Thorough Investigation on JYP’s 5 member boy band DAY6!
Since their debut album “The Day” in 2015 ranked second in the American Billboard World Album chart, this 5 member boy band DAY6 has been shown love from all around the world. In Japan, their song “If ～また逢えたら～” was chosen as the theme song for the TV drama “リピート～運命を変える10か月～” in 2018 and debuted grandly. As of now, they are touring over 26 cities and throwing over 31 concerts in Asia, Australia, America, Russia, and Europe on their “DAY6 WORD TOUR ‘GRAVITY’”. And on the 4th of December, they will release their long waited second best album, “The Best Day2″. We have interviewed the DAY6 that took off from Korea to the world!
Behind their “cool band member” faces, they are actually all “boys”?!
Please tell us about what each of you are in charge of in the band, and a hobby from your personal life!
Young K: I’m in charge of bass, vocal, and rap. My hobby these days is cooking. The other day, I made 500 grams of truffle oil pasta and ate it all alone (lol!)
Dowoon: I’m in charge of the drums. In my private life, I like to go on a drive alone. I can make my mind empty when I’m driving!
Sungjin: I’m in charge of guitar and vocals, I’m Sungjin! I also like to go on a drive. And, I really like to eat good food. Something that I ate that was really good recently was dak-bokkeum-tang. Everyone, please try it!
Wonpil: I’m in charge of the keyboard, the synth, and vocals, I’’m Wonpil. My hobby is playing games. I like playing difficult RPG games.
Jae: I’m Jae who’s in charge of the guitar, vocal, and rap. My hobby is playing sports. I really like playing basketball. It helps me relieve stress!
Thank you for telling us. Is there anything that the members are into recently?
Young K: Games. I can do it for a long time without thinking. Sometimes I don’t realise and keep playing for like 2 hours. I have to try not get the members scold me!
Dowoon: I like going on drives, so I’m always searching up cars… If I find a cool car I go “so cool!”
Sungjin: For me its shopping! I bought a lot of bags recently! I only use one, but I tend to buy a lot more…
Wonpil: These days, I’m into two things. First, its our new album….
Sungjin: Really?! It’s not games? (lol)
Wonpil: Yes, games (lol). I heard there is a new release of one of my favourite games, so I can’t wait!
Jae: These days I’m into working out my muscles. But the muscles around my breasts keep on getting bigger, and my muscles around my shoulders don’t…. What should I do if my body shape becomes weird haha
Even if the band grows, they care about friends from their hometown.
If you can have a break for one month, what would you want to do?
Sungjin: I want to go on a trip. Doesn’t matter where. I want to eat good food!
Dowoon: I also want to go on a trip with good friends. I want to drive at wherever we are at, and tell them about whats been going on. Driving with old friends, even thinking about it makes me happy!
Young K: I want to go on a trip too! I want to go to Iceland to see the beautiful scenery because I have never been. Jae went last year!
Wonpil: I want to write songs. And, I used to live in Incheon, but I want to go back and hang out with my old friends.
Jae: I want to write songs too! Its been 4 years since I began to write songs and lyrics as a DAY6 member, but songwriting for me has always been something that helps me feel refreshed.
We definitely did our best. How it will be received, I’m looking forward to it.
Please tell us about how your new album has been finalised.
Young K: We definitely did our best. There are a couple of songs from our old albums that are in this album, but “Finale” and “Kiminara” are songs that are in the album for the first time. “Finale” was written 2 to 3 months ago, but the album was completed with the two songs, so that was interesting. “Kiminara” is actually a song that was written a while ago. This was a challenging song, so I was very happy to have been able to put it in this album.
Sungjin: It’s been a while since we were able to put in new songs and create an album, so we are excited to see how everyone will react. It’s a lot happier compared to the songs we’ve released until now, and the album covers too are shot in a brighter setting.
For the readers of WITH, please recommend a song they should listen to when they don’t feel like they want to go to work in the morning!
Young K: “Time of Our Life” is a song that gives you energy, but the lead song “Finale” is also a bright song filled with energy. If you listen to it in the morning, I think you’ll be able to wake up feeling great!
Jae: “time of Our Life” has a very nice sound, and the band-like live sounds will make you feel positive. If you listen to it in the morning, you’d feel a lot more excited!
Sungjin: I recommend “Hurt Road”! Personally, I tend to look at the reality when I don’t feel great, and this helps me to comfort myself. If you listen to this son, I think you’ll feel a little more calm and comforted.
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