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From left to right: Doyoung, Haechan, Mark, Winwin, Taeyong, Jaehyun, Yuta, Taeil, Jungwoo, Johnny

About

NCT 127 is a ten-member K-pop boy band and group formed in 2016 as the second sub-unit of larger K-pop group NCT. Consisting of members Moon "Taeil" Tae-il, John "Johnny" Seo, Lee "Taeyong" Tae-yong, Yuta Nakamoto, under the mononym Yuta, Kim "Doyoung" Dong-young, Jung "Jaehyun" Jae-hyun, Dong "Winwin" Si Cheng, Kim "Jungwoo" Jung-woo, Mark Lee, under the mononym Mark, and Lee "Haechan" Dong-hyuck, the group has seen success since their debut, before making promotions in the west with their first English language single and being chosen as Apple Music's Up Next artist in 2018.

History

Career

NCT 127 was formed by Korean entertainment company SM Entertainment in 2016 as part of SM's larger K-pop act NCT, short for Neo Culture Technology (announcement shown below), a group with an unlimited amount of members that can join the group with different sub-units and groups that fall under the NCT name that promote usually in the city they were formed in. Created as the Seoul-based unit, taking their name from the 127th circle of longitude, where Seoul is located on, they would be the second sub-unit that was formed after NCT U debuted in January 2016, and the first sub-unit to have a permanent lineup, unlike the rotational units NCT U and the later-formed NCT Dream.

The unit, originally consisting of NCT U members Taeil, Taeyong, Jaehyun, and Mark and newcomers Yuta, Winwin, and Haechan (formerly known as Donghyuck), debuted on July 7th, 2016 with the release of the music video for their song "Fire Truck" (shown below, left) followed by the release of their debut EP NCT #127 three days later on the 10th. Another single titled "Switch", originally from 2015 and released as a bonus track on the EP, was released as the next single on December 20th alongside a music video (shown below, right), featuring SM's 2015 male trainee and rookie group SR15B. Both music videos have gained over 25 million views and 6.4 million views respectively as of writing.

In January 2017, the group would gain two more members, NCT U member Doyoung and newcomer Johnny, as part of the release of their second EP Limitless. Two music videos for the title track were released on January 5th, both of which have garnered over 29 million views and 6.5 million views as of writing (second music video shown below, left), before the release of the EP on the 6th. This would be followed by the release of their third EP Cherry Bomb, with the release of the title track as a single and a music video the same day. The music video (shown below, right) has garnered over 53 million views as of writing though the song was deemed "unfit for broadcast" by the Korean Broadcasting System due to violent content.

In 2018, the group made contributions to the NCT group album NCT 2018 Empathy, relased on March 14th, as part of the larger group project NCT 2018 that utilized all 15 members from NCT sub-units alongside three newcomers. The group released the single "Touch" as part of the album the same day it was released, and were also featured on the intro "Neo Got My Back" with NCT U. The music video for "Touch" (shown below, left) has received over 19 million views as of writing On May 23rd, they made their Japanese debut with their EP Chain. Two singles, a Japanese version of "Limitless", and the title track were released as part of promotion for the album. Both music videos have received over 6.5 million views and 19 million views respectively. (Chain music video shown below, right)

Regular-Irregular

On September 17th, 2018, a teaser video was posted to social media featuring the words "regular" and "irregular" alongside a new logo. Later during the day, it was announced that a new member would join the group, Jungwoo, originally from NCT 2018, and that their first studio album Regular-Irregular would be released on October 12th. On October 8th, the group released the music video for the lead single "Regular" (shown below, left), their first-ever fully English-language release. Both the English version and a Korean version of the song were featured on the album. The Korean version of "Regular" would also receive a music video (shown below, right) uploaded on October 11th, and both the English and Korean music videos have received over 8.7 million and 4.4 million views respectively.

The album was later rereleased as Regulate, announced on November 13th and released on November 23rd, with its lead single "Simon Says" released the same day and featuring two other new tracks, including a Korean version of the Japanese-released "Chain".

Reputation

Since their debut, the group has received awards in their home country,

On October 1st, 2018, the group was chosen as Apple Music's Next Up artist for the month, and performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, making their US television debut.

Online Relevance

On Twitter, the group's official Twitter account has garnered over 1,000,000 followers, and over 1.71 million on the main NCT Twitter account and over 457,000 followers on the main group's official Japanese Twitter account. On Facebook, the group has accumulated over 126,000 likes, with the main NCT Facebook page garnering over 622,000 likes. On Instagram, the group has garnered over 3.5 million followers, with a main account having 3.5 million followers. A dedicated subreddit for NCT and its sub-units, including NCT 127, was created by user Chidwick089 in 2014 and has since garnered over 2,000 subscribers. On Youtube, their channel has over 236,000 subscribers, with the main channel having over 361,000 subscribers. On the streaming service V LIVE, their channel has 857,000 followers, with the main channel having 2.1 million followers. On Spotify, the group have over 925,000 monthly listeners.

Fandom

NCTzen

As a sub-unit of NCT, they too share the same fandom as all other NCT sub-units, known as NCTzens.

Search Interest

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