Eddy Kim
Now a bona fide K-pop sensation, it’s hard to believe that bilingual singer-songwriter Eddy Kim first started out as a violinist and a student of classical music before taking to commercial, guitar-laden ballads. Born Kim Jung-hwan on November 23rd, 1990 in Seoul, he spent much of his youth between the capital’s Gangnam District and Boston, Massachusetts, where he studied at the Berklee College of Music and gained a growing inclination toward pop music. In 2012, while conscripted in the army, Kim entered the famed TV talent contest Superstar K, in which he reached the top six alongside winner Roy Kim and runners-up DickPunks and Jung Joon-young. Signed to Yoon Jong Shin’s MYSTIC89 imprint, he re-emerged in 2014 with a debut EP entitled The Manual, written and co-produced in its entirety by the man himself. The project proved popular, with its title track reaching #7 on South Korea’s Gaon Music Chart and selling over 1.5 million copies. Continuing to maintain a strong output in 2014 with a myriad of musical contributions to TV shows including Pride and Prejudice, Roommate and Righteous Love as well as a collaboration with rapper Verbal Jint, Kim picked up the Seoul Music Award for Best New Artist in 2015 before unveiling his second EP, Sing Sing Sing. The following year, he landed another chart smash in the form of the Guardian soundtrack offering “You Are So Beautiful”, which shifted over a million units and peaked at #5 in his home country. His third project, the six-tracker Miles Apart, emerged in 2018, with its opening track “Last” proving particularly popular.
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Discography
18 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Guardian, Pt. 5 (Original Television Soundtrack)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Genie Music on 24 Dec 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Manual Deluxe Edition
Asia - Released by MYSTIC89 on 11 Apr 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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DOKKUN Project Part.4
Asia - Released by RBW, Inc on 28 May 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
track by YOON: It's gonna be alright
K-Pop - Released by MYSTIC STORY on 23 Jan 2024
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Memories of the Alhambra, Pt. 6 (Original Television Soundtrack)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Genie Music on 13 Jan 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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구르미 그린 달빛 (Original Television Soundtrack), Pt.7
K-Pop - Released by MOST CONTENTS on 21 Sep 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Paldangdam
Asia - Released by MYSTIC89, MYSTIC Entertainment on 26 Feb 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
whoa whoa
Asia - Released by Mystic Entertainment on 16 Apr 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Heart pound
Asia - Released by Mystic Entertainment on 9 Jun 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Entourage MIXTAPE #3 (Original Television Soundtrack)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Genie Music on 12 Nov 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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LISTEN 018 POOM
Asia - Released by Mystic Entertainment on 17 Dec 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Miles Apart
Asia - Released by Mystic Entertainment on 11 Oct 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
I'm a movie director too (Original Soundtrack) Pt. 1
K-Pop - Released by Beyond Music on 1 Aug 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Sweet Kiss Like Coffee (Feat. LEE SUNG KYOUNG)
K-Pop - Released by Mystic Entertainment on 29 Apr 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo