Stray Kids 9th Member ~ Shine Pt.1

Sammy's Playlist w/ Explanations

Goodbye - Taemin
Taemin is super close to Sammy and Sammy genuinely enjoys Taemin's music. Goodbye was that song that Sammy could not stop listening to after it came out and till this day it's on his playlist.

Mikrokosmos - BTS
Jungkook recommended listening to MOTS: Persona when it came out and reacting to it on VLive. That's what Sammy did. He bawled his eyes out at Mikrokosmos and to this day does not feel embarrassed about crying over it. He says and I quote, "Mikrokosmos is that song you love at first listen but then look at the lyrics and just feel so sad yet so warm? It's a mixture of emotions."

I Need Somebody - Day6
I'll let Sammy explain. "I was going through a rough faze of my life when I first heard this. I really needed a song that embodies how I felt and this was it. Day6 just have those lyrics that really tug at your heartstrings and even if you don't understand something after listening to their music you'll understand. I love you Day6!!" (Huge Day6 fanboy with Seungmin)

I'm Home - Minho
Sammy knows SHINee decently well to where they all love to randomly contact him and text him weird things. He has Onew blocked for this reason. When he was listening to Taemin songs it auto shuffled to I'm Home and since he's been in love with it. Minho's voice just fit the lyrics and the rhythm of the song and he loves it.

Icy - ITZY
While he disliked Dalla Dalla at first he loved Icy at first listen. Icy is that song he'll listen to get hyped up and feel self-confident. It's a great mood booster and he listens to it to boost his mood.

SOMEONE'S SOMEONE - Monsta X
Overall Sammy listens to this song when he feels lonely or when he's having an off day. It's a motivation for him and a good song that has a nice melody and nice lyrics as well as beautiful voices to accompany such a song.

Skydive - B.A.P.
It's that song that gets you hyped and he says he's been listening to B.A.P. since Warrior (debut). He's loved their music and will continue to support them despite their disbandment. He also listens to members individual music. As he said, "I'll support them no matter what. If Stray Kids' contracts ended and we couldn't come to a conclusion with JYP I'd still be creating music. It's heartbreaking to think of it that way. I hope Stray Kids can stay with Stays forever."

Lonely - Jonghyun ft Taeyeon
When he first listened to this song it made him cry. He's always loved Jonghyun's music so when the JONGHYUN The Collection "Story Op.2" came out of course he listened to it. He has rarely talked about his friendship with Jonghyun and SHINee but we do know that after Jonghyun's unfortunate passing Sammy has never been the same.

Poet | Artist - Jonghyun
The entire album is on his playlist for reasons unknown.

Rise - Taemin
Much is unknown of why he decided to put this song on his playlist but what is known is that Sammy has spent hours listening to this song.

Icarus - Bastille
Sammy has shown support on Bastille's album Bad Blood for the song Icarus. He says that Icarus is a song that reminds him of himself. He says that if it weren't for the people in his life he'd be like Icarus and fly into the sun in this case the sun represents the fall of an artist. He says that he'd get to greedy for fame or end up getting to cocky from fame (if he got it) is how he described it. "Icarus is a song I've listened to to remind me that I need to always be better and that I shouldn't let fame get to my head."

Welcome to the Black Parade - My Chemical Romance
"No words needed for this. It's an amazing song and the G note is the most iconic part of the entire song. MCR was my childhood for a portion of time. With what little money we had my mom bought me an IPod nano and I'd get every song of MCR on it and listen to it while on my way to school."

Ode to Sleep - Twenty One Pilots
"I had a TOP faze where I would not stop listening to their music. Chan should know this very well. I'd randomly break out in TOP lyrics and well doesn't everyone have that emo faze? I mean like parents always complain that it's a faze and the kids are like 'It's not a faze mom!' Ya'll remember that?"

Mixtape #4 - Stray Kids
"When making this song I'd just sort of listen with a melancholy expression. It's not a sad song it's just I don't really know it makes me reminisce which makes me sad. It's a sadness of like remembering, like you get sad remembering when you were a kid because it was an easier time. I don't know but I do know that I've listened to this song so many times it's unhealthy."

Psycho - Lauren Aquilina
"Besides Red Velvets Psycho, Lauren Aquilina's Psycho is soooo good. Her voice is amazing and it really speaks psycho. I love to put this on replay when I'm doing the dishes or reading. Don't ask me why I don't know why.
Chan- Because you are a psycho.
Sammy- HEY!
Jisung- I mean he isn't wrong.
Sammy- I'm not buying dinner if you guys keep doing this.
Jisung- Hyung I'm so sorry!! I didn't mean it!
Chan- Sammy no! You can't do that! I don't have my wallet to pay!
Sammy- So you want me to pay?
SKZ- YES PLEASE!
Sammy- Then don't be annoying when there's food involved in the equation. *smiles*
SKZ- YES SIR!" Well we know Sammy's power over the others....

There are more songs. Let me know if you want to know them and I'll make a part two. I know I added a lot of Jonghyun this is because Sammy was particularly close to him. Jonghyun was like the older brother he never had. I'll write about that too. We all miss him and love him. He's truly an angel. I love you SHINee and I love you Jonghyun. 💙