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Watch below for behind the scenes footage at the Day 26 album cover shoot. It has a little bit of the guys talking as well as them singing a part of "I Want You (Exclusive)" acappella.
It's on a new YouTube channel.
CTV.ca has an interview with Mike and Brian of Day 26.
"Our sound is very reminiscent of what was going on in the '90s in R&B; music," says Brian. "It's real singing. It's got real emotion behind everything right down to the last word." But like any apt pupils, the boys also credit much of their newfound sound to Diddy himself.
"Diddy's a cool cat, but he's also a perfectionist," says Qwanell. "He'll push you until you want to cry. Everybody needs someone like that in their lives. Even if you think you're great he'll push to make you better. That's why I admire him."
I was just sent the tracklisting for Day 26's self titled debut album, along with the tracklisting for the iTunes and Target exclusive versions, by a source at the label. These tracklistings may not be absolutely final, but they should be pretty close. Here is the regular version of the album:
1. "I'm The Reason"
2. "Got Me Going"
3. "In My Bed"
4. "Silly Love"
5. "Come With Me"
6. "Co Star"
7. "Come In (My Door's Open)"
8. "Are We In This Together"
9. "What It Feels Like"
10. "Since You've Been Gone"
11. "If It Wasn't For You"
12. "Don't Fight The Feeling"
13. "Ain't Going"
14. "Exclusive (No Excuses)"
The tracklisting given for the iTunes exclusive version is exactly the same, except that it features three mentions of "Got Me Going". Besides one of them being the actual track, I will take a reasonable guess here and say that one of those is the video for the song. What's the other one? Who knows, it could be some sort of remix or it could just be a placeholder for an iTunes exclusive track yet to be picked.
The tracklisting for the Target exclusive version is the same except that there is a new track called "Just Should've Told You".
Day 26 will be hosting a live chat on their MySpace page at 11:00 PM ET on Monday, after the next episode of Making the Band 4.
I hope they do it differently from how the Danity Kane chat was done, last Monday, because that was a mess. There is a certain way to do celebrity chats... you have to have a moderation who picks questions and, besides that, silence. Or, at least, silence in the room where Danity Kane is. Letting everyone post freely creates too many issues.
Day 26's debut album has been pushed back two weeks to March 25.
Check these tracks out on the Day 26 MySpace.
Edit: Someone at Bad Boy told me that they didn't think this was an official MySpace, even though Willie posted that it was, in a bulletin from his MySpace.
Here is the cover that was shown on MTV the other day. I like it - has a nice, clean feel.
Last Sunday, I mentioned a blog post by mix engineer Ken Lewis, who said that the Making the Band 4 guys were now called 826 Boys. In the post, I cautioned that it should be taken as an unconfirmed rumor.
In an entry just past midnight, much earlier today, Lewis posts that they are now going by the name, "Day 26". ConcreteLoop.com confirms this, citing a radio interview. I like this name better.
And I believe that I have figured out the meaning of these names. Again, the first name we heard was 826 Boys. It didn't mean much to me. Now, we hear Day 26. Day 26 made me think of an actual day of the month. 826... 8/26... August 26. August 26, 2025 was the day when the band was made - when the guys were picked. August 26, 2025 is 8/26/07. 826. Day 26. Makes sense.
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