SM Entertainment announces NCT Hollywood, new american subunit of the boyband

NCT will be releasing more music in the next six months. Lee Soo Man also gave new insights into reality for NCT Hollywood‘s debut. The second half of 2021 hosts more activities for NCT, the largest group in K-pop. At SM Entertainment’s 2021 conference, producer Lee Soo Man and members Doyoung, Mark, and Kun presented the agency’s upcoming plans for the boyband.

NCT is a musical ensemble that works with the subunit model. NCT Dream has just released their repackage album Hello future and, likewise, NCT 127 will release an LP album and its respective reissue. The Chinese subunit WayV will also follow suit. “This year WayV will continue to promote with a full album. Please look forward to it,” Kun said.

Doyoung added that NCT U, a rotating sub-unit for special projects, will also be active. “Also, there will be a new combination of members in NCT U and I am confident that NCTzen will really enjoy what is coming.” In addition, like last year, fans will be able to see the entire group in an NCT 2021 project.

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“We are also enlisting content about the hidden universe of NCT, let’s meet soon in KWANGYA,” Mark stated in reference to the narrative. of the SMCU (SM Creative Universe). 2021 will also bring the new NCT sub-unit to the United States. As announced in May, SM teamed up with television giant MGM (Metro Goldwyn Mayer) for the production of a reality show that will seek out new talent for K-pop.

In a clip from SM Congress, MGM CEO Mark Burnett said the project will be called K-pop went Hollywood. “21 lucky contestants will be selected to travel to the SM facility in Seoul and spend a K-pop training there. For the apprentices, it is a unique opportunity where they will experience the culture and the system of preparation of SM to their artists“.

“The winners will become NCT Hollywood and debut in the United States,” added Lee Soo Man. The show will also feature current NCT members in the roles of judges and mentors.