In the omnigenre modern music culture of today, Daisy Grow Yellow have dubbed themselves pop with heart. 

The German-American group started with drummer Jakob Krickeberg and singer and songwriter Corinne Bahia.

Jakob, who has spent all but two months of his life living in Cologne, met Corinne over an internet ad she posted looking for a drummer. She had only recently arrived in Cologne, originally being from Milwaukee, Michigan.
The two became fast friends, in part because Jakob was no ordinary German. “I could always sense my ‘Americanness’” explains Corinne, “like people could smell it on me and I’ll always remember that Jakob was the first person I met in Germany who didn’t give me that feeling.”

Corinne sings in one of the band’s first releases about it “Hasn’t anybody ever told you, the world is made of more than it’s borders and lines”. She wrote these lines for this early DGY single grappling with how she is perceived as a light-skinned black American living in Germany. These close-to-home stories are a feature in the music of DGY and are a large factor of what sets the band apart. To turn the phrase, they account for the ‘heart’ that comes with the pop. 

The band grew from duo to trio with the addition of Jakob’s old school days friend, Helge Klein, on Bass.

Much time and energy was spent coming up with a name for themselves. In the beginning they performed under Corinne Bahia, but all the blood, sweat and tears that Jakob poured into organizing and planning warranted recognition. Eventually, inspired by their lyrical content and artistic mission, they settled on Daisy Grow Yellow. The name stands for an unapologetic optimism and a celebration of human resilience and interdependence. Whether by encouraging kindness to oneself in “Be Gentle” or crying for justice in “Same Dust” DGY makes music that doesn’t just make you feel good, but reminds you that you can do good.

During the recording of their first EP they gained their newest member in Dung Hoang, a Guitarist who had studied in Holland with Helge.