Key will enlist on March 4th

[carmine-pink.livejournal.com]

SHINee's Key application to the military band was accepted and Key will enlist on March 4th
https://t.co/qoOhqhpcmf pic.twitter.com/xbhCixkgOC

— 파룬 (@balloon_wanted) January 25, 2019

Source: Naver via @balloon_wanted

Comments

[chikage-chan.livejournal.com]

I'm glad he'll be in the band! And the closer together they all go, the quicker they come back, so I'm okay with that lol

[donaldjdrumpf.livejournal.com]

I thought you had to be musical to make it in the army band?

[keytfelt.livejournal.com]

I am so sad :( but I’m glad he gets to do his solo stuff and movie and concerts as a last hurrah.

[sodapab.livejournal.com]

so what is the military band exactly? I'm confused.

[kenziekinz09.livejournal.com]

It seems like the new “celebrity unit” along with the police tbh

[sra-interesante.livejournal.com]

not really, celebrity police unit was abolished on 2017 after TOP drugs incident lolz
https://onehallyu.com/topic/552175-nb-celebrity-police-unit-to-be-discontinued-next-year-because-of-top

But its funny.. seem like quietly active duty celebs unit was re-opened (the same they closed after rain scandal) when you see many fancams from those celebs not even in the band like beenzino, deasung, taeyang, taecyeon, btob members, etc performing on miltary outfit and doing shows for charity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqGAK6ndymY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBnZLcai4pA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7e8Y03NV0Q



actually we get to see more celebs on this "performing unit" from active duty than those who were accepted on police department due to health concerns

[tungatunga.livejournal.com]

Of course army wouldn't pass on opportunity to use all this celebrities in their production free of charge, there were news today that Sunggyu, Onew, Kang Haneul, Jo Kwon and Ji Chang Wook has been cast in military musical together.

[kenziekinz09.livejournal.com]

I know it’s not the official one, but it seems like most celebs are choosing police these days.

[vintage-boom.livejournal.com]

To be fair there are military bands in almost all country and if there's a unit that exists that you have training in pre-joining...like mechanics, engineering, administrative, and band...it's not abnormal to also want to do that in the military since you already have the training for it.

the musical tho that I don't really understand.

[vintage-boom.livejournal.com]

Military band is similar to a marching band, in that they have formations and play as they walk. They perform at military events and public events the military is involved in. They have them in a lot of countries. You need to be able to play an instrument well to be able to be in the unit, from my understanding.

[baekpedaling.livejournal.com]

Not my boy
It's gonna be a tough 2 years

[citzera.livejournal.com]

Although I'm happy he was accepted to the military band, I'm still really emotional about him being gone for almost 2 years..



Expecting we'll get news about Minho soon as well, but at least I get to go to his fan meeting in Tokyo in Feb..
Taemin will have to do the work of 5 people until 2020 to keep the fandom alive I guess. Hopefully he'll get some breaks to rest..

[ursulavosyem.livejournal.com]

I'm out of hibernation to comment how sad I am that he'll be gone from the public eye for 2 years, but I'm also glad he got the placement he wanted. My love <3

[lightframes.livejournal.com]

I'm glad he got accepted to military band! Also, that coat is cute.

[jyushimatsu.livejournal.com]

This is gonna be a long two years..