DAY6 proud of being the only rock band with JYP

SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) — DAY6, a five-piece K-pop rock band, is something of a rarity at the forefront of K-pop, where dance music and mesmerizing performances take center stage.

Since their debut in late 2015, DAY6 has come to stand as the only active rock band with JYP Entertainment, as well as arguably the only one in the key K-pop scene set by the top three entertainment firms also including SM and YG Entertainment.

Further expanding their unique presence, the quintet released their fourth extended play this week, “Remember Us: Youth Part 2″, an eight-track album led by the main track “Days Gone By.”

“It comes as a great meaning to us that our (rock) band debuted with an agency like JYP,” the band’s keyboardist Wonpil said in an interview with Yonhap News Agency and other news outlets on Tuesday.

Park Jin-young, the chief of JYP and himself an iconic musician, is very supportive of the five members’ music production, giving his own feedback on every piece of DAY6′s music and allotting an exclusive practice and record room to DAY6.

“We have pride in our band as the only (rock) band who is active till today with JYP,” the band’s guitarist Sungjin said. “In that sense, we are unrivaled by any.”