NCT's whole group concept is based on dreams, so in NCT-U's "Make a Wish (Birthday Song)" they talk about making a wish like on your birthday because wishes are often things you dream of happening. Everything NCT does is about dreams, dreaming or being in a dream state. Therefore, that is the theme you will see being repeated and referenced in all of their MVs across all of their sub-units. As you saw, the "Make A Wish (Birthday song)" MV has 7 members -- Taeyong (NCT's leader, main rapper, main dancer), Doyoung (main vocal) and Jaehyun (main vocal, sub-rapper and visual), who are members of NCT-127; Xiaojun (main vocal), who is a member of WayV; Jaemin (lead rapper), who is a member of NCT-Dream; Shotaro (main dancer and vocalist), who is Japanese, is no longer a member of NCT but is now a member of SM's new boy group RIIZE; and Lucas (rapper and visual) who is from Hong Kong, is a former member of WayV/NCT. NCT's fourth sub-unit is WayV, which debuted at the beginning of 2019. They are NCT's Chinese sub-unit who produces songs in Mandarin and promotes in China. There are currently 6 members in this sub-unit. All the members of WayV have Chinese heritage, but like Ten who is Thai, they aren't all native Chinese. Most of the members of WayV had already debuted originally as members of NCT-U + 3 new members who debuted specifically with WayV because they were Chinese. (Kun, the leader of WayV, debuted as a member of NCT's special project group NCT-2018 and WinWin debuted as an original member of NCT-127, but he no longer promotes with 127 since WayV's debut.) The only reason why WayV doesn't have NCT in their name like the other 3 NCT sub-units is because, at the time of their debut, there was a lot of political issues between Korea and China, and because of that Korean companies were not able to work in China. NCT's Chinese sub-unit has been going to debut for years, but with all the political issues it took SM Entertainment a long time to find a way to work around all the rules the Chinese government put in place to prevent its native Chinese citizens from working with anyone associated with Korea and preventing anyone who was working with a Korean company from working in China. Therefore, in order to circumvent some of China's restrictions, SM found/created a Chinese company that was willing to take on NCT's Chinese sub-unit, but also allow SM to have a say in the group's concept and promotion activities. Part of how they get around the rules is they gave the group a name that distances them from their Korean roots. (That is also why WayV's Chinese fans are called WayZenNi instead of NCTzens and why WayV has their own lightstick design that is different than NCT's, etc.) The company WayV is under is called Label V which is part of SM, but separate from the Korean branch of the company and it produces songs in Mandarin to keep the Chinese government happy. All the members of WayV also speak Mandarin and have some connection to Chinese heritage, but most of the members are not native mainland Chinese citizens, so this gives them some immunity from the Chinese government. But they are representing China and they are promoting Chinese culture, so the Chinese government kind of turned a blind eye to the fact that they are technically still under a Korean company, as long as they hid any connection to their Korean company while doing promotions in China.
Omg thank you, I really never knew why Wayv was so different even if they're a part of Nct, but I don't understand why sm would go to these extreme lengths just to be able to promote in China 😐
@@Princess_Stay Because China has one of the largest populations in Asia and they are the most logical of next places that SM would want to conquer in order to increase sales and viewership of everything they do. Plus, China has their own internet and media system, so the only way to reach Chinese citizens and fans is to promote in China. That is why China holds so much power in the world because the shear number of people per capita makes them a good place to try and gain fans, which in turn boosts sales of everything they do. Plus, it gives them more places to hold fan meeting and concerts, etc. SM has always been working on reaching world domination and if you ignore China, you will never reach that goal. China holds too much influence, which is why SM and others are willing to jump through all the hoops and put so much effort into reaching the Chinese market. I mean, SM has been trying to establish and maintain a presence in the Chinese music market for years: > SM began with the company's and the Kpop industry's very first Mandarin based Kpop group, second generation, Super Junior-M, who were the Chinese sub-unit of Super Junior. Super Junior-M was the very first Kpop group to have both Korean and Chinese members that produced music in Mandarin with the sole purpose of establishing a Chinese fan base and promoting in China starting in 2008. In many aspects Super Junior-M was a huge success and they completely changed the Kpop industry, but they had a lot of struggles as well. Super Junior-M pretty much established what it meant to be an idol group in China and they are the group that helped to create what the C-pop industry has now become today. > Then SM tried again with third generation in 2012, creating EXO's sub-unit EXO-M. They had moderate success, but as you may know, they weren't without their issues. > Now, SM is currently trying again with fourth generation WayV. However, since 2016 China has made it almost impossible for a Korean company and any mainland Chinese citizens that are involved with a Korean company to work in China, so SM has had to get creative in order to reach their Chinese fans and to continue to work with their Chinese idols like Super Junior-M's Zhoumi, F(X)'s Victoria and EXO's Lay. In order for Lay to work with EXO, SM partnered with Lay, who is a producer and the CEO of his own company in China, to produce several of Lay's solo songs in English with MVs that have storylines that connect to EXO's story. All of Lay's English songs also have a Mandarin version on the album and Lay focused all his promotions that were outside of China in the U.S and the West, to avoid the appearance of working with Korea. And prior to 2019 when WayV debuted, SM created a Chinese exclusive label in China called Label V, which produces all of WayV's Mandarin songs and handles all of WayV's promotional activities in China, etc. (Although Label V has primarily been a company for WayV to promote in China, SM has used the company a few times to produce songs by some of its Chinese artists that are based in China.) And in the midst of all that, COVID hit and shut everything down for more than 2 years. So SM is just now slowly getting back into promoting in China. Ningning from aespa, who is Chinese, was recently in China as a judge on a Chinese music program and WayV has recently started promoting in China again, holding fan meetings and attending events, shows and interviews in China, etc.
@@milindawilson9175 oh right true when you put that way it's pretty reasonable that they would try to market their sales to China. I wasn't expecting a long response, but thank you so much for taking the time to write all this 💕 Hopefully sm will finally find a way to get a group to work well with the Chinese government
@@Princess_Stay Also, just so you know, SM had always planned on having a Chinese sub-unit of NCT. They establish the fact that they are planning a Chinese sub-unit by highlighting WinWin's story when they first introduced NCT during their press conference at the beginning of 2016. However, it wasn't long after that the issues between Korea and China ramped up, so it just took SM 3 extra years to figure out what they were going to do to make the Chinese unit work. WayV was originally supposed to be called NCT-V. They were to be the group full of vision for Neo Culture Technology. Now rebranded as We Are Your Vision, i.e. gods of vision. That's why I think Winwin debuted with NCT-127 and why he no longer promotes with them since WayV debuted. NCT-127 was just a place for him to hone his skills and wait until they could figure out what they were going to do next. That is also why I think Kun, WayV's leader, was featured in NCT-U's Chinese version of "Without You" in 2016, but he didn't officially debut until NCT-2018's "Black On Black" in 2018, which was right before the formation of WayV at the beginning of 2019. SM had always planned on making Kun the leader of WayV, it just took them extra time to work out everything surrounding the creation of the group.
If you have a chance to see other stage performances with the original lineup (Jeno stepped in I think Taeyong was recovering) you will see that they altered the last "back it up, back it up" a bit. It added to the excitement. The cover dances are huge all over world. So good to see you enjoying the music. 🤗
You paid attention to Lucas, he is my bias, thank you very much. I really like the way you reacted. Once again, thank you. This nct unit is my favorite unit .
Honestly my favorite unit of NCT dream and Wayv (only because of their song love talk 😅) but Make a Wish always captures the attention of many just by the beat, and I'm still obsessed with the pre-chorus 💕 and the live performance was good because I honestly never knew Jaemin and Xiaojun were in this song 🥲 and they're one of my favorite nct members. Also for the cover group, it was only fitting that they perform right in front of the Eiffel Tower 👍 they were talented 👏 and so was your freestyle rap 😁
I CAN DO THIS ALL DAY!
Back it up, back it up~
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서둘러 'hit that lineeeee
For vocal heaven, please check NCT 127 "Killing Voice"
Will do 👌🏾
NCT's whole group concept is based on dreams, so in NCT-U's "Make a Wish (Birthday Song)" they talk about making a wish like on your birthday because wishes are often things you dream of happening. Everything NCT does is about dreams, dreaming or being in a dream state. Therefore, that is the theme you will see being repeated and referenced in all of their MVs across all of their sub-units.
As you saw, the "Make A Wish (Birthday song)" MV has 7 members -- Taeyong (NCT's leader, main rapper, main dancer), Doyoung (main vocal) and Jaehyun (main vocal, sub-rapper and visual), who are members of NCT-127; Xiaojun (main vocal), who is a member of WayV; Jaemin (lead rapper), who is a member of NCT-Dream; Shotaro (main dancer and vocalist), who is Japanese, is no longer a member of NCT but is now a member of SM's new boy group RIIZE; and Lucas (rapper and visual) who is from Hong Kong, is a former member of WayV/NCT.
NCT's fourth sub-unit is WayV, which debuted at the beginning of 2019. They are NCT's Chinese sub-unit who produces songs in Mandarin and promotes in China. There are currently 6 members in this sub-unit. All the members of WayV have Chinese heritage, but like Ten who is Thai, they aren't all native Chinese. Most of the members of WayV had already debuted originally as members of NCT-U + 3 new members who debuted specifically with WayV because they were Chinese. (Kun, the leader of WayV, debuted as a member of NCT's special project group NCT-2018 and WinWin debuted as an original member of NCT-127, but he no longer promotes with 127 since WayV's debut.)
The only reason why WayV doesn't have NCT in their name like the other 3 NCT sub-units is because, at the time of their debut, there was a lot of political issues between Korea and China, and because of that Korean companies were not able to work in China. NCT's Chinese sub-unit has been going to debut for years, but with all the political issues it took SM Entertainment a long time to find a way to work around all the rules the Chinese government put in place to prevent its native Chinese citizens from working with anyone associated with Korea and preventing anyone who was working with a Korean company from working in China.
Therefore, in order to circumvent some of China's restrictions, SM found/created a Chinese company that was willing to take on NCT's Chinese sub-unit, but also allow SM to have a say in the group's concept and promotion activities. Part of how they get around the rules is they gave the group a name that distances them from their Korean roots. (That is also why WayV's Chinese fans are called WayZenNi instead of NCTzens and why WayV has their own lightstick design that is different than NCT's, etc.) The company WayV is under is called Label V which is part of SM, but separate from the Korean branch of the company and it produces songs in Mandarin to keep the Chinese government happy. All the members of WayV also speak Mandarin and have some connection to Chinese heritage, but most of the members are not native mainland Chinese citizens, so this gives them some immunity from the Chinese government. But they are representing China and they are promoting Chinese culture, so the Chinese government kind of turned a blind eye to the fact that they are technically still under a Korean company, as long as they hid any connection to their Korean company while doing promotions in China.
Ah okay thank you for the explanations 👌🏾
Omg thank you, I really never knew why Wayv was so different even if they're a part of Nct, but I don't understand why sm would go to these extreme lengths just to be able to promote in China 😐
@@Princess_Stay Because China has one of the largest populations in Asia and they are the most logical of next places that SM would want to conquer in order to increase sales and viewership of everything they do. Plus, China has their own internet and media system, so the only way to reach Chinese citizens and fans is to promote in China. That is why China holds so much power in the world because the shear number of people per capita makes them a good place to try and gain fans, which in turn boosts sales of everything they do. Plus, it gives them more places to hold fan meeting and concerts, etc.
SM has always been working on reaching world domination and if you ignore China, you will never reach that goal. China holds too much influence, which is why SM and others are willing to jump through all the hoops and put so much effort into reaching the Chinese market.
I mean, SM has been trying to establish and maintain a presence in the Chinese music market for years:
> SM began with the company's and the Kpop industry's very first Mandarin based Kpop group, second generation, Super Junior-M, who were the Chinese sub-unit of Super Junior. Super Junior-M was the very first Kpop group to have both Korean and Chinese members that produced music in Mandarin with the sole purpose of establishing a Chinese fan base and promoting in China starting in 2008. In many aspects Super Junior-M was a huge success and they completely changed the Kpop industry, but they had a lot of struggles as well. Super Junior-M pretty much established what it meant to be an idol group in China and they are the group that helped to create what the C-pop industry has now become today.
> Then SM tried again with third generation in 2012, creating EXO's sub-unit EXO-M. They had moderate success, but as you may know, they weren't without their issues.
> Now, SM is currently trying again with fourth generation WayV.
However, since 2016 China has made it almost impossible for a Korean company and any mainland Chinese citizens that are involved with a Korean company to work in China, so SM has had to get creative in order to reach their Chinese fans and to continue to work with their Chinese idols like Super Junior-M's Zhoumi, F(X)'s Victoria and EXO's Lay. In order for Lay to work with EXO, SM partnered with Lay, who is a producer and the CEO of his own company in China, to produce several of Lay's solo songs in English with MVs that have storylines that connect to EXO's story. All of Lay's English songs also have a Mandarin version on the album and Lay focused all his promotions that were outside of China in the U.S and the West, to avoid the appearance of working with Korea. And prior to 2019 when WayV debuted, SM created a Chinese exclusive label in China called Label V, which produces all of WayV's Mandarin songs and handles all of WayV's promotional activities in China, etc. (Although Label V has primarily been a company for WayV to promote in China, SM has used the company a few times to produce songs by some of its Chinese artists that are based in China.)
And in the midst of all that, COVID hit and shut everything down for more than 2 years. So SM is just now slowly getting back into promoting in China. Ningning from aespa, who is Chinese, was recently in China as a judge on a Chinese music program and WayV has recently started promoting in China again, holding fan meetings and attending events, shows and interviews in China, etc.
@@milindawilson9175 oh right true when you put that way it's pretty reasonable that they would try to market their sales to China. I wasn't expecting a long response, but thank you so much for taking the time to write all this 💕 Hopefully sm will finally find a way to get a group to work well with the Chinese government
@@Princess_Stay Also, just so you know, SM had always planned on having a Chinese sub-unit of NCT. They establish the fact that they are planning a Chinese sub-unit by highlighting WinWin's story when they first introduced NCT during their press conference at the beginning of 2016. However, it wasn't long after that the issues between Korea and China ramped up, so it just took SM 3 extra years to figure out what they were going to do to make the Chinese unit work.
WayV was originally supposed to be called NCT-V. They were to be the group full of vision for Neo Culture Technology. Now rebranded as We Are Your Vision, i.e. gods of vision.
That's why I think Winwin debuted with NCT-127 and why he no longer promotes with them since WayV debuted. NCT-127 was just a place for him to hone his skills and wait until they could figure out what they were going to do next.
That is also why I think Kun, WayV's leader, was featured in NCT-U's Chinese version of "Without You" in 2016, but he didn't officially debut until NCT-2018's "Black On Black" in 2018, which was right before the formation of WayV at the beginning of 2019. SM had always planned on making Kun the leader of WayV, it just took them extra time to work out everything surrounding the creation of the group.
If you have a chance to see other stage performances with the original lineup (Jeno stepped in I think Taeyong was recovering) you will see that they altered the last "back it up, back it up" a bit. It added to the excitement. The cover dances are huge all over world. So good to see you enjoying the music. 🤗
Will do ✅
Yey! NCT-U ... more NCT please!
Yes 🔥
U should react the dance practice too
Crazy intro and they went off
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The dance practice for Make a Wish is lit 🔥 you should check it out!
Will do 👌🏾
Loving ur reaction!!
Thank you 🙏🏾
Esse back it up back it up é muito bom aaaaa
check unit nct - WayV. member Ten is NCT's best dancer, and the amazing vocalist Xiaojun (the one with yellow hair in MAW)
Wait till he hears the English version of make a wish 😭
Great reaction more NCT!!
Thanks and will do 👌🏾
E esse começo arrasou
Thank you 🙏🏾
Please listen to birthday by ten nct.. both mv and dance practice
Next nctu let's play ball and 90s love please
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Thank you !!! 🎉
You're welcome!!🙌🏾
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You paid attention to Lucas, he is my bias, thank you very much.
I really like the way you reacted. Once again, thank you.
This nct unit is my favorite unit .
Great bias thank you for watching 🙌🏾
@@Bigbrothaj lucas has serious allegations of abusing female fans and was eventually removed from nct, so
Honestly my favorite unit of NCT dream and Wayv (only because of their song love talk 😅) but Make a Wish always captures the attention of many just by the beat, and I'm still obsessed with the pre-chorus 💕 and the live performance was good because I honestly never knew Jaemin and Xiaojun were in this song 🥲 and they're one of my favorite nct members. Also for the cover group, it was only fitting that they perform right in front of the Eiffel Tower 👍 they were talented 👏 and so was your freestyle rap 😁
Well I definitely got to check them out you have good taste lol that beat and pre chorus is money 💰 and thanks 😎
the biggest hype was for Xiaojun and Jaemin when the song was released so how could you not know?
@@MrsMarcenka because I'm not a Stan of nct lol 😂 I just liked the song and trying to keep up with the other unit members is too much 😅
@@Princess_Stay oh ok, don't worry