NCT (band)
| NCT | |
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NCT 127 members in 2016
(From left: Mark, Winwin, Haechan, Taeyong, Yuta, Jaehyun, Taeil) |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
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| Years active | 2016–present |
| Labels |
S.M. Entertainment (South Korea) SM Beijing (China) SM True (Thailand) |
| Associated acts |
SM Town SM Rookies NCT U NCT 127 NCT Dream |
| Website | nct |
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NCT (Hangul: 엔시티) is a K-pop boy group formed by S.M. Entertainment. Their name stands for the Hallyu localization project Neo Culture Technology, a term coined by S.M. Entertainment founder Lee Soo-man to describe the group's concept of having an unlimited number of members divided into multiple sub-units based in various cities worldwide.
The group's six-member main unit NCT U made their debut in April 2016 with digital singles "The 7th Sense" and "Without You." The second unit, NCT 127 based in Seoul, made their debut in July 2016 with the mini album NCT #127. The third unit, NCT Dream made their debut in August 2016 with digital single "Chewing Gum". Subsequent units are expected to debut in Japan, Beijing, Shanghai, Bangkok and Latin America .
Most of the members of NCT were formerly part of SM Rookies, a pre-debut group of S.M. Entertainment trainees.
In January 2016, S.M. Entertainment founder Lee Soo-man gave a presentation at the SM Coex Artium titled "SMTOWN: New Culture Technology 2016", speaking about the agency's plans for a new boy group in line with their "culture contents" strategy that would be debuting different teams based in different countries around the world.
On April 4, 2016, S.M. Entertainment announced NCT's first unit, NCT U consisting of six members: Taeil, Taeyong, Doyoung, Ten, Jaehyun and Mark. NCT U released double digital singles "The 7th Sense" on April 9 and "Without You" on April 10 in two versions (a Korean version sung by Taeil, Doyoung, and Jaehyun, and a Chinese version with the addition of SM Rookies' Kun).
On April 9, 2016, NCT U made their first broadcast appearance with NCT On Air on Naver V-app, hosted by Super Junior's Kim Hee-chul. The same day, they had their first live performance in China at the 16th Music Feng Yun Bang Awards, along with two other Chinese members, Kun and WinWin. The group made their debut in Korea on music program KBS's Music Bank on April 15 and have subsequently appeared in three seasons of their reality series NCT Life, featuring other SM Rookies.
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