Origin South Korea Years active 1997–2000
2002–present Movies Seventeen | Genres K-pop Associated acts Sechs Kies, J-Walk Parents Kim Tae-gi, Kim Seok-ja | |
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Born August 7, 1979 (age 37) ( 1979-08-07 ) Occupation(s) Singer
rapper
choreographer Record labels YG Entertainment, DSP Media Music groups Sechs Kies, J-Walk (Since 2002) Albums Sechs Kies, 2016 Re‑ALBUM, Welcome to the Sechskie, Special, Com'Back Similar Jang Su won, Lee Jaijin, Kang Sung Hoon, Ko Ji Yong, Eun Jiwon Profiles | ||
Kim Jae-duck (born on August 7 1979) is a South Korean singer, rapper, and choreographer. He is known as a member of Sechs Kies, which was a rival band to the top boy group in the 90's, H.O.T. and reunited in 2016. When Sechs Kies disbanded in 2000, he started a new band, J-Walk with Jang Suwon, also from Sechs Kies. Kim is known for his Busan accent and his nickname is "Ducky" as a reference to his name.
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Sechs Kies
He and Lee Jaijin formed a dance crew called ‘‘Quicksilver’’ in their hometown of Busan and had submitted an audition tape to Daesung Entertainment. It was revealed later that Kang Sunghun, who had watched the audition tape, chose Jaeduck as a member for his excellent dance moves.
Jaeduck was the main dancer in Sechs Kies and only took a little part in song because of his Busan accent. Along with Lee Jaijin, they both created the choreography for most of the songs. Sechs Kies achieved great success and became an icon of the 1990's Korean idol groups. However, Sechs Kies suddenly disbanded in 2000 after finishing their fourth album promotion.
J-Walk
After the era of Sechs Kies ended in 2000 when the members announced they wanted to split ways, Kim was set to become a dance instructor for Sechs Kies label Daesung Entertainment but he ended up joining with his former Sechs Kies member Jang Suwon to form a new duo J-Walk in 2002 under a new label, Kiss Entertainment.
They released their first album, entitled Suddenly on March 2002, and the title track, Suddenly, became a huge hit. They released second album Someday at the same year. Both two albums were well received and acclaimed and they took SBS Gayo Daejeon Popularity Award with former Sechs Kies member Kang Sunghun in 2002. In 2004, they formed a project band, JnC, with Click-B members under Kiss Entertainment and released one album.
Their first EP Sun Shower(여우비) was delayed until 2007 when they signed with Vitamin Entertainment. J-Walk released their third album My Love in 2008 and Eun Jiwon helped them by participating in the music video and featuring in the title song. Since Kim Jaeduck entered the military shortly after, Suwon had to promote the album by himself.
Kim Jaeduck currently resides with former H.O.T. member Tony An after they met during their mandatory military service, which shocked Lee Jaijin, who forever believed in "defeat H.O.T. (타도 H.O.T)". Jaeduck has became the director of Tony's company TN Nation Entertainment in 2014. Moreover, he did many TV shows with Tony An, and showed much affection towards him.
After Suwon was discharged from army, J-Walk has signed under A&G Modes and released some digital songs. They returned with mini album "Love...Painfully" with main track "Strive" on December 2013.
Reunite as Sechs Kies
In 2016, Sechs Kies finally reunited after disbanding 16 years ago, in 2000 in a famous Korean variety TV show called "Infinite Challenge." Ko Ji Yong, who, after disbanding from Sechs Kies, left the entertainment business permanently and pursued a new career, surprised the members of Sechs Kies as well as all the fans by appearing in the reunion concert. After Infinite Challenge aired, Sechs Kies earned many more fans; their hit songs ranked high in music charts and “Couple” was seen in 11th place in Music Bank.
With their growing popularity, the five Sechs Kies members signed a contract with the YG entertainment, and chose to debut as an idol group again. They actively participated in many other TV shows, such as Radio Star, You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook, and Fantastic Duo. The Sechs Kies reunion concert in September 2016 was a huge hit. On October 7, Sechs Kies released a new digital single "Three Words (세 단어)" which topped all 8 Korean major music charts shortly after releases. It also ranked high in Asian music charts and iTunes charts in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and others.
Kim Jaeduck surprised many viewers and fans with his amazing dancing skills and rap that he had managed to preserve for more than 20 years. He received more invitation after reunion and joined different activities.
On July 1, DongA TV's announced new restaurant touring show 'Delicious Man' starring Jaeduck and Tony Ahn.
On November 23, YG announced that SechsKies' new album will be released on December 1, 2016. The new album "2016 Re-ALBUM" contains 10 past hit songs of SechsKies that were rearranged and remastered by YG producers, and is prepared a special gift for fans.
SechsKies continued the Yellow Note concert tour on December 10 in Daegu and on December 24–25 in Busan. On October 31, all SechsKies tour concert seats for December were sold out within a few minutes.
On December 16, YG announced SechsKies is to hold a "Yellow Note Final in Seoul" concert on January 21 and 22 at the Jamsil Indoor Stadium. On December 22, all 13,000 tickets were sold out within three minutes.