(171219) @soulquaker_ (eddy kim): a rare same age friend who walked the same path is leaving us .. i will remember your passion toward music. you went through a lot.

(...) he said that he was going to keep talking about it even after ten years but, regretfully, we are not able to listen to sunbaenim’s stories anymore. however, he left a lot of stories in his music and writing so when we miss sunbaenim we can listen to them through his music and writing. - nct's jaehyun.

(171222) @redgod20 (former manager of f(x) and snsd): i feel like if i write these words, even i am acknowledging it so i really don’t want to but there’s something i want to say. you’re really cool and the best artist. you went through a lot and i love you, jonghyun-ah.

(171222) @seojuhyun_s (snsd’s seohyun): although we sent oppa off on his final path … i can’t believe that it’s reality .. oppa’s appearance that i watched by his side for over ten years was always bright and passionate and you were such a cool person who would give happiness and laughter to the people around you .. i admired you for singing on stage. i really like oppa’s humane side and the warm heart you possessed .. i thought you were always a strong and cool person .. i feel foolish for thinking that and i have a lot of regrets. you were a colleague who was close to me but why couldn’t i guess this heart of yours at all .. why couldn’t i be any source of strength for you .. how difficult it must have been for you all this time .. now i know that you lived and endured unimaginable pain alone .. i’m so sorry .. and you really worked hard all this time .. i will pray that you won’t be in pain and rest comfortably now .. jonghyun oppa who always shined, i will remember you forever ..

(171219) @gimyoonju (gim yoon ju of okdal): jjong d, you worked hard all this time to really live diligently ..

(171219) @baristamuzic (lee ji hyung): i went to your wake and my heart is so heavy still so i don’t know how i should send you off. i will remember blue night forever. goodbye jonghyun. you worked hard. don’t be in pain now.

(171219) @kayclef (go young bae): you always asked first and smiled but why didn’t i know you were hurting? i’m so sorry and that’s what hurts. passionate and genius musician, dj who spoke from the heart. my frist and dongsaeng who i love. hope you are comfortable and happy now.

(171221) @jjongsoo_hyelim: i’m sorry. you went through a lot. you did well. don’t be in pain anymore. watch over the kids and protect them .. cool dongsaeng jonghyun-ah. i’ll remember you. everyone reading these words .. please don’t be sad or be in pain anymore..

(171219) @minhyun85: i want to be a person who can be a source of strength .. i want to be a person who can protect my people. it doesn’t feel real. my heart hurts too much. the pre-army trip we took .. i can’t believe it really became the last trip.. for as long as i live i will never forget learning from you and the memories we shared! to my people, i think of it as being considerate .. so even more so i’m not good at expressing my heart.. jonghyun-ah, the dongsaeng who i really liked and a friend .. i will sincerely pray that you will rest comfortably and be happy in heaven .. don’t be in pain.

(171221) @chie_shinyejin: my cool and shining artist jonghyun … jonghyun-ah … you worked hard .. you did well .. thank you .. the album we poured over and created together are my happiness and pride … i will remember you and think of you often .. i’m sorry … i’m really sorry … thank you … i hope you will rest comfortably and happily now without any worries …

(171221) @standingegg: we will remember your voice. we will miss you a lot. may you rest in peace.

(171220) @isdanielhome (daniel of dmtn): hyung .. you need to be happy, okay? … @jonghyun.948 i will pray until the day i see hyung …

(171221) @ajol_llama: thanks to oppa’s playfulness i could smile. thanks to oppa’s advice i could dry my tears and thanks to oppa’s courage i could also have courage. when i was embarrassed oppa did not break me. he tried to understand all my clumsy spoken words and he embraced me. when people would joke that oppa and me were twins i was very proud truthfully. it’s because i wanted to be a great person like oppa.. thank you. i am so grateful that i was able to be oppa’s dongsaeng. i will be “amberr” that oppa can be proud of. our jjong oppa, you worked hard. i love you.

(171221) @hotsootuff: (...) that day, that moment when i grazed by you … i should have told you. i was always in awe of you. i was also envious and embarrassed. we all cherish you a lot. we really don’t want to let you go but what more is there to say. you worked hard. you really, really went through a lot.

(171220) @kwon_hyeop_you: (...) i think jonghyun-nim was a person who was always beautiful. i quietly went to go see him alone, shed tears alone and i thought i could let him go now but when i was walking slowly back home while listening to jonghyun-nim’s songs i became more eager and missed him even more after hearing the preciousness of the words in his lyrics when he would sing the songs. i wish he will be really happy, wherever he is. i would like hyung to be happy. thank you, singer jonghyun-nim.

(171221) @bumkeyk: to jonghyunnie hyung who i love … hyung. it’s kibum~. today, we let hyung go and i saw your face yesterday and i still can’t believe it. i’m sorry i was late to see hyung because i was doing other work and, as a dongsaeng, i’m sorry i couldn’t be your strength when you must have been lonely all this time. the two top people responsible for stubbornness on our team is hyung and me so we have to do what we want to do. we do everything we want to do and, even to the end, hyung decided for yourself and hyung left first … it was too hard in the beginning but, for three days, i had time just between hyung and me and i think i can understand hyung’s heart. don’t worry too much that you left before us, and i will take care of and respect your mom and noona like they’re my own family. i will miss you a lot for awhile. i’m really worried that the person who would take my side during discussions has left. while we were in discussions, if i snapped out of it while chatting, it was hyung and me talking to our hearts’ content … now i have to get used to time without hyung and i will live even better than i am now. when i’m old and when it’s time for us to meet again, tell me i worked hard too! the best artist of my life, friend, hyung and colleague, jonghyunnie hyung. you worked hard. i love you so much.

(171219) @kwonsso_94: you worked hard .. you really went through a lot .. as difficult as it was, please don’t be in pain in that place ..

(171221) @502bright: hyung .. farewell .. in that place i pray it’s only filled with smiles like this. later, on that day we meet again, let’s share the rest of the stories we weren’t able to share. always thankful and it was fun with you. rest comfortably now .. be happy ..

(171219) @kim_myung_hoon: i have never encountered you. as a person who makes music like you .. i listened to your music and was comforted. an incredible artist who i cheered on from afar. i thought you were such a good person. i’m sorry …. when you were feeling pain and spending a difficult time, i’m sorry that i was smiling and singing. i feel like i’ve sinned. you really comforted so many people. how difficult and lonely it must have been for you all this time … “breathe” … in those lyrics, why didn’t we know your feelings earlier … now i wish you will rest comfortably. you worked hard, you really went through a lot.

(171219) @onejunn: when i heard it … when i read the articles .. i still can’t believe it .. we weren’t able to contact each other often but when i would contact him he said he was doing well and that we should see each other’s faces. as i started as an idol, if i was asked to choose a role model, it was shinee without hesitation. jonghyun, i really liked and listened to your music a lot and i admired you as a person so i was working hard to become like you. now, don’t be in pain, don’t suffer and in that place i hope you can make music that you like the most and be happy. i will pray for this. you really worked hard, my muse. rest in peace.

(171221) @sunday040728: jonghyunnie who would smile beautifully like this. you’d always brightly say hello … i know so well and i can sympathize with how confusing, frustrating, difficult, empty and lonely it must have been. as a sunbae, as a noona, i feel so guilty for not being able to watch over you closely. shinee and the grace has such a special relationship. you went through a lot. you really worked hard. jonghyun-ah. i will pray so that you will be happy beside god now. and i will be sure to remember you trying to smile brightly.

(171220) @kud_man: one day jonghyun said to me: “hyung! i’ll let you hear the first solo songs i’m creating now! let’s go to the han river!” jonghyun-ah. now that han river has become such a sad place for me. the songs you’d let me hear in the car, the rain that fell then … i will crave that one note, that one breath that you’d sing for me right by my side into my heart so that it will not fly away. for always finding and visiting me first, thank you and i am sorry. those moments where you liked and wore the clothes we made for you. i will continue with the joys those moments gave. beautiful jonghyun-ah. you went through a lot. in the next life i will go find you first. i won’t say the word goodbye. i’ll listen to your song. i am together with you.

(171219) @ryansjhun: rest in peace ma brother. my heart hurts too much. i’m tearing up because my sorry and regrettable heart is too big and because i couldn’t help him and couldn’t share many stories with him. when you debuted i did too, hah … i will never forget my thankful heart for as long as i live. i will watch over this place until the end … you went through a lot and you worked hard, jonghyun-ah …

(171220) @jayjoonkim: my beloved donsaeng, jonghyun-ah. time passes by this fast. we were both so young then. i saw your face for the last time and greeted you for the last time and the fact that this returning path feels even more cold must not only be because of the weather. how much will i miss you. i remember when you would come to the front of my place to go for a drink of beer because you didn’t want to go home after your radio ended. the times we would share about our future and when we would imagine what you would have been like if you weren’t an entertainer. it felt like a joke at the time but why only now do i know that those were moments you always dream of. i’m so sorry. if i had known the kakaotalk messages we sent last week were the last time we would have contact i would have immediately run to you, smiled with you and shared many stories with you like before.. i will keep the many regrets and sadness inside of my heart. my dongsaeng who always sparkled and shined. i was always proud of you. i love you.

(171220) @ohhyunmin: a warm person, more affectionate than anyone, and approached me first even though i was a regular person who wasn’t acquainted. a person whose deep thoughts and heart could be felt over a few hours of conversation and a few glasses of alcohol we shared together when we first met. a person who was an artist that made you trust and listen to his music, only with his name of jonghyun. i was thankful because you became a source of comfort for many people, including me. despite that, i am sorry we could not become a source of comfort for you, not even once. you worked hard. you really went through a lot. you are my pride.

(171221) @realcnu: i can’t sleep .. my heart hurts … i was really happy that i lived in the same generation and listened to his music and could promote as singers together. i sincerely admired you. sunbaenim, i hope you’ll rest comfortably.

(171222) @2pmagreement211 (2pm’s chansung): you’ve done well. you’ve worked really hard.

(171219) @philtre: jonghyun, a musician truly filled with passion and an incredible artist, has left us for a faraway place. working with jonghyun was always a new challenge for me and through it, it was a precious time where i could learn a lot. i wanted him to summon me many more times. why did you leave us so suddenly and so far … i will wish that you will be able to rest comfortably in that place.

(171219) @jupppal: jonghyun-ah …, it’s so regrettable and my heart hurts … how lonely you must have been .. in heaven, i hope you become a star that shines even brighter and rest peacefully ..

(171220) @drpyo: musician jonghyun, who made this beautiful music, was in pain for a long time and i’m very sorry and it’s regrettable that we haven’t created a better world when so many people are in pain due to depression or rough environment. we will work even harder. i pray you will be able to endure with us.

(171219) @tomoe_shinbo: i express my deepest condolences to jonghyun. but i still cannot believe it. i want to hear that singing voice and see that smiling face once more. please let me say this even though we’ve only been together for one day. he would proceed while watching over everyone with such calmness, and whenever one of their members was troubled he would immediately help. he felt like an intelligence, warm person. i will continue to cherish your works from now on.

(171220) @soulmusiq: it was news that was delivered to me on set. the strength in my legs gave out and everything became distant. it was merely four days ago. i still have the proposal in my bag. it was a project that i thought would go well if we did what we’ve always done. there were several edits to the proposal but i thought it was progressing better than i thought. it ended well so it was a project from which i returned home listening to music i like. in the early morning namyangju was so, so cold so i remember hardships even though it was on set. i felt so, so sorry because the heater in the waiting room didn’t warm up easily. i was sorry because we couldn’t prepare snacks that were tastier. i asked the restaurant owner if he had eaten well and, thankfully, they said he ate a lot and returned to the set. his appearance from behind comes to my mind while he was waiting for a moment on my prop chair, before filming the final cut. in that moment where he was sitting there without words, what would it have been like if i presumptuously threw a silly joke his way? what would it have been like if i sincerely told him that i really like the song “deja-boo” and that i listened to it a lot? i just came back from seeing him off, who showed such a pro-like appearance while we were rolling. all the words i said on location were not spoken because of work. you were really cool. you went through a lot. i am really sorry. thank you so much. rest comfortably.