Rejoice, My Days! Young K of K-pop band DAY6 made his highly-anticipated solo comeback with Letters with Notes on Monday, September 4.
Alongside his first full-length solo album Letters with Notes, Young K also released the music video for the album’s title track “nothing but.” Said song is an emotional rock ballad about love.
In the “nothing but” music video, the DAY6’s bassist and vocalist acted with labelmate TWICE’s Dahyun. The two portrayed a couple who is on the verge of breaking up.
Young K "이것밖에는 없다"
M/V Behind함께 열연해주신 다현 님과☺️@JYPETWICE
🎼 M/V https://t.co/0VrtJcz9G8
🎵 ALBUM https://t.co/dosjroJj3K#DAY6 #데이식스#YoungK#Letters_with_notes#이것밖에는_없다 pic.twitter.com/4YPoLESox3— DAY6 (@day6official) September 5, 2023
Prior to the release of the album, the singer also treated fans with two pre-release tracks: “waited” and “let it be summer.” Moreover, “let it be summer” saw Young K playing his guitar all over beautiful sceneries in its official music video.
Eight more tracks make up Letters with Notes. These include “dreamer,” “bungee jumping,” “natural,” “STRANGE,” “SOUL,” “playground,” “babo” and “what is..”
Young K as a solo artist
Undoubtedly, this album proved Young K’s exceptional talent as a musical artist as he took part in composing and writing lyrics for all 11 tracks.
“My mentor, composer Hong Ji-sang, always tells me that I have to make an improvement or at least a change. So I took a stab at many different things this time, trying to pull off diverse genres of music, while writing more metaphorical lyrics.” the singer said in an interview with The Korea Times.
He also hoped the album can deliver diverse emotions to listeners. “It will be great if it can bring comfort, joy, or something else that they can resonate with… If they can feel something from my music, then that will be enough,” he added.
Additionally, Young K, who released his debut mini album Eternal in September 2021, will also perform on the international stage.
It was announced on DAY6’s social media accounts that Young K will be having his solo concerts in Jakarta and Bangkok this October and December, respectively.
Young K Solo Concert <Letters with notes> in Jakarta
■SHOW INFO
2023.10.28 (Sat) 6:30PM @ The Kasablanka Hall■TICKET OPEN (Local Time)
– MCP Member : 2023.09.11 (Mon) 12PM
– General Sale (https://t.co/uxKcwtHaqz) : 2023.09.11 (Mon) 3PM
– General Sale… pic.twitter.com/PVzDiq6Pqu— DAY6 (@day6official) September 5, 2023
Young K Solo Concert <Letters with notes> in Bangkok
■SHOW INFO
2023.12.02 (Sat) 5PM @ Chaengwattana Hall, Central Chaengwattana■MORE INFOhttps://t.co/vylZWIVnQJ#DAY6 #데이식스 #YoungK#Letters_with_notes pic.twitter.com/QRlffe0LTW
— DAY6 (@day6official) September 5, 2023
Moreover, fans have truly waited a long time for Young K’s solo comeback in the music scene. Letters with Notes is even more special as it is the singer’s first release since he was discharged from military service in April.
When he enlisted, Young K became the first K-pop idol to join the Korean Augmentation to the United States Army (KATUSA), which apparently only recruits about 2,000 men each year.
Shortly after his discharge, he returned as the radio program DJ of Kiss the Radio all while preparing for his album. Young K was the DJ for the show from November 2020 to October 2021.
Featured image: Young K in the behind-the-scenes filming for ‘Letters with Notes.’ Credit: Twitter/DAY6