In 2005, Jonghyun was scouted by SM Entertainment after he performed in a song festival with his high school band, called ZION. He later dropped out of high school in the tenth grade, transferring to Seoul Music Institute. He debuted as a member of SHINee on May 22, 2008 with the group's first mini album Replay.
On January 1, a mysterious video teaser of a triangle that expands into a square was released on the SMTOWN website. It was then confirmed that Jonghyun will make his solo debut with the mini album Base on January 12 with teaser photos and a teaser video being released on January 2. On January 3, it was announced that SMTOWN would be revealing a line up of artists that participated in the album, with Younha being revealed on the same day.
The next day, it was revealed that the singer-songwriter Wheesung participated in the lyric making of the album. The title track of the mini album was announced to be "Crazy (Guilty Pleasure)", which features the rapper Iron, on January 5 through a teaser video. The song was described to be a medium tempo retro pop song influenced by neo soul and funk genres.
The track list for the mini album was revealed the next day and featured a total of 7 songs, including the bonus track, along with the symbols "+??? " indicating an additional song. On the same day, the song "Déjà-Boo" was pre-released and took charge of the top spot on real time charts.
A highlight medley for the mini album was released on January 8 with the music video for "Crazy (Guilty Pleasure)" dropping the next day. A performance video for "Déjà-Boo" was released on January 10, two days after his showcase stage. The mini album was officially released on January 12 and swept number one on different music charts.
On January 14, a dance practice video for the song "Hallelujah" was released.
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