A little detail about the song #Hashtag... The Korean title is 와플 (wa-peul, "waffle"). It's a brilliant title because the # symbol looks like the grid of a waffle AND it sounds similar to the word 악플 (ak-peul) which means "malicious comments". Also! this just in: Rewind has just been banned by KBS for Japanese lyrics. The part is いち に さん もう一回だけ from when he counts 1,2,3 in several languages. Edit: KBS has banned songs for having Japanese lyrics many(?) times before.

Another little easter egg he put in the album. The title track is "빛이 나 (Shinin')". 빛 (bit) meaning "light" = blingbling. 이 (ee) = is. 나 (na) meaning "me/I". Since his debut, his known epithet is "Blingbling is Jonghyun!" So his title track 빛이 나 = Blingbling is me/Jonghyun.

After reading the lyrics to "Before the Spring", I connected the song to Jonghyun's Seasonal Affective Disorder that he was diagnosed with. Seasonal Affective Disorder is when someone who has normal mental health most of the year show/have more depressive symptoms during one specific time of the year only. For many people, including Jonghyun, they are more depressed during the winter. So to me, this song is Jonghyun expressing himself before the spring, waiting for that depressing winter to end. Hence the lyrics "The cold winter is the same every year" and also "The spring is coming sooner than before" which.. well.. yea.. Also that line in "Before the Spring" where he says "Don't worry about what to do, Im fine, and spring will come to me"..... its like he is saying it to us and to the members personally that he is alright now and that spring will come to him. Jonghyun will always be my favourite singer/songwriter. He is and will always be a musical genius. It's shame to see people recognize his talent and love for music only after he is gone.

Few facts All lyrics are written by Jonghyun himself *except "Take the Dive" and "Just for a day"* All songs are co-composed by Jonghyun *except "Only one you need" "Take the Dive" and "Just for a day"* 12:49 In "Take the dive" the background vocal is from both Jonghyun and the original writer of the song

I feel like every track represents a part of him. If you combine every track you get Kim Jonghyun. Man... I still cry sometimes. I seriously have not felt this spiritually impacted since Prince (who is, in my opinion, one of the greatest arrangers and composers of all time).

I swear Jonghyun's music is better then any drugs out there. They take you on such a journey. I always love that about his music.

Fans noticed that album gradually from up-beat pop album becomes slower, deeper, more raw, more.. personal. Thank you for reaction to the album. I enjoyed listening to song with you

this album felt like a summary of all the styles of his music that he's touched but with a new spin on it. His Story Op 1 and 2 albums sounds more acoustic and jazzy kinda like the last few songs on this one. I really hope you check them out

The lyric video you used for Before Our Spring didn’t have good translations. The ending lyrics should’ve been something like: “I’m afraid of appearing in front of you maybe because you might start feeling the same way I feel. So forget my tears and my sorrow, Spring will come to me too, then... then... then... then...” There are a lot of different lyric videos and some are better than others. I like to watch a lot of them for just one song to get a better understanding of the lyrics since it can be translated in many different ways. Thank you for enjoying his album. Thank you for loving Jonghyun. And please continue to do so. He’s still with us and always will be. Also, please continue to love SHINee.

Rewatching this again coz I miss him.

My favourite ones, musically, are "Take the dive" and "Just for a day.". Even as they lyrically can be read to be incredibly dark, I want to believe that there's also a light to it, that he had hope, even if not for himself. I wish he'd had the chance to keep growing as a musician, because he often said he was only getting started. Man, this video made me emotional at a couple points, but especially at the end, when "Before our spring" was playing. The album is full of beautiful songs, so I hope I can listen to it with joy for his artistry and not just with sorrow that comes from losing him. This world isn't made for us, but we still try to brave it. Jonghyun was, and still is, my ultimate bias. The kindness he showed the world despite the cruelty, his depression and his insomnia were all things I could relate to and so, when he spoke out about it, it made me feel less alone. He showed the world an innocence that contrasted all the darkness he was met with and to me, that was the sign of a beautiful human being. I think he was someone with a lot of empathy, just like I am, and even as much as we're hurt, we can never hurt back, only love and hope it heals the ones who are hurting, whether they're hurting others as a result or not. He cared so much, and now he's gone.

Thank you guys for reviewing it honestly!! Although I don't think you can relate every song to what happened with him. Jonghyun is known to dig out his old songs and demos, even 'Before Our Spring' was written back in 2015. It's actually funny that some of the more musically simple songs ('Only One You Need', 'Take the Dive' and 'Just for a Day') are the ones where he isn't credited in the composition (and they sound least like his composing style hahaha)!! It's funny what Kevin said about 'End of a Day' being very typical musically.... I think it's true but his heart and execution always comes through especially with the lyrics. He actually said once that ballads are the easiest songs to write (when referring to Lee Hi's 'Breathe' which he wrote). I remember thinking 'ahh of course he would say that' because he's really so musical and he knows what's musically simple, as well as the fact that he was always so open with his emotions too hahaha ~~

I like your rection Umu you are very lovely and I think Kevin is such a nice person. Honestly as a Shawol I don't like when pple talk about or react to Jonghyun(after his passing) because they usually use him but you respected him and his last gift to us. So thank you again. I don't know Jonghyun was a beautiful soul and that's why his music is so genuine. I won't talk longer my words won't be enough to explain what a wonderful singer, songwriter or a humanbeing he was anyway.

You guys have already been so kind, thoughtful, and considerate when it comes to reacting to Jonghyun and addressing Shawols, so thank you so much. But if I were to have one more request as a Shawol, it would be to not let Jonghyun's death define him. One thing a lot of Shawols have been asking of everyone is to try not to overanalyze the lyrics or search for deeper meanings that aren't there for this album or any of his other songs. Of course, it's very hard to do just considering how tragic everything is and has been. But doing so will only allow his depression to be what's remembered of him. He was and is much more than his depression and his suicide. Jonghyun has tons and tons of demos; his phone was loaded with them and he had even more on his computers. Many of his songs were written years before his albums were published (eg. Suit Up was one of the very first songs he wrote but didn't release until 2016 w/ She Is. Before Our Spring was also written a couple years back), so not everything that he did will relate to the events that happened in December. I'm not sure if you already recorded a reaction to Shinin' with the rest of the crew, but I would request that you guys keep in mind not to over analyze anything in the mv or lyrics. To be honest, some of the stuff Kevin said actually made me pretty uncomfortable even though I know he intended no harm or malice in any way. Sure, Jonghyun wrote songs when he was sad, but he also wrote plenty of songs when he was happy (or horny lol listen to Moon). Heck, he even wrote a song about cockroaches mating. The majority of his lyrics are very straightforward and if it were a song that he wanted to focus on his mental instability, he would have made it obvious (eg. Fireplace and Let Me Out). Having said that, once again, thank you guys for all that you do and thank you for listening to Jonghyun. 💞

"Don't worry about what to do... I'm fine... The spring will come to me..."

your analysis of the music gave a whole new perspective to the songs and the album in general. thank you! can't wait for your end of the day reaction.

Seeing Umu being emotional makes me sad T_T

Oh man...I forgot how "Before our Spring" kills me every time...all those indications in his songs, all this melancholy beauty of this masterpiece of an album that leaves me lost for words...I...just damn♥

I love Rewind so much it reminds me of a fashion runway track, but when you look at the lyrics it's so much more than that.

This album is something else, is brilliant, phenomenal, 11/11 for me and I'm a quite picky person... He really put his heart and soul to make this masterpiece. Everything is so well thought, diversified, wow, I don't even know good words to describe it. Thank you for this review, you said many important things and basically explained to me, non trained musician, why I am in love with this album. And... what Kevin said about "Don't fear the reaper"... God, I knew this song reminds me of something... Totally mindblown right now.

Annnnd i'm crying again.With every song and album he puts out i know it's going to be good, honest and something that he has put a lot of work into. No song goes untouched but him whether it be lyrics, composition, direction, percussion and kazoo playing etc. That's why i'm always happy to buy before even listening to the songs.

I love how much you got to see his vocal color but also his composition and lyrical genius. This man was overflowing with talent an the world will never be the same without him. Seeing you cry at Before Our Spring, wow I can relate because I genuinely cry every single time I listen to it, the composition, his vocals and especially those lyrics really hit home. I'm gonna miss him.

What makes me sad the most is, this album gives me a measure of what we, as public, as music lovers, have lost, this album gave us a hint of what Jonghyun was becoming as an artist, he was just 27 and he already created this incredible music palette, what beauty he could create frome this point on?, but it was is last gift... its really a tragic loss for all of us who love music....

Thank you for reacting to this. I think the reason why this video does not have as many views, is because many fans werent(or arent) ready to hear this yet. Same for me. I had to turn this off but thank you anyway for spreading his talent.

Thank you for this. I don't remember how many times you guys made me tear up but I really liked you honest review. But why did Kevin have to mention "don't fear the reaper".... now I'm hearing it too...

'She is' album is very good especially moon and suit up..

The wind is creepy

Thanks for the review! I was honestly blown away by how much I ended up loving this album, and I had high expectations to begin with. 'She Is' was my favorite up until now, but all of his works are amazing and super different from each other. I still can't wrap my head around the fact that he was able to sing, write AND produce on such a high level. Jonghyung really was and always will be something else.

Jonghyun has been turning the moon and lights everywhere pearl aqua for SHINee World to make sure that we know he's there. But he just couldn't help himself. He really went all out to make an appearance in the wind at 23:18. He will always be the biggest SHINee fanboy, showing up for "I'm So Curious" of all songs (Sherlock reference, perhaps?).

A perfect weather to listen... So serious vibes bcoz of the wind and JONGHYUN'S voice.. Lovelyy

I really enjoyed your comments. and I loved to know that more people and even experts like you, recognize the genius of Jonghyun. Thank you for your respect and for your affection.

I started to cry when Umu got emotional, I was not ready to see such a ray of sunshine like that

This album was to show what he liked and could do as a musician. He has said that he wanted people to know him but was afraid that many people wouldn't like him and that he wanted to put it all out there because he didn't think his record company would allow another album with him telling the world who he is.

I wish you listen to skeleton flower I think it’s really beautiful

I really hope you post a reaction to OP 1&2 because those albums are really good too

I'm here again and again. Everytime I listen to SENTIMENTAL, it just hits something on me so hard.

the guy's comment on just for a day stunned me. like... are you serious.. omygod... i was so stunned i literally searched for it and... omygod jonghyun... i can feel my heart shattering

I've been literally obsessed by 'Before Our Spring' since I first heard it!! It carries so much meaning and I tear up every time I heard the song :"( *I feel u UMU* I don't know why but I really really like Jonghyun's musically simple songs (sometimes better than the harder ones). maybe it's because of the fact that he's just sooo good in delivering emotions that it really touches ppl like me! Anyway Umu I really hope u'll do the first listen/review for his Story Op.1 too! (hands up for Skeleton Flower a.k.a Diphylleia Grayi!!!)

thank you so much for posting this, it really helps those of us lacking in musical knowledge to appreciate jonghyun for his musical genius even more than we already did. your commentary is always incredibly eye opening for me and makes the music so much more meaningful, especially in this video. thank you so much again, i'm sure jonghyun would've loved to have heard how much you appreciate his work💓

I’ve been looking for someone to musically analyze Jonghyun’s album so that I am not the only one hearing all of these musical elements and aspects. Thank you for doing this! Like, I get that the lyrics provide the context and everything, but Jonghyun gave us a lot of hints in his music and wanted us to pick up on that.

This album is a masterpiece honestly. Also, Rewind reminds me of Vogue music haha... idk if you know what I mean but yeah :)) I love it a lot!

if i get into writing something i'll get emotional again bc this video made me very emotional but honestly this is my favourite video about jonghyun and my favourite on your channel watching the two of you appreciate his artistry in such detail and for kevin who isnt even a wild kpop stan to feel the emotion on a musical level wow im just stunned thank you

Cant wait for her to show the others these songs and his song from his other albums

I feel like more Shawols need to know about this channel, I myself found you only yesterday. Even though I'm late thank you so much for reacting to the whole album, it really means a lot. I also really look forward to seeing your videos on SHINee's future work. Keep up the good work!

I don't usually write comments but thank you for taking the time to enjoy the album and giving us such a detailed and honest review without capitalizing on the news of his passing. Thank you so so much ❤

he did so well, so well ❤😢

Thank you so much for this video and your breakdown of everything. In this album you get to see every single side of Jonghyun and the musical genius that he is. ❤️❤️

I’ve been avoiding reaction videos about him but I really enjoyed this. Thank you for this;; also did anyone else hear those howling noises???

I love you. I just love for doing this. This is the first reaction that I will to watch again and again and again. Just thank you. I love you.

Thank you SOOO much Umu and Kevin for your honest review. I couldn't help bawling my eyes out at the last song 😢💔

Yes give the legend that recognition

And here I am, 3 months later, watching this video for the hundredth time. I love this review so much.

Thank you for your beautiful reviews on his album. It was excellent when I first heard, but even more so now with your musicality pointers. Andddd I can’t believe this album was done and completed over a year ago.

Thank you for your reaction, I really appreciate that you guys can still listen to his music and his soul clearly without taking too deep into the event. I lost my father last year, it was too sudden for our family, I've never thought that I had to say goodbye to him that soon. And Then Jonghyun... I cry every time I listen to Before our spring, not because of sadness, but because I kind of understand how he felt , how his family felt, and I believed what he said there, we'll meet each other again. I wish more people can listen to his beautiful soul and getting comfort by his music. Yes as Kevin said, his death is not in vain.

I cried when I listened to this album the first time but I've enjoyed it every single time I've listened to it after that but listening to you talk about the album made me cry again

thank you for sharing your opinions with professional aspects. This makes me get closer to his music. I’m also glad that there are actually so many people appreciate his work.

IThanks for reacting to the album! I loved it so much, too. I can't wait for you to listen to Opus I and Opus II. Opus one has my absolute favorite song ever Diphylleia grayi. It's so personal and so emotional. I'm curious to see how y'all will like it.

Thank you Umuu I was waiting for this :) hug from Brazil!

I love this reaction! Your channel is so great. Jonghyun's music is so many things. I call it a many splendored thing. His music is everything all together in one package. You're forever surprised...and then you go of course THIS makes total sense. The journey Jonghyun takes us on is always so....mind-blowing. And this reaction fits the journey he took us on. Thank you for this! Your react made me smile and laugh and cry and smile again.

I always love your reactions, because your revieuws are so accurate. With other channels it's mostly: Oh, this is a good song, I like it. They think of the songs as feelgood songs, when the songs actually talk about serious matters. Some people don't look at the lyrics and I think the lyrics are really important for this album. Because it makes you look at the song in a different way. Thanks for the video!💕

I'm so happy you guys reacted to this, I'm happy you reacted to the lyrics

'Just for a day' was instantly my favourite when I first listened to the album. For some reason it makes me think of the Backstreet Boys. I have no idea why. I don't really know the Backstreet Boys well. Can anyone think of a reason why this song reminds me of them?

thanks for recording this. making me feel accompanied and my sorrow is shared,,,,

I appreciate this reaction video a lot. Thank you so much. I hope his music will always be remembered. For a long time in the future. Have a good day!

When you talked about the musical connection between the last 2 songs, I realised that it's a continuation in thoughts and lyrics too in a way. "I'm watching you from afar" sort of theme. In the first one, it's like when he's starting to feel distant and the second one he's afraid to reach out because they are happy and he doesn't want to burden them. Plus their happiness makes him feel at peace too so he decides that he will deal with this himself and reach out when he's feeling a little better.

You made me understand his music better with this video and i'm grateful for that ♡ I did cry because of the "dont fear the reaper" thing though.. it felt like a punch in the face ^^; Thank you for reviewing his last masterpiece so honestly ♡

I really appreciate this video and your honest reactions. Thank you so much for it.

I actually didn't like the lyric video for When Spring Comes, because there are a lot of missing translations. The lyrics at 30:17-30:24 actually say "I'll forget my sorrow and tears, and if spring ends, at that time.. then... then" (roughly translated)

Umu thank you for doing this video! It means a lot to me. This video helps me to understand more about this album and feel more from it. And I think this is important because Jonghyun must have hidden something in his music, but I can't find them on my own. Thanks to you, I can know more about his art and how creative he is! Thank you for uploading this video, it heals me a lot.

i can imagine rewind being a final lip sync in ru pauls drag race LMAO!!! but this album is truly so beautiful and just...iconic. love every song (especially rewind, hashtag and sentimental)! this album is like a mix of his other albums, but with that fresh twist that jjong always adds! his vocals, chords and just stunning. kevin's words on just for a day got me though. jjong - thank you for blessing us as you always do!! keep shining, our bling bling dino jonghyun 💖

A narrow bathtub becomes conceptually deep when you contemplate drowning yourself

Me encanta ver a mi cantante favorito visto desde una perspectiva de profesionales es un placer

Not sure why I just thought of this, but I wonder if the bell sound in Hashtag is supposed to be reminiscent of a message notification that someone would get online. From a website like Twitter or like the super old MSN messenger.

I've finally got the courage to listen to the album today after 2 months. I just couldn't go beyond Shinin'. But I went through it today. I was quiet the entire time and it really hit me that it's the last thing he's left as an artist to the world. The album is spectacular. 10/10 for me. Also, today is 100 days from his passing. My heart stills hurts every day.

Thank you so sooooo much for this and the Shinin video!! It give much more insight into his art. ^^ although it did cause me to produce a lake on the table...but thank you

I feel like after listening to these two break down the songs one by one I'm even more convinced that Jonghyun was meant to become a Korean Jazz/pop artist. I say this because almost every commentary on his songs included a notion that some of the samples were random or purposefully out of sync with the rest of the song or imporvised, which made it more interesting to listen to. That is how I would describe Jazz. the different elements by them selves sound nice but make no sense or sound too random if they aren't put together. With the exception of his title tracks I think Jonghyun was always moving toward a kind of obscure genre that combined all the elements of his musical career and isn't that what Jazz is? Combining elements and playing the spaces rather than letting them pass by.

Oh, I Love you, guys! And *wind solo* just make me 😁😂

If you still haven't heard his Op. albums at this point, I'll just say based on this reaction you're going to love them, and you're going to have a lot of feels 💙 Though personally, I think my overall fav song of his is Love Belt from his first album (closely followed by Beautiful Tonight of the same album)

Thank you for the reaction! It was great:)

And yay, I'm crying. By the way in "before Our Spring" in the end when he says he is afraid he will move it to to other then he says when i forget my sadness and my tears but they didn't translate it, I knew it when I first heard it because I know the words for tears and sadness. Here is that part: I don’t want to go to you I’m afraid I’m contagious When I forget my tears and my sadness When spring comes to me too Then, then, then Then Check out the site colordodedlyrics, they super checked the lyrics

Thank you so much for this

I wanna cry again... He was so brilliant....

i love u guys thank u for doing this listening to u analyzing the songs is so helpful to understand the music much more and u are so nice also i have no idea what u mean by those numbers u say but it makes me happy to see u so excited 💓

Really honestly thank you So much for this. Really really thank you.

Thank you so much for helping us understand more fully Jonghyun's message in his music. I know nothing about music, but your reviews always help me understand the artist's work a bit more. And thank you Kevin, because ever since I heard "Just for a day", there was something I was somehow familiar with, but I just couldn't wrap my head around it. The second Kevin said that it kind of reminded him of "Don't fear the reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult it hit me. That was what I was so desperate to find out but I just could figure it out myself. I believe that Jonghyun genuinely cared about the people who loved him, and he genuinely believed that the world could become a better and brighter place, that's why he cared to gift us with his music. Thank you once again for the review, I am a huge fan of all the reactors and thank you Umu for creating Classical Musicians React.💜

I am just crying lol Thank you guys for reviewing, and being able to understand his song from a musician or more professionals' point of view really pointed out so many other things that as a non musician can hear. Like that reaper song you mention and the connection of the last 2 song. Thanks again (;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)❤️

Dude!you are so on! I liked don't fear the reaper..

Honey you made me wanna hug you :( Thanks for all you are doing, we appreciate you a lot

Jonghyun :( I miss you

the wind almost added to his music wow...

Thanks for this. If you two are into it I'd enjoy watching first listens to his other albums too.

Hugs to Umu. This was such a hard video to finish honestly. Before Our Spring gets me every time but it somehow made things easier to accept too. I don't know if I can express it with my words, but I will try. What happened was devastating, the context behind it even more so... but at the same time when I heard Before Our Spring it made me feel like he was at peace with his decision, and he wanted to give us something to help us accept it too. At the end of the day, he was the master of his fate, (even though we can try to say that his depression made it so he was not thinking properly). It felt as if he was saying he couldn't control his depression the way people hoped and expected, thus making him despair that he did not have a sense of agency... but at the end he liberated himself from this repeating cycle and made his own decision about his life.

Thank you for this video : )

Umu please react to story op 1 and 2 😢

I feel like I learnt sooo much about this album through this review. Thank you ♥

He was a genius composer/songwriter right?

If the end of Sentimental was imitating his heart stopping, then Before Our Spring is like revival, hope for the future

Thank you so much, I love that you enjoy his music. I wish you guys will make a reaction to Lee Hi's Breath. It was composed and written by Jonghyun too, that song so beautiful.

Wow i really appriciated that you make an album review of Jonghyun Last Album....

Poet|Artist ... this whole album is what's on Kim Jonghyun's heart and mind I believe,...he pour's his while heart and worked hard on this album...he really is such a talented Poet|Artist ...