#fourever: album

[day6source]

Fan Chant: DAY6 Break Down Their New EP Fourever Track by Track

The members of the pop-rock band dive into each song on their latest release by Mary Siroky

JYP act DAY6 is not your typical South Korean music group. While more and more K-pop artists are becoming involved in the creative process behind their music, the members of DAY6 make up a true band, playing their own instruments, writing their lyrics, and producing a cohesive final product in the studio as a team. DAY6’s pop-rock sound has been honed over the years since their 2015 debut, and the band has now returned with a new project, titled Fourever. The seven-track EP kicks off with the energetic “Welcome to the Show” and features both melodic efforts like “The Power of Love” and edgier offerings like “Get the Hell Out.” Here at Consequence, we have a feature called Track by Track that allows artists to shed light on each piece of a project, and DAY6’s extensive involvement with their music made them the perfect candidates to bring this interview structure to Fan Chant for the first time. Read the insights from the members below, and check out the focus track off Fourever, “Welcome to the Show.”

“Welcome to the Show”:

SUNGJIN: This song was actually quite unexpected in many ways. It was a song we quickly put together towards the end of the songwriting process, but it turned out surprisingly well and became the title track. When the title came to mind, I thought it would be great as the opening track of this album. It was a series of unplanned situations.

“HAPPY”:

Young K: DAY6’s songs often aim to balance brightness and darkness, joy and sadness. There might be exceptions, of course. This song also carries a longing for happiness but certainly has its share of pain. That’s life, isn’t it? There are happy days and sad days. Everyone carries some pain with them as they move forward. I think that’s reflected in this song.

“The Power of Love”:

WONPIL: I felt that this song should be included in this album from the beginning, when I began to work on the melody. There are times when melodies flow easily in my mind, and I felt like this song was one of those instances. I’m attached to our song “days gone by,” so I wanted to try a similar genre again. I think it started with the idea of us, as we grow and return, reinterpreting the 80s synth-pop sound.

“Get The Hell Out”:

DOWOON: There aren’t many songs similar to this one on my playlists. The song that inspired me while working on this was, I would say, “Deep in Love” by the band called DAY6?

“Sad Ending”:

WONPIL: Although the song is based on a rock sound, I felt that adding emotion to the vocals would enrich the sound even more. So, while recording, I approached it as if it were a scene from a drama. I felt a sense of exhilaration while focusing on capturing the emotions during vocal recording, and it was the best part for me.

“Let Me Love You”:

Young K: Listening to the mood and melody of the song, it felt lovely but also somewhat empty. There’s a hint of melancholy in the chorus. I think we wrote the lyrics based on those feelings. The key point would be the speaker’s confidence.

“didn’t know”:

SUNGJIN: Our fans have given us endless trust and love, so it’s impossible for us to say we “didn’t know” their love. Rather, the song portrays the realization that “after time has passed, looking back, it was love.” Personally, I love the lyrics and title that say “didn’t know that it was your love” as they represent complex emotions.

[brianskangs]

Band Aid, which literally is a combination of "band" and "aid" meaning help, shows us where they're aiming for - after the return of the group with their last album. This is a pledge to comfort the band that sings youth, and a declaration to be around the listeners in a more energetic way to match the identity of a band. In the name of the band, they would heal. Be the Band-Aid to stroke the wound.

BAND AID (DAY6) Released September 2, 2024

[walkwithmegirl]

day6 stoppppppp literally stop

[kpopmartcom]

DAY6 8th Mini Album - Fourever 🌿

https://kpopmart.com/product-category/home/k-pop/male-group/d-e-f-male-group/day6-d-e-f-male-group

[mieldelsol]

Now that I’m in a better mood the new day6 album sounds way better lmao

[kpop]

K-Pop Spotlight: DAY6

Come one, come all to a K-Pop Spotlight that is sure to dazzle and delight ’til the final curtain. This week, all eyes are on DAY6 following the release of their eighth mini-album, Fourever, and brand new title track, "Welcome to the Show." We caught up with the band to discuss their goals as they approach their 10th anniversary and their ever-growing connection to their fans through their music. Check out our full interview below!

Tracks like “Welcome to the Show,” “The Power of Love,” and “Get The Hell Out” seem to have very different themes. Can you tell us a little about how these songs relate to each other and what aspects make this album cohesive?

SUNGJIN: As we pursue the idea of being a 'band that sings every moment,' it seems like our albums, including the recent one, prioritize diversity in songs and situations rather than unity. Consequently, our albums contain various genres and narratives. However, there seems to be a commonality in most songs, depicting situations that everyone has either gone through or might experience.

Young K: First and foremost, I would say this album is a compilation of the best songs we could create. There's definitely a theme of love running through it. "Welcome to the Show," "The Power of Love," and "Get The Hell Out" all talk about the concept of love.

What goes into creating titles for DAY6 songs and albums, especially those that don’t come directly from your lyrics? Do you find it hard to condense the intentions and themes of a song into a title?

Young K: While there have been cases like that, all the songs on this album came from the lyrics. Sometimes, when choosing a title, we select the one that best describes the song—other times, we choose to give it a twist or make it more intriguing.

WONPIL: Naming songs involves a lot of deliberation. We often contemplate which title will catch the eye and capture the song's essence. Usually, we try to take it from a verse in the chorus. This can be a challenging part of the songwriting process.

Is there a creative project you’ve always wanted to work on but haven’t gotten the chance/found the time?

SUNGJIN: I'm very curious, and have a principle of "trying to experience as much as possible." There are so many things I want to try musically and personally, especially among the things I know but haven't tried yet.

DOWOON: I hope we can have a song that we can collaborate on with My Day, like a choir.

What does your work/studio setup look like? Where do you feel the most creatively inspired?

DOWOON: We try to keep the studio as tidy as possible and make it comfortable for practice sessions.

WONPIL: When working on songs, we talk a lot. We get inspiration from little conversations, joking around, sharing stories, and listening to music from various eras regardless of genre while giving opinions. We also try to build emotional connections with the songs. There’s a lot of communication going on. The songwriting process takes place in the studio of our long-time collaborator, composer Hong Jisang, with whom we've been working together since our debut.

How do you want to evolve as a musician/producer?

Young K: I want to be eagerly anticipated and awaited as an artist. Without those who wait for us, we wouldn't release or even step onto the stage. So I’m always thankful for My Day.

WONPIL: My biggest goal is to make good music for My Day and the public, so I think I'll continue to ponder. When working on songs, I pour my sincerity into them. I constantly strive to express this sincerity musically, fully capturing the emotions I want to convey. I hope to create songs that can still be listened to even after 10 or 20 years.

Design your own Tumblr blog: choose an aesthetic, a blog name, and would you be a frequent poster or lurker?

SUNGJIN: I think I’ll use it to catch up on friends' updates. For the blog name, THUMB BLUR sounds good to me. I might end up being a lurker who never posts.

DOWOON: Maybe a blog for plants? I think I'll post it like a diary.

Want more DAY6? Check out their new mini album Fourever and the music video for the title track “Welcome to the Show,” both out now!

[briankang]

DAY6 8TH MINI ALBUM FOUREVER 2024.03.18 6PM (KST)

[fy-parksungjin]

DAY6 8th Mini Album ＜Fourever＞ iTunes Digital booklet (via)

[fybriankang]

DAY6 8th Mini Album ＜Fourever＞ Concept Photo #YoungK

[chiveburger]

okay I lied, jae is actually pissing me off talking about day6... I don't have any obtuse feelings towards him but his little spiel on how he felt about day6 naming their previous album fourever felt SO tactless on his end. especially when day6 is promoting in korea right this second. first of all if I'm being honest I do not think for once that day6 named such an important comeback album emphasizing the number four to be petty. not even ONCE do I think they did that and I don't think that anyone who actually likes day6 and has been a my day for a long time would or should feel like the band would do something like that. jae feeling hurt, jae feeling erased, jae even feeling possible regret is justified. he is absolutely in the right to feel that way but the release of the interview at this time feels so intentional. more intentional than the band possibly naming their album to "get back" at a previous member. he reiterates that he doesn't think the members are behind this and I agree, but why are we all forgetting that jae decided not to renew his contract with jype on his own terms? when the four members did... the reason day6 is together today is because the remaining four members continued to promote their group despite hiatus and enlistments, and it's because of their combined effort that we still HAVE day6 now. so why is it "unfair" for them to be prideful in being four members now?

jae is part of day6's past and his contributions to their success and their growth won't be erased no matter what anyone does but at the end of the day... jae left day6 on his own volition. don't argue that he left the company not the band because it doesn't work like that actually, and he can speak on his history and his relationships and his feelings as much as he likes but I'd be lying if I said as a my day I wasn't bothered by that. especially KNOWING the boys would probably not or even be allowed to say anything back under contract. If this interview gave people closure then great, but if it's more fuel for people to continue this debate on whether what day6 did was right or wrong then I wish he never spoke on this candidly at all.

[lebensmoode]

FOUREVER

Seperti judul, tulisan ini akan membahas lagu-lagu di album terbarunya my husband DAY6. Bagi yg tidak berminat bisa langsung di scroll kenceng aja ke atas 😂 karena akan bertabur kebucinan dan ke-cringe-an yg membuat eww 👍

Dimulai dari lagu utamanya, yg mana juga ada MV-nya, Welcome to The Show. Tipe-tipe sing-along song banget apalagi pas dibawain di konser. Juga tipe lagu yg langsung nemplok di otak once you listen to it (lagu daesik mana yg gak nempel hellow?). Liriknya dibuka dengan "I'm so moved by the stage, that I won't be alone any longer.". Yap, YoungK banget udah ini yg nulis. Betapa senangnya dia bisa balik nge-band lagi, nyanyi bareng bocah-bocah lagi karena selama masa hiatus kemaren he was going solo to every show. Wonpil juga ada proyek covering lagu. Dowun mungkin latihan vokal ya, karena sempet ngeluarin lagu duet bareng penyanyi cewek. Sungjin sibuk manjangin rambut 😂Eeem mungkin beliau ngasah skill gitar elektrik ya, karena dulu kan megang gitar akustik dan Jae yang megang elektrik. Karena Jae my beloved human udah bersolo karir, Sungjin dah tu yang mengisi posisi gitar elektrik sekarang.

Naaah menurut selera musik gw, lagu ini tu easy-listening, tapi kayak belum Day6 banget. Masih normal, masih familiar dan cenderung ngikutin pasar. Ya allah maap maap kita bukan expert di bagian musik yak, ini mah sepenilaian aing aja yg memang sotoy ✌ Untuk tau the real Day6 tu harus kudu wajib nyelamin B-side mereka gengs. Dari pengalaman gw, lagu-lagu B-side mereka lah yg bikin gw jadi My Day. Soooo kita lanjut ke next song~

Urutan kedua judulnya The Power of Love. Langsung inget lagunya Celine Dion gak tuuu CAUSE I'M YOOURR LAAAAAAYDEEEEEE~~ AND YUWA MA MEEEEEEN~~ Tapi yang versi daesik ini musiknya nge-beat wkwkw bikin lu ngangguk-ngangguk cem anjing dashboard. Vibe-nya ceria, energetik, full of positivity. Line yg ear-catching itu pas bagian reff "You need the power of love, power of love..." Yaa, as you can guess, lagunya berkisah tentang lu tu butuh kekuatan cinta dalam menjalani hidup, gak ada yg gak mungkin kalo kita belajar mencintai hidup. Gitu gitu lah, dengan kata-kata magisnya YoungK. Bisa banget dengerin lagu ini pas lagi butuh disemangatin, pas mau bangkit lagi tapi you got no friends around. Biarin lagu ini jadi temen lu 👍

Next lagu ini udah pernah gw singgung sedikit di post sebelumnya. Lagu yg wajib gw curigain karena tidak se-happy musiknya atau se-happy judulnya. Iyak the title is Happy. Daaaaan kecurigaan gw terbukti. AMBYAAAAARRR 😭😭😭 Ini lagu kedua terbanyak yg gw sumpah serapahi karena GILE LU YANGKE BIKIN LAGU LIRIKNYA KEK BANGKE??? Meski belum nemu ya yg nulis lirik lagu ini tu siapa tapiiii biasanya si YoungK yg paling banyak kontribusi ke lirik dari semua lagu mereka. Padahal ini tempo beat nya lebih cepat dari The Power of Love tapi tapi tapi, desperate banget heran??? Line yg terngiang-ngiang di otak gw tu pas Sungjin nyanyi "Will there be such a day? The day when I find my dream. The day when I'm so happy I could scream at the sky." Trus reff nya yang seolah-olah bilang "Boleh gak sih gue bahagia? Senyum, ketawa, gak perlu khawatir. Please help me, gue cuma terduduk diam dan rasanya pengen nangis. Plis bilang kalo gue boleh bahagia." Selama reff itu ada harmoni piano yg bikin lu makin tersayat-sayat.

Ah skip. Alert banget lagu ini. Cocok buat yg mau tumpah sekebon karena merasa useless, diam di tempat, gak berhak bahagia, dll. Tapi abis itu udah yak, dengerin The Power of Love biar semangat lagi. Atau For Me boleh juga tu, lagu lama mereka. Tentang embracing yourself biar bisa strong lagi 😉

NEEEXT kita move on dari yg sedih-sedih padahal judulnya happy. Eh bentaaaaar. Judul Happy itu jadi semacam topeng gak sih? Manusia kan topengnya begitu ya, di luar tampak senyum, fine, ketawa, eh dalemnya kapal titanic??? Wah jenius sih. Parah daeziiikkk

NEEEEXT beneran next kita ke yg judulnya Get The Hell Out. This one is the real rock vibe, yang dari liriknya pun juga gak ada yg mencurigakan kek tadi. Sumpah ya, lagu-lagu day6 yg begini tu ngingetin sama MCR sih, nyatu banget vibe-nyaaa. Reff nya nagih, sumpah. Mana dinyanyiin Sungjin lagi, bahasa inggris pula 👏👏👏 "How nice this world could be to me... kalo aja orang ini ni TENGGELAM ke inti Bumi wuahahaha." Wkwkwk ya emang begitu gaes, ceritanya tentang kebencian mendalam ke seseorang (yg mungkin mantan) sampe yauda sih lu ke laut aje sana jadi bangke duyung, jangan ganggu hidup gw lagi. Begitu. Asik sih tetep lagunya.

NEXT ya allah gw nulis begini aja sampe satu jam-an. Kita kasih part 2 yak kalo rame ehe. Mimin belum mandi juga ini. Insyaallah abis magrib kita lanjut yaa~ masih ada lagu yg bikin geleng-geleng soalnya ckck.

[day6source]

'Fourever' iTunes Digital Booklet

[bangcakes]

opened my fourever albums and i got so much sungjin NDJDJJDJD. that NEVER happens to me,,,,,,,,

[jedaos]

i feel like a lot of fans are misinterpreting day6's current era being so hard on the four members concept. this is not a slight or callout on jae in any means but just a confirmation of sungkangpilwoon's commitment to each other and to the band. they've went on record on how even of day was, at its core, out of love for sungjin during his enlistment. and the content the other members worked so hard to create for whoever was currently gone. sungjin braved his fears to go back up on stage again. fourever as an album was a classic day6 sound because they didn't know what kind of welcome the future holded for them. none of this is to alienate jae in anyway—it's just the current members closing the door on their uncertainties. they're here. they're four. they're ride or die. as dowoon said, day6 is a place to lay his bones. fourever (and the continuation of the emphasis on 4 in band aid) is just. a promise. a future. it's all love, nothing else

[brltpop]

So i was tagged by the always lovely @sibelin to list 9 albums I've been listening to lately, thank youuu 🥰

Tagging: @wellenklavier @cochinitapibil @jeffament @wereonlydollparts @like-a-million-suns @jaz-zmatazz @ruztyryan and whoever wants to do this!

The color scheme wasn't on purpose, i just arranged them to look satisfying hehe ALSO I'd be lying if i said I've been listening to aaaaaall the songs from these albums so I'll just list the ones I have:

• from Adolescent Sex: Don't rain on my parade, transmission

• from Everybody wants to shag... : Soft enough for you, sex (pussyface)

• from Afraid of sunlight: Live forever, mirages, king, icon.... ugh this album is so good 😩

• from Solitude standing: In the eye, wooden horse, calypso, iron bound/fancy pantry... 😗👌

• from Fourever: Sad ending, let me love you

• from Black friday: Answer phone, black friday and spinning

• from All things must pass: Let it down, i'd have you anytime

• from Naked eyes: WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT, voices in my head, promises promises

• from Amor minimal: La ironia de las rosas, amor minimal

✌😎

[waitingforminjae]

day6 naming their new album fourever is crazy