Kim Jung-hwan (; born November 23, 1990), known professionally as Eddy Kim (), is a South Korean singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He rose to fame as a contestant on the television talent show ''

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'' in 2012. He released his first EP, ''The Manual'', in 2014. On April 5, 2019, Kim was booked by the police for circulating illegally taken pictures of women in the Jung Joon-young KakaoTalk chatrooms, a mobile chat with fellow celebrities in 2016; a police investigation is ongoing into the

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. On April 11, 2019, he admitted to spreading hidden camera photos taken without consent which he had downloaded from the internet.

Discography

Extended plays

Singles

Other releases

Filmography

Variety shows

Awards and nominations

Mnet Asian Music Awards

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Seoul Music Awards

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Chatroom Controversy Involving Jung Joon-young

On April 4, 2019, MBC's "Newsdesk" reported that Eddy Kim was one of the members in a group chat where Jung Joon-young shared illicit videos of him having sex with other women without their consent.

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revealed later that day that Eddy Kim was in fact in the chatroom, but denied that he was involved in the filming or spreading of the footage. On March 6, 2020, all charges against Eddy Kim were dropped by the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office because the singer had only shared a photo he found online (on one occasion), and did not directly film nor distribute the illicit footage of the women. Additionally, the chatroom where he shared the photo was revealed as not the chatroom where Jung Joon Young shared the illicit footage, but just a group chat for hobbies.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Eddy 1990 births Living people K-pop singers South Korean contemporary R&B singers South Korean pop guitarists Berklee College of Music alumni Superstar K participants Singers from Seoul Mystic Story artists 21st-century South Korean male singers 21st-century South Korean guitarists Lovett School alumni South Korean male singer-songwriters 21st-century South Korean singer-songwriters