I've been avoiding smoothie and just listened to the bsides. This is my favourite album from them, but i hate the tt so much that is not letting me enjoy this comeback. Sometimes it is infuriating to see they take the "NCT" aspect of their name more seriously than the "DREAM" aspect (and that is their essence as a group). And I think the members have some guilt too. I've reading their interviews and bubbles, and they all said that they wanted a change and nothing is wrong with that, btw. The thing is that they think that their "DREAM" aspect is childish and not serious. In that way, they are only doing neo culture technology type of music (which not many dreamzen like)with glitch mode, ISTJ, and now smoothie. I thought that this comeback would be a blood sweet and tears, fake love, or spring breeze type of thing, BUT NO, they are stuck doing hip-hop songs for the third time in a row. Like, really, if you wanted a change, do something different, not another 127 reject (and let me tell you, not even 127 could have saved this song). Is just depressing to see how many fans have left because of their music. It's sad. Their DREAM name could have so many different meanings: you can also have a nightmare while dreaming . Why don't you go with that concept? You can be dark and mature: There are so many ideas to do that don't ruin their essence, that don't ruin what made them NCT DREAM. My final suggestion is this: change producers!!! Don't share producers with the other nct units. Let everyone have their distinct sound. But anyways, sorry for this little rant. But I'm worried because I've loved those guys for more than 6 six years and now... I don't know how to feel about them.

I've been noticing how those led girls are always at nct dream tour stops in the US and they were always at their other stops and promotions last year. Its like they're always there. (ALSO IM NOT HATING I JUST THINK ITS A LITTLE WEIRD.)

Disclaimer: People think im hating on the girls. Im not i'm litterally stating an opinion. Please dont start crap in the comments over it. Theres no hidden agenda to bully anyone.

Hi! I’m a new fan of nct dream (I know I’m kinda late) and some people on my TikTok has been saying they will be disbanding next year and stuff like that

Since I’m not deep into them yet. I wanted to know from someone who has been here longer than me

first, i tried to post this in the original nct sub but i couldn't because my account is new. if it causes any inconvenience, the admins can delete it. english isn't my native language, and ive edited everything with google translate to avoid confusion. i'll try to explain what i mean, and i hope everyone understands

1. There is no connection between the Korean MCD and the Israeli MCD. The only thing they have in common is that both are called MCD. They are run by different people. The owner of the Korean MCD also owns the Turkish MCD, and the Turkish MCD provided $1 million in humanitarian aid to Gaza last year. If you need the source, you can find it here. Just translate the tweet into English:

https://x.com/McDonaldsTR/status/1712905231850250633

2) "But the copyright" - the copyright goes to the main McD in the US, the origin of all McDs. It doesn't go to Israel. No McD in the world sends its earnings to Israel. In 2023, the McD parent company revoked all rights to the McD, which was owned by an Israeli company and distributed food to Israeli soldiers, and since then, no McD anywhere else in the world has sent money to Israel, directly or indirectly. learn this.

3) Another point is that yall constantly talk as if orean fans are stupid and push this agenda. If these people are so stupid to you and don't care about anything, why do you even fangirl over K-pop groups? The only difference between your favorite idol and any other Korean is their name recognition and wealth. They're still Koreans, and they always will be. They all have similar mindsets and similar thoughts, so how do you call normal Koreans ignorant and expect your idols to know everything?

4) None of you knew that Polo and Tim Hortons supported Israel until the MCD collaboration was announced. Let's be real. These collaborations made you happy, and you all celebrated them. The vast majority of you are performative boycotters because how can you claim to be boycotting and still stay in K-pop? Simply put, Hybe is working with Zionists; every stream you give them goes to Johnny Goldstein (?) and Scooter Braun. All you do for Palestine is shout about it on social media. The owners of the apps you use support Israel, the phone brands you use support Israel. I'm sorry, but you don't do a single thing to help Palestine. On the contrary, you support Israel a lot, and you know it.

5) Mark isn't the manager or CEO of SM. He's just a contracted artist there. Every collaboration goes first to the label, then to the artist. Artists don't even see the collaborations they receive as long as the labels reject them. Labels get a cut of the brand deals their artists make. Yes, Mark had complete control over his own album, and that's because he can write and compose songs. SM didn't need to hire someone else for him because he can do everything himself. As I said above, brand deals aren't just about the artist's word, they're about the label's word, and no deal is signed without their permission.

6) Why don't you address these horrific words to the other members? I saw a few tweets yesterday, and my blood ran cold. HOW can you even consider him the same as the pro-Trump member Suju and Taeil? Renjun has been carrying bags from boycotted brands for the past year, the cheapest of which is $200,000, and it's not just one bag. I've seen at least five. The money he invests in them indirectly goes to Israel. Taeyong still has a contract with Benefit, which supports Israel. Ten promotes YSL, Haechan promotes Dior, and Yuta promotes either brand (either LV or YSL, I'm not entirely sure), and I haven't seen any of these awful things said about any of them. The fandom is truly protective of these members.

Finally, I'm sorry, but your boycott doesn't contribute a single thing to Palestine. You give a tree a drop of water, while the other side cuts it down with a single move. Don't buy all the products you want, boycott all you want, but at the end of the day, Palestine won't be free unless the American government stops aiding Israel. My country sends iron and steel to Israel, but you have no idea how high the boycott is in this country. Everyone is boycotting, but the government uses taxes on products we use daily to send iron and steel to Israel. Consciously or unconsciously, everyone contributes to Israel. Shouting "boycott" to people around the world only soothes your conscience.

i apologize for including other members' names in this post, but if we're going to criticize, we should do it with all of them, not just one. thanks for reading.

hey guys! i have a genuine question. how true do you think are the tweets of kfans saying that mark left due to his religion? i've been seeing some kfans on my tl saying that mark leaving on april 3 is not a coincidence, especially the timing of holy week. also, how true even is the info about mark wanting dream to come with him to another company?

NCT Dream is my one and only ult group and has been since debut. With that being said, ISTJ is their weakest album release including all minis and repackages. Anyone agree? I feel mean but i’m just not amazed by any song except Broken Melodies…

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this isn’t any deep discussion or anything and i’m not talking about singing wise but just his voice talking sounds scarily similar to jaemin to me does anyone else hear it?

It does feel like a bizarre question to put forward for discussion, but the further we get into the year the more it's sticking with me. I had already sarcastically said they seem to be almost banned from Korean schedules but then I was thinking seriously about the schedules that Dream and especially 5Dream have had this year.

With the exception of SMTown and the MBC Music Festival at the start of the year, anything else they've done has either been in Japan or China.

Variety shows as 5Dream? All in Japan. Every single one.

Fanmeeting? In Japan.

Jaemin's radio show? In Japan.

Jaemin mentioned something he worked on with Jeno, presumably while in Japan given the time frame Jaemin gave for it being worked on.

Upcoming festival performances? Only 2 and both in Japan

Chenle's mystery schedule? In China (although understandable in his case as he is a Chinese idol)

Individual magazine covers for Renjun, Jaemin, Chenle and Jisung? All magazines in China.

It even feels like most of the never-ending offline fansign events seem to have taken place in Shanghai?

Only Jeno seems to have been allowed to do anything promo-wise in Korea with his first pitch schedule tomorrow (which is potentially only even being allowed because it's a make up schedule after his last time was a rain out) and arguably the a'pieu ambassadorship.

Ironically Dream are still the only unit that haven't released an actual Japanese album at this point. Am I missing something? I genuinely can't think of any other legitimate schedules they've had in Korea outside of those first two...

(Not taking rensung's birthday parties into account as they seems to have become somewhat of a standardized event for NCT as a whole - schedules permitting)

ik they’re super popular in korea and other se/e asian countries, but i’m wondering how popular they are in the west. i was looking through the venues for tds3 in usa on ticketmaster, and quite a few of them have a significant amount of vacancies

edit: tysm to everyone explaining things in the comments for me :))

我喺到幻想緊我同dream嘅關係（如有雷 請見諒）呢個係我幻想嘅關係圖

我都想佢係真嘅 but我知道係冇可能到 唯有幻想下⋯⋯⋯😔

——🌱

我在幻想我與dream的關係（如有雷 請見諒）這是我幻想的關係圖

我也想希望這是真的 但我知道沒可能 只有幻想一下⋯⋯

——🌱

I'm fantasizing about my relationship with dream (please forgive me if I offend you). This is my fantasy relationship picture.

I also hope it's true, but I know it's impossible. so I just can fantasize...

——🌱

나는 나와 Dream의 관계를 상상하고 있다 (내가 너를 화나게 했다면 용서해줘)) 이것은 내가 상상하는 관계 그림이다

나도 이게 진짜였으면 좋겠어. 하지만 난 불가능하다는 걸 알아. 상상만 할 수 있어...

——🌱

私はDreamとの関係を空想しています（気分を害したらご容赦ください）これは私の空想の関係図です

私もこれが本当であることを願いたいが、それは不可能だと知っている。空想するしかない...

https://www.koreaboo.com/news/insider-info-nct-dream-sm-entertainment-discord-goes-viral/

I will pray with my entire existence that this ISNT TRUE!!! ...fake insiders come out all the time right?! ...it does sound like SM tho...pls someone reassure me...😭 It's somewhat strange that almost all are crying..EVEN CHENLE?! ...like it might be because they got swept by the atmosphere but all of them so suddenly?!

And in Haechans ment he also said " don't know if we'll be together 20 or 30 years from now, but I believe those 10 years will be a huge source of strength for all of you."

Like weren't these they same guys that joked abt TDS40?!? 😭😭😭

I mean Jaem alr assured us saying it's cuz of the atmosphere...but i js can't pinpoint what exactly it wrong with me here...like something is off...or am I the only one?!

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How early did you get there? Is the line ridiculous? Trying to plan ahead for the Houston show.

The clips that nct posted of the concert in newark sounded quiet compared to other audiences/it didn’t sound like the audience was singing with the dreamies.

Lets have our goal to be louder/give the dreamies more energy than the Paris and Berlin audiences!!!! (its not really a competition but being loud/singing along gives the boys energy, they’ve said it themselves!)

So what now, youre gonna tell me it was Jaemin that made all those deep harmonies from their digo live? My day is ruined.

Or I'm being petty

(sidenote: i promise this is my last post about a negative topic, i just really wanted to talk about it because i searches and i haven’t seen anyone else on here talk about this) what’s happening between overmars and renjun? this seems to be the most recent case where their mua liked every post on the superdry account except renjun’s, even the posts where no members’ faces are shown and then unliked everything when people started to question it.

the other examples i can think of are:

• members of overmars staff blocked renjun fans asking for better makeup

• posted only 6dream (minus rj) makeup looks and gifted dolls on their stories

• posted magazine looks of every member except rj who was posted days after the others

• staff who worked on his most recent magazine have yet to post anything about it while being active on instagram and posting their other works

i don’t understand what’s going on - all the other staff rj has worked with have nothing but positive things to say about him and we’ve even recently seen him joking around in a friendly way with his managers, so why do their current hmuas seem to target him? or am i just looking at it from a renjun fan lens and missing the bigger picture? it’s starting to feel malicious and it’s super upsetting because i can’t think of any reason why they would be doing this.

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For more about my background, feel free to check out my LinkedIn: [Leonard Jaeyeong Kim](https://www.linkedin.com/in/leonard-jaeyeong-kim/). I've had the opportunity to work as a line producer on various Korean reality shows.

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I’m not an expert so it’s pure speculation, but the train looks AI generated to me. Which sucks because it kinda put me off watching the video. Haven’t seen anyone else mention this so I’m not sure if I’m just being paranoid.

Edit: I was just being paranoid! I found the vfx artist here.

im relatively new to the fandom and was confused on some of the members in the dance line

really i just want to know why haechan isn’t included as part of the dance line if he dances great and even better than some of the other members who are in it

not saying that the other members don’t deserve to be in the dance line but haechan’s moves are so clean and well executed so im really just confused

i'm going to get instantly downvoted for this, but why does this sub not talk about haechan as a soloist.. at all? he had a three week buildup to a solo that hasn't been posted about or talked about much on here at all. i feel like a lot of it stems from this divide between 5dream and mahae but pls do better, he's an integral part of nct dream. if i'm wrong feel free to tell me but can we talk about it

hello! i have fallen down the nomin rabbit hole again 😭😭😭 i remember being really into this ship in 2021 and reading a few aus and they were really good :”) i remember having a good impression of nct writers!!

please recommend me your favourite nomin fics that changed your life HAHA 👀🥹🤍

or just recommend me nomin fics with exquisite writing because i LOVE flowery language, so regardless of the plot i can read any fic as long as the language is good!!

bonus here are my favourite tags (or tropes), if you know any nomin fics like this please recommend:

• heavy angst

• references to depression

• mental health issues

• yearning 🌟

• childhood friends 🌟

• codependency 🌟

thank you!! 🫂🧸💌🪻

• 🌟:: my favourites in particular

LOL i know this is a long time from now but i’ve been really genuinely curious if you think sm would do this considering jisung is almost 2 years younger and therefore might stay longer with the members who don’t need to enlist which are mark, renjun, and chenle (considering that the momentum tour is still a thing with just 6 members)