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Show Review: With immaculate live vocals, K-pop boy band DAY6 is pure talent

Beautifully emotional and heart-stirring, DAY6 showcased their musical prowess at The Star Theatre for their Forever Young tour.

Danisha Liang

| November 25, 2024
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DAY6 performing in Singapore at The Star Theatre on Friday (22 Nov). Photo: JYP Entertainment

K-pop idols have always been known for their unbelievable suite of talents—whether it’s their singing, dancing or even their ability to connect with their fans in the most meaningful ways.

And at DAY6’s concert in Singapore on 22 November, I experienced that firsthand.

The lads of DAY6 are pure talent

At the band’s third world tour Forever Young, the members of DAY6 each showcased their unique musical abilities, coming together to perform some of the group’s most memorable tracks.

From Best Part (2019) to Melt Down (2024), the charming quartet captured the audience right from their first performance of the night.

The members of DAY6 backstage after playing their Singapore show. Photo: JYP Entertainment

To My Days (as Day6’s fans are known), this came as no surprise, considering they’ve been performing together since their debut in 2015.

The group was last in town in 2019 for their Gravity tour, and in the last five years, it seems that their live performance abilities have only grown in strength.

The four-piece band, known for their heart-stirring tracks, left no dry eyes at The Star Theatre with their beautiful renditions of some of their greatest hits, like Congratulations (2015) and You Were Beautiful (2017).

They delivered each live version perfectly. Each line and verse hit harder with members’ emotional performance.

And with the addition of Young K’s flawless vocal adlibs during I Loved You (2017) and Letting Go (2016), you could just feel the crowd swooning.

A memorable sing-along

A particularly memorable moment came during the sing-along portion of the concert. DAY6 had planned a mini karaoke segment where fans were invited to sing collectively.

Hearing 5,000 fans sing along to I’m Serious (2017) and Somehow (2018) was definitely a highlight of the night. Young K even complimented the fans’s singing. He quipped that we were all so “steady”—in a Singaporean accent, no less—for screaming out the Korean lyrics.

 

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Between each segment of the show, the members shared what they had all been up to in Singapore.

As it turns out, the quartet went out to enjoy some chilli crab and pepper crab. And it seems that Dowoon, in particular, relished the food. The 29-year-old vocalist and drummer kept trying (and adorably struggling) to say the food was very shiok, to the delight of Singaporean fans.

The excitement was far from over. The group launched into more upbeat tracks like Dance Dance (2017) and Shxtty Game (2024).

Even while playing their instruments, DAY6’s stage presence was so infectious that fans danced vigorously to each song.

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