Onew: Last News

SHINee singer Onew has announced dates and venues for his upcoming 2025 ‘The Live: Connection’ tour, featuring concerts in Taiwan, Japan and more.Today (January 9), Onew released a new poster for his 2025 ‘The Live: Connection’ solo tour, unveiling concert venues and dates. The SHINee star will kick off the tour with a two-night show in Yokohama, Japan this February before performing in cities across East Asia, including Seoul, Taipei and Macau.Following his Yokohama shows, Onew will perform for three nights at the Olympic Hall in Seoul from February 21 to 23.

SHINee’s Onew has officially released his third solo mini-album ‘Flow’, alongside a trippy music video for its lead single, ‘beat drum’.Both the mini-album and music video were release on September 3 at 6pm KST. It also marks over a year since he last released music in March 2023, with his third full-length album ‘Circle’.According to The Korea Times, title track ‘beat drum’ is described as “an upbeat pop track that pairs Onew’s playful vocals with lyrics that liken a racing heart to the beat of a drum”.‘beat drum’ is also the second track off his freshly released record to receive a video treatment, having previously dropped a video for B-side track ‘All Day’ on July 15 as a pre-release single for ‘Flow’.‘Flow’ also marks Onew’s first release under Griffin Entertainment, a label he signed to earlier this year after leaving longtime agency SM Entertainment.

SHINee leader Onew has revealed the reason behind his departure from SM Entertainment this year and how different it’s been since during a recent interview.Onew, along with SHINee bandmate Taemin, both decided not to renew their long-standing contracts with SM Entertainment earlier this year in March. He later announced that he had signed an exclusive contract with separate agency Griffin Entertainment the following month, marking the end of at least 15 years with his former representation. He has been operating as a soloist under Griffin since, although he continues to remain part of SHINee.The K-pop singer appeared on the KBS television show The Seasons as a guest performer on August 16, with Zico as the show’s current host, per OSEN.

SHINee recently paid tribute to their late member Jonghyun, who passed in 2017, during their concert in Incheon, South Korea over the weekend.From May 24 to 26, SHINee held three concerts at the Inspire Arena in Incheon, South Koreas as part of the encore dates of their ‘SHINee World VI: Perfect Illumination’ tour. During the final show of the tour, members of the boyband remembered and spoke about their late member, Jonghyun.According to SBS Star, the moment came shortly what the publication described as a “flashlight event” for SHINee that was prepared by their fans during the boyband’s performance of their Japanese song ‘An Encore’.Following the performance, member Taemin spoke about how the moment had “felt like a dream” to him, adding: “When it was Jonghyun’s part, I thought, ‘Hyung, you are doing well, right?’ Then, when I opened my eyes, I saw the flashlights shining across the venue.”세상에서 제일 예쁜 재연이잖아 .. ( ˃̣̣̥᷄⌓˂̣̣̥᷅ ) pic.twitter.com/Nz8udVfjm9— 메리 (@beautifuI_merry) May 26, 2024Later during the end of the show, Key also spoke about how he has ” thought a lot about Jonghyun” over the course of the concert.

SHINee singer Onew has announced his upcoming solo 2024 ‘Guess!’ tour, featuring concerts in Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines and more.SHINee’s Onew and his label Griffin Entertainment announced the K-pop singer’s solo 2024 ‘Guess!’ tour on April 29. The tour will feature 11 concerts across seven countries in Asia from May to July this year.The idol will kick off his tour with a two-date concert in Seoul, South Korean on May 17 and 18.

SHINee singer Onew has opened up about his decision to leave long-time label SM Entertainment.In a new interview with (x)clusive Singapore, SHINee’s Onew spoke more about why he made the choice to leave SM Entertainment, after over 15 years with the K-pop agency. The singer left the company this March and signed to Griffin Entertainment earlier this month.“You could think of it as me taking on another challenge, as I aspire to be an artist who looks further ahead rather than being complacent,” Onew told the publication in a new interview, adding that “it was not easy to decide to start anew in a new place”.Elsewhere in the interview, the SHINee singer also spoke about how to keeps his passion for music after being in the industry for so long: “I have become flexible to different situations, and I think that’s the key.”Onew is the second member of SHINee to leave SM Entertainment, following Taemin, who has since signed with Big Planet Made.

SHINee singer Onew has signed with Griffin Entertainment, just a month after leaving longtime agency SM Entertainment. Griffin Entertainment announced that SHINee’s Onew had signed with the company today (April 3) in a statement to South Korea news outlet Sports Kyunghang. “We are happy to be together with Onew on his new start,” the agency said, as translated by Soompi.“Griffin Entertainment will not spare any effort so that we can become the artist’s sanctuary,” the label added.

SHINee member Taemin and Onew will reportedly leave SM Entertainment sometime this year after their contracts with the K-pop agency expire.Yesterday (March 5), South Korean news outlets SpoTV News and YTN reported in separate stories that SHINee members Taemin and Onew would be leaving SM Entertainment following the expiration of their contracts. The duo have been with the K-pop agency since 2008, when they debuted as members of SHINee.SM Entertainment has since responded to the reports, saying that while “future plans remain unconfirmed” for the pair, they are “actively considering various options”, per The Korea Times.

Onew of K-pop boyband SHINee is going on hiatus ahead of the group’s upcoming comeback.Onew’s label SM Entertainment announced today (June 9) via its fan community platform Kwangya Club that the K-pop idol would be going on a temporary hiatus ahead of the group’s long-awaited comeback. The statement has also since been published on Twitter by SM Town USA.In the statement, SM Entertainment said that Onew had “visited the hospital after experiencing health issues”, with doctors advising the K-pop idol that he “will be needing medical care and rest”.“After careful and extensive discussion with Onew and the group, a decision was made to have Onew focus on recovering for the time being,” SM Entertainment said, adding that the singer would be “unable to participate in the upcoming concert and album activities”.The K-pop agency also stated that SHINee’s upcoming concert and album activities will proceed with the boyband’s three other members: Key, Minho and Taemin.“We will do out best to assist Onew to meet the fans again in good health and will inform you as soon as he is recovered and able to return to the stage,” SM Entertainment added.

SHINee are set to release a new single, ahead of their upcoming 8th studio album ‘Hard’.At 12am KST today (June 8), SHINee announced that they would be releasing a brand-new single titled ‘Hard’ this weekend. The boyband will first release a teaser for the song’s upcoming music video on June 9.A day later on Saturday (June 10), the boyband will unveil the music video for ‘The Feeling’.

K-pop boyband SHINee have shared plans for their upcoming concerts and music releases this year.On May 28, SHINee held the second night of their 15th anniversary fan meeting in Seoul, which was also streamed worldwide via Beyond LIVE. During the event, SHINee revealed that they plan to make several comebacks in 2023.Among those comebacks are a previously announced release coming up in June, which will be accompanied by a three-night concert.

SHINee’s Onew has opened up about the long process leading up to the release of his debut studio album ‘O (Circle)’.Yesterday (March 6), the K-pop singer made a comeback with his first-ever studio record ‘O (Circle)’ and its title track of the same name. In the hours prior to the release, SM Entertainment released an interview with Onew, in which he discussed his feelings and preparation that went into the record.While discussing his latest title track, Onew revealed that he had actually heard the song over a year ago, prior to the release of his last solo mini-album.

SHINee leader Onew’s upcoming full-length album, ‘Circle’, have recently been released.According to a report by South Korean media outlet Herald Pop, Onew’s forthcoming record will feature ‘Rain on Me’, a ballad produced and arranged in collaboration with singer-songwriter Sam Kim. Rapper Giriboy, meanwhile, has production credits on B-side ‘Caramel’.온유, 첫 정규 앨범 ‘Circle’ 기리보이·샘김 작업 참여!재치 있는 재즈팝 ‘Caramel’, 서정적 발라드 ‘우중산책’ 수록!https://t.co/hBJ7lUVyT6 #ONEW #온유 #SHINee #샤이니 #Circle #ONEW_Circle #Caramel #우중산책 #RainOnMe #GIRIBOY #기리보이 #SamKim #샘김 pic.twitter.com/zowfslbMXH— SHINee (@SHINee) February 23, 2023A separate report by Newsen also revealed the title of two more B-sides to be featured on the record, ‘Anywhere’ and ‘Paradise’.

SHINee vocalist Onew will be returning with new solo music next month.On February 14, SportsSeoul reported that the idol would be releasing a solo album on March 6, shortly after Onew’s upcoming three-day concert at the Seoul Olympic Hall from March 3-5. SM Entertainment confirmed the report that same day, as Soompi notes.The new record will arrive just under a year after Onew released his sophomore mini-album ‘Dice’, which was led by the single of the same name.

Roll out the red carpet and assemble the members of SHINee for Onew is back! The South Korean singer has been MIA as he was completing his compulsory military training. The singer, formally known as Lee Jin-ki, enlisted for the training in December 2018.