SHINee’s Taemin Showers Praises On Bestie BTS’s Jimin On Live Broadcast

SHINee’s Taemin is known to be close friends with BTS’s Jimin. The two are also associated with EXO’s Kai and HOTSHOT’s Ha Sungwoon and Timoteo.

Left to right: Timoteo, Jimin, Kai, non-celebrity friend, Taemin, Ha Sungwoon

They’ve known each other for a long time! J-Hope and Suga introduced Jimin to Ha Sungwoon, who introduced Jimin to his gang. Soon, they all became besties known as “The Paddingz Friendship.”

During a recent live stream, Taemin brought up Jimin as his really good friend. The two recently filmed a dance challenge for SHINee’s “Hard.”

Taemin showered Jimin with lots of praise.

태민님 #지민 언급 ♡

– 지민이는 진짜 좋은 친구예요. 좋은 에너지를 갖고 있고. 너무너무 잘하고. 그리고 지민이가 춤을 추는 스타일, 추구하는 아티스트성? 저랑 닮아있는 부분이 많아요! 물론 그친구 너무 잘하지만,, 역시 마음이 맞으면 또 그런 케미가 있다니까?
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— 하튜 (@jmnxlv) July 8, 2023

Jimin is such a good friend. He has such good energy. He is also really talented. There might be people who think the same as me but, his style of dancing, and the sense of artistry that he prefers, has many similar aspects to mine. Of course, he’s also really talented… I mean, this is what I think anyway. I think that we match well in those aspects, and if you get along, I think you tend to have good chemistry.

— Taemin

It is no wonder that the two are such close friends! For two people in the same line of work, being able to match well in terms of both professional and personal aspects is a rare find.