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In this episode of Anatomy of a Song, I put JYP boy group vocals to the test. Using songs from Stray Kids, DAY6, Xdinary Heroes, Kickflip and NEXZ. I strip the production back and listen closely to how the vocals actually carry the music.

JYP groups are often known more for performance and identity than traditional vocal showmanship — but how does that hold up when you isolate the voices? I compare tone, control, vocal weight and emotional delivery to see how each group approaches singing within the same label.

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Oliseu

Main Vocal is Young K.

Oliseu

I don't really listen to these groups but its still always good to hear the pure vocals. I thought something was wrong with my headphones when you played the kickflip song. That distortion was weird. I hope to see p1harmony and Ateez wake up on this one day.

Oliseu

I also i might start listening to Xdinary Heroes after this.

mona

this was so interesting to watch!!

mona

ive not checked out any other episodes but i loved hearing the stripped back vocals and your commentary

Koko3op

Ahhh thank you so much! You'll love the SM one too but also many others!

Jaydeekatt

Hi Micah!! Hope you’re well 😁 Been catching up on videos and really loving the variety of content you’ve been creating! Hearing both my XDH and Day6 here was such a treat — and even the groups I’m less familiar with as well. Really interesting to be hearing some voices for the first time ever and its so stripped back haha

Koko3op

Awwww thank you! Glad you're finding time to catch up and commenting/enjoying! Looking forward to seeing more. Yeahh I've been wanting to do XDH for a minute, so glad i finally could

August3

I really need to thank you for putting me onto XH. They became my top artist on Spotify last year🫶 Their new Pre-release is a beautiful ballad, and they are SINGING. The recording behind is already out as well. I hope you check it out:) This was a fun podcast as well. I guess I’ll have to check out some DAY6 songs now😁

Koko3op

Soo glad you enjoy them!!

Kjimmy

Love this series! I’m not really good at hearing harmonies or background vocals when I’m listening to music so it’s really nice to hear those vocals so clearly! Day6 has been one of those safe groups for me. They hit when I’m in a low mood and are like a blanket of comfort. I can see how in that sense they can be a bit boring though! I would be curious if you ever give them another chance to see what your opinion would be on their Negentropy album. I feel like not many people mention it, but it’s one that I enjoyed as a whole. It’s a synth-ier album to what I was used to from them but I think the vocals reallyyyy carry it and is probably their strongest vocal effort yet. The title track “You make me” is probably my favourite TT Day6 has released. It was also the last album that Jae participated in and after he left, the songs that followed never really hit the same. A song that MyDay stand by for Day6 is “I’ll try”. While it’s not interesting at all (oops), the last harmony is everything! And it’s the fact that all of them are singing too (the drummer included). While Day6 is a group I go to for comfort, XDH is a group I go to for excitement. I will never get tired of Jooyeon’s voice and how effortlessly he can add vibrato to his sound while also having that grit. Jungsu’s voice is so clear and piercing, and it’s awesome to hear Gaon and O.de improving soooo much! After ICU, O.de became one of my favourites, he was just so unexpected to me (honestly didn’t notice him much beforehand) but sooo welcome. They also had just released a new song and GOSH, they are singingggggg. I think Day6 has conditioned me to like slower songs / ballads because that also translated into XDH. The way they put SO much emotion into their songs, I can just feeel it. Supernatural was a song that didn’t stand out to me when I first listened to it (think it got overshadowed by the rest of the songs on that album for sure) but I may have to revisit it after hearing those vocals. I don’t really listen to the other groups but it was still interesting to hear. The Kickflip song is not a song I typically enjoy but that bridge is gorgeous. NEXZ’s song sounds amazinggg and definitely something down my alley. It’s stripped back here but still feels so full. Think I’ll need to check them out after this. I’m not sure why but I had swept them under the rug so early. Stray Kids I’m always iffy about. All their songs just sound the same to me (maybe because I only hear their TT’s and don’t dive into their b-sides). While I’m not good at picking out harmonies, vocals in general are still the most important thing for me when I check out groups and unfortunately nobody from Stray Kids have really stuck out to me. This song has intrigued me though.

Koko3op

Haha i'll listen for that last harmony for day6 and yea Jae's voice is amazing!! Yeahh XDH are something ELSE. Glad you enjoyed the other songs!!