#era: nct 2018

[keehomania]

i watch this video every day and it always makes me cry

[bandzboy]

also now that i exposed my bias list is it a good time to say that i've been.... like a huge jaehyun and mark stan lately bc...? 🤸‍♂️

[planetquest]

thewnini i bought off ebay came with the most bizarre collection of freebies

[kimkaitual]

Haechan in Every NCT U Era Countdown to Haechan's Birthday: D-3

SM Rookies ✦ NCT 2018 Empathy ✦ Coming Home ✦ NCT 2020 Resonance Pt. 1 ✦ From Home ✦ NCT 2020 Resonance Pt. 2 ✦ 90's Love ✦ NCT 2021 Universe ✦ Universe (Let's Play Ball) ✦ NCT 2023 Golden Age ✦ NYCT

[nctxlight]

˖ ࣪ . 🌱 ࿐ ♡ ˚ .  NCT XLIGHT, pronounced as NCT BLACKLIGHT, is a seven-member fictional unit of NCT. They debuted on March 23rd, 2018 under SM ENTERTAINMENT as the fourth and only female sub-unit of the unlimited member concept group NCT. Multiple members debuted within separate units under NCT before making their debut in XLIGHT during the group's NCT 2018 EMPATHY era. 

The individual members of the group faced heavy amounts of backlash when they made their original debuts in NCT, but when the first all female unit was announced in 2018, both fans and the general public were excited for the debut. Due to XLIGHT debuting during NCT 2018, they didn't see too much success with their debut song 'P!NK' despite the song being well enjoyed by the public. The girls began to gain notable traction when they had their first comeback in 2018 and became considered a monster rookie group after being nominated for multiple Rookie of the Year awards.

In the early months of 2019, SM confirmed that XLIGHT's lineup will be expanding with new members throughout the years. Since the group's debut in 2018, they have gained only three members and there are no foreseeable plans to add any more members.

Over the years, XLIGHT has been known to have their own distinct music style that sits somewhere between the style of 127 and Dream. They have been praised for having such diverse concepts each comeback but still managing to keep their unique but recognizable sound. XLIGHT is considered the most popular NCT unit in the eyes of the general public but according to the fans, the girls are the third most popular unit.

˖ ࣪ ˚ . GROUP NAME ⇁ NCT XLIGHT

˖ ࣪ ˚ . MEMBER NICKNAME ⇁ The Neos / The Xs

˖ ࣪ ˚ . FANDOM NAME ⇁ NCTzens / Lightzens

˖ ࣪ ˚ . FANDOM COLORS ⇁ #bbf604 #df0095

˖ ࣪ ˚ . COMPANY ⇁ SM Entertainment 

˖ ࣪ ˚ . DEBUT DATE ⇁ March 23rd, 2018

˖ ࣪ ˚ . DEBUT SONG ⇁ P!NK

˖ ࣪ ˚ . GREETING ⇁ "To the world, this is NCT! Hello, we are NCT XLIGHT!"

˖ ࣪ . 🌱 ࿐ ♡ ˚ . MEET THE NEOS!

˖ ࣪ . 🍒 ࿐ ♡ ˚ .  HEO DURI professionally known as DEDE was born in 1996 in Daegu, South Korea. She is the oldest of the group and was placed into the lineup in late 2019 after previously debuting in 127 with Regular. She made her debut in U during NCT 2020 with the release of from home. DEDE was introduced as a SM Rookie on July 17th, 2014 alongside Haechan. She was given the title of Mom of NCT by both the girls and boys due to her very motherly personality and for being the oldest female member.

˖ ࣪ ˚ . FULL NAME ⇁ Heo Duri

˖ ࣪ ˚ . BIRTHDAY ⇁ May 17th, 1996

˖ ࣪ ˚ . BIRTHPLACE ⇁ Daegu, South Korea

˖ ࣪ ˚ . POSITION ⇁ Main Vocalist, Lead Dancer, Visual

˖ ࣪ ˚ . UNITS⇁ XLIGHT, 127, U

˖ ࣪ ˚ . HEIGHT ⇁ 163cm

˖ ࣪ ˚ . ETHNICITY ⇁ Korean

˖ ࣪ ˚ . NATIONALITY ⇁ Korean

˖ ࣪ ˚ . FACECLAIM ⇁ Im Nayeon

˖ ࣪ . 🦋 ࿐ ♡ ˚ .  YOSHIDA HANABI professionally known as NABI was born in 1997 in Yokohama, Japan. She is an original member of XLIGHT but didn't make her debut in NCT until the NCT 2018 Empathy era, when she debuted in U with boss. NABI was introduced as a SM Rookie on July 9th, 2015 alongside Koeun, Hina, and Herin. She was the 2nd Japanese member to debut and is highly popular over in Japan.

˖ ࣪ ˚ . FULL NAME ⇁ Hanabi Yoshida

˖ ࣪ ˚ . BIRTHDAY ⇁ April 5th, 1997

˖ ࣪ ˚ . BIRTHPLACE ⇁ Yokohama, Japan

˖ ࣪ ˚ . POSITION ⇁ Main Dancer, Lead Vocalist

˖ ࣪ ˚ . UNITS⇁ XLIGHT, U

˖ ࣪ ˚ . HEIGHT ⇁ 166cm

˖ ࣪ ˚ . ETHNICITY ⇁ Japanese

˖ ࣪ ˚ . NATIONALITY ⇁ Japanese

˖ ࣪ ˚ . FACECLAIM ⇁ Hirai Momo

˖ ࣪ . 🌤️ ࿐ ♡ ˚ .  BYUN NOEUL professionally known as NOEUL was born in 1998 in Incheon, South Korea. She was the first female member to debut in NCT, turning the group into a coed group with her debut in U with the release of without u. She then made her debut in 127 with firetruck, and then became an original member of XLIGHT. NOEUL was introduced as a SM Rookie on December 9th, 2013 alongside Irene, Jaehyun, and Lami. She was given the position of leader due to her training the longest and being the group's founding member.

˖ ࣪ ˚ . FULL NAME ⇁ Byun Noeul

˖ ࣪ ˚ . BIRTHDAY ⇁ December 31st, 1998

˖ ࣪ ˚ . BIRTHPLACE ⇁ Incheon, South Korea

˖ ࣪ ˚ . POSITION ⇁ Leader, Main Vocalist, Lead Dancer

˖ ࣪ ˚ . UNITS⇁ XLIGHT, 127, U

˖ ࣪ ˚ . HEIGHT ⇁ 165cm

˖ ࣪ ˚ . ETHNICITY ⇁ Korean

˖ ࣪ ˚ . NATIONALITY ⇁ Korean

˖ ࣪ ˚ . FACECLAIM ⇁ Hwang Eunbi

˖ ࣪ . 🐼 ࿐ ♡ ˚ .  AHN ISEUL professionally known as ISEUL was born in 1999 in Seoul, South Korea. She is the first added member to the lineup and made her debut in the unit in early 2019 after previously debuting in U with Yestoday. ISEUL was introduced as a SM Rookie on December 23rd, 2013 alongside Johnny, Ten, and Yuta. She also debuted as a member of project girl group Girls on Top. ISEUL is one of the group's main producers and has credits to her name for other major groups as well.

˖ ࣪ ˚ . FULL NAME ⇁ Ahn Iseul

˖ ࣪ ˚ . BIRTHDAY ⇁ September 4th, 1999

˖ ࣪ ˚ . BIRTHPLACE ⇁ Seoul, South Korea

˖ ࣪ ˚ . POSITION ⇁ Main Rapper, Lead Dancer, Vocalist

˖ ࣪ ˚ . UNITS⇁ XLIGHT, U

˖ ࣪ ˚ . HEIGHT ⇁ 162cm

˖ ࣪ ˚ . ETHNICITY ⇁ Korean

˖ ࣪ ˚ . NATIONALITY ⇁ Korean

˖ ࣪ ˚ . FACECLAIM ⇁ Ha Sooyoung 

˖ ࣪ . 🐺 ࿐ ♡ ˚ .  JUNG YOUNGHA professionally known as LIBBY was born in 2000 in Daegu, South Korea. She is an original member of XLIGHT and was the second female member ever announced. She made her debut in Dream and NCT with the release of chewing gum, then 127 with limitless and finally in U with boss. LIBBY was introduced as a SM Rookie on December 3rd, 2013 alongside Seulgi, Jeno, and Taeyong. She was given the nickname of Miss Neo due to her being considered the most neo female member in the group.

˖ ࣪ ˚ . FULL NAME ⇁ Jung Youngha

˖ ࣪ ˚ . BIRTHDAY ⇁ August 17th, 2000

˖ ࣪ ˚ . BIRTHPLACE ⇁ Daegu, South Korea

˖ ࣪ ˚ . POSITION ⇁ Main Rapper, Main Dancer, Vocalist, Center

˖ ࣪ ˚ . UNITS⇁ XLIGHT, Dream, 127, U

˖ ࣪ ˚ . HEIGHT ⇁ 169cm

˖ ࣪ ˚ . ETHNICITY ⇁ Korean

˖ ࣪ ˚ . NATIONALITY ⇁ Korean-American

˖ ࣪ ˚ . FACECLAIM ⇁ Hwang Yeji

˖ ࣪ . 🌸 ࿐ ♡ ˚ .  ZHOU MEILI professionally known as LILI was born in 2001 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. She was the last member to join the group and was placed into the lineup in 2021 after previously debuting in WayV with Regular. She made her debut in U during NCT 2020 with the release of 90s love. LILI was introduced as a SM Rookie on July 17th, 2018 alongside Xiaojun, Hendery, and Yangyang. She is well known as Taiwan's Flower due to her ethereal visuals and sweet personality.

˖ ࣪ ˚ . FULL NAME ⇁ Zhou Meili

˖ ࣪ ˚ . BIRTHDAY ⇁ June 30th, 2001

˖ ࣪ ˚ . BIRTHPLACE ⇁ Kaohsiung, Taiwan

˖ ࣪ ˚ . POSITION ⇁ Lead Dancer, Vocalist, Visual

˖ ࣪ ˚ . UNITS⇁ XLIGHT, WayV, U

˖ ࣪ ˚ . HEIGHT ⇁ 170cm

˖ ࣪ ˚ . ETHNICITY ⇁ Taiwanese

˖ ࣪ ˚ . NATIONALITY ⇁ Taiwanese

˖ ࣪ ˚ . FACECLAIM ⇁ Yeh Shuhua

˖ ࣪ . 🐣 ࿐ ♡ ˚ .  MCKENZIE LEE professionally known as ZIE was born in 2003 in Canberra, Australia. She is an original member of XLIGHT and was the third female member ever announced. She made her debut in Dream and NCT with the release of chewing gum, then later in U with 90s love. ZIE was introduced as a SM Rookie on December 16th, 2013 alongside Mark, Hansol, and Jisung. She also debuted as a member of project girl group Girls on Top. ZIE was given the nickname of Giant Baby due to being the tallest female member but the youngest overall member.

˖ ࣪ ˚ . FULL NAME ⇁ McKenzie Minjung Lee

˖ ࣪ ˚ . BIRTHDAY ⇁ May 5th, 2003

˖ ࣪ ˚ . BIRTHPLACE ⇁ Canberra, Australia

˖ ࣪ ˚ . POSITION ⇁ Lead Rapper, Lead Dancer, Vocalist, Visual, Maknae

˖ ࣪ ˚ . UNITS⇁ XLIGHT, Dream, U

˖ ࣪ ˚ . HEIGHT ⇁ 178cm

˖ ࣪ ˚ . ETHNICITY ⇁ Korean

˖ ࣪ ˚ . NATIONALITY ⇁ Australian

˖ ࣪ ˚ . FACECLAIM ⇁ Lee Chaeyoung

layout insp. by myah! ( @venusvity​ )

[ggukkiedae]

chocouple: 2014 to eternity

Click Below to See the Video

|| The Friends Era (2014-2016)

Yoonmi and Mark actually met in 2014 because SHINee’s Jonghyun introduced them, but we didn’t actually get any public interaction or word of their friendship until 2015. Yoonmi was 2 years into her career, and Mark hadn’t even debuted yet, but he was on Mickey Mouse Club. Yoonmi guested on one episode where the concept was having all the staff leave the kids with Yoonmi so they would be comfortable asking her for advice and what to expect as kids in the music industry.

Mark had taken one of the seats next to her and offered her a blanket to cover her legs with because she was in shorts. Although Hannah led the others in speaking to Yoonmi, the latter often looked to Mark for what seemed like encouragement to speak.

We don’t get any interactions between them again until Mark debuts a year later. NCT U’s The 7th Sense promotions overlapped with BTS’s Fire promotions. When Fire won 1st place in Music Bank, Mark can be seen giving Yoonmi a one-sided hug. Just a month later, Yoonmi was promoting her solo debut the same time NCT 127 was promoting their debut. When Yoonmi won 1st in MCountdown, the tannies weren’t there, so Key had 127 accompany Yoonmi on stage.

Though many people got distracted by the fact Yoonmi and Haechan had a secret handshake, no one missed how Mark and Yoonmi lingered in their hug a little longer, or how he stayed next to her the whole encore stage. An ex-SM staff mentioned that Mark walked her back to her waiting room, which was on the opposite end of NCT 127’s.

Months later, it’s awards show season. Most known NCT-BTS interactions consisted of Hannah and Yoonmi hanging out, but apparently Yoonmi went to NCT Dream’s dorm often. Back to awards shows, MAMA was a gem. Not only were there Markmi hugs (the ICONIC ending stage hug where he lifted her), we had Yoonmi rapping along to Mark’s verses, Mark cheering especially in Yoonmi’s parts, and even Mark possibly jealously watching Yoonmi and NCT Jisung talking.

|| The Courting Era (2017-2018)

We didn’t actually know this at the time, but Mark and Yoonmi talked about it after they were exposed. Fans had released pictures from down the street of a KFC where you could see Mark and Yoonmi talking. At the time, we all thought it was them bonding while preparing for the SM Station Yoonmi would feature in and Mark’s feature in her album, but apparently Mark had also confessed to her and promised he’d prove himself when she said she felt scared.

They did a good job of keeping it lowkey. Aside from rare school photos together, the release of All I Wanna Do, Wannabe, Mark promoting with Yoonmi for Wannabe, their KCon Mexico special stage, and the selfies they posted after each of those, there was no visual evidence of them spending time together. Hannah and Jungkook (Chocouple nation presidents) sometimes would mention Markmi hanging out, but that was it.

|| The Secretly Dating Era (2018-2020)

Their anniversary is in early February, that’s all we know. They like keeping it private, and we respect that. But apparently Mark set up an at-home date for them and officially asked her that day to be his girlfriend. 

They still did a good job of keeping it lowkey to the point where apparently most of the neos didn’t even know they were dating, but everyone noticed how, despite how both of them had increasingly busy schedules, they both seemed to glow and be happier. (Aside from those few weeks Yoonmi and Yoongi were at odds, which is rumored to be because Markmi started dating)

|| The Reveal (January 1, 2020)

Every year, kpop and kdrama fans wait for Dispatch’s celebrity couple drop on New Year’s Day. To everyone’s surprise, Mark and Yoonmi were announced. Stan Twitter went into pandemonium, and everyone was clowning dispatch because we all knew they were “just friends”. 

To everyone’s further surprise, SM and BigHit both confirmed it later that day, and Mark and Yoonmi themselves tweeted about it, confirming they were dating.

|| The Struggle Era (2020)

Around late January of 2020, Yoonmi released a M.Y. Everyday video titled “I have a Boyfriend”. Here, we found out about the courting era, how long they’ve been dating, and the fact that they have been dating for around two years by then. It’s also cute because around the middle of the year they ended up both having pink hair!

It was rough for them since their schedules kept them apart, then Covid hit, and they didn’t get to see each other at all. It wasn’t until around August, eight months later, that they were able to see each other. Mark said it was the best birthday gift he could get, seeing Yoonmi and even having her play the leading lady in his “As We Wish” mini drama. Watch it, I’m begging! Every source ever that was there for the filming said the two were just holding hands and silently exchanging smiles and stories almost the whole time.

They did a weverse/vlive together, each of them streaming from each of their phones. They were smiling and leaning on each other the whole time, answering questions, and everyone could see how happy and comfortable they were with each other.

|| The Private but Not Secret Era (2021-eternity)

We don’t actually know too much about their relationship since they have been keeping it between them and their close friends and family (WHICH WE SHOULD RESPECT, OKAY?), but we do know from some stories that they try their best to spend time together whether it’s going out or staying in each other’s places. As fans, let’s remember that we should be more than happy with the fact that they actually talk about or mention each other a lot, especially compared to other celebrity couples. We also get the birthday posts and the occasional random instagram stories, but that’s it, and that’s more than enough.

Mark and Yoonmi are two of the most precious, talented, and hard-working people in the entertainment industry, and I’m glad they found comfort and solace in each other. As of this month (december 2023), they have been together for five years and about ten months. Cheers to a bright future for the both of them!

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drop an ask or a dm if you wanna be added or taken out of the taglist 🥰 requests are also open!

[misunhye]

MISUN FANSITES !

Misun didn’t start off the best with fansites at her debut, but now she has so many! Here are her most popular and prominent fansites, along with the most infamous one.

insp. @venusvity & @luvdzu

NUMBER ONE … MI SUNSHINE

MI SUNSHINE is Misun’s most popular fansite. MI SUNSHINE, also known as Minjun, joined the fandom after NCT Dream’s debut and is the longest standing fansite. He’s well known for his interactions with Misun and his expensive gifts for her. She even knows him by name and is friendly with him, like he’s an old friend. He’s always been supportive, even with her scandals and rumors. In 2017, there was a rumor that Misun and MI SUNSHINE were seeing each other romantically, and SM Entertainment never denied or confirmed the rumors while MI SUNSHINE posted a denial letter.

MOST FAMOUS SHOTS

NUMBER TWO … SOMEWHERE ONLY WE KNOW

SOMEWHERE ONLY WE KNOW is Misun’s second most popular fansite. SOMEWHERE ONLY WE KNOW, also known as Lily, joined the fandom during We Young era. She’s well known as her most dedicated fan, having moved from England to South Korea to be able to continue being her fansite, and taking good pictures of Misun. Most international NCTzens think of her as a sasaeng, and constantly prove time and time that Misun is uncomfortable with her and should be blacklisted but nothing has been done by SM Entertainment. It is often noted that Misun never looks happy to see her.

MOST FAMOUS SHOTS

NUMBER THREE … LIGHT OF MY LIFE

LIGHT OF MY LIFE is Misun’s third most popular fansite. LIGHT OF MY LIFE joined the fandom in March 2018, around NCT 2018 era. He is well known for being one of Misun’s older fans (by a few years) and always taking the cutest pictures of her. One notable moment by NCTzens is the time he made her blush during a videocall.

NUMBER FOUR … HONEYMOON

HONEYMOON is Misun’s fourth most popular fansite. HONEYMOON, her name remains anonymous, joined the fandom towards the end of 2019, right before the pandemic hit. She is well known for her problematic ways and starting fights with other fans. She is considered a sasaeng by other NCTzens from her invasive behavior and starting rumors about Misun. She once managed to grab onto Misun at the airport and tugged her into the crowd of fans. Ever since, she has been blacklisted by SM Entertainment, but always manages to find her way to Misun. It’s questionable if she’s an actual fan or an anti due to her behavior. Misun is literally terrified of her.

[viasdreams]

I wanna Stan NCT but don't know where to start and I see you're neo so plssssssss helppp beginners guide in stanning NCT. (I know some songs and members but that's it)

(can I be 👽 or 🫀 anon)

welcome to nct for dummies !!!

heres a basic overview of nct:

nct- neo culture technology

the overall concept is that they're limitless, which basically means they just do whatever they want and we all say thank you !!!

nct currently has 25 members across 5 units (excluding nct u)

nct u- neo culture technology united

think of this as "nct units", where each song released under nct u consists of a different set of members

nct's debut song (the 7th sense) was released under nct u

some of the songs under nct u are just normal unit songs from permanent units. for example, touch from empathy is a nct 127 song and nectar from resonance pt.1 is a wayv song

if you go and watch nct u music video's from 2020 and 2021, you might be like "woah is that shotaro and sungchan from riize?"

yes it is! while they were never put in a permanent unit, shotaro and sungchan were active nct members until 2023 when they were taken out and put into riize (SM moment😒)

quintessential nct u album- empathy (but also all of them, they're all essential)

via's fav nct u album- golden age

quintessential nct u songs- the 7th sense, make a wish, 90's love, go, touch, nectar, boss, baggy jeans, beautiful, golden age, baby don't stop, universe, faded in my last song, round&round, ok!, pado, resonance

via's fav nct u song- interlude: oasis

nct 127

members (from left to right)-

top- haechan, taeyong (leader), doyoung, jungwoo, mark

bottom- johnny, yuta, jaehyun

taeyong, yuta, jaehyun, winwin, mark, and haechan all debuted in 127 with firetruck (2016)

winiwn was never officially taken out of 127 so some people still consider him a member, but he hasn't participated since simon says era (2018)

johnny and doyoung joined 127 with the song limitless (2017)

jungwoo joined with regular (2018)

im purposely leaving out facts about taeil, who was kicked out of the group in 2024. you can educate yourself on that, im not gonna include him in this little history lesson cuz he doesn't deserve my key strokes.

currently, taeyong and jaehyun are serving in the military, and doing is expected to go sometime in 2025 (sigh)

quintessential 127 albums- limitless, cherry bomb, neo zone, sticker

via's fav album- walk

quintessential 127 songs- cherry bomb, kick it, sticker, limitless, baby don't like it, whiplash, lemonade, superhuman, 2 baddies, favorite, back 2 u, highway to heaven

via's fav 127 song- fool

nct dream

members (from left to right)- haechan, renjun, jaemin, chenle, jisung, jeno, mark (leader)

debuted in 2016 with chewing gum

they had a graduation system where members would age out of dream and leave the group. mark was the first and only member to graduate because they got rid of the concept (we all cheered)

mark left after we go up era (2018) and was brought back during hot sauce era (2021)

quintessential dream albums- we go up, we boom, hot sauce, glitch mode, istj, dream()scape

via's fav album- hello future

quintessential dream songs- chewing gum, my first and last, we go up, fireflies, boom, hot sauce, hello future, my youth, rainbow, dive into you, life is still going on, glitch mode, candy, box, istj, teddy bear, like we just met

via's fav dream song- be there for you

wayv

members (left to right) -

top- hendery, yangyang, xiaojun

bottom- winwin, kun (leader), ten

wayv was organically going to be "nct vision" but there were a bunch of things between Korea and China, so they went with wayv.

wayv has no korean members and is essentially nct's global unit

their songs are in chinese, korean, and english (and japanese for their Japanese album)

they debuted in 2019 with regular (chinese version)

former member lucas left the group because of a scandal i wont get into (its very split in ncity whether he deserves to still be in nct. im not gonna give an opinion, look into it if you wish)

winwin, who stopped participating in 127 activities to be in wayv, is currently focusing on acting and hasn't been in a comeback since on my youth in 2023 (winwin i miss u bby)

quintessential wayv albums- take off, take over the moon, phantom, on my youth

via's fav- the highest (CONTROVERSIAL OPINION IK!!! i cant help it, i was a jpop fan before i was into kpop. its in my blood)

quintessential wayv songs- love talk, moonwalk, phantom, kick back, action figure, low low, bad alive, on my youth, popping love, turn back time, back to you, give me that

via's fav wayv song- images

(love talk english version is the most steamed nct song on spotify)

nct dojaejung

members (left to right)- jungwoo, jaehyun, doyoung

they DROPPED AOTY in 2023 with perfume (and then abandoned us)

dojaejung comeback when ???

they only have one album (perfume) so just listen to that

via's fav dojaejung song- kiss

nct wish

members (left to right)- ryo, riku, yushi, sion, sakuya, jaehee

they were previously known was nct new team and they were formed from the show nct universe: laststart

they promote in both japan (4/6 of the members are japanese) and korea

they officially debuted in 2024 with the song Wish

quintessential wish songs- hands up, wish, songbird, dunk shot, steady, NASA, wishful winter

via's fav wish song- tears are falling

ok this ended up being so long >_< im so sorry

i just love to talk about nct 😬

for quintessential songs, i just put some of each units most popular songs, so there's def some big ones missing. i justed wanted to give you a taste of each unit

i hope this helps and makes sense !! if you wanna know more just lmk !!! (also im pretty sure all of this is correct, but i might have a few things slightly wrong >0<)

and ofc you can be an anon !! i like 👽 more but if you wanna be 🫀, feel free !!

<3333

[neorizon]

✩ ⋮ KITSCH . ݁⊹ a single

with 2018 came the first nct full group project: EMPATHY. each unit featured on a track of the album, one that was promoted as a comeback. 127 took a much softer concept than ever before with “TOUCH”, dream moved from being portrayed as kids to teenagers with “GO” and horizon solidified themself as a girl group to watch with “KITSCH”.

“KITSCH” proved them to be just as unique and innovative as the rest of the nct brand, a topic that had been debated over across the internet concerning their previous two releases. the song and concept allowed nct horizon to differentiate themselves from their peers in the teen crush genre. the essence of being neo is being kitsch, and horizon showed the world that they were not afraid to experiment. the release received 2 music show wins. 

refer here for more about hrzn during empathy era

[yushi-ni]

🐰🧚🏼🎀✨🫧☁️ about me!!!!! ₊˚⊹ ᰔ

hiii ⋆. 𐙚 ˚ 🧚🏼‍♀️ i am nini (22) nice to meet you!!!!! i stan nct wish and i am yushi biased but tbh i love all of them SO MUCH so at times i wonder who is actually my bias oopsie daisies hihi

anyhoes, this blog is all about nct wish ⭐️⭐️⭐️ i write for all the members, no 18+ things for the maknaes. please feel free to send in requests, ideas or questions about things you want to see. i try to upload as much as i can so definitely interact with my work so i can try and improve my writing as well!!!!

i also like other groups so if you want to request something from another group - idol that's also ok!!! i will try to write fun things for you. 💌 some other groups i like;

&team - treasure - boynextdoor - nct dream & 127 - riize

i am open to write nsfw - smut content as well to a certain extent. no harmful things or anything involving minors!!!! i write fluff - angst etc etc SO FEEL FREE TO REQUEST ANYTHING TO YOUR LIKING!!!! 🩵

i have been a kpop stan since 2016 and back in the days i used to ult ikon. i genuinely miss 3rd generation kpop era so much but i am also loving this new wave of recent releases. ngl i just LOVE wishies bright and cute concept. my second ever kpop group was nct dream and jisung was my ult bias for years!!!! so i am so happy with our wishies now!!! ⭐️🎀✨ i used to ult treasure from 2018 - 2023 and biased asahi. i also recently got into &team and i think my fav is harua. safe to say i do have a type in men hehehehe 🫧🧚🏼‍♀️🩵

i graduated and work as a professional dancer - hiphop based so at times i get absolutely flushed out by work but that's ok. i am very grateful to be able to work in this field. i love to bake and go for walkies with my friends. and some other random things i like; sunsets - daisies - ducks - journaling - lemon flavored pastries - bread - the color yellow hihi i could go on and on but if you have any questions please feel free to send them in!! ☁️

THANK YOU FOR READING MY WORK!!! i really appreciate it and i genuinely hope you enjoy it!!! ꒰ᐢ. .ᐢ꒱ 🧚🏼‍♀️🎀

[winwintea]

those winwin stans truly didn't experience what we experience at 2018. we all want him on stage with nct members but seeing after all sabotage, declined acting and dance projects he still not give up and trying his best we have no chance to support him. i get why people upset they want him with wayv but they always ghost him in wayv comebacks because he is not kind of person feed their family agendas and ship fantasies. wayv stans are now more fanservice focused more than music, if they care about wayv music their last 2 album wouldn't that flop in digital charts, they want winwin just go to wayv dorm and do some aegyos and be the cute member of the group not because they respect him as an idol. let's be honest for wayv stans wayv is kun and his triplets never see them hyped for ten and ww for anything they always sad and sad. sorry but if any winwin stans are upset he get role in a s+ drama they are just selfish we all miss him i want him be more active but i know every wayv fanbase would choose those solo contents over group contents they just now pretend because they have nothing outside the group. xiaojun stans always want his freedom from group yet he is best treated member, i don't get why they are upset over the mistreated member finally is doing his own shit because company ignoring him all time. his only content for 4 years is 1 vlog on wayv channel, that's explain a lot. and thank you for this nice talk ❤️

tbh i feel like the support during phantom era for winwin was crazy... like i think his part is the most played part of the music video, and a lot of weishennies agree that he owned that era especially...

kun and his triplets is crazy 😭😭

let's just say wayv is severely underpromoted. ten's entire solo album was spectacular, i think it's my favorite album of the year along with fe304: break by nmixx...

this is lowkey why i try to be a multistan, bc every fandom is so toxic, i just can't get too deep into every single thing... but i ult wayv/nct in general so i do see a lot of this 😭

and absolutely <3 i love hearing people's rants about the situation, this is a safe space as long as you aren't actively spreading hate on people like telling them to k*ll themselves or defending something illegal, i'll hear all you guys have to say <3

[hangup119]

What are your fav sohee pics?

HI eeek i was so excited when i saw this ask 🫣 sorry for the late reply tho!!!! 😵‍💫

anyways to start off i believe in BBB sohee era supremacy - u guys have no clue the chokehold these 3 pictures had on me !!!! grrrrrr

ESPECIALLY THE FIRST ONE 🙏 he looks so silly 💔 i had it as my pfp for like. 4 days LOL and that was also the time i bought my first riize pc off of ebay (i have 2 copies of the same sohee pc 😭). i think we were robbed of pink hair sohee too quickly 🙁 i love pink hair….

the second photo is so dear to me because it’s just so. funny. i’m telling u guys sohee’s the secret member of nct 127 he’s the one doing the godly high notes 🤤 i lichrally saw him perform regular in mnet circa 2018 TRUST

and every good thing is a triple so obviously i can’t forget abt THAT specific sohee pic. ouh lord i am not ur strongest soldier i fear… he looks tew fine in that pic id fold im sorry🙁the necklace pull, the outfit, and i specifically love his eyebrows in this picture for some reason LMAO but yes i would say these are my fav sohee pics of all time 🤞

honorable mentions:

i especially love the first one bc of the pose and his expression - but the main takeaway from these two is HIS HAIR!!! i love his big ass 💂hair and the way it just goes in different directions like an anime character lol

[snowball-doie]

yes pls yap about your book xx

GURL WHERE DO I GET STARTED THERES 55 CHAPTERS AND 450+ PAGES- ummmm ok let’s see- we’ll start w the basics to get the ball rolling 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

Now I don’t wanna hear a single thing about how my oc’s name is Aurora… I will mention rq that when I first started writing this back in Oct 2023, I did it alone, but then in Jan/Feb of this year, my friend made an oc named Kay and we decided to add her to the book— but my friend was kinda uncomfy writing about real ppl so we changed everyone’s names 😀 (it took so long). Here, I’ll just reference their real names so there’s no confusion, but if you see me tagging posts as “Jace thoughts” then it’s about this book, cuz we changed Johnny to Jace 🤝 ok let us go on w the plot.

Aurora started working as the boys’ new manager in 2018 after their previous one came under fire for treating the boys poorly in public. They hired Aurora cuz she’s trilingual (English, Japanese, and Korean). She went to school and worked in Japan, so she already had an in w/ entertainment in Korea, but applying to SM was lowkey just a meme to her, she didn’t think she’d actually get the job or have to move to Seoul. Welp! How the turn tables turned.

Anyhow, because she’s fluent in Japanese, Yuta IMMEDIATELY is like “you’re my friend now 😁” while the other boys take time to come around. And Aurora’s fine w that cuz they’re supposed to be coworkers anyhow— well technically she’s their boss lmao. But Taeyong is the next to get close w her because they do so much work together. Aurora recognizes that in order to make everything work like a well-oiled machine, she needs input from the boys, a voice from them to relay to the execs because she’s always just getting orders and the boys are never able to express how they feel about that. So her and Taeyong become like the mom and the dad of the group. She attends their practices, even if it’s just her sitting in the corner while she does work on her laptop. She’s at every single one of their events. And she gets Taeyong into important meetings so that he can be the boys’ voice rather than playing a game of telephone. It’s really nice. And to really encourage the boys to stay close with each other and whatnot, she yoinks the idea of the Dreamies’ friendship ring by buying the 127 boys matching small green pendant necklaces— But she knows that she’s not close enough with them yet for them to take the necklaces seriously if she gives them, so she asks Taeyong to take the credit instead. And it works. The boys wear the necklaces every single day, and Taeyong feels guilty as hell for taking the credit but Aurora always just laughs and reassures him that this is what she wants. Taeyong introduces Aurora to Ten, and the three of them become a lil clique. Meanwhile Yuta’s hogging Aurora by always hugging her, hanging out at her apartment, sleeping in her bed, etc etc. they’re very close. So close that when they get drunk together in her bed one night, they start making out, and he rolls on top, and she’s CERTAIN they’re gonna fuck until they stop and go “ya we’re just friends 🤝” lmaoooo

Anyhow. When COVID hits, Aurora and Johnny start to play video games and watch anime together because those are interests they share. They start to get closer, which is nice to Aurora because they were never really close before this. She always just thought of him as the frat boy type who spends his time seeing models outside of work and not the otaku kid who sits in vc with her from the minute they wake up to the time they fall asleep. During the Resonance era, Aurora’s meeting with all of the NCT boys to coordinate subunits, and the execs let her run these meetings irl (bless up) so when Johnny comes in, they talk shop for a bit til out of fucking NOWHERE this man goes “so what kind of guys are you into” 🙄 ok bud. Chill. But Aurora explains briefly that she likes guys with long dyed hair… She doesn’t care about things like eye color or height or weight or anything else like that. This mf goes “so are you into Yuta?” And she nearly falls out of her chair laughing bc no she’s not into Yuta, they established that quite a while ago. Anyhow! As Resonance era goes on, Aurora notices that Johnny’s growing out his hair?? And then he dyes it randomly one day without permission from the company, and he calls to brag about it???? Aurora calls Ten for the inside scoop….. which he doesn’t have, but she begs him to find out why the hell Johnny is doing this?? He’s being so weird recently! “Have you stopped to consider he likes you?” “What? No! Johnny’s the type to date models, to fly to different countries to fuck the prettiest women who are falling at his feet. He’s not looking at….. me.” “Aurora, he stopped fucking around back when you joined the company” HUHHH. Anyhow. Ten still does NAWT get the inside scoop, but that doesn’t matter, cuz when Chenle hosts a secret listening party of the album at his house, Johnny finally gets the balls to ask out Aurora and she says yes— And all the boys start trading around money. Apparently they took bets on whether or not he’d ever get around to it…..

Ok we’ve only just scratched the surface, but I’ve yapped a lot here so lmk what else you guys wanna know!! I can summarize more plot. Or I can talk about Aurora’s character, or her relationship/dynamic with the boys. Throughout the book, she’s close with different ppl, but the notable ones are Johnny. Taeyong, Yuta, Haechan (because of my other oc who he starts dating), Renjun, and Ten. I can talk about my Hyuck x oc plot line too— It’s childhood best friends reunited later in life and fall in love. Or I have 2 guy ocs, Haneul and Shiwoo who I can talk about. Shiwoo ends up w Renjun 🫣 Or there’s my friend’s oc, Kay, who starts w having a fwb relationship w Yuta until she starts dating Mark. She messy fr 😂

[kimkaitual]

Haechan in Every Era 06.06.2000 🐻☀️ HAPPY HAECHAN DAY!! 💚 【NCT U ☼ NCT 127 ☼ NCT Dream】

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[nctxlight]

˖ ࣪ . 🌱 ࿐ ♡ ˚ .BYUN NOEUL

　　　　ೃ⁀➷ NOEUL is a member of the south-korean fictional unlimited member concept co-ed group NCT under SM ENTERTAINMENT. she made her debut on april 10th, 2016 with the group's first unit NCT U with the song WITHOUT YOU. she was introduced as a SM Rookie on december 9th, 2013 alongside Red Velvet's Irene, her groupmate Jaehyun, and actress Lami. she was the first, and at the time only female member of the group to debut, leading to public commotion and some boycotting, especially after she debuted in NCT 127 with FIRETRUCK on july 7th, 2016. three female members would debut after her, and finally during NCT 2018 EMPATHY era an all female unit would debut. NOEUL debuted as the leader of NCT XLIGHT on march 23rd, 2018 with their debut song P!NK.

˖ ࣪ ˚ .⠀ exploring the story of familial disapproval, intense need to prove others wrong, found family, mental illness, constant pressure to never slip up, fear of public scrutiny, and feeling the pressure of everyone's success.

　　　　˖ ࣪ ˚ . BASICS

ღ STAGE NAME : 　 noeul⠀ [ 노을 ] ღ BIRTH NAME : 　 byun noeul⠀ [ 변노을 ] ღ ENGLISH NAME : 　 nicole byun

ღ DATE OF BIRTH : 　 december 31st, 1998 ღ ZODIAC SIGN : 　 capricorn ღ CHINESE ZODIAC SIGN : 　 tiger

ღ ETHNICITY : 　 korean ღ NATIONALITY : 　 korean ღ LANGUAGES : 　  korean [ fluent / mother tongue ] .  english [ conversational ] . japanese & chinese [ learning ]

ღ HEIGHT : 　 165 cm  |  5’5   ღ BLOOD TYPE : 　 B-

ღ FACE CLAIM : 　 hwang eunbi [ viviz . gfriend ] 

　　　　˖ ࣪ ˚ . PERSONAL LIFE

ღ BIRTHPLACE : 　 incheon, south korea  ღ HOMETOWN : 　incheon, south korea

ღ BIRTH FAMILY : 　 byun youngmin [ father / 68' ] . kim jinsook [ mother / 74' ] . byun insu [ older brother / 96' ] . byun jinseon [ younger brother / 04' ] . byun jihoon [ younger twin brother / 09' ] . byun joonho [ younger twin brother / 09' ]

　　　　˖ ࣪ ˚ . CAREER

ღ COMPANY : 　 sm entertainment  [ 2011 - present ] ღ TRAINING PERIOD : 　 five years [ 2011 – 2016 ] ღ SMROOKIE INTRO : 　 december 9th, 2013

ღ GROUP : 　 nct  [ 2016 – present ] ღ UNIT : 　 u  [ 2016 ] . 127 [ 2016 ] . xlight [ 2018 ] ღ NCT POSITION : 　 vocalist . dancer ღ XLIGHT POSITION : 　 leader . main vocalist . lead dancer ღ 127 POSITION : 　 lead vocalist . lead dancer ღ REPRESENTATIVE EMOJI : 　 🌤️