HAPPY 5HINeeVERSARY

"Knowing how far they’ve gone since the beginning, no one would’ve even expected where they are now.

Five years ago, if you told Lee Jinki that someday he’ll meet a child who will test his very being; if you told him that in five years time he may have slipped/tripped/landed on his head/fell/said something not as funny as intended up on stage and backstage more times than anyone else in the world; if you told him that he’ll be one of the leads in several musicals; and if you told him that he’ll be known as one of Korea’s best singers, Lee Jinki would laugh it off and maybe even say “That’s impossible for me to do.”

Five years ago, if you told Kim Jonghyun that everyone would compare him to a dinosaur and for some reason he’d agree; if you told him that his voice actually soothes a lot of people at night while listening to their songs to lull them to sleep; if you told him that he wouldn’t get any taller in the future; and if you told him that in five years time he’d find himself bowing to the fans for something he may have wanted to do on his own free will, Kim Jonghyun would probably procrastinate about how unbelievable that is and complain about the height remark.

Five years ago, if you told Kim Kibum that he’d be a competitive parent over a child and a teenager; if you told him that one day he’d be one of the most honest people alive; if you told him that in one of their albums half of his hair will be shaved off; and if you told him that he’d be one of the most fantastic male divas in the world, Kim Kibum would probably freak out and wish that everything would go that way “Except for the hair part, of course!”.

Five years ago, if you told Choi Minho that he’d be known as the tall, deep-voiced frog who livens an interview with his flaming charisma; if you told him that every other idol group would say “Damn it, why can’t he be our groupmate?” during athletic idol meets; if you told him that when people listen to their songs they’d shiver at his lines because of how deep his voice is; and if you told him that he looked like a Mexican rather than a Korean, Choi Minho would probably laugh at that last comment and would even doubt being that charismatic.

Five years ago, if you told Lee Taemin that he’d be the one who would usually liven up a performance with his dancing; if you told him that his tiny teenage voice would rival that of his groupmate’s lead vocal; if you told him that he’d be for all the Noonas, including some who would creepily pedo over him; and if you told him that at one time he’d look like a girl, Lee Taemin would jokingly complain why “Kibum-hyung can’t be the girl lookalike” and probably even say everything they said about all the other members (including him) would probably be outrageously impossible.

Five years ago, if you told SHINee -the once shy and humble-minded group- that they had a million fans not just over South Korea, not just even in Asia, but around the whole world; if you told them that they could have the potential of rivaling one of the most successful korean pop groups, who would so happen to have the same label as theirs; and if you told them that in five years time they’ve done numerous concerts alongside their labelmates, and have two solo concerts for themselves? They wouldn’t believe it. Heck, maybe everyone else wouldn’t think of it.

Who would’ve thought, though."

(cr: ttolkorae)