5M is for rich kids. No one in $M or Sh1nee was poor predebut except for maybe Jj0ng. $M's tuition fees is very high and 0new was a student at $M academy so he can't be poor. K3y stayed in America for some time before debut so he wasn't poor either. Everything about the members being poor is misinformation spread by Sh@wols because every fandom wants their faves to have a rags to riches story.
T@emin is the only member with "poor background" rumors in sh1nee and other sh1n33 members at least didn't benefit from the "I was poor" narrative like t@aemin did. he was the one saying he bought a house for his parents in interviews as if his parents didn't have a great house in the first place like in the picture I shared. if sh@wols made up more rumors about him being poor it was his fault.
"taemin's family is said to be the least well-off amongst the members. as a trainee he did not own a MP3 player and had walked around wearing a set of headphones that was just tucked into his pocket and not attached to anything. when he was found out, he simply said that he just wanted to avoid having girls come up to him for a chat. the current ipod(it looks like an ipod but it may just be MP3 of some unknown brand) that he owns was a gift given by a noona fan on one of their earliest fansign event. there were rumours about his father being a history teacher in middle school but it was never proven true. the bags special on channel v shows taemin's bag as being the most simple amongst the members. there was nothing especially pricey in the bag which itself is a gift from the fans too. taemin's modest personality also suggests that he came from a humble background."
he made himself look poor for the fans make the "self made" narrative and I wouldn't be surprised if he was a great singer since the beginning and used to pretend he wasn't. if it's so easy to practice and become a great vocalist then why idols that don't sing well don't the same thing that he did? with all this I just want to say that we can't trust in idols personalities it is all fake. not only taemin but other sh1nee members as well, even j0nghyuns death: I don't believe he's dead at all. he's a death faker.
This group was one of the biggest deceptions in my life I hate the fact I was their fan one day