[PIMP POST] Meet the young cuties of NCT DREAM who are guaranteed to steal your heart 🌸

[seulgibear.livejournal.com]

In case you lived under a rock the past year, NCT, standing for Neo Culture Technology, is SM's new rotational boy group/business venture/major headache that promises to basically take over the world. NCT DREAM, debuting on August 24th, is the third unit under the NCT name after previously introduced NCT U and NCT 127. The young group boasts an average of only 15.6, with 7 members between the ages of 14 and 17. As showcasing through their name, NCT DREAM, the members want to give healing energy to the older fans through their fresh image as well as give a message of dreams and give hope to fans their own age.

Part TWO of the NCT pimp post saga. See Part ONE for NCT U and NCT 127 members (not updated)

🍊 Mark Lee / Lee Minhyung (이민형) / Mark 🍊

August 2, 1999
from VANCOUVER, CANADA
— NCT U (Maknae), NCT 127, NCT DREAM (Leader) —

🎼 blood type A, leo
🎼 family: parents, older brother
🎼 nct dream position: sub-vocal, main rapper
🎼 was casted into sm in 2012 at global auditions in canada
🎼 lived in new york for a short period of time
🎼 his wannabe sunbae is tvxq's u-know; if he had the chance, he would like to collaborate with jonghyun
🎼 currently majoring in applied dance at SOPA
🎼 is absolutely fully capable
🎼 except when it comes to cooking. and sports. but he is a good badminton player!
🎼 his app intro video
🎼 if he were to ever become a billionaire, the first thing he would do is to give the money to his parents
🎼 his favourite subjects in school were writing and arts. previously, his wish was to become an author
🎼 regarded as the most hardworking member
🎼 he knows that people call him a 'pro-debuter' and thinks it's a bit much
🎼 mark has been a proud, long-standing member of the xiufamily through the years 2013, 2015, 2016
🎼 he likes writing lyrics on his own and participated in writing for all title tracks (7th sense, fire truck and chewing gum) as well as mad city. the music he most likes to compose is groovy/dance
🎼 mark isn't fond of flying
🎼 can beatbox
🎼 he comes from a family of musicians who have instilled the passion in him and mentioned his older brother as the reason why he decided to pursue this career
🎼 considers jaehyun his soulmate or like his real brother with whom he has a close bond
🎼 haechan and him make a great, hilarious pair where mark always takes whatever teasing heachan brings on him. let me insert myself here: my personal favourite moment was in the broadcast where they planned their summer schedule and haechan set aside an entire hour to practice teasing on mark and mark didn't even complain and instead wrote on his calendar 'avoid haechan'. perfectly encapsulates their relationship

🍒 Huang Renjun (黄仁俊) / Renjun 🍒

March 23, 2000
from JILIN, CHINA
— NCT DREAM —

🎼 aries
🎼 chinese of korean descent
🎼 nct dream position: sub-vocal
🎼 bilingual in korean and chinese; as a result he is chenle's personal translator and they are rarely seen separated. renjun makes sure chenle doesn't get left out of conversations
🎼 private trainee, he was not a part of the smrookies so there's not a lot of info available on him
🎼 he is very good at cooking and drawing
🎼 renjun's speciality is running while hula-hooping
🎼 his hobby is drawing moomin
🎼 his favourite subject is korean. he doesn't have a least favourite subject bc he is a model student
🎼 renjun's dream is to live happily
🎼 quiet, cheerful, polite
🎼 renjun singing baby don't cry

🍉 Lee Jeno (이제노) / Jeno 🍉

April 23, 2000
from INCHEON, SK
— NCT DREAM —

🎼 blood type A, taurus
🎼 family: parents
🎼 jeno's wannabe sunbae is shinee's minho
🎼 his app intro video
🎼 nct dream position: sub-vocal
🎼 can play the violin
🎼 like mark, jeno is currently majoring in applied dance at SOPA
🎼 his favourite subject is science bc he likes experiments. his least favourite subject is maths bc it's difficult
🎼 he was a child actor and appeared in a few cfs: seoul milk in 2005, kyungdong navien one and two in 2006, pulmuone in 2009, dr. you one and two in 2010, sk telecom in 2010, a tv spot in 2011, woongjin holdings, digipets
🎼 jeno's dream is to be happy, always work hard and do well
🎼 legendary eye-smile king
🎼 regarded as mini-donghae due to the likeness he bears to him
🎼 the no-jam hyung
🎼 he loves cars and drawing them
🎼 usually very quiet, seems cold, mature and calm
🎼 is bad at directions
🎼 his favourite fruit is watermelon
🎼 "Who is not a part of Jeno’s family? Aliens"
🎼 jaehyun is his favourite hyung

🍋 Lee Donghyuck (이동혁) / Haechan 🍋

June 6, 2000
from SEOUL/JEJU, SK
— NCT 127, NCT DREAM —

🎼 blood type AB, gemini
🎼 family: parents, three younger siblings, fraternal twin sister
🎼 born in seoul and grew up in jeju
🎼 hobby/speciality: football, playing the piano
🎼 nct dream position: lead vocal
🎼 his app intro video
🎼 lee soo man changed his name for his official debut to haechan because he wanted him to become a new person. haechan means to shine bright and rightfully. the other members and fans are still used to calling him donghyuck though and fans have started to jokingly call him dong-haechan due to always getting his name wrong
🎼 currently majoring in applied music at SOPA. his favourite school subject is music and his least favourite one is science (because it's boring)
🎼 the thing that made him realise he wanted to sing/be an idol was seeing shinee's replay for the first time; shinee's juliet was the first album he ever bought
🎼 his dream is to become a singer-songwriter and to perform at tokyo dome
🎼 haechan's favourite food is pork belly and his favourite drink is orange juice
🎼 pre-debut he used to room with jaemin and during nct 127 promotions he lived with taeyong
🎼 artists haechan admires are michael jackson and maroon 5
🎼 his favourite superhero is the hulk
🎼 a concept he wants to try out is vampires
haechan singing 'you will always be in my heart' on mmc
🎼 he cross-dressed during one of their rookies shows: here's dongsookie with taeyong, with jaehyun, with yuta
🎼 "What does Donghyuck do as soon as he wakes up? He goes back to sleep."
🎼 is the loudest/noisiest member of nct, but he is also in charge of keeping the atmosphere fun; haechan doesn't hold back from poking fun at any of his members, but especially loves targeting mark and taeyong
🎼 variety king in the making
🎼 his favourite football club is real madrid and favourite football player is cristiano ronaldo
🎼 he got his first mobile phone in 2008 and has lost it 4 times since then
🎼 at the dorm, he is in charge of washing the dishes

🍑 Na Jaemin (나재민) / Jaemin 🍑

August 13, 2000
from SEOUL, SK
— NCT DREAM —

🎼 blood type AB, leo
🎼 family: parents
🎼 nct dream position: lead vocal, lead dancer
🎼 his app intro video
🎼 jaemin is in charge of the positive energy
🎼 his hobbies are composing music, watching anime, playing badminton and cooking
🎼 attending SOPA with mark, jeno and donghyuck
🎼 his favourite subject is PE bc he's free to play without many thoughts. his least favourite subject is social studies bc there's too much to memorise
🎼 jaemin's dream is to be someone people always remember
🎼 he got casted while doing volunteer work
🎼 when he was in elementary school he wanted to become a doctor
🎼 his favourite season is fall, his favourite fruit is the peach
🎼 his favourite movie genre is horror, his favourite movie is iron man. his favourite book genre is romance
🎼 pikachu is his favourite pokemon
🎼 if he could have a superpower, it would be time control
🎼 adores hansol and always finds a way to stick to him like a little barnacle. he considers the older boy as his real brother and they are famous for being the 4d AB-line together

🍇 Zhong Chenle (鐘辰樂) / Chenle 🍇

November 22, 2001
from SHANGHAI, CHINA
— NCT DREAM —

🎼 sagittarius
🎼 family: parents, older brother by 13 years
🎼 nct dream position: main vocal
🎼 only casted in march 2016
🎼 his speciality is playing the piano and his hobbies include cooking, swimming and football
🎼 chenle's favourite subjects are PE, math and english bc he likes making use of his mind and enjoys studying foreign languages. his least favourite subject are social studies and science bc he has neglected them in favour of others
🎼 chenle's dream is to be acknowledged by the world
🎼 said to be the mischievous one
🎼 is a child superstar in china, he was on china's got talent at age 9 and participated in other famous shows such as day day up and new generation's sound of china
🎼 released three solo albums in 2010, 2011 and 2014
🎼 most famous for his cover of memory from the musical cats, which he has performed on different occasions: china's got talent, a variety show i'm not sure, vienna's new year concert
🎼 has covered lots of other songs (most of them are at age 9-10): hey jude, you raise me up, say goodbye, amazing grace, home, when you're gone, close my eyes. there are a lot more videos you could find on youtube
🎼 here he's singing 'where's the time' a song dedicated to his dad
🎼 was a model student and won ambassador titles for his school four years in a row. he was also voted head of the shanghai hwangpo province's association and got to participate in chinese cultural festivals in countries such as korea, japan and australia
🎼 in february 2014 he held his own solo concert in shanghai
🎼 performed at vienna's golden hall in 2011
🎼 was in a movie called 'soul rhythm' in 2011
🎼 listen to one of his most recent songs
🎼 dubbed nct dream's stan attractor
🎼 so many pre debut pics

🍏 Park Jisung (박지성) / Jisung 🍏

February 5, 2002
from SEOUL, SK
— NCT DREAM (Maknae) —

🎼 proud owner of 171 cm height and counting, blood type O, aquarius
🎼 family: parents, older brother, adoptive mother seulgibear
🎼 nct dream position: sub vocal, main dancer, #maknaeontop (actual hashtag by sm)
🎼 his wannabe sunbae is kai
🎼 jisung's app intro video
🎼 this park jisung is not that good at football
🎼 he has been dancing since he was 8 and the first dance style he ever learned is poppin; it's also his favourite style
🎼 jisung was a child actor, appearing in several commercials like this samsung ad
🎼 he had a cameo in tvxq uknow's music video for champagne
🎼 at age 11, he appeared in an episode of 'gangnam feel dance school' where they taught the choreography for jay park's joah
🎼 he also performed gangnam style in the international children's concert in 2013; coincidentally, it was also the first time he ever met chenle!
🎼 sets his phone on the loudest volume possible. even renjun complained about his loud alarms
🎼 is the youngest but notorious for his terrible dad jokes
🎼 margherita is his favourite pizza
🎼 he believes in aliens 👽
🎼 the song he listens to when he wants to sleep and while weight training is exo's promise (it's his favourite song). the song he listens to when he stretches is exo's machine
🎼 jisung's favourite marvel character is iron man
🎼 he has atopic dermatitis and sometimes has visible break outs
🎼 if he could have a superpower it would be teleportation
🎼 his favourite subject is PE bc he likes using his body and social studies bc it helps him understand how the world works. his least favourite subject are everything else
🎼 jisung's dream is to take over the world through nct's stages
🎼 shy, quiet, patient, he doesn't get angry easily, plays pranks and jokes on the older boys

What to watch:

OFFICIAL

🔎 NCT Teaser #2: Synchronization of Your Dreams (Taeyong, Hansol, Ten, Mark, Jaehyun + Haechan vocals)
🔎 NCT U Teasers '7th Sense': MARK // NCT 127 Teasers 'Fire Truck': MARK | HAECHAN // NCT DREAM Teasers 'Chewing Gum': Jisung | Chenle | Jeno | Haechan | Mark | Renjun | Jaemin | more
🔎 NCT U 'The 7th Sense' MV // NCT 127 'Fire Truck' MV // NCT DREAM 'Chewing Gum' MV
🔎 NCT 127 'Fire Truck' Dance Practice / Performance Video
🔎 NCT 127 'Taste The Feeling' MV
🔎 EXO 90:2014 MV remakes: SES – I'm your girl (Mark rap, SR16G singing)

CONCERT FANCAMS

🔎 Switch MV // Switch performance (Mark ver.)
🔎 Show Me Your Love (Mark ver.)
🔎 Under the Sea
🔎 TVXQ Mirotic
🔎 Get in the christmas spirit with this adorable performance of jingle bell rock
🔎 A super adorable VCR
🔎 Mini rookies VCR
🔎 Growl at SMTown in Taiwan
🔎 Haechan and Mark performing Playboy: Haechan ver. / Mark ver.
🔎 Mark and Taaeyong performing You Make Me So Mad (aka Mad City) at Rookies Show
🔎 Minirookies performing Call Me Baby at Rookies Show
🔎 How Deep Is Your Love at Rookies Show
🔎 Minirookies performing Danger at Rookies Show
🔎 Jeno, Jisung and Donghyuck at SMTown Week in 2013 [one] [two]

OTHERS
🔎 True music asian lovers special interview (all smrookies)
🔎 SMRookies Show in Bangkok press conference
🔎 ABC news cover kpop feat smrookies (cut)
🔎 Soul Brothers Doyoung, Jisung and Ten
🔎 EXO 90:2014 SMRookies episode cuts: EP 7 (full), EP 8, EP 9, EP 10, EP 11
🔎 Minirookies on Mickey Mouse Club (+SR16G): EP 1, EP 2, EP 3, EP 4, EP 5, EP 6, EP 7, EP 8, EP 9, EP 10, EP 11, EP 12
🔎 MMC Performance cuts: Under the Sea, Love Me Right, Replay, Danger, ID; Peace B, Growl
🔎 The fastest way to adopt a kid? Watch them cry. Here's Jisung's birthday surprise
🔎 SMTown Taiwan: MC Doyoung interviews booming system Taeyong and hilarious visual Donghyuck
🔎 SMTown Taiwan: MC Doyoung interviews Jaehyun and Jaehyun's most beloved minirookie Jeno
🔎 SMTown Taiwan: MC Doyoung interviews Canada's pride Mark Lee (with a special appearance by Minho)
🔎 Promotional videos for SMRookies show: [1] Mark and Johnny, [6] SR15B, [8] Foreign Swaggers Johnny, Mark and Jaehyun
🔎 SMRookies Station: Mark & Donghyuck introduce smr.com, Mark & Donghyuck react to Happiness MV, Happiness of SMRookies, SMTown Special, Jisung Special, Happy Halloween
🔎 Minirookies shooting for Ceci
🔎 On Air NCT Show with Mark: Day 1 (Jaehyun) / Day 2 (Taeyong)
🔎 NCT V LIVE broadcasts with Mark and Haechan: 127's first v live, First Fansign, SMTown Osaka backstage, SMTown Osaka at the hotel, Mark and Haechan's summer calendar
🔎 NCT DREAM on V APP: Dream's first broadcast, Dream's second broadcast
🔎 NCT LIFE in Bangkok (with minirookies): EP 1, EP 4, EP 5, EP 6, Behind 1, Behind 2
🔎 NCT LIFE in Paju (with Mark and Haechan): EP 0, EP 1, EP 2, EP 3, EP 4, EP 5

FANSITES
✨ Mark Mark In My Heart // Regulus Mark // My Space Is Mark // Indelible Mark // HIT THE MARK // Mint Nut // Mark Lee Bar // mignon // Melting POP! // My Principe Mark

✨ Renjun Blossom in Midsummer // Sweetheart // EXQUIS

✨ Jeno 제노야 누나야 // Deep Sleep // Gentle Gun // Comely boy // Spring Snow // Smiling EYES // SungNo Gelato (with Jeno)

✨ Haechan Affectionate // Be my light // Dear My Happiness // D-Light // ICE // Piece Of My Heart // Millennium Boy // Caramel Candy

✨ Jaemin Daydream // White Soda // Melon boy // Jaemin in my mind // Fairy Dust

✨ Chenle Fairy Voice

✨ Jisung AWESOME BABY // Draconic // Dream Of Me // Marshmallow // SungNo Gelato (with Jeno)

sources: me and my phd-sized knowledge of nct, smrookies app (rip come back), the internet
vyrl self-intro: mark / renjun / jeno / jaemin / haechan / chenle / jisung
app q&as: mark / haechan / jeno / jaemin / jisung

did nct dream catch you in their net of cuteness yet? don't forget to join the nct community @ thesquares for more frequent posts on nct!



but you think the concept is far too confusing to get yourself invested?

honestly it's not really hard to keep up with them and the members themselves make the confusing concept worth it. even if you think you're gonna get invested in people who are gonna get screwed over, let's be real, the chances are small, wether or not nct will take the proportions sm wants, especially for the core members who have been revealed so far. if they do end up debuting a ridiculous number of people, you can always cut yourself off and stick to the main ones or just your favourite unit. just my humble onion ☺️ come to the dark side

Comments

[megustaelmoney.livejournal.com]

at first i didnt even bother listening to chewing gum but now im obsessed with this goddamn song lol. Great post OP!

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

yeah im sorry but i just cant stan boys that are so much younger than me

[bubblyshades.livejournal.com]

lmao op that shia gif

of course haechan would be a gemini hahahha #geminisrule

chewing gum is srsly so fun I love that song

the boys srsly love jaehyun :) it's sweet

welp. maybe I'll finally watch the nct life eps (the only season I've watched so far is the first one in Thailand). Mark looks like he'll be my nct bias though. I've always loved his raps and he seems like a genuinely good kid.

[seulgibear.livejournal.com]

and he has a twin sister, it doesn't get more gemini than him!

the seoul season is cute, but the paju one is a lot more fun. plus it has mark in it too

[anconeous.livejournal.com]

These cuties keep giving me proud mom feels. Look how much they've grown since their first SM Rookies teasers!

Na Jaemin will slay everyone with his visuals in a few years. Just wait and see!

[seulgibear.livejournal.com]

ikr i got so many feelings looking through old pictures, they've grown so much. i miss the smrookies being all together T_T i'm glad the minis got a unit together it was all i ever wanted

[anconeous.livejournal.com]

When Hansol and Johnny finally debut, all I want is a performance of Switch with all of them together again.

And Jisung probably already taller than half of them by then. LOL

[haixiao.livejournal.com]

i just wanna know that they're all eating well and getting enough sleep and getting help w their homework when they need it

[chasing-thewind.livejournal.com]

awww, thanks for this, OP! these kids are so cute, even though I'm seriously freaked by their ages, haha.

[jeliza]

Good lord, they're children.

Chinle's bio is crazy, I'm surprised after the mess with Han Geng and EXOdus that SM can still get the breakout Chinese kids. Hopefully they'll treat him right.

[boxcuttergirl.livejournal.com]

this is beautifully formatted omg i love it!! i still can't believe kids my age are debuting nowadays

not sure how i feel about a minor being referred to as a member of a harem though

[seulgibear.livejournal.com]

oh i didn't think of it being wrong. it's what ppl who love xiumin are called. should i change it?

[boxcuttergirl.livejournal.com]

ah yeah i know its what xiumin lovers are called, seeing the word harem attached to a minor just kinda rubbed me the wrong way. i know you didn't mean any harm ^^

idk i'd prefer if you changed it but its your call

[demeulemeester.livejournal.com]

his hobby is drawing moomin

same

[niyarav.livejournal.com]

They're adorable. I'm not following Dream because they're not aimed at me and I'm too old but they seem to be great performers and I'm impressed by their hoverboard skills

I was wary of the NCT concept before they debuted but I'm liking it. Like op said I can just follow certain members or skip some units but still support the group, it's low dedication and frequent change and I like that lol

[kaypukis.livejournal.com]

great works OP, you're NCT part1 post was my saviour while i'm on starting days of stanning NCT.
SM basically success on applying their NCT scheme on my fangirl heart. starting with jaehyun, nct u, nct 127, stanning mark and haechan, and voila! stanning NCT Dream became so easy for me.

wondering why they put renjun as their private trainee though? this boy have the "stan attractor" aura type with his quite, shy, but adorably charming personalities. bet all the hyungs line will dotted on him a lot lol

[seulgibear.livejournal.com]

aw i'm glad that helped you get into them! :D
i think renjun attended sm rookies shows, ppl had photos of him giving out candy and stuff but i don't think sm planned on introducing more smrookies

[digitalqueen.livejournal.com]

@all of them

[kary1591.livejournal.com]

About OP's last spoiler tag.. I understand the groups for the most part, at least the 3(?) that have debuted, but I'm interested in Ten and a little confused there. He's in NCT U? But they have two songs and he is only part of one? Where do Ten stans get their Ten fix aside from Hit the Stage? I looked up their reality show and Weekly Idol but it ended up being for NCT 127 so no Ten there either lol. Any tips on that? :3

[seulgibear.livejournal.com]

ten hasn't done much outside of hts so i can't really help :( and i think he's not going back to the show now that he won, tho i really hope he does. hopefully he'll be in whatever unit/comeback is up next these months bc i miss him too

[kary1591.livejournal.com]

So is there gonna be a new unit each month? Are any of the units a set unit or they just keep creating and mixing and matching new ones?

Sorry for so many questions :3

As far as Ten goes I got recced the first ep of NCT Life so I'll be checking that out =)

[seulgibear.livejournal.com]

haha no worries!

not as often as every month but they'll be pretty frequent i guess, who knows anymore. i don't know if there will be another unit debut this year or just getting u, 127 and dream together. we'll see, probably some time next month.
yes! nct life in bangkok is really nice, very ten-centric so i'm sure you'll enjoy it! i just rewatched it the other day too bc i miss the days when they were all together ;--;

[cuizy.livejournal.com]

Thanks OP! I really like them already! I'm so happy you included Renjun's baby don't cry clip haha. They're all so cute

[xandy-candyx.livejournal.com]

Well, I gotta support my SM fam! They are cute babies and I like Chewing Gum! <3

[carmine-pink.livejournal.com]

I didn't mean to pay attention to NCT, I really didn't... part of the reason was OP's posts so consider yourself successful, lol.

I remember seeing Donghyuk's rookie photos for the first time and thinking he looked like a shy, quiet kid... how wrong I was. I still think he should be main vocal imho. Chenle is a bit too talent-show-kid-singing-by-the-book for me, but maybe with more training he'll improve. Anyhow they're all so young there's a lot of room to grow.

That pic of Jisung with Yuta and Mark is exactly how I feel about Jisung. Looking forward to the possible NCT Life in The Womb aka the fetuses show.

Also, I saw some news saying NCT will promote as a whole in the remainder of the year? I don't know how that's supposed to work, lol.

[seulgibear.livejournal.com]

heh heh i'm happy to hear my posts were successful!

yeah those rumours have been floating around lately, i'm so curious and excited. the first thing i thought about is them promoting together for award season since it would make it easier

[agjingi.livejournal.com]

Chenle is talented, smart, adorable aaaand a Sagittarius
I'M STANNING

[jillyjellly.livejournal.com]

these adorable babies are pros on stage. i think they're the least awkward group out of all the nct debuts too.

[hyeena.livejournal.com]

"A variety king in the making" truer words have never been spoken!! And ofc Donghyuck is a Gemini, OF COURSE
I love him so much my son deserves more attention

[keki7.livejournal.com]

OP you forgot to list that Mark is king of facial expressions, Haechan's one true goal in life is to never let "booming system up, up, TY tack, TY track" die and that Jaemin and Jeno are made of rainbows, sugar and joyful things.

[seulgibear.livejournal.com]

good points! how could i forget such important information

[hibaalhadid.livejournal.com]

Thank OP for the detailed post, so far I liked all the units, and almost every member