Sunny Days (band)
| Sunny Days 써니데이즈 | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
| Genres | K-pop |
| Years active | 2012–2016 |
| Labels | Haeun Entertainment |
| Past members |
Jeon Minji Zhang Bichen Lee Gyuhee Hwang Jihee Kim Soohyun Cho Seoyeon Jung SooJung Lee Sunkyung Heo Jung Yoon Hong Heuira Da Young Da Som |
Sunny Days was a South Korean band that debuted under Haeun Entertainment on May 18, 2012 with their song "Take Away". The final line up group consisted of Sunkyung, Jungyoon, Heuira, Dayoung and Dasom with Sunkyung as their leader. Sunny Days was known for having intense vocal training for two years before they debuted.
History
2012: Take Away, Glory Korea, Don't Touch Me and member changes
Sunny Days debuted with the song "Take Away" on May 18, 2012. The album has 2 tracks: "Take Away" and "Take Away (instrumental)". On June 19 it was announced that Minji[1] would be departing from the group due to an ankle injury and new member Seoyeon would be taking her place. Sunny Days also took part in singing "Glory Korea" for Korean athletes competing in the 2012 Olympics. The "Glory Korea" single album contained "Glory Korea (instrumental)" and "One Step Closer". This album was released on July 18, 2012.
Sunny Days came back with their 2nd promotional single, "Don't Touch Me", which was also the 1st song they had a music video for, which was released on July 26, 2012.
2013: I Must Be Crazy, Meet a Girl Like You, & new members
Sunny Days made a comeback with "I Must Be Crazy" on April 8, 2013. Their 4th single, "Meeting a Girl Like You" was released on July 31, 2013. During this comeback, members Bichen and Gyuhee were added. Bichen was a former winner of the KPop world festival.
2014: Real Vocal sub-unit, lineup changes, I Don't Need You Boy & Rain OST
Sunny Days subunit group Real Vocal debuted "With the Same Lips" on SBS The Show. The song was released on March 12, 2014. Real Vocal consists of Sunkyung, Jihee and Soohyun.
Sunny Days made a comeback, performing their 5th single "I Don't Need You Boy" (or "Half the World Are Men") as their comeback song on MBC's "Show Champion" on July 30. The song was released on July 31, 2014 with Sunny Days as a 5-member group. Gyuhee & Bichen left the group and were replaced by a new member, Jung Yoon. Seoyeon became inactive for this comeback due to health issues. Bichen left the group to pursue her solo career and competed as one of the contestants in the third season of The Voice of China, in which she eventually emerged as the final winner.
Sunkyung was featured in One Way Dandelion's OST Part 2 for the song "Rain" which was released on December 2, 2014.[2]
2015: Lineup changes, guerillas, comeback plans & Blah Blah
Sunny Days had another lineup change,this time Jihee,Soojung & Soohyun all left the group together due to them choosing not to renew their contracts, leaving Sunkyung and Jungyoon as the two confirmed members with Sunkyung being the only original member. After fans' researches & many Sunny Days' event performances, it was found that there were 3 new members confirmed for the group, Heuira, Dayoung and maknae Dasom.
Sunny Days started having guerilla performances in Sincheon together with Haeun Entertainment's boy group Lose Control (LC). They performed their previous songs along with some dance covers and duets of Sunkyung with Heuira.
Sunny Days were about to come back in the first half of 2015 but it has been pushed month after month.
Sunny Days members start hinting a comeback with their Instagram posts on the 23rd of September. Few weeks later, Sunny Days' Facebook description indeed meant a comeback on that date. They started posting teaser pictures & dropped Blah Blah on the 23rd. The MV teaser was released a day after. Sunny days's fans were disappointed as their comeback did not go well and were worried of disbandment
Final lineup
- Lee Sunkyung/Sunkyung in Incheon South Korea (born October 10, 1986) (2012–2016)
- Heo Jung Yoon in Seongnam Gyeonggi Province (2014–2016)
- Hong Heuira in Ulsan Buk District, Ulsan South Korea (2015–2016)
- Dayoung in Pyeongtaek Gyeonggi Province (2015–2016)
- Dasom in Naju South Jeolla Province (2015–2016)
Former members
- Jeon Minji/Minji (born February 4, 1989) (2012)
- Zhang Bichen/Bi Chen (born September 10, 1989) (2013-2014)
- Lee Gyuhee/Gyuhee (born January 20, 1995) (2013-2014)
- Jung Soojung/ Soojung (born July 3, 1988) (2012–2014)
- Cho Seoyeon/Seoyeon (born January 23, 1992) (2012–2013)
- Kim Soohyun/ Soohyun (born October 25, 1993) (2012–2014)
- Hwang Jihee/Jihee (born January 23, 1986) (2012-2014)
Discography
Singles
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Take Away" | 2012 | Take Away (single) |
| "Glory Korea" | Glory Korea (single) | |
| "Don't Touch Me" | Don't Touch Me (single) | |
| "I Must Be Crazy" | 2013 | I Must Be Crazy (single) |
| "Meet A Girl Just Like You" | Meet A Girl Just Like You (single) | |
| "I Don't Need You Boy" | 2014 | I Don't Need You Boy (single) |
| "Blah Blah" | 2015 | |
References
- ↑ "Minji's Departure". Retrieved Feb 2015. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ "One Way Dandelion OST Part 2". Retrieved Feb 2015. Check date values in:
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External links
- http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.hellokpop.com/2012/07/18/sunny-days-new-track-glory-korea-for-the-olympics/
- http://www.dkpopnews.net/2012/07/sunny-days-released-dont-touch-me-mv.html
- http://popgasa.com/tag/sunny-days-i-must-be-crazy-english-lyrics/
- http://seoulbeats.com/2013/08/sunny-days-are-here-again-with-meet-a-girl-like-you/
- http://kpoptunisia.blogspot.com/2014/03/sunny-days-to-comeback-with-subunit.html
- http://misskpop.weebly.com/sunny-days-profile.html
- http://www.allkpop.com/article/2013/07/sunny-days-unveil-their-2-new-members-ahead-of-comeback
- http://www.jpopasia.com/group/sunnydays/
- http://static1.allkpop.com/article/2014/07/sunny-days-release-images-for-new-member-jung-yoon-ahead-of-comeback
- http://www.allkpop.com/article/2014/07/sunny-days-make-their-comeback-as-5-members-with-half-of-the-world-are-men