NCT DOYOUNG member MARK likes it more than the first album…10 years since our debut? It's not been long
Jun 09, 2025
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Doyoung recently met with Sports Chosun at a cafe in Seongsu-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, saying, `Mark said his second album is better than his first one.' `It's been 10 years since his debut, but I don't think he's been doing it for that long.'
DOYOUNG will make his comeback as a solo artist on the 9th, and is expected to fly brilliantly as a K-pop vocalist. He is returning as a solo artist after about a year and two months since his first solo album in April last year 'Youth's Formal'.
In particular, as we have prepared this album 'Sore' by conducting 24 NCT 127 tours 'The Momentum' and musicals 'Smiling Man' in 15 regions in the Americas and Asia, it seems that there must have been ups and downs physically.
"Collecting the songs itself was collected right after the first album was over. There was also a song that came in when I was preparing for my first album. So the process of recording was not that tight. The period of recording and creating things to be seen was physically difficult because they were simultaneously doing musicals and touring. That's why I'm particularly interested in what I am now (laughs). I'm glad you're okay. People do everything when the deadline is set. There was a deadline. I recorded it four times a week."
The driving force behind the preparation of the album in such a busy schedule is 'Precious Album'.
"I tend to live by the plan in general. Of course, this doesn't work out as planned. Even if I'm ready, other people can't be ready. Even if there's something wrong, it has to be done. It's such a precious album for me that I couldn't have done it, and if I couldn't do it, I wouldn't have been able to fulfill my greed."
At the same time, he drew the line that tours and musicals would be 'consequences' and solo albums would be 'process'.
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Doyoung, who has been the main vocalist, musical actor, and solo singer of NCT 127, has been thoroughly taking care of her throat. In fact, an episode of managing Do-young's neck was broadcast through the entertainment program 「I Live Alone」, drawing attention.
"The management is working hard. I know other singers are working hard, too. I'm turning on the humidifier hard or something like that. There are many high notes in the song, and I don't think singing alone for two or three hours can be done if the vocalization of singing is essentially wrong. I'm going to engrave that again, take lessons, and study. If you think it's unhealthy, you try to sing healthy."
As he appears semi-fixed in MBC's flagship entertainment show called 'I Live Alone', it is presumed that his public recognition has changed. In the most recent broadcast, DOYOUNG stopped by his home and remembered the past.
"If I have a chance, I want to keep going on 'I live alone', but thank you for liking it. There are quite a few cases where the ladies and gentlemen recognize it. Thank you for saying 'I live alone' at the airport as well.'
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Doyoung said "I'm proud of Mark because he said he likes the second album more than the first. Everyone said it was good. I heard it's a complete album. He expressed his satisfaction.
The difference between group activities and solo activities was pointed out like this. "It was definitely different when I was on a solo tour and when I was on a group tour. I think a group performance is a form of performance in which you can feel cheers or catharsis when you show a performance. This is especially true of NCT 127's performance. The performance I do alone doesn't seem to be full of cheers, but it seems to be a performance that can be enjoyed together. I was very grateful for the way they sang together even though the language was different."
Doyoung, who debuted as NCT U in 2016, has already become a senior in his 10th year 'Ko Yeon-cha'. Recently, junior groups such as Rise, NCT Wish, and Hearts to Hearts have appeared one after another in SM Entertainment, the agency.
"I don't think I've done it for that long. I think time has passed since I just did this much. I never thought I was a senior. Of course, when I go to a music program, I go to the back, but I never thought I became a senior because I didn't have that much interaction. But since there are many juniors in our company, I think I'm going to become a senior. There's a big age difference (laughs). But it wasn't that long, so it was fun and hard work I think so."
DOYOUNG's second album 『Sore" will be released on various music sites at 6 p.m. on June 9.
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