NCT (short for Neo Culture Technology) is a group composed of members from many parts of the world. The idea behind it is that there’s a subunit for each region, but so far there are only Korean and Chinese subunits, with promises of other areas in the future (ex. NCT Hollywood). Currently there are 2 Korean subunits(NCT Dream and NCT 127), one Chinese subunit (WayV), and one United subunit(NCT U). There are currently 23 members, with one member on hiatus (Lucas). NCT Dream is the debut of 7 of the youngest members at the time of debut of NCT 127 and NCT U. The concept was originally a rotational concept, with the members graduating from said subunit. Mark graduated, but the concept was changed and he was brought back. The og members and current members include Mark, Jeno, Jaemin, Haechan, Renjun, Chenle, and Jisung, with Jisung being the maknae of the subunit and of NCT as a whole. NCT Dream debuted with Chewing Gum, and were the first to get a music show win out of all NCT groups. Their latest release was Beatbox, and was a repackage of their previous album Glitch Mode. The next Korean Subunit is NCT 127. The 127 stands for the longitude of Seoul, meaning that they are based in Seoul. NCT 127 includes 9 members, Taeil, Johnny, Taeyong, Yuta, Doyoung, Jaehyun, Jungwoo, Mark, and Haechan. Winwin was a member of NCT 127 in the past but has not been with them since WayVs debut, while Doyoung and Johnny were not in NCT 127 at the beginning but were added later. NCT 127 debuted with Fire Truck, and had lukewarm success for a while before becoming very popular, particularly in the states where one member (Johnny) is from and where two members (Mark and Jaehyun) lived for some time. NCT 127 has Japanese, Korean, American, and Canadian members, with a past of having a Chinese member as well. WayV (short for Weishen V somehow don’t ask me how) is NCTs Chinese subunit. They debuted the most recently with 7 members: Kun(leader), Ten, Hendery, Xiaojun, Winwin, Lucas, and Yangyang(maknae). They released a Chinese version of regular that some consider their debut, while others consider their first original release, Take Off) to be their debut. Their most recent album was Kick Back. They were supposed to have another one last year, but due to Lucas’ scandal they pushed it back. All the members are Chinese or Taiwanese, with the exception of Ten, who was born in Thailand, but has ethnic roots in China. Certain members are also form areas that have more autonomy than the other parts of China, including Macau and Hong Kong. The final subunit is NCT U, which stands for NCT United. This subunit involves all the members of the previous subunits with the adddition of Shotaro (Japanese) and Sungchan (Korean), both of whom were added in 2020 to NCT. NCT U takes members based on the concept and has a different lineup for each release. NCT U was the first NCT unit to debut, with 5 members being part of the original lineup (Ten, Taeyong, Mark, Jaehyun, Doyoung). Their most recent release was Universe, with 21 members taking part (Winwin had schedules in China and Lucas had his scandal).
this isn’t all I could write about NCT but I think it’s long enough
