Jae Jin (musician)
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Jae Jin | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Jaehoon Jin (진재훈) |
| Also known as | Jae Jin |
| Born | Seoul, South Korea |
| Origin | Baltimore, Maryland |
| Years active | 2015-present |
| Website | jaejinmusic.com |
Jae Jin is a Korean American singer, songwriter, and actor born in Seoul, South Korea and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. He attended John Hopkins University and, while preparing for a dual masters degree in Medicine and Business, decided to pursue a career in music instead.[1][2]
To date, Jae Jin has released one album and one EP. Three of his songs have been considered for Grammy Award nominations in Pop, Americana, and R&B.[3] He has performed in over 70 cities and 7 countries.[3] The musician also appeared on season 2 of U.S. TV series House of Cards as a principal actor.[1][2]
Life and career[edit]
Personal Life[edit]
Jae was born in Seoul, South Korea on November 6 and moved to Baltimore, Maryland when he was two years old.[4]
At the age of 17, Jae was diagnosed with a terminal blood-bone marrow disorder. He underwent experimental chemotherapy at John Hopkins Hospital. Five years later, the cancer returned, and Jae repeated the same treatment he received before, becoming the second patient in history to receive the treatment twice.[5]
Jae attended John Hopkins University and, while preparing for a dual graduate degree in Medicine and Business, decided instead to pursue a career in music.[2][1]
Musical Career[edit]
Jae Jin's first notable appearance as a musician was in 2013, when his cover of Sam Cooke's song "Nothing Can Change This Love" was shared by video blog WorldStarHipHop.[6] After garnering over one million views, the video was removed from the service at the request of Sam Cooke's music publishers.[7] Following the popularization of this video, Jae began meeting with record labels, music business executives, and major network reality television shows. However, instead of partnering with a third-party, the musician decided to pursue his music career independently.[2]
A few months later, Jae auditioned for a musical part in U.S. TV series House of Cards and landed the role.[1][2][4][8]
In 2014, Jae Jin appeared on Christian radio network Moody Radio for an interview on the Chris Fabry Live program.[9] In the same year, Jae Jin performed as one of six finalists in the fifth annual Kollaboration Washington DC showcase.[2][10]
One year later on October 6, 2015, Jae Jin released his debut studio album, Kairos, featuring ten tracks.[11][12] The album was crowdfunded via direct-to-fan music platform PledgeMusic.[13] The musician also released the five singles "All Caught Up,"[14] "Walk Me Down,"[15] "Ain't About Love,"[16] "Wild Creatures,"[17] and "Amen"[18] from the album with accompanying music video performances around the time of the album's release.
In the year following the release of Kairos, three songs from the project were pinned for Grammy Award consideration in categories Pop, Americana, and R&B.[3][19] In January 2016, the album was awarded Best Pop Album by the Akademia Music Awards.[20] Also in 2016, Jae Jin's song "Ain't About Love" was one of the winners of the 2016 Love Song Contest hosted by radio placement company Radio Airplay. As a result, the song was placed in Jango.com's Love Songs and Valentine's Day '16 stations.[21] In the same year, "Wild Creatures" was featured in a South Korean advertisement for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[22]
In September of 2017, Jae appeared on ABC News for an interview and guest performance of "Wild Creatures" from Kairos.[3]
On November 3, 2017, Jae Jin released his sophomore effort Baltimore Boulevard, an EP featuring six tracks written during the two years since the release of Kairos.[23][24] In the same month, Jae was awarded a Creator Award by WeWork.[25][11]
Discography[edit]
Albums[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Charm City Profiles. "Jae Jin - Biography". IMDb.com.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Jae Jin". Kollaboration.org.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Jae Jin Music". ABC2News.com. ABC 2 News. 2017.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Meekhof, Kristin (2014). "Jae Jin's House of Cards". huffingtonpost.com. Huffington Post.
- ↑ Lee, Stephanie (2017). "Mochi Boy: Singer-Songwriter Jae Jin on Surviving Cancer and Creating Vulnerable Music". mochimag.com. Mochi Magazine.
- ↑ Jin, Jae (2013). "Jae Jin - Posts". facebook.com.
- ↑ "Nothing Can Change this Love- Sam Cooke viral cover by Jae Jin". YouTube.com. 2013.
- ↑ Lee, Helen (2014). "How God Showed Up in House of Cards: An Interview with Jae Jin". christandpopculture.com. Christ and Pop Culture.
- ↑ Fabry, Chris (2014). "In the Studio with Jae Jin". MoodyAudio.com. Moody Radio.
- ↑ "Jae Jin - Kollaboration DC 5 Finalist Interview". YouTube.com. KollaborationDC. 2014.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Riley, Bridget (2018). "Jae Jin Became 'Every Asian Parent's Nightmare' and Lived to Tell the Story". wework.com. Creator Magazine.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Kairos - Jae Jin". itunes.apple.com. 2015.
- ↑ "Jae Jin: Debut Full Length Album". PledgeMusic.com. PledgeMusic. 2015.
- ↑ "Jae Jin - All Caught Up". YouTube.com. jaejinmusic. 2017.
- ↑ "Jae Jin - Walk Me Down". YouTube.com. jaejinmusic. 2017.
- ↑ "Jae Jin ( 재진 ) - Ain't About Love [Official Video]". YouTube.com. jaejinmusic. 2016.
- ↑ "Jae Jin - Wild Creatures [Official Video]". YouTube.com. jaejinmusic. 2016.
- ↑ "Jae Jin - Amen (Official Video)". YouTube.com. jaejinmusic. 2015.
- ↑ "Jae Jin - Performances". sofarsounds.com. Sofar Sounds.
- ↑ "The Akademia Music Awards". theakademia.com. 2016.
- ↑ "2016 Love Song Contest Winners Announced!". Radio Airplay. 2016.
- ↑ Jin, Jae (2016). "Jae Jin's WILD CREATURES featured in Rio 2016 Olympic games". Facebook.com. Jae Jin.
- ↑ Thompson, Sarah (2017). "Singer-Songwriter Jae Jin Releases Baltimore Boulevard". DailyTelescope.com. The Daily Telescope.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 Cooke, James (2017). "Jae Jin shares the ultra soulful 'Indigo Road'". MusicCrowns.org. Music Crowns.
- ↑ Bosler, Cayte (2017). "WeWork Gave Over $1 Million to New York City Entrepreneurs for Social Good". Vice.com. Vice Impact.
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