#*wheesung

[elfangel94]

I can’t even begin to describe how fucking sick and tired i am of hearing about Korean celebrity deaths. The environment is so rotted that if they’re not committing suicide they’re dying young of heart attacks and it’s so indescribably sad.

[studionakamoto]

Just learned that one of my favorite singers passed away 😭 rest easy Wheesung 🕊️

[ilhoonftw]

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RIP Wheesung 💔

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Wheesung: Gone Too Soon

Warning: The following topic may be sensitive for some. Please read with caution.

Veteran South Korean singer Choi Wheesung passed away in his apartment. He was found on March 10, 2025, at 6:29 PM after a family member called the police to check up on him. As of right now, there is currently no cause of death, however, some sources are saying that it may have been due to Cardiac Arrest (heart attack).

Wheesung debuted in 2002 in R&B and immediately made a name for himself. He was known and loved by many big names in the industry.

However, his name was smeared in 2021, when he was caught using propofol. He served one year in prison and was suspended for two years. After coming back, he had been heavily focused on live performances. He was set to perform on March 15 in Daegu.

I wrote an article on Kim Saeron a few weeks ago after she passed away. While the cause of death for both of these beautiful people is still unknown, circumstances aren't.

This brings us back to the conversation about South Korean celebrity treatment.

Many people like to think cardiac arrest is only due to being overweight. However, it can also be caused due to stress. Stress can disrupt the electricity in the heart causing arrhythmia (irregular heart rate) which can eventually lead to a heart attack.

Many celebrities experience the stress of being overworked every day. GOT7's Bam Bam recently announced that he was leaving his company due to being overworked. This was a good move on his behalf as the body needs to be at equilibrium to function at its best.

However, not all celebrities have made this choice. NCT's Mark is also in a grueling situation where he is being overworked, but he has chosen to stay with SM Entertainment.

I am not saying this may have been Wheesung's cause of death, but it wouldn't be shocking.

Until then, I hope the family can find some sort of peace over the coming days.

And may Wheesung rest in peace. His legacy will live on.

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(article) ONEW paid his respects to singer Wheesung, who passed away this March 10th.

[papaya2000s]

Rest in peace, Wheesung 🕊

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We just lost one of the finest vocalists in 1st gen.

[90sloverwithinsomnia]

Vol 1 - Battle of the Boy Bands - Chapter 8/23

This is one of many archived fanfics featuring 1st and 2nd generation K-pop acts that I've come across recently. It's all in good fun, and maybe a bit cringeworthy! Just to clarify, I don't post fanfics, so I hope to the people that post and read K-pop fanfics makes sense. Credits go out to the original creator (hgiel) Anrui, Kyorei, and Jacqui.

*Note: Nothing in their post will change (unless necessary), other than being posted here, and the (Link) will be provided to the page that i found it on.

Characters:

Choi Dongwook (Se7en), Wheesung, Moon Heejoon, Ahn Chilhyun (Kangta), Jae Joong, Yun Ho, Mickey, Max, Xia, Young One, Woo Hyun, UBin, Dong Hwa, Jumin

Chapter 8:

"Wha... What are you guys doing here?" Seven asked pulling his robe tightly closed.

"We're through putting up with your shit. Why should you get to stay in this nice place all alone while we sleep up in a tree?" Young one asked trying to push seven who wasn't budging.

"Honey, who is it?" Someone called from within the huge house. Seven turned deathly pail and a few members of each group smiled.

"Not alone?" Max asked and joined Youngone in trying to get passed Seven.

"Wait!! This isn't part of the game! You're supposed --" But it was too late everyone had joined in the pushing and Seven fell over and was trampled on appropriately by seven out of the ten boy band members.

"It's so huge!" Xiah exclaimed while Mickey and Max were busily raiding the fruit basket on a nearby table. Kang Ta and Hee Jun both started to go for the basket too but saw each other and immediately turned in the opposite directions.

"Where's the kitchen?" UKnow demanded of seven who was trying to lift himself up by pulling on the seven shaped door knob.

"Your supposed to stay in your cabins!" Seven cried but no one was listening. UKnow had gone in search for the kitchen with Young one, Woohyun, Hero and Jumin close behind. Ubin had found a mirror and was tsking and trying to fix his hair. Donghwa was standing idly but a noise caught his attention and he wondered away from Ubin.

"Look at all this food!" Jumin screamed and there was a loud crash. Seven stopped trying to get a pineapple away from Mickey and went running for the kitchen. Food was all over the kitchen floor, the boy band members had spilled out drawers and emptied shelves in the refrigerator and were happily helping themselves to a smorgas board on the floor.

"AHH!" Seven cried as his collection of seven types of EVERYTHING in the refrigerator was being devoured.

"Here you like this, right?" Woohyun asked around a mouth full of sandwich while offering Young one a protein bar.

"Sweet." Young one went to take the bar but their hands touched and they looked at each other a moment. Everyone on the floor stopped shoving food in their mouths to notice the moment Young one and Woohyun were having that was going on a bit too long to be ignored. Jumin swallowed everything in his mouth with a little difficulty and was about to speak when a glass shattering scream made them all jump.

"BABY!" Seven screamed and ran from the kitchen. Everyone followed, Hero and UKnow shoving food in each other's pockets as they got up from the floor.

After a short jog down a long hall and in a huge bedroom someone was still screaming and throwing things. All twelve people who had followed the screaming tried to get through the door first.

"What wrong?!" Seven cried pulling himself free of the doorway and everyone in it. On a large bed shaped as a number seven Taebin held a sheet around what was presumably his naked body and was throwing anything within hands reach at Donghwa who was crouched on the floor covering his head.

Ubin saw this and managed to be the next to tumbled into the room closely followed by Young one and then Max. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?" Ubin screamed running to Donghwa and shielding him with his little body. Young one went to the source and Max went for the bathroom. Taebin didn't see Youngone charging and took the full force of a punch across the face.

Seven screamed so shrilly everyone covered their ears and he raced to his lovers side. "Taebin baby, are you okay?! GET AWAY FROM HIM!" Seven screamed kicking at Young one who was just rubbing his fist and looking happier for having hit someone.

"Donghwa are you alright? What happened?" Jumin asked pulling Ubin away from Dongwha who hadn't moved.

"Is it over?" He asked quietly and sounded like he was crying. Hearing Donghwa, Xiah hurried over and UKnow and Kang Ta couldn't help but follow. Hee Jun had found a tiny fridge by the door and was busily emptying the contents.

"It's okay, your okay." Ubin was crying and stroking Donwha's fluffy head.

Donghwa poked his head up and jumped seeing the crowd around him. "What happened?" Jumin repeated gently kneeling beside Ubin.

"I.. I heard the karaoke music..." Donghwa pointed and everyone looked at a large TV on the wall hooked up to a karaoke machine. One of Taebin's music videos was just ending and a BoA one was starting. Hero, who had been sniffing a house plant close by, saw the video and without hesitation tore the TV from the wall and smashed it on the floor. Seven screamed again but everyone ignored him.

"Then what?" Woohyun prompted when Hero just walked away and started to fix his hair in a mirror close by.

"Then he saw me and screamed and started to throw things." Donghwa sniffled and whipped an eye that was already turning black. "He has good aim." Which was followed by a collective "AWWWW" and what would have been a group hug but Ubin screamed and ran at Taebin still in the bed with seven.

"I'LL KILL YOU!" Jumin was hurrying after his littlest band member but whether to help or hinder Taebin's situation was up for grabs.

Donghwa, without Ubin at his side looked completely lost as he tried to keep his nose from bleeding on his shirt. "Comere." Xiah went to nursing Donghwa and everyone else turned to watch the fight.

Ubin was clawing at Taebin's face and seven was trying to kick him away while Taebin got a hold of Ubin's throat and wasn't letting go. Jumin reached them and was trying to pry Taebin's hands off Ubin with little effect.

"Well, shit." Young one sighed but his tone was ruined with the happy look on his face at the prospect of getting to beat Taebin again. Woohyun stepped forward after Young one looked back at Donghwa and settled for kneeling beside Dongwha and holding his hand while he told Xiah where it hurt.

"HEY!" Max and Mickey burst from the bathroom holding more bottles of hair spray than what should have been possible.

"THOSE ARE MINE!" Seven screamed then was shut up when Young one kicked him in the head.

Hero hurried over and started to shove hair spray into his pockets along with the food. Kang Ta noticed Hee Jun shoving food in his face and hurried over to slap him across the wrist. "Stop that. honey!" Hee Jun blinked up at Kang Ta while holding a half eaten candy bar. Kang Ta quickly blushed, remembering he was supposed to be mad and tried to think of something mean to say. "The chocolate will go.. straight to your hips." He said lamely and looked away.

"Oh, just make up!" Woohyun said grumpily and stretched as far as he could while still holding onto Dongwha's hand and took the rest of Hee Jun's candy bar.

A ring tone of "And My Heart Will Go on" rose above all the noise and Seven crawled away from the fight to answer his seven shaped cell phone. "Hello....hold on a sec."

Seven jumped up to stand on the bed and raised his hands. "WAIT! SHUT UP! THIS IS IMPORTANT!!"

"Who is it? The producer?" Jumin panted as he still tried to pry Taebin's hands off Ubin's throat as Ubin was starting to sound like a cat with a hairball.

"No!" Seven waved a hand dismissively. "It's my boyfriend, Wheesung! He can't know whose here! I'm supposed to be at a photo shoot on location!"

"Wheesung is your boyfriend? Then...?" Mickey asked pointing to Taebin in the bed.

"I... It's... Just SHHHH!" Seven looked close to cracking.

"NO!" Young one yelled and punched Taebin in the stomach so hard he finally let go of Ubin who fell off the bed gasping.

"Yeah, why should we? Give me that phone!" Max said angrily climbing onto the bed holding a bottle of hair spray like a weapon.

"Wait! OW! WAIT! I'LL MAKE A DEAL!" Seven cried trying to dodge Max's blows and keep his cell phone.

"What kind of deal?" Max asked bonking him on the head one last time.

"You... you all can stay here tonight. There are enough rooms for everyone. Just let me take this call and leave me alone!" Seven begged.

"Just tonight?" Hero asked while looking in a mirror and applied hair spray at a toxic level.

"We'll discuss it in the morning!" Seven said thought gritted teeth and fell to his knees. "PLEASE!"

"Fine." Kang Ta stood and waited to see if anyone was going to argue, but no one did. "Everyone go find your rooms and go to bed soon. There are games to play tomorrow and hopefully a show to save."

Everyone started to hurry out of the room, eager to find the best rooms to claim as their own. It turned out there weren't enough room for everyone, there would have to be two to a room or people would be sleeping out by the newly placed seven shaped pool in the back yard.

"This is mine and UKnows room!" Hero cried and dragged UKnow into a room and slammed to door before there were any arguments. Mickey quickly grabbed Xiah and disappeared into another room.

"Come on." Ubin said a little hoarsly and took Donghwa's hand and lead him into the closest room. Woohyun, Young one, Max, Jumin, Hee Jun and Kang Ta all stared at each other.

"So..." Jumin said as tension started to mount.

[icesecret]

KPOP ALBUM COVERS

Stand Up - BIGBANG (2008)

Story of Us - Ibadi (2008)

My Style - Brown Eyed Girls (2008)

Here I Am - Kim Jong Kook (2008)

The 7th Sensibility - Baek Ji Young (2008)

Cry with Us - Various Artist (2008)

Davichi in Wonderland - Davichi (2009)

Insomnia - Wheesung (2008)

Rainism - Rain (2008)

Eat You Up - BoA (2008)

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Luto en el K-Pop: Choi Wheesung encontrado sin vida en su hogar

El reconocido cantante surcoreano Choi Wheesung, de 43 años, fue hallado muerto en su apartamento en Seúl el 10 de marzo de 2025. Las autoridades lo encontraron en paro cardíaco tras la alerta de su madre, quien se preocupó al notar que no asistió a una reunión con su manager. Wheesung, pionero del R&B en Corea del Sur, inició su carrera en 1999 con la banda A4, pero alcanzó el éxito como…

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Wheesung: Remembering the Soulful Voice of K-R&B

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I heard the news about Wheesung's death and I was shocked and saddened but not surprised. I knew he was suffering for years from mental illness even before he came out publicly about it in 2020 to an audience that wasn't ready to be receptive to it. I guess to them how could someone who could have a successful career as a singer be mentally ill? But that is and was never true. I also am not here to blame anyone. It is what it is.

Wheesung had a huge impact on my life growing up in America when I was trying to find how to forge my own identity in a world where South Korea was a country that was constantly confused with Japan or China. A time that is kind of hard to imagine for people nowadays considering how much South Korean pop culture has become widely accepted. Why did Wheesung have an impact? He loved American R&B which dominated the world in the late 90s and early 2000s in a time when this wasn't widely accepted in South Korea and tried to put his own touch on it. He was always reverent of African American artists and always felt that he always came short of them. In a way he was trying to come on his own in a genre that he loved and wanted to be a part of but always thought fell short of. I think he did succeeded but I'm sure he thinks otherwise. In short we kind of grew up together trying to find ourselves in this world.

I was trying to grapple with how to grieve his death and I watched a lot of Youtube videos of him performing the songs I knew so well. He was loved even though I always thought the industry didn't give him his due like he should have because the industry just kept going faster and chasing after the most shiny and commercial thing and left other artists who had helped Kpop to become what it is to the dustbin of history faster than the artists can cope with the fallout. Despite this Wheesung was an artist's artist. Jonghyun of Shinee admired him a lot and sent a bouquet to Wheesung that was written on the wreath, "I need you" a reference I later found out from Bertolt Brecht's poem. I think Jonghyun understood how frail Wheesung could be after I read that poem. The poem I thought was about how despite the suffering so much in life you needed to someone to keep you going. In the end, whatever it was it wasn't enough for Jonghyun. I can't imagine how Wheesung must have felt hearing the news of his death.

I cried a lot watching these videos and then at one point at 9pm a day after I heard the news. I was okay and surprisingly in high spirits. Even to the point that it weirded me out. How could I be over it that soon? But I guess my own life occupied me. But I dug out the 4th volume of Wheesung. There's a bonus track of "With Me" a song that launched Wheesung to stardom in South Korea but also was a curse because he felt that he could never replicate that level of success again and it plagued him. The bonus track has no vocals. I am not sure why that bonus track was necessary as "With Me" was a song that debuted in his 2nd album. When I first received the 4th Album it was actually my least favorite of his oeuvre. He was leaning too heavily into the ballads which I was not really in when I was 13 years old. When I made up my mind to listen to the whole album in my car driving it hit me with full emotion of his death when the bonus track played without his vocals. Ah this is what loss is as cliched as it can possibly be. An absolute absence. Wheesung no longer will be able to sing along to this backing track, but I want him to despite the impossibility of it. Maybe around the corner his vocals will come on but it was just a pre-recorded of him doing an accappella support when he hits those high notes. So I sang instead albeit poorly to fill the void. To remember him and to keep his memory near me. I'm not sure if that's what the bonus track was for but I believe it was there for me at that moment.

[highsummonermercar]

Oh, this was a good episode👏🏾

[kpopmusic]

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