- Title: K-pop band NCT127 releases new album '2 Baddies' ahead of U.S. concerts
- Date: 16th September 2022
- Summary: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (SEPTEMBER 16, 2022) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** K-POP BOY BAND NCT 127 WALKING INTO NEWS CONFERENCE VARIOUS OF NCT 127 MEMBERS (FROM LEFT) JOHNNY, HAECHAN, MARK, JAEHYUN, TAEYONG, YUTA, TAEIL, JUNGWOO AND DOYOUNG POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS (FROM LEFT) JAEHYUN, TAEYONG AND YUTA POSING NCT 127 MEMBERS POSING ON STAGE JOURNALISTS NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) NCT 127 MEMBER, TAEYONG, SAYING: "I think the lead track fully complements our 'bad boy' characteristic and outstanding images, which also can be shown as part of the performance." NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) NCT 127 MEMBER, JAEHYUN, SAYING: "We used to do performances which were already well set up, but this time, it has some freestyle parts and also the roguish image continues from start to end, like a form of storytelling performance. So, I think people will enjoy it." (FROM LEFT) MARK, JAEHYUN, TAEYONG, YUTA, TAEIL AND JUNGWOO SEATED (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) NCT 127 MEMBER, JOHNNY, SAYING: "We are going to put on a very cool performance, so I hope our fans in the United States will look forward to it. It's been a while since we did the world tour, so we really want to show how special this is to us." (FROM LEFT) TAEIL, JUNGWOO AND DOYOUNG LISTENING (FROM LEFT) JOHNNY, HAECHAN, MARK AND JAEHYUN SITTING NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS
- Embargoed: 30th September 2022 07:37
- Keywords: 2 Baddies Billboard K-pop NCT NCT127 Seoul South Korea Sticker concert new album news conference world tour
- Location: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA / VARIOUS FILMING LOCATIONS
- City: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA / VARIOUS FILMING LOCATIONS
- Country: South Korea
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Music
- Reuters ID: LVA001572516092022RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: K-pop boy band NCT 127 dropped their fourth full-length album "2 Baddies" on Friday (September 16), ahead of the band's concerts in the United States as part of their second world tour.
The nine members - Taeil, Johnny, Taeyong, Yuta, Doyoung, Jaehyun, Jungwoo, Mark and Haechan - attended a news conference in Seoul to promote their latest album, a day after releasing the music video of their title track.
The new album with 12 tracks covers various genres such as hip-hop, R&B, and neo-soul, the band members explained at the news conference in Seoul.
The title song '2 Baddies ', which has the same name of the new album, garnered over 27 million views on YouTube after its pre-release on Thursday (September 15).
The multinational K-pop act, which debuted in 2016, is one of the unit groups of SM Entertainment's 23-member boy band NCT (Neo Culture Technology).
NCT 127 kicked off their second world tour in late last year and is set to hold concerts in Los Angeles and Newark in October.
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