Ben&Ben Collaborates With Young K of Day6 for “Leaves” Remake
By: Aurora Rose Carpio | @heyaurorarose
The nine-piece OPM folk-pop band from the Philippines, Ben&Ben, made a surprise announcement on their Twitter account last May 26, that they’ll be remaking their famous 2017 single “Leaves” featuring the bassist of the South Korean band Day6, Young K.
Ben&Ben
LEAVES feat. Korean Artist Young K
out on Friday at 12mn PHTpre-save the single now: https://t.co/KjIl2hTQ7W pic.twitter.com/8TZLTGbwiP
— Ben&Ben (@BenAndBenMusic) May 26, 2021
Behind the Lyrics
Ben&Ben explained the message behind the song lyrics with “‘all will be alright in time’ is more relevant than ever, all over the world. We hope you like it!” Bringing hope and strength to fans during these difficult times.
We reimagined "Leaves" this year with a surprise collaboration from an artist we really love, Young K from the band Day6. In these times, the message that "all will be alright in time" is more relevant than ever, all over the world. We hope you like it!
— Ben&Ben (@BenAndBenMusic) May 26, 2021
Trending
This is Young K’s first collaboration with a Filipino artist and both My Days, the fans of Day6, and Liwanags, the fandom name for Ben&Ben fans, were thrilled for this remake. The fans shared their excitement by trending the two artists on Twitter’s Philippines Trends.
Young K
The way YOUNG K and BEN&BEN is trending after the Leaves collaboration announcement 😭😭 everyone’s so excited this is gonna be so good 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/Kls7CEIRu8
— sof saw xh ✨ (@withyounghyun) May 26, 2021
Fan Efforts
The collaboration was also made possible by the help of their fans. The interaction between the two artists started by fan recommendations which Young K noticed on one of his Vlives back in July 2020. The Korean artist shared that he was surprised and amazed upon listening to the band’s song “Leaves” and would be honored to have a collaboration with them.
OHMYGOD WAIT ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! THIS IS THE COLLAB THAT WE ARE ALL WAITING FOR! WE'RE NOT CLOWN ANYMORE BEN&BEN x YOUNG K COLLAB I REPEAT BEN&BEN x YOUNG K COLLAB!!#DAY6 #BeandBEN#YOUNGK @day6official pic.twitter.com/DY8luoZlWs
— berynice (@Sparkling_Sunoo) May 26, 2021
thank u for listening to our music, young k of @day6official !! https://t.co/W3PV7Dbx6k
— Ben&Ben (@BenAndBenMusic) July 22, 2020
— yelz 🎶 (@orenjilemonji) May 26, 2021
Making Names in Korea
Aside from Young K, Ben&Ben has also been noticed by other Korean artists like Mark Lee of NCT, BamBam from GOT7, and Twice’s Momo among many others. Due to these successive recommendations, they dominated Melon’s real-time chart with “Leaves” which is a huge feat for a Filipino artist. As a huge thanks for this achievement, the band covered different K-pop songs for their very first episode of BBTV, a Youtube series vlog.
can't believe it. we're trending # 1 in south korea pic.twitter.com/aiQRJSxFZR
— Ben&Ben (@BenAndBenMusic) July 22, 2020
You can listen to the remake of “Leaves” on Spotify, Itunes & Apple Music. The Ben&Ben members will also go live on Instagram with Young K on May 28 at 6 PM to celebrate the release. Are you excited about this OPM and K-pop collaboration?
Looking for more Day6 content? Check out our article about their mini-album The Book Of Us: Negentropy – Chaos swallowed up in love!
Thumbnail Courtesy of Ben&Ben and JYP Entertainment
