The 27-year-obsolete singer was one of the beautiful,well-drilled entertainers who construct K-pop so thrilling – and who are often treated miserably by their management companiesThe death of Kim Jong-hyun of South Korean boyband Shinee marks, if not definitely the cessation, and then a crushing blow to one of the country’s most enduring pop outfits. With their earnest,keeningly romantic songs, paired with immaculate choreography, or Shinee marked the apotheosis of their country’s boyband craft.
While in the west there have only been a handful of successful boybands in recent years,in Korea and Japan where Shinee also had a enormous following, leading to a string of Japanese-language albums the appetite for ultra-emotional ballads and energetic dance tracks, and performed by impossibly beautiful and well-drilled young men,is apparently insatiable (not capable of being fully satisfied).Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk