NCT 127
NCT 127 is the second subunit and Seoul-based unit of the South Korean boy group NCT. With their first extended play NCT #127, featuring seven members: Taeyong, Taeil, Yuta, Jaehyun, Win-win, Mark, Haechan.
Johnny and Doyoung later joined in December 2016, followed by Jungwoo in September 2018.
They made their official debut with NCT #127 on July 10th, 2016, consisting of seven tracks including the lead single, “Fire Truck” and the B-side track “Once Again.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yluj7YAIuE
The album contained various genres, such as hip-hop, trap, and Moombahton (“Firetruck”); retro (“Once Again”), electropop (“Wake Up,” “Another World”) and dance-pop (“Paradise”).
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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| 1. | “Fire Truck” (소방차, sobangcha) | Taeyong, Mark, Jaehyun, Jam Factory | LDN Noise, Tay Jasper, Ylva Dimberg | LDN Noise | 02:59 |
| 2. | “Once Again” (여름 방학, yeoreum banghak) | Jo Yoon Kyung | Chris Wahle, Andreas Oberg | 03:10 | |
| 3. | “Wake Up” | Kim In-hyung, Baek In-kyung, Cho Jin-joo | LDN Noise, Tay Jasper | LDN Noise | 02:57 |
| 4. | “Another World” | Kim Min-ji, Lee Seul | Timothy ‘Bos’ Bullock, Tay Jasper, Adrian Mckinnon, Jamil ‘Digi’ Chammas, Leven Kali, MZMC | Timothy ‘Bos’ Bullock, Tay Jasper | 03:32 |
| 5. | “Paradise” | 1월 8일 (Jam Factory), Jung Joo-hee, Realmeee | Henry Hill, The Colleagues, Otha ‘Vakseen’ Davis III | G.Bliz for TDL, Inc. | 03:27 |
| 6. | “Mad City” (Jaehyun, Taeyong & Mark) | Mark, Taeyong, Double Dragon | Donald ‘haZEL’ Sales, Double Dragon | Double Dragon | 03:19 |
| 7. | “Switch” (feat. SR15B) | Jung Joon-hee, Kang Eun-jung | Tay Jasper, Trey Campbell, Rosina ‘Soaky’ Russell, LDN Noise | LDN Noise | 03:05 |
On January 5th, 2017, NCT 127 released the music video for “Limitless.” It was the title track of their second Extended Play, Limitless, which was released on January 9th.
And the B-side track is “Good Thing.”
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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| 1. | “Limitless” (無限的我, wúxiàn de wǒ; 무한적아, muhanjeog-a) | Kenzie |
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Kenzie | 4:07 |
| 2. | “Good Thing” |
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3:40 |
| 3. | “Back 2 U (AM 01:27)” |
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3:55 |
| 4. | “Heartbreaker” (롤러코스터, rolleokoseuteo) | Hwang Jiwon |
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Coach & Sendo | 3:14 |
| 5. | “Baby Don’t Like It” (나쁜 짓, nappeun jit sung by Taeil, Taeyong, Doyoung, Mark & Haechan) |
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Jamil “Digi” Chammas | 2:39 |
| 6. | “Angel” |
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Mr. Cho | Cheongdam-dong Park Kunwoo | 4:09 |
NCT 127 released their third Extended Play titled Cherry Bomb on June 14th, 2017, with the lead single of the same title. Cherry Bomb is the third extended play by NCT 127, the Seoul-based subunit of the South Korean boy group NCT. The Extended Play includes a total of seven tracks.
And the B-side “0 Mile” for the first time on M! Countdown.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Arrangement | Length |
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| 1. | “Cherry Bomb” |
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3:56 |
| 2. | “Running 2 U” |
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The Colleagues | 2:47 |
| 3. | “0 Mile” |
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3:23 |
| 4. | “Sun & Moon” (sung by Taeil, Johnny, Taeyong, Yuta, Doyoung, & Jaehyun) |
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3:07 |
| 5. | “Whiplash” (sung by Jaehyun, Mark, Taeyong, & Taeil) |
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3:21 |
| 6. | “Summer 127” |
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Chek Parren | 3:37 |
| 7. | “Cherry Bomb” (Performance version) |
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4:21 |
On March 14th, 2018, NCT 127 released their new single “Touch” as part of NCT 2018 Empathy, a full-length studio album that brought together all active units of NCT, and grouped them under the collective name NCT 2018.
On May 23rd, NCT 127 released their Japanese debut EP Chain via Avex Trax.
On October 12th, NCT 127 released their first full-length album, Regular-Irregular, which is the first studio album by South Korean boy band NCT 127.
The album was released by SM Entertainment on October 12th, 2018, and distributed by IRIVER. It consists of eleven tracks.
On October 8th, NCT 127 released the music video of the English version of their new single “Regular,” which marks the group’s first English-language song. The music video for the Korean version of “Regular” was released on October 11th, 2018. The album was released on October 12th, 2018.
On November 13th, 2018, NCT 127 announced the release of the album’s repackage, Regulate with teasers of the members. The album and its lead single, “Simon Says,” was released on November 23rd, 2018.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | “City 127” (지금 우리, jigeum uri) |
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| 2. | “Regular” |
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3:37 |
| 3. | “Replay (PM 01:27)” | Bang Hye-hyun |
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3:39 |
| 4. | “Knock On” |
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3:25 |
| 5. | “No Longer” (나의 모든 순간, naye modeun sungan) | Hwang Hyun |
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4:57 |
| 6. | “Interlude: Regular to Irregular” |
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| 7. | “My Van” (내 Van, nae van) |
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3:26 |
| 8. | “Come Back” (악몽, akmong) |
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3:25 |
| 9. | “Fly Away with Me” (신기루, shingiru) |
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3:32 |
| 10. | “Regular” (English version) |
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3:39 |
| 11. | “Run Back 2 U” (bonus track) |
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3:39 |
On March 18th, 2019, the group released “Wakey-Wakey” as the lead single to their first Japanese studio album, Awaken, which was released on April 17th.
| Title | Lyrics | Music | Length | |
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| 1. | “Lips” | Akira | Andreas Öhrn, Didrik Thott & Sam Fishman | 3:06 |
| 2. | “Wakey-Wakey” | MEG.ME | Andreas Oberg & Sebastian Scott (Tripple-Cripple) | 3:02 |
| 3. | “Chain” | MEG.ME, Taeyong, Mark | 250, Albin Nordqvist | 3:42 |
| 4. | “Regular” (English version) | Coogie, Tommy $trate, Taeyong, Mark | Mike Daley, Mitchell Owens, Vedo, George Kranz, Yoo Young-jin | 3:40 |
| 5. | “Touch” (Japanese version) | Jo Yoon-kyung, Kim Min-ji, Shin Jin-hye (Jam Factory) | LDN Noise, Deez, Adrian Mckinnon | 3:10 |
| 6. | “Blow My Mind” | Junji Ishiwatari | WilljaySuave, Jonny Shorr & David Amber | 3:48 |
| 7. | “Limitless” (Japanese version) | Kenzie, Sara Sakurai | Kenzie, Harvey Mason Jr., Patrick “J Que” Smith, Kevin Randolph, Dewain Whitmore Jr., Andrew Hey, Brittany Burtonir | 4:08 |
| 8. | “Long Slow Distance” | Natsumi Kobayashi | Lee Dae Hee, Moon Sang Sun, Sean Alexander & Drew Ryan Scott | 4:25 |
| 9. | “Kitchen Beat” | Ume | Ronnie Icon, Jan Baars, Rajan Muse | 3:29 |
| 10. | “Cherry Bomb” (Korean version) | Taeyong, Mark, Deepflow, Lim Jung-Hyo, Oh Min-joo | Dwayne Abernathy Jr., Jennifer Decilveo, Deez, Jakob `Jay` Mihoubi, Rudi `Rudy` Daouk, Michael Woods, Kevin White, Andrew Bazzi, MZMC | 3:56 |
| 11. | “Fire Truck” (Korean version) | Taeyong, Mark, Jaehyun, Jam Factory | LDN Noise, Tay Jasper, Ylva Dimberg | 2:58 |
| 12. | “End to Start” | Amon Hayashi | Jung Youth, Tony Esterly | 3:30 |
And then they announced their fourth Extended Play, We Are Superhuman, which was released on May 24th, 2019. The group continued as nine, as Win-win is currently promoting with WayV.
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| 1. | “Highway to Heaven” |
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3:20 |
| 2. | “Superhuman” |
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3:57 |
| 3. | “Fool” (아 깜짝이야) | Rick Bridges |
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2:41 |
| 4. | “Jet Lag” (시차) |
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3:15 |
| 5. | “Paper Plane” (종이비행기) | Oh Min-ju |
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| 6. | “Outro: We Are 127” | Tak | 1:27 |
Way-V (威神V)
WayV (Wei Shen V) is the fourth subunit and the China-based unit of the Hallyu localization project group, NCT. The unit is composed of seven members: Kun, Ten, Winwin, Lucas, Xiaojun, Hendery, and Yangyang. SM Entertainment first introduced the group on August 13th, 2018, as NCT China.
On January 17th, WayV released their first digital EP, The Vision, with a Chinese version of NCT 127’s “Regular” as the lead single.
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| 1. | “理所当然 (Regular)” | 3:38 |
| 2. | “噩梦 (Come Back)” | 3:25 |
| 3. | “梦想发射计划 (Dream Launch)” | 3:47 |
On May 1st, WayV announced that their first mini-album, Take Off. It was subsequently released on May 9th. The album consists of six songs, with “Take Off” as its lead single.
“Take Off” is an urban dance genre track with powerful trap drum sounds and a catchy club bass line. The song was created by Mike Charles Daley and Mitchell Owens with Chinese lyrics by Yan Yunnong.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | “无翼而飞 Take Off” | Yan Yun Nong | Mike Daley, Mitchell Owens, Wilbart ‘Vedo’ McCoy III, Jeff Lewis | 3:53 |
| 2. | “理所当然 (Regular)” | Yen Yun Nong | Mike Daley, Mitchell Owens, Wilbart ‘Vedo’ McCoy III, George Kranz, Yoo Young-jin | 3:37 |
| 3. | “真实谎言 Say It” | Pan Yan Ting | LDN Noise, Andrew Choi, Lauren Dyson | 3:15 |
| 4. | “噩梦 (Come Back)” | Yen Yun Nong |
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| 5. | “爱不释手 Let Me Love U” | Wu Yi Wei | Jonathan Yip, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus, Ray McCullough, Kameron ‘Kam Parker’ Glasper, 220 | 3:46 |
| 6. | “梦想发射计划 (Dream Launch)” | Xiaohan | Shin Hyuk, Bae Min-su, $un, Jeff Lewis | 3:46 |
GOT7 Jus2 (저스투)
Jus2 is a South Korean duo consisting of JB and Yugyeom from the boy group GOT7. They were formed by JYP Entertainment and released their first Extended Play, Focus, on March 5th, 2019.
Their debut EP, Focus, was released on March 5th and contains six tracks with “Focus On Me” as the title track.
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They also released an OST for the drama He is Psychometric, titled “Take.”
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