Music Monday: 2PM + DAY6
Instead of doing dedicated full posts on 2PM and DAY6 in celebration of their anniversaries (which were separated by only three days), I decided to combine the two and focus on some of the fun fan content that I personally watch.
I’ve briefly talked about this before in places, but a lot of my kpop/Asian music life wasn’t part of the fandoms or on social media. It’s only since I started the separate twitter for Asian drama that I started actually following people that share the same interest and interacting with them. While sometimes those fandoms can be pretty toxic, there really is something magical about finding people who share your same favorite niche thing and can talk freely with them about your love, and I want to spotlight some of those people making content to share.
+2PM
videos:
A lot of the videos I watched to get into 2PM are no longer around, or long hidden in searches. Also pair that with 2PM being an older group there are not as many options to choose from like there are with other newer groups (although, it’s been changing). But there are a couple I want to spotlight.
-I’ve sung Emily’s praises before, but it always bears repeating. Her videos are great, especially if you want to focus more on their music or resources like knowing what merch is out there and how to find it (her collection is to die for!). She also is my favorite resource for 2PM USA group orders.
-If you are looking for the more normal of compilation videos you see for other groups, GoCrazyGoPM has some great ones:
-Julija’s artwork is incredible. I’ve purchased several prints from her, and highly suggest taking a look at all her work.
+DAY6
videos:
-Wonpilates videos are some of my favorite ones and are a great summary of DAY6 as well as a breakdown of some of the best moments.
-IGot7 Inspirits is also another great option for some great videos. They aren’t a fully dedicated to DAY6 channel, but still worth checking out.
-A list of my favorite YouTube videos that are kpop centered can’t not include at least something from Umu/React to the K, and this just happens to be my favorite of her videos. It goes over some of the things that make Young K’s voice so magical. As a former music major (I studied voice for most of my life) I agree with a lot of this, and it’s always nice to get these types of takes from other musicians.
-MyChiiro’s artwork is lovely and I’ve enjoyed everything that they’ve made.
+Pluggin my own things
-To get a sense of some of my 2PM favorites, I participated in a 30 day challenge on Twitter that you can check out:
-I also have a full post dedicated to Chansung that I wrote for his birthday.
-My favorite DAY6-related content is Wonpil’s Pilaylists, and I have an entire page dedicated to listing all the songs he’s recommended, links to the video, and even a playlist on my Spotify. It’s updated as regularly as he posts them, but if you are feeling down or anxious I highly suggest them.
+2PM X DAY6
I can’t leave without giving you some sort of member content. If I had gotten my act together I would have used this time to compile a video of all the interactions between the two that I could find, but that didn’t happen, so I’m giving you the next best thing. I leave you with some videos that I’ve found around the web that show some of the interactions between the two groups. There is actually quite a lot, but here are a few:
-Jae interviewing Nichkhun:
-Wooyoung showed up for the Every DAY6 concert in May, here are the members dancing to 2PM:
-And the infamous “Young K drunk called Wooyoung because he was jealous” story video:
-KCON with DAY6 and Junho:
-DAY6 covering Hands Up
Happy 12 years to 2PM, and 5 years to DAY6. Your music has genuinely helped me out through a lot of tough times, and for that I will always be grateful.
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