Kim Jae-ki, the more you love him, the more you die in a car accident while recording..32nd anniversary of Kim Taewon's drinking and crying

By SuHyun, Kim

Aug 11, 2025

Kim Jae-ki, the more you love him, the more you die in a car accident while recording..32nd anniversary of Kim Taewon's drinking and crying



The 32nd anniversary of Kim Jae-ki, the 3rd vocalist of the revival who died before the release of the album due to an unfortunate accident, has returned.

In 1994, Kim Jae-ki sadly died on August 11 without being on stage due to an unexpected car accident.

The title song of the 3rd album of Resurrection "The More You Love " is the posthumous work of the late Kim Jae-ki, who released the album as a demo recording when vocalist Kim Jae-ki died suddenly during the recording process, but has since sold more than 1 million copies.




His sudden death was a great hurt and shock to Kim Tae-won. On JTBC's entertainment program 「"Salty Tangpo" aired in 2023, Kim Tae-won said he drank alcohol after going to the level of alcoholism and drinking alcohol "Originally the type who can't drink physically" After Kim Jae-ki died, he started drinking alcohol. (Kim Jae-gi accident) I got a call at 2 a.m. and they said there was no towing fee. There was a car accident while trying to get the towing fee. I finally met a friend I wanted to meet so much in my music life, and I just went away at night."

Kim Jae-ki, the more you love him, the more you die in a car accident while recording..32nd anniversary of Kim Taewon's drinking and crying
Kim Tae-won recalled the sadness of losing his friend and was in great shock. I pretended to be okay on the outside, but I couldn't control my emotions when I was alone. I drank like medicine, and I felt sorry for him.

SBS Plus in 2020 'Kim Sumi, are you eating?In ', the late Kim Jae-ki was killed in a car accident while recording "The More Love You". The day before, I was scolded a lot and didn't like it, so I told him to do it again tomorrow and broke up with him, and that happened"It was also difficult.




Kim Jae-ki, the more you love him, the more you die in a car accident while recording..32nd anniversary of Kim Taewon's drinking and crying
After the death of the late Kim Jae-ki, Bonghwal recruited his younger brother Kim Jae-hee to work. Kim Tae-won was upset, saying, "'The more you love' became the most loved song in the history of the resurrection, but (the late Kim Jae-ki) didn't see it.'

Kim Jae-hee, who became the vocalist of the revival following her brother, also suffered another sadness. Kim Jae-hee said in a documentary on MBN in September 2022 that even his wife, who had been the biggest comfort since his brother passed away, left his side last month after a five-year battle with rare cancer. Coincidentally, the day his wife died was the 29th anniversary of the late Kim Jae-ki.

Kim Jae-hee said "My brother passed away on August 11th, and my wife left on August 11th, 2022. He left on the same day, and sobbed, `I wonder how much I didn't want to go.'






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