[talk] Half of the top 10 songs on the music charts are ‘DAY6’… What’s the secret to their popularity?

5 songs. This is the number of songs by the band DAY6 that were included in the top 10 of Melon's weekly chart in the last week of September. "HAPPY" and "Welcome to the Show" from their 8th mini-album "Fourever" released in March took 1st and 2nd place respectively. The title song "Melting" from their 9th mini-album "Band Aid" released last month took 4th place, pushed out by DAY6's older songs. "Become a Page" released in 2019 took 5th place, and "You Were Pretty" released in 2017 took 10th place.

The four-member boy band Day6 from JYP Entertainment is enjoying their heyday after nine years since their debut in 2015. Not only are they lining up old songs on music charts, but they also sold out all 40,000 tickets for their three-day concert at Inspire Arena in Yeongjongdo, Incheon from the 20th to the 22nd of last month. Day6’s songs have been famous among music enthusiasts for a long time, but this is the first time they have enjoyed such general popularity.

The secret to this popularity lies in the songs that are not difficult or complicated. They use catchy melodies and sing lyrics that can be universally relatable. "Let's write a beautiful chapter of youth together" is a song that encourages youth. It was also a hot topic when Park Tae-jun, who won the gold medal in the men's 58kg class of taekwondo at the 2024 Paris Olympics, sang it in the final.

I really, really sympathize with this song. I think it's because it's a song that's not difficult, but gives strength and comfort, that it's getting so much love.