friend: oh my god, I can’t believe I failed that exam. what is life?
me: *without hesitation* sope is life
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This needs to be said and I’m tagging everyone on this because its more than Jonghyun
According to a Dispatch interview with a close friend of Jonghyun, he died feeling like a failure and that he couldn’t live up to expectations. Can we please stop putting these idols on pedestals so high that the moment they don’t do as well, they feel like they will plummet into nothing? I would rather have my favorite groups announce they were never going release music again if it meant that they could focus on themselves and live happy lives. At the end of the day, I don’t need a new album. I don’t need a world tour. But what I do need is for my faves to get physical and mental rest. And to know that sales and views dont matter. What does matter, at least to me, is their happiness, them knowing their worth, and that they are enough. Jonghyun didn’t deserve to feel like he wasn’t enough, and no other idol should.
It’s so surreal how in the last hour we got the news that a happy couple will be marrying. And now we get the news that an idol has passed away.
Please understand that idols are human beings, they aren’t gods. They put smiling faces in front of us, but we hardly know what they go through on a daily basis.
All the love and strength to his family and friends.
Rest in peace, you’ll be loved forever.
I want to thank Jonghyun. And, to apologize to him.
Thank you Jonghyun for everything you’ve done in your life.
Thank you for brightening so many of our own sad days when yours were still dark.
Thank you for sharing your creative, artistic vision with all of us.
Thank you for your words of suppprt to those students advocating for LGBT rights, those years ago.
Thank you for the songs you wrote for other artists in the industry.
Thank you for your radio show, Blue Night.
Thank you for supporting every member of SHINee. You all debuted so young and you helped each other stay strong and succeed.
Thank you for highlighting mental illness in various settings and conversations. We need more advocates in South Korea and your voice helped.
Thank you for supporting your family, your sister.
Thank you for sharing part of your life with us.
Thank you for making SHINee shine.
Thank you for making every day shine.
Now I want to apologize.
I am sorry we could not help you out of your own darkness.
I am sorry we could not get you the help you needed.
I am sorry so many of us took your gifts for granted.
I am sorry so many of us took you for granted.
I am sorry that we could not save you.
I am sorry that what you were stigmatized for in life, will only ve rectified in death.
I am sorry you found hell in living, when your smile, your words, your art, your existence were all heaven.
I am sorry we could not do better.
I am sorry your country did not do better.
I am sorry that so many people failed you.
I am so sorry that it all ended in this way.
You truly Inspired us all.
Rest in Peace, Kim Jonghyun.