Jung Jae-hyung

• Name — Jung Jae-hyung • Born — 12 January 1970 • Origin — Seoul, South Korea • Genre — * Ballad • jazz • Occupation — * Musician • songwriter • record producer • composer • music director • television host • Instrument — * Vocals • piano • Years Active — 1995–present • Label — Antenna Music (2008–present)

• Title — Korean name • Hangul — %정재형 Jung Jae-hyung (born January 12, 1970) is a South Korean pop singer-songwriter, pianist and film music composer. Currently, his agency is the Antenna.

Jung Jae-hyung was born in Seoul and graduated from Hanyang University's College of Music, with a major in composition. Before his debut, he was not affected by any kind of pop music and was immersed only in classical music. In 1995, Jung debuted as part of the group 'Basis' with twin violinists Kim A-yeon and Kim Yeon-ju with the song "The Reason I Abandoned Me". In the same year, Jung composed and gifted the title song for Seo Ji-won's second album, Gather My Tears. Seo passed away before the album's release but the title song continued to influence Korean music. In 1996, the two female members of Basis left the group after releasing their second album to study abroad. Jung continued alone as Basis and released the third album in 1997. In 1997, Jung served as composer for the OSTs of the film Maria and the Inn. In 1999, after releasing his first solo album, Expectation, Jung went to France to attend École Normale de Musique de Paris. During his stay in Paris, he specialized in film music and composition and participated in four film productions in South Korea. On October 18, 2002, Jung released an OST album containing 12 soundtracks he composed for the film 'Addicted'. In the same year, Jung released his second solo album, 'Second Sound' while studying in France. In 2004, Jung served as producer for Uhm Jung-hwa's 8th album, Self Control. Jung also participated as a musician for Lee So-ra's 6th album, Eyebrow Moon. In 2005, Jung composed the OSTs for the film Princess Aurora. On December 3, Jung made his classical music debut with the piece titled L'etna, performed by MIK Ensemble at the National Museum of Korea. On June 21, 2006, Jung was invited by the Korean Cultural Center in France to hold a solo concert called "Portrait de Jung Jae-hyung" in Paris, France. On July 2007, Jung composed the ending title track "Now Love" for the film Are You Living with the One You Love Now? sang by Lee Dong-gun. On October 6, Jung made his comeback stage performance after a 5 year hiatus at the Grand Mint Festival 2007.

On April 3, Jung released his third album, For Jacqueline, six years after his last album. On April 17, Jung published an essay collection called Paris Talk, capturing his daily life in Paris during his 9 year study. On June 27–29, Jung held a three day concert called A Journey for Jacqueline. In September, Jung left the agency LOEN Entertainment and joins Yoo Hee-yeol by signing with Antenna (then Antenna Music). On April 16, 2009 Jung released a collection of short pieces titled Jung Jae-hyung's Promenade; Walk Slowly. On April 23, 2010, Jung joined his labelmates, Yoo Hee-yeol, Lucid Fall, Peppertones, and Park Sae-byeol, in an agency concert called Antenna Music Great Disappointment Show. On April 15, Jung released his 4th album, Le Petit Piano, containing classical piano pieces. The album eventually topped in Kyobo Bookstore's Classical Music Chart and Yes24's New Age Chart. On July 16, Jung held a guerrilla concert at a cafe near Hongik University in Mapo-gu. On September 2–5, Jung held his first small theater concert at Welcome Theater, Seoul. On October 18–19, Jung held a year end concert called Jung Jae-hyung's Concert - La nuit blanche. Jung also made an appearance in IU's MV for her song "Good Day". On February 25, 2011, Jung hosted a music concert called Jung Jae-hyung's Avec Piano at Seongsam Arts Center. On April 15–17, Jung joined his labelmates for an agency concert called Antenna Music Warriors. On May 28, Jung joined his labelmates for another agency concert encore called Antenna Music Warriors Concert, "Always, Us Together". In the same month, he was appointed as music director for MBC's 50th anniversary special show, Human Documentary Love. On June 9, Jung joins his co-stars G-Dragon, Park Myung-soo, Yoo Jae-suk, Lee Juck, Gil, Bada, Jung Hyung-don, Noh Hong-chul, Psy, Jung Jun-ha, Sweet Sorrow, Haha, and 10cm in Infinite Challenges music festival called West Coast Expressway Song Festival. During the show, Jung is paired with Jung Hyung-don forming the team "Paris Piggy" in which they composed and performed the song "Innocent Macho". On August 22, Jung together with Yoo Hee-yeol was confirmed to be featured on a music video for the comedian group UV. On September 2, Jung threw his first ever pitch at the 2011 professional baseball game between the LG Twins and Lotte Giants. On October 6–9, Jung held his second solo concert called 'Le Petit Piano'. With the success of the concert, Jung decided to have a regional concert from October 15 – November 27 in Busan, Bupyeong, Daegu, Changwon, and Gwangju. On November 2, Jung appeared for a cameo in MBC's sitcom High Kick! On November 2, Jung joins Jung Hyung-don to perform their hit song "Innocent Macho" in the opening of the 38th Korea Broadcasting Awards. On November 14, Jung joined 17 other artists to collaborate in recording Kim Dong-ryul's song "How We Live in the World" of the album kimdongrYULE. On November 22, Jung appears on IU's second full-length album, Last Fantasy, for the song "L'amant (라망)". On November 24, Jung joined Lee Hyori as MCs for the 2011 MBC University Song Festival. On December 8–11, Jung performed an encore concert for Le Petit Piano. On December 29, Jung won the "Popularity Award" at the 2011 MBC Entertainment Awards.

On February 26, 2012, Jung joined K-pop star Lee Hyori as hosts for the music show Jung Jae-hyung & Lee Hyo-ri's You and I on SBS. Since 2012, Jung worked as the waiting room MC on the music competition program Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend alongside Eun Ji-won (2013–2014), Yoon Min-soo (2015–2016), Hwang Chi-yeul (2017–2018), Moon Hee-joon (2012–2020), and Kim Tae-woo (2018–2020), before leaving the show after 8 years, on August 22, 2020. On August 4, Jung held a music concert at The Westin Chosun Hotel in Seoul titled La Romance de Paris. On October 7, Jung joined singer James Morrison as performers for This Era's Beautiful Singer-songwriter Series - 2012 Fall Version. On January 22, 2013, Jung was cast as one of the hosts for KBS 2TV variety show Moonlight Prince. On July 3, Jung was cast as one of the judges for Mnet's Superstar K Season 5. On February 12, 2014, Jung becomes the sole MC for Olive TV's show Jung Jae-hyung's French Home Cooking. On March 26, Jung became a cast member for KBS 2TV's Million Seller. On September 3, Jung served as music director for the film My Brilliant Life. On October 19, Jung is selected by Hyundai Motor Company to perform for a cultural concert The Brilliant Culture Club. On December 18, Jung joined the cast of MBC's show Tutoring Across the Ages. On January 29, 2015, Jung was appointed as the musical composer by CJ E&M for the original musical The Man Who Laughs. On July 30, Jung joins Jang Ki-ha as MC fo tvN's educational program Gentleman League. On February 29, 2016, Jung served as one of the MC's for tvN's show Birth of a Song. On June 10, Jung joined his labelmates and appeared on Lee Jinah's MV for the song "I'm Full". On September 4, Jung hosted MBC's My Little Television on a personal broadcast with the theme of surfing. On September 15–16, Jung joined as one of the cast for KBS's show Singing Battle - Seungbu. On September 24–25, Jung joined his labelmates on a label concert called, Antenna the Label Concert - Hello, Antenna. On December 24, Jung won the "Male Excellence Award for Talk & Show Category" through the show Immortal Song at the 2016 KBS Entertainment Awards. In September 2017, Jung joined his labelmates in a label concert titled With, Antenna, held in five cities in South Korea and the U.S. On March 2, 2018, Jung joined the cast of KBS2's show Hyena on the Keyboard. On May 3, Jung announces his departure from KBS Cool FM's radio show Jaehyung Jung and Heejun Moon's Happy Life. On June 10, 2019, Jung released the album Avec Piano (With Piano) after 9 years since 2010. On August 23–25, Jung held his solo concert after 8 years. On October 13, Jung joined KBS 2TV's Room Corner 1st Row as new MC. On October 22, Jung becomes a cast of Olive TV's entertainment program Chicken Road. On December 7–8, Jung held a year end concert 2019 Jung Jae-hyung's Concert L'hiver, Avec Piano. On February 14, 2020, Jung opened as performer for The Seoul Arts Center held the Valentine's Day Concert. On April 11–19, Jung joined his labelmates for an online relay streaming event during the COVID-19 virus infection called Everything Is OK, with Antenna. On June 6, Jung together with Jang Yoon-ju left as MC for the JTBC's show Backstage 1st Row. On July 20, Jung left Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend after 8 years of being in the show. On September 29, Jung hosts a concert called 11 O'Clock Music Walk 6 - Jaehyung Jeong's Promenade. On April 2, 2021, Jung together with labelmates Jukjae and Kwon Ji-nah, performed in a dual experience concert called Onoff Concert featuring live and real time online performances hosted by The Lotte Cultural Foundation. On March 25, Jung appeared in IU's MV for the song "Lilac". On March 31, Jung launched a series of composition through the HOME project starting with the song "Feather of the Spring". On May 4, Jung together with Uhm Jung-hwa served as hosts for tvN's On and Off. On July 15, Jung is selected as one of the seven judges for KBS's audition show The Song We Loved, New Singer. On July 21, Jung released his second single "Dance of Phrase" under the series HOME project. On October 1, Jung joined his labelmates for Kakao TV's web show Dereumyi TV: Udang Tangtang Antenna (Clumsy Antenna). On October 7, Jung released his third single "The Wave" under the series HOME project. On November 11, Jung joins Hong Jin-kyung as MC for EBS's Vegetable Earth. On December 1, Jung joined his labelmates in a Christmas carol called See You Here Next Winter Too. In December, Jung is appointed as music director for the exhibition Henri Matisse: Life and Joy presented by Gaudium Associates, a cultural content company. On March 15, 2022, Jung was joined by Jang Yoon-ju, Lee Seok-hoon, Giriboy and Lee Moo-jin as music teachers for KBS 2TV's entertainment program National Children's Song Project - Baby Singer. On June 15, Jung partnered with The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in a charity event and performance called MMCA Stage x Jung Jae-hyung. On September 7, Jung appeared as one of the judges for JTBC's entertainment program Life Reset Re-Debut Show - Star Birth. On November 4, Jung served as one of the MC's for Coupang Play's variety show Office Romance. On December 17, Jung participated as a music director in the Busan Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art's special exhibition Postmodern Children. On September 23, 2023, Jung started his series of performance called Jung Jae-hyung's Music Voyage, starting at Eoul Arts Center, Daegu. On October 9, Jung was featured on KBS's 50th anniversary special project Black Box on Earth as one of the performing artists in the show. On December 9, Jung joined his labelmates in a relay exhibition and concert as collaboration between Antenna and LG Arts Center called Club Arc Antenna. On February 5, 2024, Jung was appointed to his first drama series as music director for JTBC's drama The Atypical Family. On July 16, Jung is joined by Hyeri and Shin Gyu-jin as casts for MBC's animal program Our Neighborhood Furballs. On August 15, Jung joined Jang Do-yeon and Ahn Jae-hyun as MC's for JTBC's show Last Love. On October 9, Jung was featured in the fashion magazine Elle for the month's issue. On November 7, Jung led the concert for the Lotte Love Family Concert for Lotte's employees and their families. On November 19, Jung together with Kyuhyun served as MC's for KBS 2TV's music talk show Missing (ME + SING). On January 12, 2025, Jung participated as one of the judges for ENA's survival music show called Undercover. On May 3, Jung guested on ENA's show World Dice Tour Season 3 alongside Lee Jang-woo and Cha Joo-young as they travel Mauritius, Sahara Desert and Nile River. On June 20, Jung was joined by musician Code Kunst as hosts for Mnet's music talk show Live Wire. On August 11, Jung joined Kim Na-young for Netflix's variety show called 'Closet Wars'. On August 27, SBS announced Jung's participation as one of the judges for a music audition show called Our Ballad, to premier on September 23.

• Album Title — Year • Looking for Myself — 1995 • The Unbalance — 1996 • Friends — 1997

• Album Title — Year • Expectations — 1999 • Second Sound — 2002 • For Jacqueline — 2008 • Promenade, Walk Slowly: A Collection — 2009 • Le Petit Piano — 2010 • Avec Piano — 2019

List of singles, showing year released, selected chart positions, and name of the album • Title — Year — Peak chart positions — Album • KOR Circle • "L'etna" — 2006 — — — Non-album Single • "Feather of the Spring" — 2021 — — — Non-album Single (Series of single releases under 'HOME' project) • "Dance of Phrase" — — • "The Wave" — —

• Soundtrack title — Year — Album/show/film — Notes • Maria and The Inn — 1997 — Maria and The Inn OST — Composed the whole soundtrack • Addicted — 2002 — Addicted OST • Princess Aurora — 2005 — Princess Aurora OST • Seducing Mr. Perfect — 2006 — Seducing Mr. Perfect OST • Now Love — 2007 — Are You Living with the One You Love Now? OST — Performed by Lee Dong-gun • Cat On The Roof — 2008 — Off the Record Hyori Title Track — Performed by Lee Hyori • Kangaroo — 2010 — Petty Romance OST — Performed by Lee Sun-kyun and Choi Kang-hee • Human Documentary Love — 2011 — Human Documentary Love OST — Composed the whole soundtrack • My Brilliant Life — 2014 — My Brilliant Life OST — Served as Music Director • The Man Who Laughs — 2015 — The Man Who Laughs OST — Composed the whole soundtrack for the musical • Beyond the Podium — 2019 — From Taebaek to Geumgang - The Joy of Wrestling OST — Composed and Performed • The Atypical Family — 2024 — The Atypical Family OST — Composed the whole soundtrack • The Dream Life of Mr. Kim — 2025 — The Dream Life of Mr. Kim OST — Composed the whole soundtrack

• Title — Year — Notes • Dream (Jang Yoon-ju's 1st Full Length Album) — 2008 — Jung featured as Pianist • Innocent Macho (with Jung Hyung-don forming the team 'Paris Piggy') — 2011 — Composed and performed during MBC's Infinity Challenge Song Festival • How We Live in the World (Kim Dong-ryul's album "kimdongrYULE") — Jung joined 17 other artists to record the vocals • Voice (Kim ye-rim's title track for second mini-album) — 2013 — Featured as vocals with Yoo Hee-yeol, Swings, and Pure Kim • Who Am I (UV's single) — 2018 — Featured with Yoo Hee-yeol • Everything Is OK (with Antenna Ver.) (Original song by the band Peppertones) — 2020 — with Antenna artists • See You Here Next Winter Too (Antenna Christmas Carol) — 2021

The following credits are adapted from the Korea Music Copyright Association database, unless indicated otherwise. Songs produced by Jung Jae-hyung for other artists/shows • Title — Year — Artist/Show — Album — Lyrics — Music — Arrangement • Credited — With — Credited — With — Credited — With • "Gather My Tears" — 1995 — Seo Ji-won — Seo Jiwon 2. Tears • "Again" — 1996 — Byun Jin-sub — Non-album single • "훗날나 저럼" — Park Seung-hwa — Non-album single • "Gather My Tears" (Remix Version) — 1997 — Seo Ji-won — Seo Jiwon BEST — Song Jihoon • "그때가 오면" — Kim Hye-rim — The Beginning • "옛 연인" • "별" — Son Ji-chang — Non-album single • "금지된" — 1998 — Lee So-ra — 슬픔과 분노에 관한 • "Blue Sky" — 이소라 Best • "Close" — Kim Won-jun — Self Destruction • "The Sketch Inside My Memory" • ""Cactus" (선인장)" — Uhm Jung-hwa — Invitation • "나와 가튼는모를 흐릴 구야" — An Mun-sik — Non-album single • "Separation of the soul" — Lee Dong-gun — Time To Fly • "우리는 끝난건데(We Are Finished)" — Lee Moon-se — Sometimes • "저무는 길" — 1999 — Roh Young-sim — Non-album single • "Long Afternoon" — Uhm Jung-hwa — 005.1999.06 • "Promise" — Ryu Si-won — Non-album single • "고백" — 2000 — Kim Min-jong — 6th: 왜 • "You are the One" — Go Ho-kyung — Goodwill • "서로 다른 길" — 2001 — Linae — Linae vol.1 - The First Album • "Eternity" — 2004 — Uhm Jung-hwa — Self-Control • "Everything Is Changed" • "In This Rain" • "지금도 널 바라보며" • "Siren" — Lee So-ra — Eyebrow Moon • "그대 내게 다시 (You Come Back to Me)" — 2006 — Kim Hyung-suk — 김형석 With Friends • "Gather My Tears" (Remake) — Bae Seul-ki — Non-album single • "그리구 남겨 진상 저" — 2007 — Illumina — Illumina • "Picnic" — 2008 — Sung Si-kyung — Here in My Heart • "Edge of the World" (Original and Acoustic Version) — 2009 — 에반(Evan) — Sense & Sensibility • "비(Rain)" — 2010 — Kim Hyo-jin — Love Tree Project • "You are the One" (Remake) — Rumble Fish — If You Know Someone Good, Introduce Me to Them • "Innocent Macho" — 2011 — Jung Jae-hyung with Jung Hyung-don — MBC ShowInfinite Challenge West Coast Expressway Song Festival • "L'amant" — IU — Last Fantasy • "한 걸음 한 걸음" — 2014 — Joo Hyun-mi — KBS show Million Seller — Lee Kwang-seok • 주현미 30th Anniversary Album — Lee Kwang-seok • "Gather My Tears" (Remake for show use) — 2015 — Lyn — JTBC Show Two Yoo Project Sugar Man • 2015 2017 2019 — *Kang Kyun-sung *Ock Joo-hyun *Woo Jin-young — MBC Show King of Mask Singer • "You Never Know (그댄 모르죠)" — 2017 — KBS show Hyena on the Keyboard — Non-album single • ""Abandoned" (내가 날 버린 이유)" — 2019 — Brown Eyed Girls — RE_vive • "Step by Step" — 2020 — Hui(singer) — MBC show Super Five - Hello Goodbye Concert — Lee Kwang-seok • "Introduce Me a Good Person" — Joy — Hospital Playlist OST Part 2 • "With My Tears" (Remake of 'Gather My Tears' for drama use) — Wheein — Hospital PlaylistOST Part 8 • 2021 — Mido and Falasol — Hospital Playlist OST Special • "You're My Hero" — 2022 — KBS show Baby Singer — Non-album single • "여름 공원 (Summer Park)" — Son Tae-jin — The Present 'Today's

• Year — Title — Notes • 2011 — Infinite Challenge — Guest • You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook — Guest (Also in 2013, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020) • Happy Together — Guest • 2012 — Jung Jae-hyung & Lee Hyo-ri's You and I — Host • Running Man — Guest • TV Animal Farm — Guest • Immortal Songs: Singing Legend — Host up until 2020 • 2013 — Moonlight Prince — Host • Star Beauty Road — Guest • Superstar K 5 — Judge • Song for You — Guest • 2014 — Jung Jae-hyung's French Home Cooking — Host • Million Seller — Cast Member • K-pop Star 3 — Guest • Korean Food Battle 2 — Guest • Tutoring Across the Ages — Cast Member • 2015 — K-pop Star 4 — Guest • Gentleman League — Host • Two Yoo Project Sugar Man — Guest • 2016 — Birth of a Song — Host • Singing Battle - Seungbu — Cast Member • 2017 — Happy Together 3 — Guest • Let's Eat Dinner Together — Guest • 2018 — Hyena on Keyboard — Cast Member • Busted! — Guest • My Little Old Boy — Guest • 2019 — Happy Together 4 — Guest • Met Through Work — Guest • Backstage 1st Row — Host until June 6, 2020 • Chicken Road — Cast Member • Hangout with Yoo — Guest • 2020 — Guest • 2021 — Guest • On and Off — Host • Long Live Independence — Guest • The Song We Loved, New Singer — Judge • Vegetables District — Host with Hong Jin-kyung • Master in the House — Guest • 2022 — Baby Singer — Teacher • Seoul Check-in — Guest • Omniscient Interfering View — Guest • Star Birth — Star maker • Amazing Saturday — Guest • 2023 — Black Box on Earth — Cast Member • 2024 — Radio Star — Guest • The Seasons - Lee Hyori's Red Carpet — Guest • Our Neighborhood Furballs — Cast Member • Last Love — Cast Member • Missing — Cast Member • Whenever I Have a Chance. — Guest • I Live Alone — Guest • 2025 — Undercover — Judge • Please Take Care of My Refrigerator — Guest • World Dice Tour Season 3 — Guest • Live Wire — Host • Closet Wars — Host • Our Ballad — Judge

• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. Reference(s) • 2011 — High Kick — Debt Collector — Cameo

• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. Reference(s) • 2021 — My Little Television — Host • 2021 — Fifteen Nights of Business Trip — Cast Member — With Antenna Artists • Dereumyi TV: Udang Tangtang Antenna • Shoveling Today — Season 1 • 2022 — Season 2 • Office Romance — Host

On August 2, 2011, Jung was selected as a model for his first ever commercial for Hyundai Motor Company's 'i30' car. On September 1, Jung and Jung Hyung-don (Paris Piggy), were selected as models for SK Telink in a commercial. On October 7, Jung together with Yoo Hee-yeol, were selected as the advertising models for LG Electronics' Optimus LTE smartphone. On April 28, 2021, Jung became the first honorary guide dog ambassador for the Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Guide Dog School. On June 24, Jung joins his labelmates Kwon Jinah, Peppertones and Sam Kim in campaigning Samsung Electronics' Lifestyle TV.