SHINee’s Jonghyun penned a song with a hidden meaning?

[jonghyun.livejournal.com]

SHINee’s vocalist Jonghyun recently created a hot issue when he revealed that there is a hidden meaning behind his composed lyrics in the song Obsession.

On the 27th, Jonghyun left a hint for fans to decipher the hidden meaning behind Obsession through a phone call with Star Call. During the call this singer revealed, “There is a song in this album where I participated in composing. Called Obsession, I’m curious as to how fans are deciphering the lyrics for this song.”

Jonghyun then continued by giving two hints that is supposed to help in finding the hidden meaning. According to this idol, the first hint is, “The woman left towards a place that could never be seen again” while the second is, “The man has a dual personality and is suffering from a mental illness.”

The SHINee member also said, “The lyrics of Obsession were written after being inspired by a novel I read, and I think if everyone knew the true meaning behind these lyrics they would be greatly surprised,” emphasizing the fact that the lyrics of this song is not simply about love and break ups.

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ooooh, so omona, what are your guesses?

Comments

[stylishlook.livejournal.com]

Anything is fine as long as it's not dedicated to Jessica.

[cuidano.livejournal.com]

oh you.

[cuidano.livejournal.com]

/waiting for ppl to comment with the words twilight or new moon

[theycallmeriz.livejournal.com]

also waiting for these people... so I can kill them :)

[pastelnotes.livejournal.com]

Well, for one, it's definitely not Twilight.

[crookedmilk.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's from his personal experience o:
Soooo not hinting that he has mental illness

And I love how you posted right below the twilight comment.

[cuidano.livejournal.com]

and while we're at it.....

(http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b359/cuidano/?action=view&current=tumblr_l69dets4y31qzk8j4o1_1280.jpg)

[steefee.livejournal.com]

Omfg!
-died of glee-

[steefee.livejournal.com]

Jjong reads books? :O Coolio.
I don't care if it's Twilight or some fantasy shit, as long
as the song is written by Jjong, it's perfect.

[stylishlook.livejournal.com]

he should seriously start writing song for other people.
the lyric is so beautiful !
(or a solo song hehe...)

[stoplightheist.livejournal.com]

Well aren't you deep Mr. Kim Jonghyun.
and I read the title as peened instead of penned.

[kyoshi-luvs-a9.livejournal.com]

omg same here.

[marochi-x.livejournal.com]

I love Obsession sfm. ;_;

[goddess1819.livejournal.com]

It's either 'Wuthering Heights' or like someone mentioned before
'Shutter Island'.

[purinyappykura.livejournal.com]

Fuck that movie with a spiked dildo

[jxsica.livejournal.com]

I wonder whether the novel is originally Korean or English...
Still going with Wuthering Heights, though.

[miki-831.livejournal.com]

yup, i'm sticking with wuthering heights until the end, probably even if he says it was actually another book haha

[episkia.livejournal.com]

Wuthering Heights would indeed be interesting. I can't really imagine Jjong in bed with that book crying over their failed romance but hey, you never know. And he reads Edgar Allen Poe for fun, c'mon. If that doesn't show he reads, I don't know what does. (Maybe more of a fantasy/sci fi book though? Considering they're his favourite genres?)

[emiliecious.livejournal.com]

he reads.............. Poe?

[emiliecious.livejournal.com]

he reads? oh.

[jonghyun.livejournal.com]

ow bb, ow ;;

[jonghyun.livejournal.com]

Well, he didn't really compose it. He wrote lyrics for the song~

[cleyra.livejournal.com]

I've the Lucifer album on shuffle and when I was reading this post, Obsession came on. Psychic iTunes ftw |D

[howla.livejournal.com]

A+ icon. I just finished rewatching all two seasons just now. Mindfuck ending

[x3sarang.livejournal.com]

Obsession is my favourite song on the album because it has such a good melody and arrangement. Is it Yoo Youngjin? Because the backing beat has a bit of his flavour :|

I love the lyrics but I'm pretty sure a lot is lost in translation. So it's probably a lot vaguer than the version I read which made it pretty explicit it was a romance.

And if the book he based it off was Wuthering Heights...he is perfect. I would never have expected anyone to read it for fun since so many people complain about studying it, especially someone as busy as he is.

[cuidano.livejournal.com]

i don't think it's yoo youngjin, since the song was bought from someone else. originally sung by jimmy b.

[rosamajalis.livejournal.com]

Loving all the "he reads???" comments. lolirl.

[rosamajalis.livejournal.com]

Also, I secretly hope that they promote Obsession.
I envision choreography with female dancers.
And even though I want this to happen ... if it does, I'll be crying "NOONA ISN'T READY!".
My boys are growing up. *sob*

[skrillex.livejournal.com]

Okay seriously?

If it's not about love/breakups, then the first thing that comes to mind is losing grip of reality. As in, life? Omg /shuts up.

[cleyra.livejournal.com]

deleted previous comment becsuse of typos XD forgive me

From the clues posted up there and reading the lyrics, my understanding is that there's schizo guy who has a female persona and essentially he fell in love with himself so much that he didn't want to let go and ... thus killed himself while trying to kill the female persona he loved?

/ramble

[tuesdayhero.livejournal.com]

when I first read the clues, the first thing that popped into mind was Fight Club. idk how popular that is in Korea though.

but yeah, i bet jjong is completely aware of how reading is sexy~

[thebabbyboon.livejournal.com]

idk how popular that is in Korea though.

not a whole lot of people have heard of it, as opposed to something like say, Dumb and Dumber. It's ranked #316 among all movies on Naver though....idk what to make of that really

[cookiedealer.livejournal.com]

I'm starting to really like this guy although I'll probably never find him attractive.
Anyone who reads good books deserves a second look.

[jonghyun.livejournal.com]

I couldn't agree more on the last sentence ♥

[icedevil0289.livejournal.com]

I like the way you think.

[thebabbyboon.livejournal.com]

btw, where's the gif from?
jfdaisljaiskgjdsf SO HOT *drools*

[jonghyun.livejournal.com]

it's from their reality show, SHINee Yunhanam back in 08 :)

[mayuyu.livejournal.com]

Obsession is one of my favourites from the album and I really love the lyrics. Its really impressive that he wrote them himself, and now that he got inspiration from a different source.

[lydzi.livejournal.com]

Same. I really like that song. It's my most played one along UpandDown and Lucifer.

[x3sarang.livejournal.com]

I think a lot of people are forgetting that idols aren't dumb just because they're in entertainment.

To be in entertainment means they have to mature faster than normal. Of course there will be idols that don't read or appreciate literature or art or history at all but there will be others that are extremely intelligent and do actually find time (god knows how) to read. Sometimes they make me feel extremely dumb and like I haven't done anything useful in my life lol :|

Moral of the story: Undermining people is never a good idea. Not that there was a story in the first place. I'm not sure I make sense right now

/runs

[shuwei.livejournal.com]

if you mean the "he reads?" comments people are probably joking since Jonghyun is the token 'dumb' one in shinee.

[xkeirafanx.livejournal.com]

We all know that a LOT people will read the book when Jonghyun tells us which one it was.
And even people that aren't majorly Jonghyun biased will read it....

[jonghyun.livejournal.com]

I'm kind of hoping it's smth I've read already |D

[bumie.livejournal.com]

i can't guess

[skrillex.livejournal.com]

omg i loved that sfm.