers, korean cosmetic brands The Saem, and Etude House. they’ve also got shinee labels on sparkling water and other products [lol] - they were part of the popular korean comic “the blade of the phantom master” - they helped african children in 2011 with the korean red cross society and the korean unicef committee - onew, key, and taemin wrote a book about their travels in barcelona called “the sun’s children”

memorable moment that makes every shawol emotional: the day shinee won “artist of the year” at the melon music awards!!! [Y’ALL BETTER GRAB ANOTHER BOX OF TISSUES: https://youtu.be/DjraUUnKAb4?list=PLD0jjg_rbTf16eqdgOtLOnqEv4gL29ry8]

some shinee videos/performances links:

- https://youtu.be/iFtzQY30YmU?list=PLD0jjg_rbTf16eqdgOtLOnqEv4gL29ry8 [onew’s “forever more” solo]

-https://youtu.be/W7AzyLElsXI?list=PLD0jjg_rbTf16eqdgOtLOnqEv4gL29ry8 [shinee world III performance of “sleepless night”]

- https://youtu.be/du2uSroboHU?list=PLD0jjg_rbTf16eqdgOtLOnqEv4gL29ry8 [onew and minho greeting in six languages just for fun]

- https://youtu.be/cZVWo2F3iao?list=PLD0jjg_rbTf16eqdgOtLOnqEv4gL29ry8 [selene 6.23 at shinee world III]

- https://youtu.be/kR41XMOzyC4?list=PLD0jjg_rbTf16eqdgOtLOnqEv4gL29ry8 [shinee singing english songs + the “shinee song” and their song “quasimodo”]

- https://youtu.be/oDrWHvhuLxc [”like a fire” shinee world III performance]

- https://youtu.be/YRcy-QVKPzY [”hitchhiking” shinee world III performance]

- https://youtu.be/wVm6zo8kUSE [”evil” shinee world III performance]

- https://youtu.be/RcEzefBmv9w [”girls, girls, girls” shinee world III performance]

- https://youtu.be/o_SZm2C5Fvw [”woof woof” shinee world IV performance]

- https://youtu.be/pt1d3wJ40mU [”replay” shinee world IV performance]

- https://youtu.be/MkSpLO3e5N4 [weekly idol: dancing to sherlock 2x faster]

- https://youtu.be/HSkrLsjsnCw [”shinee over flowers” concert vcr]

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSORaqTQykk [”excuse me miss” shinee world IV performance]

- insert every shinee mv here???

[this technically isn’t ~essential~ but i’m adding it anyways. here’s a list of underrated/often overlooked shinee songs that you should listen to]:

- in my room

- obsession

- romantic

- all of their solo music [taemin, jonghyun, osts, station songs, etc.]

- orgel

- queen of new york

- one minute back

- spoiler

- evil

- all of their japanese discography [it’s a lot but you can start with their FIVE album- a work of art- also fire, burning up, your name, password, dazzling girl, 1000 years always by your side- EVERYTHING]

- quasimodo

- y.o.u

- life

- love should go on

- real

- up & down

- shout out [LMAO it’s like. a diss track? it’s questionable- let this one slide it goes kind of hard and shinee need all the love alright]

- a-yo

- forever or never

- electric heart

- wowowow

- alarm clock

- feel free to reblog/comment with more underrated songs :]

shinee are really humble and always so grateful to shawols for everything, it’s really touching. we’ve always got their backs. we love them, they love us.

I LOVE THESE BOYS WITH ALL OF MY HEART, AND I HOPE THAT AFTER THIS YOU WILL SUPPORT THEM AS WELL!

thank you for reading! if you have any questions about shinee feel free to ask me!