{"id":2693,"date":"2025-12-02T12:32:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T03:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/?p=2693"},"modified":"2025-12-02T12:32:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T03:32:11","slug":"young-k-surpasses-g-dragon-in-copyrights-i-really-worked-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/?p=2693","title":{"rendered":"Young K Surpasses G-Dragon in Copyrights: &#8216;I Really Worked Hard&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Day6 Young K.\" height=\"642\" src=\"https:\/\/image.xportsnews.com\/contents\/images\/upload\/article\/2025\/1202\/1764643846642782.jpg\" width=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Day6 band member Young K has surpassed G-Dragon in the number of registered songs with the Copyright Association.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On December 1, the YouTube channel &#8216;Janhyeong Shin Dong-yeop&#8217; featured a video titled &#8216;Welcome to DAY6. Young K Helps Out Drunkenly Pretty&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, Jung Ho-chul commented, &#8220;As far as I know, Young K has caught up with GD in songwriting,&#8221; sparking the conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Dawon added, &#8220;Hyung (Young K) is no joke when it comes to money,&#8221; to which Young K, looking flustered, grabbed Jung Ho-chul&#8217;s hand and remarked, &#8220;So you&#8217;re not on our side, sunbae?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"'Janhyeong Shin Dong-yeop' channel capture.\" height=\"1232\" src=\"https:\/\/image.xportsnews.com\/contents\/images\/upload\/article\/2025\/1202\/1764643987963838.jpg\" width=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Young K explained, &#8220;The amount of copyright fees is vastly different from G-Dragon&#8217;s. I focused on quantity since I couldn&#8217;t compete in quality, working hard to release more songs,&#8221; and added, &#8220;I also asked composers to include my name when collaborating.&#8221; According to the Korean Music Copyright Association, Young K has registered a staggering 216 songs. Acknowledging this, Young K admitted, &#8220;I really worked hard.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Shin Dong-yeop expressed envy, saying, &#8220;Writing lyrics is truly an admirable talent. Did you always have a habit of writing?&#8221; Young K replied, &#8220;No, it was a means of survival. Otherwise, I wouldn&#8217;t have debuted. We were in a position where we couldn&#8217;t debut without bringing good songs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He recalled, &#8220;When it was first decided we&#8217;d debut as a band, we were told, &#8216;You need to have your own color to debut.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Image source: Xportsnews, YouTube channel &#8216;Janhyeong Shin Dong-yeop&#8217;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day6 band member Young K has surpassed G-Dragon in the number of registered songs with the Copyright Association.&nbsp; On December 1, the YouTube channel &#8216;Janhyeong Shin Dong-yeop&#8217; featured a video titled &#8216;Welcome to DAY6. Young K Helps Out Drunkenly Pretty&#8217;. In the video, Jung Ho-chul commented, &#8220;As far as I know, Young K has caught [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2694,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2693","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-issue"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-33.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2693"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2695,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2693\/revisions\/2695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bongonakpop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}