Personal life
On October 27, 2010, it was confirmed that Jonghyun was in a relationship with actress Shin Se-kyung.[36][37] After nine months of dating, Se-kyung and Jonghyun broke up in June 2011, citing their busy schedules.[38] On April 1, 2013, Jonghyun was involved in a car accident. When driving home late in the evening, his car went through a guardrail at Dongho Bridge, causing him to injure his nasal bone.[39][40] It was reported by SM Entertainment that he had received surgery on...
2017–present: Story Op.2
On March 9, 2017, MBC confirmed that Jonghyun would leave their position as DJ at FM4U's 'Jonghyun's Blue Night'. The decision came after a lengthy discussion between Jonghyun and the show's staff, who stated, "It's disappointing, but because of SHINee's Japanese and North American tour they're about to start, he decided to leave."[33] Jonghyun began DJing for 'Blue Night' on February 3, 2014, and celebrated his third birthday w...
2015–16: Base and She Is
On January 2, 2015, it was confirmed that Jonghyun would be making his solo debut on January 12, 2015, with his first mini album, Base.[15] Though the title track was originally the more upbeat "Crazy (Guilty Pleasure)", which Jonghyun wrote the lyrics to, the pre-released track "데자-부 (Déjà-Boo)" was named as a second title track after it charted incredibly well on the digital charts. Both of the tracks were featured. Déjà-Boo was co-c...
2008–14: Career beginnings
In 2008, he was chosen as a member of the group Shinee. The 5-member boy group debuted on May 25, 2008, on SBS's Inkigayo.[2] Jonghyun debuted as a songwriter when writing the Korean lyrics to Shinee's fourth promotional single, "Juliette", which was the featured on their second mini album, "Romeo", released in May 2009. On November 6, 2009, labelmate Yesung of Super Junior made a surprise appearance on KBS Music Ba...
Basic Info about Kim Jonghyun
Kim Jong-hyun (born April 8, 1990[1]), better known by the mononym Jonghyun, is a South Korean singer-songwriter, and radio host. He is the main vocalist of the South Korean boy group Shinee, and has further participated in S.M. Entertainment's project group S.M. The Ballad. Jonghyun debuted as a solo artist on January 12, 2015, with his first EP, titled Base. In the same year, on September 17, Jonghyun released a compilation album, S...