Lee Juck

In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.

Lee Juck (Korean: 이적; born February 28, 1974) is a South Korean singer, lyricist, composer and arranger.

Lee Juck 이적
Lee in November 2012
Background information
Birth name	Lee Dongjoon (이동준)
Born	(1974-02-28) February 28, 1974 (age 50)
Origin	Seoul, South Korea
Genres	Pop, folk rock, funk, rock&roll
Years active	1995–present
Labels	Music Farm
Website	www.leejuck.com

Biography

Lee Juck was born in Seoul and attended Banpo High School. He graduated from Seoul National University with a major in sociology. He made his debut as a member of Panic with his neighborhood buddy Kim Jin-pyo in 1995 and worked with Kim Dong-ryul as a project band Carnival in 1997. In 1999, he released his first solo album Dead End. His third album 나무로 만든 노래 (Songs Made of Wood) won the "Album of the Year", "Song of the Year", "Best Pop Album" and "Best Pop Song" from the Korean Music Awards in 2008.^[1]

Besides being a musician, Lee is a radio DJ of major radio shows in South Korea, for example, 별이 빛나는 밤에 (At starry night) of MBC AM (1996–1998), Ten-Ten Club of SBS FM (2008–2009) and so on.

In 2005, he published a collection of short fantasy fictions entitled 지문 사냥꾼 (Fingerprint Hunter),^[2] and one of the episode 제불찰씨 이야기 (The story of Mr. Self-fault) was made as an animation in 2007.^[3]

He featured as a medical doctor of a colorectal surgery clinic in a sitcom TV show High Kick: Revenge of the Short Legged of MBC from 2011.^[4]

In December 2007, Lee married Jeong Ok-hee (ballerina).^[5] In 2010, Lee and his wife welcomed their first daughter and their second daughter in 2013.^[6]

Philanthropy

On December 6, 2022, Lee donated 50 million won to support the hearing impaired through Snail of Love.^[7]

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions		Sales
		KOR RIAK [8]	KOR Gaon [9]
Dead End	Released: June 24, 1999 Label: K&C Music Publishing Co. Formats: CD, cassette	29	—	KOR: 72,765[10]
2 Juck (2적)	Released: May 12, 2003 Label: Ein Media Formats: LP, CD, cassette	8	15	KOR: 80,054[11]
Songs Made of Wood (나무로 만든 노래)	Released: April 19, 2007 Label: Music Farm Formats: CD	5	35	KOR: 27,232[12]
Love (사랑)	Released: September 30, 2010 Label: Music Farm Formats: CD, digital download	—	4	KOR: 26,549[13]
The Meaning of Solitude (고독의 의미)	Released: November 15, 2013 Label: Music Farm Formats: CD, digital download		3	KOR: 15,229[14]
Trace	Released: November 11, 2020 Label: Music Farm Formats: LP, CD, digital download		30	KOR: 3,265[15]

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Sales (Digital)	Album
		KOR [16]
"Rain"	1999	—		Dead End
"Run Across The Sky" (하늘을 달리다)	2003	36		2 Juck
"I Didn't Know That Time" (그땐 미처 알지 못했지)		23	KOR: 341,100[17]
"It's Fortunate" (다행이다)	2007	—		Songs Made of Wood
"Laundry" (빨래)	2010	22		Love
"With You" (그대랑)		18
"Lie Lie Lie" (거짓말 거짓말 거짓말)	2013	2	KOR: 950,196[18]	The Meaning of Solitude
"A Day Long Ago" (오래전 그날) (with Yoon Jong-shin)		78	KOR: 30,372[19]	Monthly Project 2013 Yoon Jong Shin
"40 Something" (나는 지금...)	2014	—	KOR: 20,619[20]	Non-album singles
"Flower Vase" (꽃병) (with Yang Hee-eun)		—
"Compass" (나침반)	2017	38	KOR: 81,170[21]	Trace
"Numbers" (숫자)	2019	—
"Things We Took For Granted" (당연한 것들)	2020	—[lower-alpha 1]
"Stoning" (돌팔매) (feat. Kim Jin-pyo)		—[lower-alpha 2]

Soundtrack appearances

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Sales (Digital)	Album
		KOR [16]
"Gift" (선물)	2008	—		Gourmet OST
"Smile, My Love" (웃어라 그대) (with Kang Seung-yoon	2012	79	KOR: 58,394[24]	High Kick 3 OST
"Don't Worry Dear" (걱정말아요 그대)	2015	3	KOR: 2,137,284[25]	Reply 1988 OST
"Interlocked Fingers" (깍지)	2016	47	KOR: 53,056[26]	Love in the Moonlight OST
"The Opposite Side" (반대편)	2023			Crash Course in Romance OST

Other charted songs

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Sales (Digital)	Album
		KOR [16]
"Walk With Me" (같이 걸을까)	2007	28		Songs Made of Wood
"Disease" (병)	2013	80	KOR: 51,252[27]	The Meaning of Solitude
"What Do You See" (뭐가 보여)		78	KOR: 51,535[27]
"Some Like It Hot" (뜨거운 것이 좋아)		75	KOR: 52,227[27]
"Hide And Seek" (숨바꼭질)		79	KOR: 51,806[27]
"20 Years After" (이십년이 지난 뒤)		56	KOR: 63,047[27]
"The Meaning of Solitude" (고독의 의미)		48	KOR: 65,463[27]
"Is There Anybody" (누가 있나요)		49	KOR: 66,492[27]
"What Is Love" (사랑이 뭐길래) (feat. Tiger JK)		44	KOR: 82,796[28]
"Before Sunrise" (비포 선라이즈) (with Jung-in)		9	KOR: 256,102[28]

Filmography

Television series

Year	English Title	Original Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2011–2012	High Kick 3	짧은 다리의 역습	Dr. Lee Jeok

Television show

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2013	Enemy of Broadcasting	Host
2014	Youth Over Flowers	Cast Member
2017	Change The Class	Host
2018	Cafè Amor	Celebrity server
2019	Begin Again 3	Cast Member
2020	Top 10 Student	MC
2021	Joseon Top Singer	Judge		[29][30]
	Off the Record	Host		[31]
2022	Mystery Duet			[32]

Web shows

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2022	Boyfriend Love	Host	[33]

Bibliography

• Lee Juck (2005). 몽상만화: 지문 사냥꾼 [Fantasy Comic: Fingerprint Hunter] (in Korean). (illusted by) Park Yoonseon, Lee Gangju, Lee Aerim, Song Dongkeun, Lee Hyangwoo. Woongjin Knowledge House. ISBN 978-89-01-06176-4.
• Lee Juck (2005). 지문 사냥꾼 [Fingerprint Hunter] (in Korean). Woongjin Knowledge House. ISBN 978-89-01-04984-7.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2003	Mnet Music Video Festival	Best Male Artist	"I Didn't Know That Time" (그땐 미처 알지 못했지)	Nominated	[34]
2004	Korean Music Awards	Musician of the Year (Male)	Lee Juck	Nominated	[35]
2007	Mnet Km Music Festival	Best Male Artist	"It's Fortunate" (다행이다)	Nominated	[36]
2008	Korean Music Awards	Song of the Year		Won	[37]
		Best Pop Song		Won
		Album of the Year	Songs Made of Wood	Won
		Best Pop Album		Won
		Musician of the Year	Lee Juck	Nominated	[38]
2014	Korean Music Awards	Best Pop Song	"Lie Lie Lie" (거짓말 거짓말 거짓말)	Nominated	[39]
2016	Mnet Asian Music Awards	Best Original Soundtrack	"Don't Worry Dear" (걱정말아요 그대)	Won	[40]

State honors

Name of country, year given, and name of honor

Country	Year	Honor	Ref.
South Korea[note 1]	2021	Presidential Commendation	[44]

Notes

1. Honors are given at the Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards, arranged by the Korea Creative Content Agency and hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.^[41][42] They are awarded to those who have contributed to the arts and South Korea's pop culture.^[43]

See also

• Music Farm

Notes

1. "Things We Took For Granted" did not enter the Gaon Digital Chart, but it peaked at No. 50 on the component Gaon Download Chart.^[22]
2. "Stoning" did not enter the Gaon Digital Chart, but it peaked at No. 36 on the component Gaon Download Chart.^[23]

References

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17. Cumulative sales of "I Didn't Know That Time":

    • "2013년 08월 Download Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-12-16.
    • "2013년 09월 Download Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-12-16.
18. Cumulative sales of "Lie Lie Lie":

    • "2013년 11월 Download Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-12-16.
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19. "2013년 51주차 Download Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-12-17.
20. "2014년 12주차 Download Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-12-17.
21. "2017년 12월 Download Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-12-16.
22. "2020년 26주차 Download Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-12-17.
23. "2020년 46주차 Download Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-12-16.
24. "2012년 20주차 Download Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-12-17.
25. Cumulative sales of "Don't Worry Dear":

    • "2015년 Download Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-12-16.
    • "2016년 Download Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-12-16.
26. "2016년 41주차 Download Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-12-17.
27. Cumulative sales of "Disease", "What Do You See", "Some Like It Hot", "Hide And Seek", "20 Years After", "The Meaning of Solitude", "Is There Anybody":

    • "2013년 47주차 Download Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-12-17.
    • "2013년 48주차 Download Chart". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-12-17.
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32. Park Ah-reum (July 4, 2022). "미스터리 듀엣' 이적 15년만 단독 MC "책임감 무겁지만‥"[공식]" [Mystery Duet' Sole MC after 15 years of transfer "The responsibility is heavy..." [Official]] (in Korean). Newsen. Retrieved July 4, 2022 – via Naver.
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External links

• Official site