{"id":2222324,"date":"2026-01-05T02:49:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T02:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2222324"},"modified":"2026-01-05T02:49:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T02:49:11","slug":"veteran-singer-yim-jae-beum-to-retire-from-four-decade-long-music-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/veteran-singer-yim-jae-beum-to-retire-from-four-decade-long-music-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran singer Yim Jae-beum to retire from four-decade-long music career"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"ab_photo photo_center ab_zoom\" style=\"width: 820px;\">\n<div class=\"image\">                              <span class=\"mask\"\/>                  <\/div>\n<p class=\"caption\">Singer Yim Jae-beum speaks during a press conference for his 40th debut anniversary nationwide tour and the prerelease of his eighth album at Ilchi Art Hall in Gangnam District, southern Seoul, on Sept. 17, 2025. [YONHAP] <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\"><br \/><\/b>  <br \/>   Veteran singer Yim Jae-beum is set to close the curtains on his career, spanning four decades.  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>   Yim announced the decision in a video titled \u201c[Regarding retirement] Hello. This is Yim Jae-beum\u201d posted on his YouTube channel<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1Y0_dJn9prE\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a>on Sunday.  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>   \u201cWalking away, at my own will,\u00a0from\u00a0my most beautiful days is the last bit of pride I have left,\u201d he says. He plans to step off the stage following the May encore performances of his ongoing nationwide tour.  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>   Yim kicked off his 40th debut anniversary tour in late 2025 in Daegu and Incheon. The tour continued through Seoul and Busan, as well as Suwon and Goyang in Gyeonggi. The last date of the ongoing tour is Feb. 28 and will be held in Gwangju.\u00a0  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>   &#8220;I agonized over this decision for a long time,&#8221; the singer said on a JTBC <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1Y0_dJn9prE\" target=\"_blank\">news program <\/a>on Sunday.\u00a0\u201cAs the saying goes, you should leave while people are still applauding. I decided that now is the best time to put the microphone down.\u201d  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>   \u201cMusic has been my destined calling, an old friend that saved me,\u201d Yim said. \u201cIn difficult times and painful moments, music was always there.\u201d  <br \/>   \u00a0                     <\/p>\n<div class=\"ab_photo photo_center ab_zoom\" style=\"width: 250px;\">\n<div class=\"image\">                    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Singer Yim Jae-beum [JOONGANG ILBO]\" src=\"https:\/\/koreajoongangdaily.joins.com\/data\/photo\/2026\/01\/05\/6604c1b2-61d0-46f8-9a0a-3761bf97f2e8.jpg\"\/>          <span class=\"mask\"\/>                  <\/div>\n<p class=\"caption\">Singer Yim Jae-beum [JOONGANG ILBO]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        \u00a0  <br \/>   \u201cEven after I leave, I will still be breathing in this world alongside you,\u201d he said, addressing his fans. \u201cI hope to be remembered as someone who was a decent singer in Korea\u2019s music scene.\u201d  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>   Yim debuted in 1986 as the vocalist of Sinawe, a rock band led by his high school classmate Shin Dae-chul. He later pursued a solo career, and released multiple\u00a0hit songs including \u201cAfter This Night Passes\u201d (1991), \u201cConfession\u201d (1998) and \u201cFor You\u201d (2000).  <br \/>   \u00a0  <br \/>   Yim is currently featuring\u00a0on JTBC\u2019s music competition program \u201cSing Again 4\u201d (2025) as a judge. The show\u00a0is set to air its final episode on Tuesday.  <\/p>\n<p><i>This article was originally written in Korean and translated by a bilingual reporter with the help of generative AI tools. It was then edited by a native English-speaking editor. All AI-assisted translations are reviewed and refined by our newsroom.<\/i><br \/>BY CHOI HYE-RI [<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/koreajoongangdaily.joins.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection\" class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"0c67656122616562756379626b394c666363626b6d626b226f6322677e\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/ko_KR\/all.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source koreajoongangdaily.joins.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singer Yim Jae-beum speaks during a press conference for his 40th debut anniversary nationwide tour and the prerelease of his eighth album at Ilchi Art Hall in Gangnam District, southern Seoul, on Sept. 17, 2025. 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