List of songs written by Kim Jong-hyun

Kim Jong-hyun (most often credited as Jonghyun) was a South Korean singer-songwriter and producer. He began his musical career in 2008 as a member of the group Shinee[1] and later formed the ballad group S.M. The Ballad.[2]

Jonghyun at Korea Music Festival in Sokcho, in August 2015

Jonghyun's debut as a composer was with the Korean lyrics for Shinee's promotional single "Juliette", which was featured on the mini-album Romeo, released in May 2009.[3] He participated in the writing of three songs on Shinee's second Korean studio album, Lucifer. The first, "Up & Down", was co-written with Misfit with the rap being written by Minho; the second, "Obsession", was completely written by Jonghyun with Minho once again working on his own rap; and the third, "Shout Out", was co-written by all members of Shinee, JQ and Misfit.[4] In 2012, Jonghyun co-wrote the lyrics to the song with "Alarm Clock" with Minho, a song about wishing to wake up from the nightmare of a past breakup.[5] He wrote the lyrics to "Honesty", which was described as a song written for the fans who had stayed by their side with unchanging love until that point. Both songs were featured on the mini album Sherlock.[6]

In February 2014, after being made the DJ for the MBC FM4U midnight radio show Blue Night, Jonghyun debuted a composition / songwriting corner titled The Man Who Composes. The corner began in July 2014 and has continued since with different "seasons" taking place at different times, namely July 2014, November 2014, April 2015, July 2015, January 2016, and July 2016.[7] On January 7, 2015, he debuted as a solo artist with the release of the self-composed song "Déjà-Boo" with the participation of Zion.T.[8]

Jonghyun released his first extended play, Base, on January 12, 2015.[9] He released the compilation album Story Op.1 on September 17 the same year, with nine self-composed songs.[10] Following this, Jonghyun made a comeback with the release of his first full-length album, She Is.[11]