Young K

YoungK

YoungK in Hong Kong, 2016. Wearing black from head to toe and looking like an undertaker

• Born: December 19, 1993
• Full Name: Kang Younghyun [강영현]
• Other names: YoungK [stage name]; Brian Kang
• Groups: DAY6 (since 2015); KMESS; 3rd Degree
• Official Debut: September 7, 2015 (DAY6)
• Nationality: Korean
• Roles: Bassist, Rapper, Vocals, Sound effects (he whistles and beatboxes really well, OK?)
• SNS: Youngk93 [instagram]; Youngk1993 [twitter]

Personal

He was born in Korea, but attended school in Toronto, Canada for four years. Enjoys watching movies and eating. And posting pictures of himself eating. Involved in a shipping/pairing/relationship/scandal with bandmate Jae Park in a 'ship' named is Jaehyungparkian. Lowkey hates the name. Attends Dongguk University.

Pre-debut

Before being scouted by JYPE in 2010, YoungK was active in a three member group called '3rd Degree', along with Terry He and Don Lee. They performed at various locations in Toronto and put up videos on Youtube (including some original songs composed by him) before YoungK and Don were scouted by JYPE. He appeared in the fourth episode of WIN: Who is Next?^[1] as a part of JYP's rapping team(with GOT7's Mark Tuan and Jackson Wang) against the combined rapping teams of Team A and Team B, where he spat the famous verse, "YG, get an attitude!", and again as a part of JYP's vocalist team alongside bandmates Junhyeok, Jae, Sungjin and Wonpil. He began promoting with his bandmates as 5Live in 2014/15,^[2] until drummer Dowoon was added and the band was renamed DAY6

Debut with DAY6- present

He debuted with his bandmates late 2015 with the EP The Day,^[3] which consisted of five tracks, plus the title track, Congratulations. Since then they have attended fanmeets in various countries outside of Korea including Singapore, Thailand and Taiwan; and will be holding one in the US later this year as well^[4]

They had their first solo concert, D-Day^[5] on November 20 and 21, 2015, at Seoul's Yes24 Movie Hall.

1. ↑ "Preview of YG vs JYP trainees on 'WIN' revealed | allkpop.com". www.allkpop.com. Retrieved 2016-01-25. 
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/youngk1993?lang=en
3. ↑ crystalcove. "JYP’s Boy Band DAY6 Debuts With "The Day" Mini Album and "Congratulations" MV". Soompi. Retrieved 2016-01-25. 
4. ↑ "DAY6 to hold fan meetings in the U.S. for the first time | allkpop.com". www.allkpop.com. Retrieved 2016-01-25. 
5. ↑ "DAY6 to hold their very first solo concert! | allkpop.com". www.allkpop.com. Retrieved 2016-01-25.