hello. this is shinee’s key.
thanks to the many people who worried over us. i am pulling myself together again and strive to go back to our usual routine. there are moments when suddenly remembering traces of jonghyun-hyung’s memories cause my tears to flow, and there are times when my chest hurts, but i work hard in sucessfully getting over while thinking of the times i’ve spent with jonghyun-hyung.
i know that everyone supports shinee’s unchanging activities. even though, again, i have a lot of worries i thought that i shouldn’t give up everything and just wait for my heart to regain peace.
in the midst of a lot of people worried for us we decided to go through with the planned concerts in japan. this decision would be what jonghyun-hyung would want us to have (done). to keep our promise to all our fans we’ll show a good performance. i think that is the most shinee thing to do.
this year, we shinee will be celebrating our tenth year anniversary. we are very grateful for your constant support and encouragement and, in return, we’ll give you a stage as shinee is supposed to have. i love you. thank you. (source: keihissi)
(translation #2) hello. this is shinee’s minho.
regarding how to proceed with the shinee concerts in japan - after the members worried over it individually and then gathered together to discuss, we carefully came to a decision. and i’m writing this letter in hopes of calmly conveying our hearts on this matter. even as i pen these words right now i’m flooded with many thoughts and many different emotions cross my mind at each moment, but i resolve to calmly communicate my heart / feelings.
i believe there will be people who welcome this decision, and conversely, i also beleive there will be people who express concern / fear. although we, too, are not certain what the correct decision is, right now we believe that this is the right answer and we wish to continue our promise with all of you. all the memories we made with the members, staff and fans are so very precious to us; they are [what make us] the happiest, and they are things we feel we couldn’t trade for anything in the world.
there is nothing in the world that could substitute jonghyunnie hyung’s place, and though there are many worries about how to complete of a concert we will be able to create on stage, we will pour our “whole / sincere hearts” into preparing with the thought that jonghyunnie hyung will be with us in all the shinee performances that we show you from now on.
just as we, and jonghyunnie hyung, promised you all, we will remember that when we want to give up because things are too hard, when we want to run away from a weak heart, your [outstretched] hands become our biggest strength and we will continue singing songs for all of you.
of course, the degree of that hardship is such that no one can imagine, but i believe all of you will give us a lot of strength in order for us all to go on to overcome this and protect [shinee] together.
we, shinee, feel thankful for that support at each and every moment, and we will continue filling [our / your lives] with times that are dedicated to jonghyunnie hyung and all of you with even more sincereity. i think will be able to spend this cold winter a little more warmly thanks to all of your warm encouragement. thank you. (source: sullaem)
cnblue’s jonghyun has changed his instagram icon to a photo of him and jonghyun holding hands. his profile information has been changed to read: “you have worked hard. really you have worked hard. bye.” (source)
(171219) @hzttao: can’t sleep … when i just came to korea, the weather was so cold … the first time i’d been to a tv station was also the first time i heard the song “hot times”. it left a beautiful memory to me. because of this song and it’s strage … it made me want to practice more so i could stand on stage as soon as possible. thank you for the energy you gave me, the first senior i got to know in korea. right now, at this moment, i can’t describe my feelings … (source: baidutaobar)
we all have different ways of grieving. if you need to reblog music and quotes and photos to grieve, do that. if you need to send messages asking for help or giving encouragement to others, do that. if you need to make an edit or write a text post expressing your grief, do that. if you need to close this app, put your phone on silent, and go back to bed, do that.
but please, please don’t feel hopeless. please don’t feel like this is the end. don’t let all of jonghyun’s words of encouragement and love be overshadowed by this darkness. i’m here for you, we are all here for you. please don’t leave too.
Throughout the whole concert, I’d have to say this was my favorite part. There’s jongyu’s beautiful voices, there’s cutie Tae, there’s silly Choi and how can you not love Key’s miraculous high note.