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Ben&Ben meet Day6’s Young K, collaborator on ‘Leaves’ remake

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E. Kristhoff Cagape

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<p>Ben&amp;Ben finally met Young K of Korean band Day6 whom they collaborated with in 2021.</p><p>On their Instagram page, the Filipino folk-pop band shared their snapshot with Young K backstage during Day6&#x27;s <em>Forever Young</em> concert in Manila on Saturday, February 22.</p><p>&quot;FINALLY MET @from_youngk OF @day6kilogram! Core memory✨,&quot; Ben&amp;Ben wrote.</p><p>They added: &quot;Our friendship was made possible by the loving fanbase of Day6, My Day! Ni-reco ‘yung song namin na &#x27;Leaves,&#x27; which led to us doing a collab version in 2021. We also did a cover of their band’s song &#x27;You Were Beautiful.&#x27; Grateful for this moment!&quot;</p><div><br/></div><iframe class="instagram-media" id="instagram-embed-13" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DGZMthaTWLl/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A13%2C%22os%22%3A19054944%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="0" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-13" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px;min-width:326px;padding:0px;position:absolute"></iframe><blockquote class=" instagram-media-registered" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/DGZMthaTWLl/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14" id="instagram-media-payload-13" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:16px"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DGZMthaTWLl/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="background:#FFFFFF;line-height:0;padding:0 0;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;width:100%" target="_blank"><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:row;align-items:center"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:40px;margin-right:14px;width:40px"><br/></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:100px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:60px"><br/></div></div></div><div style="padding:19% 0"><br/></div><div style="display:block;height:50px;margin:0 auto 12px;width:50px"><br/></div><div style="padding-top:8px"><div style="color:#3897f0;line-height:18px">View this post on Instagram</div></div><div style="padding:12.5% 0"><br/></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:row;margin-bottom:14px;align-items:center"><div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(0px) translateY(7px)"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;height:12.5px;transform:rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px);width:12.5px;flex-grow:0;margin-right:14px;margin-left:2px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(9px) translateY(-18px)"><br/></div></div><div style="margin-left:8px"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:20px;width:20px"><br/></div><div style="width:0;height:0;border-top:2px solid transparent;border-left:6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom:2px solid transparent;transform:translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)"><br/></div></div><div style="margin-left:auto"><div style="width:0px;border-top:8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right:8px solid transparent;transform:translateY(16px)"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;flex-grow:0;height:12px;width:16px;transform:translateY(-4px)"><br/></div><div style="width:0;height:0;border-top:8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left:8px solid transparent;transform:translateY(-4px) translateX(8px)"><br/></div></div></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center;margin-bottom:24px"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:224px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:144px"><br/></div></div></a><div style="color:#c9c8cd;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DGZMthaTWLl/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="color:#c9c8cd;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by Ben&amp;Ben (@benandbenmusic)</a></div></div></blockquote><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>Fans online were quick to comment on Ben&amp;Ben&#x27;s post.</p><p>&quot;I&#x27;m still listening to the song Leaves featuring Young K! I look forward to collaborating with Young K again🌙,&quot; one fan commented.</p><p>&quot;Kiliiiiiiiig!!!! The concert last night was amazing! Please collab with him again or with the whole band (Pwede sana!)&quot; another fan wrote.</p><p>&quot;LEAVES is my all time fave from you guys. Singing it with Young K made the song extra meaningful and beautiful,&quot; another fan said.</p><p>It was in May 2021 when Ben&amp;Ben released &quot;Leaves&quot; featuring Young K.</p><p>&quot;We reimagined &#x27;Leaves&#x27; this year with a surprise collaboration from an artist we really love,&quot; read the post of Ben&amp;Ben on social media platform X (Twitter) back in 2021.</p><p>&quot;In these times, the message that &#x27;all will be alright in time&#x27; is more relevant than ever, all over the world,&quot; the post added.</p><p>In 2020, Ben&amp;Ben&#x27;s &quot;Leaves&quot; topped the search chart of Melon, South Korea&#x27;s largest music streaming site.</p><p>Young K and NCT&#x27;s Mark Lee previously mentioned Ben&amp;Ben during their V Lives.</p><p>&quot;Ben&amp;Ben&#x27;s &#x27;Leaves,&#x27; it was amazing. Wow, I was surprised. Of course, anytime! I&#x27;d be honored [to do a collab with them] because they&#x27;re amazing,&quot; Young K said during his V Live prior to his collaboration with the Filipino band.</p><p>Ben&amp;Ben took to social media at that time to express their gratitude to the K-Pop artists who showed appreciation for &quot;Leaves.&quot;</p><p>&quot;This week, a lot of great K-Pop acts discovered our music. Here is Young K of @day6kilogram and Mark of @nct127! Thank you for appreciating &#x27;Leaves&#x27; 😊 we will listen to your music too!&quot; the band posted on Instagram. </p>

<p>Ben&amp;Ben met Young K during Day6’s ‘Forever Young’ concert in Manila on February 22.</p>

Ben&Ben met Young K during Day6’s ‘Forever Young’ concert in Manila on February 22.