Andy attempted suicide
In 2001, Andy experienced being disqualified from admission to the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. In addition, Andy was not as popular as other members, and he suffered great psychological pressure, coupled with SM violence. Xiang Xiang was overwhelmed and chose to commit suicide by taking sleeping pills. Fortunately, his family found out in time and sent him to the hospital, saving his life! Only after the members' persuasion did he regain his confidence, Andy said that he would live for Shinhwa. This was the phoenix's rebirth. Today, DD always shows a cute, happy, and optimistic image!
JunJin’s Serious Injury Incident
Jin is the strongest child in Shinhwa, and strives to be the best in everything. When they participated in the variety show "Friends" in 2002, Jin because After somersaulting, he landed on his head and was sent to the hospital after being knocked unconscious on the spot. The doctor also issued a critical illness notice. Later, Jin said on a variety show that Minwoo and Dongwan were walking around outside the ward, and Eric was sitting cross-legged. On the ground, closing his eyes to hide the panic in his heart, Huixing was so sad that he kept crying and kept asking Wuli Jinnie what to do! The brothers' prayers moved God, and Jin finally came through with strength! !
Kim Dongman's car accident
This should be the most serious car accident that Shinhwa members have ever encountered. Dongman's makeup artist died on the spot. Dongman was also seriously injured and was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment. . On the day of the car accident, Dongwan, who originally liked to sit in the passenger seat, temporarily switched seats with the makeup artist, but his unintentional move saved Dongwan's life. But after the car accident, Dongwan has been blaming himself and feeling depressed. He thinks he should have been the one to correct the accident!
Ten thousand people gathered
Jin Dongwan said during the Come and Play Yuanzu Idol special that the thing that touched him the most was the ten thousand people gathering in 2001. At that time, Andy had already suffered from being unbearable by SM. Suppressed, experienced a suicide attempt, and was forced to quit Shinhwa! But the other five Shinhwa members were still fighting for the opportunity to bring DD back, so at that time SM proposed to Shinhwa that if they could complete the gathering of ten thousand people, they would consider bringing DD back. But it is very difficult to summon thousands of people. At that time, only eight groups of popular singers successfully completed the rally of ten thousand people. The city that Shinhwa was drawn at that time was Suwon, which is a very small city, so it was even more difficult to complete! But the brothers did not give up. For Andy, they succeeded. They successfully summoned 11569. It is said that several thousand fans were unable to enter because the venue was too small. The five members on the stage cried when they saw this scene. Even Eric, who has always been the calmest, cried so hard that he couldn't stand up. Jin even cried and told the camera Andy, I love you!
Andy also said it later when he was on a variety show. He said that he was in South Korea at the time. Because he had no money, he could only live in a temple. After watching the gathering of thousands of people, he hid alone. I cried in the room for a long time... Finally, on October 28, 2001, at the Shinhwa 5th Fanmeeting, DD returned! ! !
The 2002 Daesang Incident
That year, the Daesang that should have belonged to Shinhwa was awarded to BoA in secret because SM strongly supported BoA at the time. It was also the fuse that led to Shinhwa's collective job-hopping!
JunJIn Nude Photo Incident
Starting around February 2002, Junjin began to receive a series of threatening phone calls. The person claimed that he had several nude photos of Jin and was here to extort money. . Jin suspected that he had been drugged and taken nude photos, because he once woke up after being drunk and found himself in a hotel. He thought that a kind person sent him to the hotel. Later, he thought about it and it might have been this time. what happened.
At that time, Shinhwa was troubled by the contract dispute with SM, so Jin did not tell the members about the matter, but suffered it silently! But in the end, Jin still released the nude photos to the public and the police on the last day of the threatened payment deadline, which was the last day that the nude photos would be posted online if he did not pay. This incident prevented the gangster from succeeding. However, Jin did not gain public understanding and was slandered by the public. After this incident, Jin was hurt both physically and mentally. SM even wanted to force Jin to leave Shinhwa because of this incident!
Group job-hopping
After ending the five-year contract with SM, SM only offered contract extensions to Hyesung and Minwoo. Shin Hyesung said the most classic sentence S is a friend, Shinhwa is a family member. The six members of Shinhwa resolutely decided to change jobs collectively and left SM. In order to continue to use the name Shinhwa and to continue singing Shinhwa songs, the members spent huge sums of money to buy the right to use the name Shiinhwa. As well as the right to sing songs, as the leader of Shinhwa, Eric always plays a huge role at the most critical moments. Eric, who comes from a wealthy family, paid an almost astronomical price in exchange for the "Shinhwa"'s escape.
However, Shinhwa was not favored in the early days after leaving SM. A reporter published an article (most likely at the instigation of SM) belittling Shinhwa, saying that Shinhwa was worthless and would not achieve much after leaving SM. It was Eric who was the captain who spoke. He published an article, saying that if you have anything to do with me, Eric, Shinhwa is not that good. If you want to challenge Shinhwa, you are not qualified! ! This captain, who usually only pranks and "bullies" his team members, is also the person that his brothers rely on the most!