90s pop star unrecognisable 33 years after smash hit song as he launches new album

IN 1992, duo Charles and Eddie shot to international fame thanks to their hit, Would I Lie To You?

The track remains to some one of the most defining songs of the era, and 33 years on and one of the stars is keeping the music dream alive.

Eddie Chacon released his latest album, Lay Low, at the end of January, with his sound leaning more into soulful, chillout vibe over the years.

Shooting to fame in the 90s alongside song partner Charles Pettigrew after a chance meeting on the New York Subway, the pair's first album, Duophonic, brought Would I Lie To You? to the masses.

At the time, Eddie was known for his long, back-length brown hair, often wearing a leather jacket next to Pettigrew's more smart-casual appearance.

Now, he sports a salt-and-pepper grey crop, and has exchanged his leather jacket for plaid shirts and jeans.

Over the course of their time together in the band, the R&B duo released singles NYC and House Is Not A Home, and landed a spot on the cult hit film True Romance with Wounded Bird, a song from their second album, Chocolate Milk.

In 1997, the pair would go their separate ways, but remained friends.

Sadly, Pettigrew would die just four years later, passing away from cancer at the age of 37.

Eddie spent time away from music after the group's disbandment, working as a photographer in a new creative outlet.

He later admitted to that he had become disillusioned with the music industry after failing to reach the heights of Would I Lie To You?

"My wife walked into my studio and I was just sitting there," he said.

"She asked, ‘What’s wrong?’ I just said, ‘Nobody’s listening.’ I turned everything off, walked out, and I never went back for 10 years."

But in 2020, Eddie started creating and releasing music again, launching album Pleasure, Joy and Happiness. He has continued to do music ever since.

His latest single from Lay Low, titled, Good Sun was inspired by Eddie’s last memory of his mother, who died from Alzheimer’s disease.

Speaking on the song's release, Eddie explained: “Her default setting was optimism; she was always looking for the good spot of sun. If the sun was over there, we all went over there.

“The song is about the sadness of losing her but the hope that she finds the good sun.”