a listening post!!! for jonghyun's new album!!!

[byeolbyeol.livejournal.com]

i'm too lazy (and livejournal is being too uncooperative) to put everything behind individual cuts so we're gonna have to blob it all together. above is the title track which he wrote about his dog. (that's not even a joke.)

also known as "skeleton flower". (it's the scientific name used in the official title.)

also known as "would it be fine?".

also known as "around tomorrow".

진짜 너무고마워요...
이미 공개됬던곡이기도했고...
소품집이라서 이렇게 많은 분들이 들어줄줄은..
상상도못했는데..
덕분이야 정말
앞으로 더 열심히할게요!!!
진짜 오늘 너무 지치고 힘들었는데 제노래들어주신 분들 모두가 절토닥여주신겁니다. 감사해요!

— 김종현 (@realjonghyun90) September 16, 2015

thank you so much, really. these songs were songs that were already revealed before… and since it was a collection i didn’t expect this many people to listen… i never even imagined. thank you, really. i will work harder from now on!!! i was really tired and exhausted today but everyone who listened to my songs has patted me. thank you!



blah. blah. all songs were written and composed by jonghyun himself, some with the help of his group of high school friends / composition crew, wefreaky. (also: sorry if this ends up being sent in a few times. livejournal... sucks.... rn...)

source: sapphireplus611 / @realjonghyun90 (i) / @thatcoolcatmeow (for translation) (i)

Comments

[yw7.livejournal.com]

i wish i could formulate a well thought out response in my review of this album, but all i can say it that i love it. i truly hope it has longevity on the charts and he sells well.

[velveteenkitten.livejournal.com]

Ugh I love this man.
I just love him.

His voice is heaven to me and so many of these songs have special meaning to me personally. I'm so happy they've been released as a collection and I can't wait to get my physical copy in the post.

I'm just.... so emo right now.

[ponpirot.livejournal.com]

I have to be in a "mood" to listen to this. It's pretty though especially I'm Sorry and of course Skeleton Flower. I still love 2:34 too.

[sra-interesante.livejournal.com]

this morning watching his broadcast i was ready
he did a little review (even if i didn't get most of what he said about every song) and was so awesomeeeeeeeee
so proud of him
(http://s1085.photobucket.com/user/sologifs100/media/tumblr_nki9ikE5qe1t89rpeo1_540_zpswnhkq1tb.gif.html)
i will listen the whole album but i need to listen 'Like you' on repeate for the rest of the day/week

[gray-fairy.livejournal.com]

Even if slow/ballad-y music is not my cup of tea, his compositions are really pretty and he sounds great here. You can tell he's put all his heart in composing this album and I really hope he gets recognition outside the fandom. I've seen some k-netz complaining about SM's lack of media play and I agree, but I still hope the public gives him a chance and he ends up having some longevity in charts like it happened with Deja Boo.

[wishesgranted.livejournal.com]

His voice gives me chills. It's so beautiful.

[rougepoison.livejournal.com]

So happy for Jonghyun! Not really my cup of tea in terms of music but his voice is really beautiful.

[uledy.livejournal.com]

jonghyun, will my adoration of you reach no bounds???

i know he says that his voice isn't suited for ballads, but he carries such strong emotion in every note his sings that i'm convinced his voice was made for this stuff. skeleton flower and i'm sorry are prime examples of this and it really made for a lovely album. tracks that i already enjoyed, i love even more. although, i must say that i have to be in a very particular mood to listen to some of these tracks, otherwise they'd wreak havoc on my emotions ;;

anyway, really happy and proud of him. now, what's our third gift??? i'm starting to feel a bit spoiled here...

[djlancerock.livejournal.com]

he seriously says that? he's kidding himself

[uledy.livejournal.com]

yeah, he said some business like that in a pops in seoul interview during base. i don't think he has any idea what he's talking about...

[belintuchiha.livejournal.com]

I watched the little V broadcast today, my basic Korean could understand most of his reviews about the album and I almost cried at how beautifully he made all of this.

I really want to buy this album but I'm so poor rn ;A; ugh.

[time.livejournal.com]

the album is beautiful. there's a lot of different moods here and there's something about jonghyun's voice that holds my interest in the slower ballads where other singers would not. not just in a sense of his voice being nice and the way he uses it, but i just really feel the emotions behind what he's singing in such a heart-piercing way. my favorites right now are like you, skeleton flower, and fine but i really enjoy everything. those... just make me feel like i'm dying, but in a really awesome way.

[laeryn.livejournal.com]

This is such a beautiful album I love it. Like You and Skeleton Flower are my faves for now but we'll see how many more add to the list. I love it ♥

[veryimportantu.livejournal.com]

i loved 'I'm sorry' so much and now im so glad theres an official version TT

[internetwarr.livejournal.com]

other than skeleton flower, which is like one of my favourite songs overall everrr (that last line where he whispers and hardly even speaks gets me every time) , im rlly surprised that happy birthday is my favourite song on the album :0 its not usually a song i would go for BUT I LOVEI T SO MUCH I CANT STOP LISTENING TO IT???

this album is so so so fucking good. like i know im incredibly biased but Wow every song is gold and i love jonghyun im dy ing

[natywentz.livejournal.com]

im sorry by far my fave....ill try to get the physical copy

[thranduiles.livejournal.com]

i had never listened to these songs before since i don't really pay close attention to what shinee does besides their comebacks (even tho i love them and they're awesome) but since everyone was raving about skeleton flower in a previous post i decided to check it out and omg this is so beautiful. i'm in another dimension now
definitely gonna listen to the rest of this album too, kim jonghyun slay my soul

[kiku-cha8-8.livejournal.com]

Jonghyun continues to surprise me. Even though I've heard these songs already in their demo form, it's still amazing that he was able to release an album of his own music.

[jrt131n.livejournal.com]

Skeleton Flower is so....its so beautiful( I listen to it like three times already)


I also like U&I, Fine, Like You

[lightframes.livejournal.com]

I really like U&I, Like You, 2:34 and Fine.

[xxhna.livejournal.com]

this man is so talented! i'm loving i'm sorry.

[djlancerock.livejournal.com]

I loved it, i love him. this is normally so not my type of music but jonghyun does it for me every time.

[lycorisc.livejournal.com]

everything is too beautiful. skeleton flower gives me chills and is so haunting but pretty.

he's really amazing.

[narisa-rei.livejournal.com]

this album is beautiful and so.. him.
i like the songs even better now that they have been rearranged. <3

"The End of A Day" is my fave. i can totally relate to the song. so comforting to listen to it after a long/tiring day at work.

the whole album is going to be my lullaby forever..

[carmine-pink.livejournal.com]

Just got this on iTunes! Let me smother this album with love <3

I tend to prefer the groovy, jazzy songs rather than the piano ballads (although I snicker every time he does that 'tchyeah' sound). But I watched the video for End of a day and when the girl met the guy at the end and they cried on each other's shoulders I sort of got a little emotional. ;') You worked hard, Jonghyun. You are my pride.

[gray-fairy.livejournal.com]

Mte @ the groovy, jazzy songs. I hope his proper second album is more filled with songs like Deja Boo or Beautiful Tonight than slow piano ballads tbh.

[atopworld.livejournal.com]

D'anjjonglo.

That's all I could come up with. Complimentary words just don't seem like it'd be enough.

[fancy-sheets.livejournal.com]

I'm so happy Skeleton Flower is released for reals

[algaee.livejournal.com]

its everything.. im ready for the night this album comes up after a really long day and punches me in the face

[tsukiokuhime.livejournal.com]

Super late comment but it's better than never.

Jjong really overdid himself. The songs are amazing but I think the matin 'attraction' of these songs are the lyrics. We can easily relate to each of them (especially The End of The Day) and it just makes each song even more beautiful.

By the way, the MV of End of The Day just makes me sentimental, it has everything to do with the lyrics and the place of the MV (I believe it's Shinjuku?) it evokes so many emotions in me;;;