Poet Artist

In early November 2017, Jonghyun announced a two-date concert in Seoul's SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium. The concert, titled Inspired, was held in Seoul on December 9 and 10.{{cite web|url=https://sports.chosun.com/news/ntype.htm?id=201711070100054720003661&servicedate=20171107|script-title=ko:샤이니 종현, 12월 솔로 콘서트 개최…15일 예매 오픈|trans-title=SHINee's Jonghyun to hold a solo concert in December…Ticket sales open on the 15th|last=Jo|first=Yoon-sun|work=Sports Chosun|date=November 7, 2017|accessdate=May 22, 2021|via=Naver|archive-date=May 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522061915/https://sports.chosun.com/news/ntype.htm?id=201711070100054720003661&servicedate=20171107|url-status=live}} His teleprompter included an announcement for his upcoming studio album, but he ignored it at the time. On December 18, it was reported that Jonghyun had died.{{cite web |date=December 18, 2017 |title={{bracket|Update}} SHINee's Jonghyun dies in hospital |url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20171218001047 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171218122146/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20171218001047 |archivedate=2017-12-18 |accessdate=May 22, 2021 |work=The Korea Herald}} The following day, his record label SM announced that he had recently completed his second studio album and filmed a music video.{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=311&aid=0000805301|script-title=ko:故샤이니 종현, 내년초 솔로 신곡 발표 앞두고 사망…슬픔 더하는 이유|trans-title=The late SHINee Jonghyun dies ahead of the release of a new solo album early next year...Another reason to be sad|work=XSportsNews|date=December 19, 2017|accessdate=May 22, 2021|via=Naver|language=ko|archive-date=May 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522061913/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=311&aid=0000805301|url-status=live}} The album's title and release date were announced on January 19, 2018, and the tracklist on January 22.{{cite web|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/jonghyuns-posthumous-poet-artist-album-to-be-released-online-on-jan-23|title=K-pop star Jonghyun's posthumous Poet {{pipe}} Artist album to be released online on Jan 23|last=Lam|first=Lydia|work=The Straits Times|date=January 19, 2018|accessdate=May 22, 2021|archive-date=May 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522061924/https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/jonghyuns-posthumous-poet-artist-album-to-be-released-online-on-jan-23|url-status=live}} Poet {{pipe}} Artist was released digitally on January 23 and the physical edition was released on January 24.

All album proceeds will be going to Jonghyun's mother to create a foundation for people living under difficult circumstances.{{Cite news|url=http://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=421&aid=0003159493|title=[공식]故 종현 유작앨범 공개된다… SM "23일 발표"|access-date=January 20, 2018|language=ko|archive-date=January 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119235422/http://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=421&aid=0003159493|url-status=live}}

The album has been described as an electropop, R&B and future bass album, with elements of trap.{{cite web|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20180124000839|title={{bracket|Album review}} 'Poet {{pipe}} Artist,' testament to Jonghyun's genius|first=Dam-young|last=Hong|work=The Korea Herald|date=January 24, 2018|accessdate=October 27, 2020|archive-date=October 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031203203/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20180124000839|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2018/02/09/album-review-poetartist-by-jonghyun.html|title=Album Review: 'Poet/Artist' by Jonghyun|first=Marcel|last=Thee|work=The Jakarta Post|date=February 9, 2018|accessdate=October 27, 2020|archive-date=October 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024034617/https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2018/02/09/album-review-poetartist-by-jonghyun.html|url-status=live}}

Songs were teased during Inspired, where he performed "Take the Dive", "I'm So Curious", and "Only One You Need", the latter of which was about comforting others after the loss of a loved one.{{Cite news|url=http://news.sbs.co.kr/news/endPage.do?news_id=N1004540032&plink=ORI&cooper=NAVER|title=[스브스타] 故 종현이 남기고 간 노래 '환상통'…"사랑하는 사람이 사라진 아픔"|date=2017-12-21|work=SBS News|access-date=2017-12-24|language=ko-KR|archive-date=2017-12-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223103956/http://news.sbs.co.kr/news/endPage.do?news_id=N1004540032&plink=ORI&cooper=NAVER|url-status=live}} "#Hashtag" was featured in a concert intermission video, while "Rewind" appeared in an intermission video from the concert The Agit: The Letter.{{Cite news|url=https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180124-00000061-wow-asent|title=故ジョンヒョン（SHINee）、新アルバムの一部収録曲がKBSで"放送不適格"に|date=2018-01-24|work=Yahoo! News Japan|access-date=2018-01-24|language=Japanese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125020001/https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180124-00000061-wow-asent|archive-date=2018-01-25|url-status=dead}} "Shinin'" and its respective music video were released on January 23, 2018.{{Cite news|url=http://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=382&aid=0000621413|title=[공식] 故 종현 유작, 오늘(23일) 공개…타이틀곡 '빛이나'|date=2018-01-23|accessdate=2018-01-22|language=ko|archive-date=2018-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202172041/http://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=382&aid=0000621413|url-status=live}} The music video for "Before Our Spring" was released the following day on January 24.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/jonghyun-remembered-before-our-spring-music-video-8095880/|title=Jonghyun's Life and Career Remembered in 'Before Our Spring' Music Video: Watch|magazine=Billboard|last=Herman|first=Tamar|date=January 24, 2018|access-date=January 21, 2024}}

Poet {{pipe}} Artist debuted atop the Gaon Album Chart on the 4th issued week, dated January 21–27. The following week it dropped one spot, where it spent an additional week. On the 51st issued week, dated December 16–22, the album returned to number one, coinciding with one year since the singer passed. The album spent 36 non-consecutive weeks in the chart's top 100.{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/search/list.gaon?serviceGbn=ALBUM&nationGbn=T&yyyy=2010&condition=3&search_str=Poet+l+Artist|title=Jonghyun – Poet {{pipe}} Artist|publisher=Gaon Music Chart|accessdate=October 28, 2020|language=ko|archive-date=November 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101033616/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/search/list.gaon?serviceGbn=ALBUM&nationGbn=T&yyyy=2010&condition=3&search_str=Poet+l+Artist|url-status=live}} Poet {{pipe}} Artist also topped the monthly Gaon Album Chart, selling more than 150,000 copies in eight days.{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=01&hitYear=2018&termGbn=month|script-title=ko:2018년 01월 Album Chart|trans-title=January 2018 Album chart|publisher=Gaon Music Chart|accessdate=October 28, 2020|language=ko|archive-date=February 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221104422/http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2018/12/28/jonghyuns-poet--artist-tops-gaon-album-chart.html|title=Jonghyun's 'Poet {{pipe}} Artist' tops Gaon album chart|first=Hye-Soo|last=Kim|work=The Jakarta Post|date=December 29, 2018|accessdate=October 29, 2020|archive-date=November 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101083132/https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2018/12/28/jonghyuns-poet--artist-tops-gaon-album-chart.html|url-status=live}} It eventually became the 20th best-selling album in 2018, moving more than 235,000 copies.{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=2018&hitYear=2018&termGbn=year|script-title=ko:2018년 Album Chart|trans-title=2018 Album chart|publisher=Gaon Music Chart|accessdate=October 28, 2020|language=ko|archive-date=January 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111193122/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=&targetTime=2018&hitYear=2018&termGbn=year|url-status=live}} Eight of the album's eleven songs charted on the Gaon Digital Chart. The album's first single "Shinin'" debuted at no. five.{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=04&hitYear=2018&termGbn=week|script-title=ko:2018년 04주차 Digital Chart|trans-title=Week 4 of 2018 Digital Chart|publisher=Gaon Music Chart|accessdate=October 28, 2020|language=ko|archive-date=February 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202012403/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?serviceGbn=ALL&termGbn=week&hitYear=2018&targetTime=04&nationGbn=T|url-status=live}} On February 11, 2021, the album received a platinum certification from Gaon for 250,000 copies sold.{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/certification/list.gaon|title=가온 인증 (Gaon Certification)|publisher=Gaon Music Chart|access-date=February 13, 2021|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211042029/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/certification/list.gaon|archive-date=February 11, 2021|url-status=live}}

In Japan, Poet {{pipe}} Artist debuted at {{abbr|no.|number}} twelve on the Oricon Albums Chart for the week dated February 5, selling around 6,000 copies.{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2018-02-05/p/2/|script-title=ja:CDアルバムランキング|trans-title=Weekly CD album ranking|date=February 5, 2018|work=Oricon|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131114052/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2018-02-05/p/2/|archivedate=January 31, 2018|language=ja}} The following week the album rose to no. ten on the chart, selling an additional 6,700 copies.{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2018-02-12/|script-title=ja:CDアルバムランキング|trans-title=Weekly CD album ranking|date=February 12, 2018|work=Oricon|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207144821/https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/w/2018-02-12/|archivedate=February 7, 2018|language=ja}} In the United States, the album debuted and peaked at no. 177 on the Billboard 200, making Jonghyun only the fourth Korean soloist to place an album on the chart at the time. In its opening week it moved 5,000 album-equivalent units, including 4,000 pure sales. It furthermore debuted atop Billboard's World Albums, his second number-one on the chart.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/8097189/jonghyun-poet-artist-billboard-200-debut|title=Jonghyun Makes Billboard 200 Debut With Posthumous 'Poet/Artist' Album|first=Jeff|last=Benjamin|magazine=Billboard|date=January 30, 2018|accessdate=January 28, 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208175143/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/8097189/jonghyun-poet-artist-billboard-200-debut|archivedate=February 8, 2018|url-access=subscription|url-status=live}}

Poet {{pipe}} Artist was met with positive reviews by music critics. Writing for Billboard, Tamar Herman described the album as a "farewell and a sonic walk down memory lane".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/8095484/jonghyun-posthumous-album-poet-artist|title=Jonghyun Leaves Behind Posthumous Gift of an Album, 'Poet {{pipe}} Artist'|date=January 23, 2018|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=October 28, 2020|archive-date=November 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102195021/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/8095484/jonghyun-posthumous-album-poet-artist|url-status=live}} Billboard ranked the album as the second best K-pop album released in 2018, behind BTS' Love Yourself: Answer. Jeff Benjamin wrote that the album is "beautiful" and a "bittersweet reminder of the beloved singer, songwriter and producer's incredible talents."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/year-in-music-2018/8490515/best-k-pop-albums-2018-top-20|title=The 20 Best K-pop Albums of 2018: Critics' Picks|magazine=Billboard|date=December 17, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217234941/https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/year-in-music-2018/8490515/best-k-pop-albums-2018-top-20|archivedate=December 17, 2018|accessdate=October 28, 2020|url-access=subscription|url-status=live}} Riddhi Chakraborty of Rolling Stone India called Poet {{pipe}} Artist "bittersweet–awe-inspiring in its detail, finesse and lyrical impact, but also a reminder that there never will be anyone quite like Jonghyun," and also ranked it as the second best K-pop album of 2018.{{cite web|url=https://rollingstoneindia.com/10-best-k-pop-albums-2018/|title=10 Best K-pop Albums of 2018|work=Rolling Stone India|first=Riddhi|last=Chakraborty|date=December 29, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229175047/https://rollingstoneindia.com/10-best-k-pop-albums-2018/|archivedate=December 29, 2018|accessdate=October 28, 2020}} Reviewing for The Jakarta Post, Marcel Thee wrote that the record is a "tragic-reminder of his talents as both a musician and producer". At the 33rd Golden Disc Awards, the album was nominated for the Disc Daesang and Disc Bonsang awards, winning the latter.{{cite web|url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3057838|title=BTS shines bright at Golden Disc Awards|first=So-Yeon|last=Yoon|work=Korea JoongAng Daily|date=January 7, 2019|accessdate=October 28, 2020|archive-date=October 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031034925/https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3057838|url-status=live}}

"#Hashtag" received media attention for discussing gossip and slanderous comments on the Internet and was praised for both its lyrical content and Jonghyun's use of wordplay.{{Cite news|url=https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180125-00000047-wow-asent|title=故ジョンヒョン（SHINee）が楽曲「ワッフル（＃Hashtag）」に込めた思い…直接的な歌詞が話題|date=2018-01-25|work=Yahoo! News Japan|access-date=2018-01-24|language=Japanese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125193523/https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180125-00000047-wow-asent|archive-date=2018-01-25|url-status=dead}}

Shortly after the album's release, KBS banned "Rewind" from its radio stations for containing lyrics in Japanese.

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| title2 = Only One You Need

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| music2 = {{hlist|Blizman|Christian Parris|Daniel Klein|Kendrick Dean}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Blasian Chris|Jakob Mihoubi|G.bliz|Kendrick Dean|MZMC|Rudi Daouk}}

| length2 = 3:39

| title3 = #Hashtag

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| music3 = {{hlist|Jonghyun|Imlay|Jin Soh}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|Jonghyun|Imlay|Jin Soh}}

| length3 = 3:05

| title4 = Grease

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| music4 = {{hlist|Jonghyun|Jake K.}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Jonghyun|Jake K.}}

| length4 = 3:19

| title5 = Take the Dive

| lyrics5 = Seo Ji-eum

| music5 = {{hlist|Christian Fast|Ellen Berg Tollbom|Marcus Lindberg|Royal Dive}}

| extra5 = Royal Dive

| length5 = 2:54

| title6 = Sightseeing

| note6 = {{Korean|hangul=사람 구경 중|rr=Saram gugyeong jung|lit=People Watching}}

| music6 = {{hlist|Jonghyun|Jake K.|Jin Soh}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|Jonghyun|Jake K.|Jin Soh}}

| length6 = 3:04

| title7 = Rewind

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| extra7 = {{hlist|Jonghyun|Imlay}}

| length7 = 3:36

| title8 = Just For a Day

| note8 = {{Korean|hangul=하루만이라도|rr=Harumanirado}}

| lyrics8 = Jeon Gandi

| music8 = Chris Wahle

| extra8 = Chris Wahle

| length8 = 2:50

| title9 = I'm So Curious

| note9 = {{Korean|hangul=어떤 기분이 들까|rr=Eotteon gibuni deulkka|lit=What Would It Feel Like}}

| music9 = {{hlist|Jonghyun|Imlay|Jin Suk Choi}}

| extra9 = {{hlist|Jonghyun|Imlay|Jin Suk Choi}}

| length9 = 3:24

| title10 = Sentimental

| music10 = {{hlist|Jonghyun|Jake K.}}

| extra10 = {{hlist|Jonghyun|Jake K.}}

| length10 = 3:26

| title11 = Before Our Spring

| note11 = {{Korean|hangul=우린 봄이 오기 전에|rr=Urin bomi ogi jeone}}

| music11 = {{hlist|Jonghyun|Wefreaky}}

| extra11 = {{hlist|Jonghyun|Wefreaky}}

| length11 = 4:06

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