Daytour

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Daytour
Hori7on - Daytour.jpg
Digital cover
Single album by
ReleasedMarch 2, 2024 (2024-03-02)
Genre Pop-punk
Length6:02
Label MLD
Producer
  • Bull$eye (Avec)
  • Greenism (Avec)
  • Honeybear (Avec)
  • How
  • Meang Co
  • MonkeyVegas (Avec)
Hori7on chronology
Friend-Ship
(2023)
Daytour
(2024)
Singles from Lucky
  1. "Lucky"
    Released: March 2, 2024

Daytour is the first single album by South Korea-based Filipino boy band Hori7on. The album was released on March 2, 2024, through MLD Entertainment, eight months following the group's debut album Friend-Ship (2023). Daytour is led by the upbeat pop-punk single "Lucky", which was described as a "vocal and dance extravaganza" that expresses the members' love for the people close to them.

Contents

Background

Hori7on debuted on July 24, 2023, with the 21-track studio album Friend-Ship . [1] [2] In an interview with the Korea JoongAng Daily on December 29, 2023, leader Vinci Malizon indicated that the group aims to develop a trademark "youthful and bright sound" with their future releases. [3] On November 22, MLD Entertainment set the schedule for the group's next release in January 2024, hinting at a single that celebrates "the New Year and wishes luck in 2024". [4]

On February 14, 2024, MLD formally announced the group's sophomore release Daytour, the group's first single album. [5] [6]

Composition and reception

Daytour has a runtime of six minutes and two seconds and contains two tracks. The album is led by the single "Lucky", which was touted as a pop-punk, "hi-teen confession song". [5] [7] Malizon described the track as having a "upbeat, youthful, fresh ‘high teen’ vibe" associated with their debut album Friend-Ship . [8] Hannah Mallorca of the Philippine Daily Inquirer noted the song as a "vocal and dance extravaganza" while recognizing the track as a "display of love for people who matter to them, including their families and dedicated fans or Anchors". [9] "Lucky" is accompanied by an instrumental version in the single album release. [8]

Release and promotion

Daytour was released on March 2, 2024, as the group's first single album and their first release in over eight months. [10] The album's release was accompanied with a showcase held at the Samsung Hall at the SM Aura in Taguig on the night of the album's release. [8] To promote the album, Hori7on collaborated with SM Supermalls for a mall tour across the Philippines. [11] [12] The tour began on March 15, at SM Lanang in Davao City and concluded on April 13, at SM City Cebu. [13] Amid promotions for the album, member Winston Pineda briefly took a hiatus for the funeral of his brother. [14]

Malizon participated in the creation of the digital cover for the single. [15] Concept photos were released in the run-up to the album's release. [16]

Track listing

Friend-Ship track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Lucky"
  • Bull$eye (Avec)
  • Greenism
  • How
  • Meang Co
  • MonkeyVegas (Avec)
  • Bull$eye (Avec)
  • Honeybear (Avec)
  • Meang Co
  • MonkeyVegas (Avec)
  • Honeybear (Avec)
  • MonkeyVegas (Avec)
3:01
2."Lucky" (Inst.) 
  • Bull$eye (Avec)
  • Honeybear (Avec)
  • Meang Co
  • MonkeyVegas (Avec)
  • Honeybear (Avec)
  • MonkeyVegas (Avec)
3:01
Total length:6:02

Credits and personnel

Release history

Release dates and formats for Daytour
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
VariousMarch 2, 2024 MLD [5]

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