To say the least I was a di e hard fan of this group from 2017 up until 2020 (where the last ‘comeback’ I participated in (from streaming, promoting it, station head parties etc) up until Resonance, and just before NCT Dream entered he Hot Sauce era in 2021 and haven’t been active in the fandom space since then, but even if that’s the case I still adored the members a lot (especially Jeno, Doyoung, Taeyong and Jisung for example). While I was a fan of WayV until just before the end of 2022 (December I believe). But I have kinda watched from the sidelines but not actively listening.
Aside from the various management issues and a certain* member ‘leaving’ and of course improper care from the company surrounding NCT as a whole, I’ve slowly started to listen to their songs and comebacks for the first time since then, and I had some things I wanted to say, including giving some credit to some of my favourite performances.
AWSAZ (It’s Awkward but It’s Okay) series. Has been really interesting to watch, especially when I don’t know the new members to well, (especially the members of NCT Wish), even if it is awkward, the series is still enjoyable enough you can get a laugh out of it or to. Ever since I was a fan of them, it was very clear even during Black on Black era, that the members don’t know each other, let alone that well in one on one situations (despite what we might wanted to believe). So this series is very refreshing from that point of view.
Johnny’s Communication Center (JCC). Its a series of vlogs directed/ by Johnny who tries several things, and to my surprise it is actually still on going and really beloved by fans, so that’s really nice and cool to see. I would never thought, Johnny would be the type of person to get a tattoo, so finding that out was super cool (same with Ten’s and Taeyong’s).
Comebacks and Solo Debuts.
Haechan. He debuted with his first full album ‘TASTE’, he has a really unique voice and I’ve always enjoyed his vocals since first finding NCT 127 back then. Even if you don’t recognize his name, I’m sure once you hear his vocals, you would recognize it pretty much instantly. I really liked CRZY, Camera Lights and Grey Rain.
DoYoung. DoYoung debuted with the trio unit DoJaeJung in April before making his solo debut in my birthday month (April) back in 2024. Obvs I have some bias towards DoYoung, but I loved his debut and comeback far more then I thought I would, especially these performances. From little wave, Memory, Little Light and his song called ‘Warmth‘.
Taeyong. Tbh I’m not sure how I feel about the track, ‘Shalala’, the track is catchy, but I just don’t know how to feel about the mv and the choice of story line for it. Its kinda how I felt about ‘Zoo’ (the unit stage/song), like its not the worst thing but will take time to grow on me so to say. But I will say, Moon Tour and Ruby are such beautiful songs, while tracks like Gwando, Ups & Downs, reminded me of when he posted his songs on SoundCloud, a really nice vibe, and easy to sing a long to/ vibe to kind of songs.
TEN. Meanwhile I really and truly believe, that TEN went above and beyond for his solo debut and he crushed it, from the performance videos, to the promotions for ‘Nightwalker’, it was such a well rounded album. Lie with you and Dangerous are still stuck in my head.
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