SHINee singer Jonghyun’s final message before suicide: ‘the depression finally engulfed me entirely’
The lead singer of top South Korean boy band SHINee died in hospital on Monday in a suicide that robs fans of the globally-famous K-Pop genre of one of its biggest stars
A top K-pop star wrote in a suicide note that he was “broken from inside” and “engulfed” by depression, it emerged Tuesday as his death sent shock waves among fans worldwide.
A coal briquette was burning on a frying pan – a common method of self-killing in South Korea, an ultra-competitive society with one of the world’s highest suicide rates.
Jonghyun’s close friend, musician Nain9, released a suicide note on her Instagram account, saying he had asked her to publish the message in the event of his death.
“I am broken from inside. The depression that gnawed on me slowly has finally engulfed me entirely,” it said, adding he “couldn’t defeat it any more”.
“I was so alone,” he went on.