Day6 Young K’s Education
When Young K was a trainee, he attended Dongguk University majoring in Business Administration. He entered the college in 2012 but he took a leave for two years, so he started the class in 2014 when he was still a trainee. But when Young K debuted with Day6, he had to live the life of university student, as well as a celebrity. You can imagine how hard it was.
But the good thing we can learn from Young K is, he didn’t abandon his responsibility as a university student just like that. He then continued his studies while doing Day6’s activities. Since being a university student itself is already hard, it must have been a lot harder for Young K, who is also a bassist of the Korean hallyu band called Day6.
In one of After School Club‘s episodes, Won-pil admitted that Young K is indeed a hard-working person. Even when the university semester was going on and he was busy with that, Young K still tried his best with the band. Jae also agreed to this, he said that Young K always studied all the time, and his daily routine was revolving around work, going home for studies, and then sleeping for an hour, and then going back to college again.
Being a university student, he often talked about the difficulties he faced in a broadcasting show. For example, he answered some fans that questioned how was the semester going. He also liked talking to fans about his exams, especially when the final exam week was coming up. He once said that he had a lot of group projects as he was a Business Administration student, and how he struggled to cooperate with other students, especially those who were difficult to be contacted. It is so good to know that Young K has been experiencing the same struggles we do, right?
In another After School Club episode, Young K replaced Ji-min, the regular MC because he was told to do so by the manager. Although he was getting ready to go to college, the manager called him to go to After School Club instead. Then again, Young K as a college student is just like us. Except for the part that we’re not a bassist and a composer, also a song-writer of Day6.
Day6 Young K’s College Graduation
After living the life of university student for around 8 semesters, although he enrolled since 2012, Young K finally tastes the sweetness from his hard work. He finally graduated from Dongguk University, everyone. He did that while doing every Day6 project, where Day6 had to release two songs in a month for a whole year in 2017. Where he also participated in the composing and writing of almost every song.
He finished the last semester in 2017 and took a photo with his friends in front of Dongguk University building. Young K, as a bassist already looks cool, but he looks 100% cooler in this pic as a final year university student.
Later on, in August 2018, Young K officially graduated and obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. After all the hard work that he did for years, the sleepless nights and endless task; he finally graduated. He’s smiling so widely in the graduation pic. We’re all proud of you, Young K!
Young K as a Song Writer
Young K has written a lot of Day6 song lyrics. You can find every single of Day6 songs and you will find Young K as the songwriter for most of the songs. The members agreed that Young K is the lyrical genius that turned the lyricless music that had been created by all the members with a completely different vibe. Not only he is good at translating between languages, but he can also translate what’s written in the heart into a song.
He has written lyrics with all the words that suit for the emotion of the song, and has succeeded to make them really match with the music.
But still, even though Young K did a lot of the work, and he himself wrote the lyrics of Day6 songs, sometimes he is the one who forgets the lyrics. He is still human, indeed. At least, he got My Day, the fandom name of Day6 that back him up singing when he forgets the lyrics.
Not only he has written songs for Day6, but he has also written songs for some other musicians. He has written songs for Nak-joon or Bernard Park, soloist from JYP. And also participated in a song of his other label mate, Got7’s song titled ‘Beggin On My Knees.”
Young K as a Rapper
Day6 is a band that has always succeeded in playing a lot of various kinds of music. Not only do they have rock, pop-rock, and alternative rock as a genre, they also have other songs that have a completely different genre. And sometimes, they include a rap part that you can’t always find in other rock bands’ songs.
And who is in charge of the rapping in Day6? Of course, the hardworking and talented Young K.
Well, it’s not like other members are not hardworking and talented, they all are. But Young K once again will shock you with his amazing talent.
As we told you before, he participated in some other musician’s songs as a rapper, and of course, he also raps for Day6 too.
Some Day6 songs that have included Young K’s rap part are “Congratulations,” “Out of My Mind,” “Freely,” “Letting Go,” “For The First Time,” “Blood,” “Sing Me,” “Hunt,” “Dance, Dance,” and “Talking To.”
When he was a trainee, he also had a Rapper Team performance with other JYP trainees, Mark and Jackson in the “Who Is Next” episode: JYP vs YG.
Young K as a Dancer
Day6 is not a dance group, and we all should admit that Day6 members don’t have good dancing skills compared to other boy bands. But then again, Young K as the multi-talented guy that he is can show you a lot of skills he has. Sometimes he dances, especially on stage when he enjoys the vibe and a lot of fans are cheering for him. Let’s see some clips of him dancing.
This was when Young K had a dance battle with Sung-jin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COKl1wdq80Y
He covered Gashina dance. And he literally killed it. This is so unfair and illegal.
Drawing math graphs while dancing? Easy peasy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8PMl6t_TQY
Young K as an MC
He has appeared as a special MC in some episodes of After School Club, usually as a replacement for the regular MC that couldn’t attend the show. He looks so comfortable since he is fluent in English, and also because he is doing it with his lovely hyung, Jae who was a regular MC back then.
He has also been a special MC along with Won-pil on Mnet Countdown for some episodes. They took a picture with fellow labelmates, Twice and Got7 members.
As an MC, Young K did a great job as well.
