Reaction to A guide to NCT [2020]!

[@juwoos]

yes NCT currently consists of 26 members, which is also the total amount of members since they've put an end to the ''expanding'' system. there are 6 new members who make up their new and last unit, NCT WISH. which is a japanese unit

[@kpopmulti_17]

1:10:28 Yeah, because Renjun and Chenle were assumed by the fans to redebut/join with WayV after they graduated in NCT Dream but then the graduation system concept was removed so they're the only Chinese members that aren't in WayV.

[@Mewwangs]

IM SORRY WHAT... LITERALLY BIASED RENJUN FOR SO LONG AND DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS CHINESEEE. Like I can usually tell by looking at them but to me, he seemed Korean where as Chenle was obvious to me

[@nilmaryrivera8578]

NCT 127 and NCT Dream did Killing Voice. Its a good way too know their music style and their talent.

[@sweetyongf]

This is a great guide, but very outdated as you said so just to fill in some blanks: After this guide was made in 2020, 2 members (Sungchan and Shotaro) were added to NCT, making them 23 members. Then in 2021, 1 member (Lucas) left the group, bringing them down to 22 members. Then in 2023, Sungchan & Shotaro were moved out of NCT and into SM's newest boy group Riize, making NCT have 20 members. Then in the latter half of 2023, we met the new members of NCT's newest Japanese and FINAL unit, NCT Wish. Bringing the members up to 26. After this, there will be NO more additions into NCT. SM cancelled their "infinite expansion" and decided that NCT is done growing. So you don't have to worry about learning even more members than 26 lol and it's a total of 6 units: NCT U, NCT 127, NCT Dream, WayV, NCT DoJaeJung, and NCT Wish. Winwin is still very much active in WayV, but SM hasn't officially announced his departure from 127, probably bc SM is a pretty terrible and lazy company lol and odds are they forgot that they never officially announced that it was a permanent switch and not temporary smh. In 2020 fans were still considering Winwin a member of 127, but by 2024 we've accepted that he's a WayV member only now lol This guide also says Jisung as a 2002 liner is the maknae of NCT, but with NCT Wish that's actually no longer the case. All of NCT Wish are younger than Jisung, and the maknae, of Wish and now NCT as whole, is Sakuya who was born 2007. Making the age gap between oldest and youngest member 13 years. I'm a 2000 liner myself and I feel old thinking about that! Just saw that you did see the new members at the end which is great! Hopw you check out each unit and just take your time, you'll learn them all pretty fast!

[@pamelaguerra3768]

isn't the oldest members 96 line? if the ypugest was born in 2007 that makes them 11 years apart

[@sweetyongf]

@@pamelaguerra3768 The oldest member of NCT is Taeil who was born in 1994. So it's 13 years.

[@kpopmulti_17]

Every new/baby NCTzen: "What have I gotten myself into?"

[@Kloves818]

There is an updated 2024 guide for NCT (TheBaddestCzennie's channel) that explains this in a more updated, condensed way. A lot of the information is simailar but it's worth checking out to understand everything that's happened with NCT (especially since all the chaos last year).

[@keesia729]

Idk if anyone said already but Ten was born and raised in Thailand which is why he has a Thai name and nationality is Thai but he's ethnically Chinese! There is a guide I think about Sungchan and Shotaro! Although they're no longer NCT I believe it's important to know about them when they were in NCT. Plus I consider Riize a unofficial unit of NCT lmao and there is also a pre debut guide for the new unit NCT Wish, although you can just wait til there is a updated on once they debut although you could also watch that in time before their debut. Someone already probably said but the youngest in NCT now is 07 meaning there is now a 13 year difference between Taeil and Ryo and Sakuya. I also think it's important kind of to know about some almost NCT members like Hansol who was trained with some NCT members but left SM and then the whole NCT Universe show where Sungtaro was part of along with new trainees Seunghan, Shohei, and Eunseok who two are in Riize and one is still a trainee (not sure what SM is going to do with him atp)

[@kpopmulti_17]

I'm 3 minutes in but I just wanna say there were 2 more members that were added in the group (Shotaro and Sungchan) at that same year that wasn't in the guide because it happened after the guide was released, but they left the group last 23rd of May last 2023 (Lucas also left the group last May 10, 2023). They (Shotaro and Sungchan ONLY) redebuted under SM Entertainment's newest boy group, RIIZE. I don't have a trusty guide to share with you about them though, I kind of learned about them through my progress of being an NCTzen. And in the same year (2023), SM Entertainment launched a survival show NCT LASTART where 7 members were formed to be NCT WISH and renamed to NCT NEW TEAM, the last and final NCT unit. They will officially debut this year (2024) with the group name (they renamed again) NCT WISH and with 6 members, and they're gonna be the new maknaes/youngest members. All of them are younger than Park Jisung, the current youngest member (as of now) of NCT. So as of now, they currently have 26 members. If you in

[@АделинаВалеева-щ9и]

About Kun's talents... he can literally fly a plane and he promoted wayv's song while skydiving and he can cook well and he has a bachelor degree and-

[@summertimegirl0117]

Xiaojun's so much emotion... wait till you hear NCT/WayV songs and you'll see this guys divorced 23 times. LOL

[@Kpopscales139]

Well Sungchan and Shotaro were also there but they left and joined Riize, a rookie grouo debuted in 2023... Riize MVs= Get a Guitar(debut), Siren, Memories, Talk Saxy, Love 119(1st comeback)

[@cmq23]

Mark was born in Toronto, then moved to New York at age 5, then moved to Vancouver at age 11, then moved to Seoul for training in SM at age 13.

[@rebeckaroy6790]

Yes, it means one can't really place his accent (especially in a Canadian spectrum) because he's lived in so many different places.

[@eva-b2h7l]

he moved to New York at age 7, not 5 from recent interview with Eric Nam on Dive Studios: "So I was born in Toronto for like till I was 7 and I moved to New York City for about 5 years and then I moved to Vancouver and then from there I moved to Korea" kzbin.info/www/bejne/boGalXh9oNt7fpo

[@iluvnct]

About the whole Winwin situation he isn’t active with 127 anymore but he’s active with Wayv however he just came back because he was working in China for acting

[@dreamylightss]

Hi Lauren, thank you for this video🥹 and yeah the guide is a bit outdated but still have some good information. Right now, all the members of nct (except nct tokyo/nct wish) have a song under NCT U, so basically all the members are in at least 2 units. You can check out their discography under their big project album to see the diversity of nct genres and each unit's color NCT 2018 - Empathy NCT 2020 - Resonance pt.1 & pt.2 NCT 2021 - Universe NCT 2023 - Golden Age

[@indi90air]

It took me over a year to learn all the NCT members but that is only because I deliberately put it off for so long XD So I'm sure you can do it! My biases so far are Jaemin, Jungwoo, Taeyong, Ten, YangYang, Hendery, Kun, Chenle and maybe Jeno and Winwin and Yuta as well :P Just a few! One area where this guide might cause a slight misunderstanding was that SM didn't change NCT Dream's graduation system because of Mark specifically. They changed it because at the end of 2020 Jisung and Chenle would have been the only ones left and I guess they either didn't have any other trainees that were ready to debut at that time or they didn't want to risk debuting a new group at the height of the pandemic. So Mark being added back in happened because of the graduation system's cancellation, not the other way around.

[@kpopmulti_17]

I don't know about the other groups but I find that the groups I do stan seems to be more familiar and brotherly than business relationships because NCT members have trained together for years, their training period overlaps, they're part of SM's training program SM ROOKIES (most of them) and some of the pre-debut exposures, they have done together even not knowing they'll be part of a future big group later on. They also don't have a big age gap, like within the 21 members in the guide the eldest and youngest has an 7/8 year age gap and most of the members share another member that's the same age as them.

[@megan1362]

My boys!! Honestly don't stress about learning the names, it will come with time :) Hope you enjoy getting to know them

[@nilmaryrivera8578]

If you want to get into NCT I recommend doing it one unit at a time so that way is easier to learn their names. The sub-units are NCT DREAM, NCT 127, NCT DDJ, Way V, NCT U(not a fixed unit, they choose the members that fits the song better) and the new one NCT WISH. They wont add any new members from now on.

[@tadadadadada3512]

18:52 talking about modelling, jeno in 2022 was the first ever kpop artist to open a runway for peter do at New York fashion show

[@reeta_sofia]

Sooo happy to see you reacting to Nct

[@gingerrum9138]

They actually have a new unit and last member that will debut this year. If you want to know more about nct new team here's the guide kzbin.info/www/bejne/ennNf35pptqIrqssi=toBHMp4LHZAeM-DE

[@sweetyongf]

I don't have a favorite unit because I'm a firm believer in supporting all of NCT equally (totally okay if you have a favorite unit though, a lot of people do and it's fine as long as you obviously don't speak about or treat the other members and units badly), but I definitely have a firm bias list lol My ults are Taeyong, Kun, and Jeno, with strong biases in Sion, Yuta, Xiaojun, Chenle, Doyoung and Mark. My favorite songs from the units (which I highly recommend as well) are: NCT U - "Universe (Let's Play Ball)" and "Faded In My Last Song" (b-side) NCT 127 - "Limitless" and "Ay-Yo" NCT Dream - "Hello Future" and "Poison" (b-side) WayV - "Phantom" and "On My Youth" NCT DoJaeJung - "Can We Go Back" NCT Wish - "Hands Up" (this is their only song so far and its a predebut track, but its a lot of fun! They officially debut in February though if you're interested)

[@justjen7195]

I'm so excited that you are going to check out NCT! I hope you will check out more of Taeyong's solo work as well. He has a lot of diversity in his music and writes/composes ALL of his own songs. He is having his 1st comeback as a soloist at the end of February. So excited! Thanks!

[@MengMinerva]

Dear LC, absolutely adored all your kpop reactions! Given that you like Dojaejung a lot, KISS, another song of theirs, may be worth getting into. Especially its black-and-red Performance video. Very sensual and classy. Some other classic NCT contents: Variety Shows: * NCT World: the one where all 23 members held a sports meeting, rotating arm wrestlings involved. * 7llin' in the dream and the like: where each unit took a short trip, rent a mansion, sing Karaokes and have shouting matches during sports. Those are chill and very cute. * NCT 127 members are CRAZY about Karaoke, like they love love Karaoke. Those clips are fun to watch. Watching them covering TVXQ, hype boy, and bangbangbang is a blast. * It's Awkward but it's Okay is a short variety series, where unfamiliar members are paired for a date, with other members giving instructions in their ears. Wildly creative, cringy, and hysterical. * Dream and 127 produced dozens of mini variety shows, a few episoseds, each 15-30min long, of different settings. Kinda like their version of SKZ code. The one where Jisung's entering into adulthood being celebrated by a group fight among Dream members is fun. * Their Halloween contents are fun. Churned out many princesses and gorgeous ladies. MUSIC-wise: * 127 and Dream's Killing Voice. Brilliant. * NCT 127's recording sessions. Their unedited, raw singing. Especially Doyoung, Mark, Haechan, and Taeil's voice. Gosh their most popular songs: * 127 songs: Cherry Bomb (iconic choreography) // Limitless // Simon Says // Kick it // 2 Baddies // Sticker (the madly experimental and polarizing one) *127 star b-sides: Baby don't like it (naughty// Highway to heaven (heavenly// No longer (touching). Also every song on their Neozone album have its own short track video. * NCT U songs: 7 Sense (first NCT mv ever)// BOSS (and its dance practice) // Make a Wish // Baggy Jeans * NCT dream songs: Chewing Gum (the start) // My First and Last (mv fun) // Go (the teenage rebels) // Boom (bop) // ISTJ * NCT: Beautiful (heartwarming) Dance: *Almost all NCT dance practice videos are pleasant to watch. Their choreography is unbelievably complicated. *Personally I find Haechan's fancams mesmerizing. That man's dance is no less watchable than Jimin, Hyunjin or Taemin's. *Ten released a solo with crazy cheoreo. *Black on black and Resonance are NCT whole-group songs, with all 20-sth of them. Sorta like their theme songs. Both are impactful. and their choreography paradigm-shifting. Again, Lauren, your reactions have been sincerely appreciated! Love how you deep dive Into each group that spiked your interest and take time to really get to know them, and appreciate their lyrics. Your passion for music is truly contagious! Wish you a wonderful journey into Ncity as well❤

[@doiedonawt]

sm halt the "limitless members" concept after lee sooman stepped out from sm entertainment, the final member count now is 26 (9 from 127, 7 from dream, 6 from wayv, and 6 from wish which is their new japanese subunit)

[@sunnyminghao]

A great place to start for learning Dream and 127’s music is through their killing voice videos!!

[@namjuyeon5492]

about the age gap 1:32:08 i watch this video on August 2024 so right now after the NCT Wish members debuted the age gap between the oldest and the youngest of NCT members is 13 years since the VERY maknae of NCT is Sakuya who is born in 2007 :))

[@juwoos]

9:05 while there's still no statement regarding winwin leaving 127 it's pretty clear he's never comiing back and it's for the better because he's getting more time to shine in wayv. no one really considers him apart of 127 anymore except for a few people who cant seem to move on 😂

[@yennhiteresa]

those people are just weird shippers who can’t handle the fact that winwin is happier in wayv lol😂

[@savvy0025]

You can also check out this guide as this includes a more updated information about the group including the newest and LAST unit of NCT kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYiVh32GrK2fi6ssi=2xrDP-Qmf0NpEwhO

[@richhalloweenpumpkin_tealatte]

1:06:04 bae this comment is so real tho everyone LOVESSS xiaojun's eyebrows

[@blue_567]

YOU LOOK SO YOUNG HELLO?? thank you for reacting to nct!

[@KpopUnniesUwU]

I love NCT! My fav unit is NCT Dream! Hope you react to TripleS as well, they are like the girl version of NCT!😅 They have 24 members and divided in small units. Special thing abt them is that the fans got to choose the songs from the list of songs spoiler for their comebacks! And you may have more shock of their ages (01-09) for the moment, we still don’t know if 4 members will include 00s or 10s! Also the youngest idol right now is Seowon from Unis (Universe Ticket survival show- one of my fav show last year), she is 11 liner and she’s super talented!❤

[@KayT556]

Yeah since 2023, things of changed cause members left. Lucas isn't in NCT anymore and I don't know if this guide mentions them but members sunchan and shotaro aren't in there either. The concept of adding members has also ended and there is now a new fixed sub-unit of NCT called NCT Wish which is a Japanese sub-unit like how WayV is the chinese sub-unit

[@mmilou100]

Omgggg I can't wait to watch this tonight

[@marsls7500]

Thank you for the reaction! NCT 127 and NCT Dream's killing voices is really a must, if you have the time, i strongly recommend. WayV's last 2 albums are works of art, we call them the theater unit. And NCT WISH has a pre debut song called 'Hands Up' wich is a bop. Cuties. And giiiiiirllll NCT U is A.MA.ZING. Probably my favorite unit because I never know what to expect or who. Always a surprise box. All the albums are insanely good.

[@kpopmulti_17]

OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE CLICKED YOUR VIDEO THIS FAST

[@tadadadadada3512]

yeah sm still considers winwin as a 127 member, they include his birthday on calendar for 127 season greetings, but he hasn’t performed with 127 since his wayv debut, even when they had nct nation concert(concert w all of nct)

[@boop4473]

Can't wait for more NCT videos! Also there are two other members who weren't in the vid Sunchan and Shotoro. They debuted in NCT U but were never put in a fixed unit. Last year they were removed from the group and debuted with the group Riize! Which I also recommend!!

[@RavensBlue]

Song MV recs: NCT 127: Fire Truck[debut], Simon Says, Ay-Yo NCT Dream: Chewing Gum[debut], We Go Up, Hello Future NCT U: 7th Sense[debut], Universe(Let's Play Ball), From Home [also highly recommend the live rearranged version from MAMA 2020] WayV: Regular[debut], Moonwalk, Turn Back Time

[@irem021]

i feel like weekly idol episodes give you a real sense of what their personalities are like so that might be the next step? my fav unit is nct dream so i would recommend you to watch their ep first:) they were on weekly idol multiple times but there are only two times all 7 members were there, i recommend the one that came out in 2018 (ep 371) because since that was their first appearance on there, they made profiles for each of the members which is really informative if you're a new fan and tells you a lot about their personalities and their group dynamics in general, it's just perfect for getting to know them better)

[@starryjuns4322]

i second this!! weekly idol episodes are great when you're just getting to know a group. ep 371 is a funny one too

[@juwoos]

AHHHH!! i've been waiting for u to really get into nct thank u so much for blessing us with almost 2 hours worth of you reacting to nct

[@sa8ina8]

winwin is just the member who is insanely mistreated by the company, this man barely has any lines or dance breaks. he was in china for over a year to film a c-drama, but now he is active with wayv

[@summertimegirl0117]

Yes you're right, WayV has so many english songs

[@rjlover7dream]

Jisung is not the maknae of NCT as a whole anymore (he still and will be the maknae of nct dream) SM released a new and last unit of NCT which is NCT WISH were 5/6 of the members are younger than jisung, the 2 youngest is 2007 liner. They are now a 26 member group

[@luv4solya]

don’t worry about more people added because nct wish (nct new team) is final unit in nct so no more people

[@hrcdana]

jokes on you...you need to learn 6 more members because nct now has a new unit called NCT WISH (japanese unit but has two koreans) who are yet to debut (in February)

[@lynZy05]

It was I think 18 at the beginning then 21 then 23 then 20 then now 26 members. 1 member left and 2 got moved to Riize. I am so excited for the NCT babies - NCT Wish to debut

[@Sp1der_mark]

Omg I'm so glad your reacting to NCT💚It would be great to see a video where you react to a bunch of songs from each unit?! Some Recommendations💕 127- Fact Check, Ay-yo, Punch, Kick It, Favorite Dream- ISTJ, Boom, Glitch Mode, Hello Future WayV- Phantom, Bad Alive, Moonwalk, Kick Back NCT U- Make a wish, 90's Love, Ressonance💚💚

[@StitchInTime]

NCT 127 fan for almost 4 years Bias Yuta 2nd bias,Not a fan of Dream,WayV been a fan since 2020 bias Ten so no I don't have alot of biases😊

[@loislindsay]

Awesome reaction

[@swappy31]

i loved your reaction and i'm so excited to see your journey with nct:)) i'd recommend some nct dream content since i have a soft spot of them, the videos "nct dream not getting anything done because they talk too much" are very funny and i'm sure you'd enjoy them!

[@tadadadadada3512]

it’s actually not that hard to memorise nct members 😂 personally watching funny contents and compilations helped me a lot

[@torresivana2228]

We now have another unit! Nct wish :)

[@cordula2648]

Idk if this is actually correct but with the winwin Nct127 situation I thing it’s just SM being indecisive like always. I feel like they never want to make clear statements about this stuff they just wait and hope everyone forgets it ever happened. (I feel like it was the same with Lucas)

[@yolo7543]

I like this guide for an intro to how NCT works but hate how little it mentions about WayV (WayV was new when this guide was made but even considering that it mentions very little about WayV member). If you were to react to a WayV guide I'd recommend - (un)HELPFUL guide to WayV l 2021 by Lao Gan Ma Even though it is outdated and includes Lucas (who is still worth learning about and appreciating despite no longer being in NCT) it's still the best WayV guide we have and really gives you an idea about the members even if it doesn't include recent content that really highlights their talent. -- Obviously each unit deserves their own guide - however I can't say for sure what guide is best for the other units, they're either great but outdated or don't show off all of the members well/fairly (and Yuta always seems to get the short end of the stick despite being so talented)

[@richhalloweenpumpkin_tealatte]

35:18 nct fr have like 50 it's crazy😭😭

[@tadadadadada3512]

13:20 nct dream actually still releases a lot of hopeful and relatable songs, so it’s still fine😁 they probably have the most diverse discography among nct units

[@seulpeaches]

hope that you'll be able to react to their mvs and yt content when u get the time. excited for u to get into their stellar and diverse discography ✨

[@rosieso3550]

FINALLLYYY

[@xiannee9722]

i am curious to see you react to nct/wayv being multiliqual 😊😂.

[@SolsticePie]

This video was released recently and is up to date they just havent posted the next parts kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXbEl4KPrpWiZtUsi=vaSzxKSaaxmsar62

[@Beatopia5]

I recommend checking out 127 and dreams killing voice next

[@tingtang93]

I believe Ten is ethnically Chinese but Thai nationality

[@skyjupiter8214]

NCT Wish maknaes are 07 liner 🤣

[@summertimegirl0117]

If you will going to react to a guide for each unit, I recommend a guide by Lao Gan Ma for WayV

[@seizmicsm]

Hi! I'm your subscriber since your discovery to TXT, now I discover a new artist and they become one of my favourite, I would like to recommend them to you too 🙌 So they're SB19, yes this is different from what you have been doing which us focusing on kpop reaction, because SB19 is from Phillippines, the first artist in the form of 'boyband' from Phillippines that make it big and get popular internationally in these past months, one of their song 'Gento' also getting viral in kpop community because so many kpop idols doing the dance challenge on tiktok. Also, this group age range is 25 - 30 hehe I'll drop some songs recommendation to you right away: 1. SB19 GENTO MV 2. SB19 MANA Live Wish Bus 3. SB19 FREEDOM MV 4. SB19 Hanggang Sa Huli Live Wish Bus That's all so far, hope you can get to check them out and I can recommend more of them to you after 🙌❤

[@sa8ina8]

U ARE NOT TWO YEARS OLDER THAN TAEIL HELLO??? I MEAN FOR SURE U ARENT OLD AND TAEIL ISNT AS WELL BUT YOU LOOK EXTREMELY YOUNG I THOUGHT U WERRE 22 😭😭😭 U LOOK AMAZING!

[@Mochixbee-ko3hc7ff7p]

please reaction more about NCT!!!

[@loislindsay]

Minx love shake real minx ver plz

[@juwoos]

9:25 i don't think theres any valid reason really it's just SM being a mess of a company lol