NCT 127 Make Their Confident English Debut With Latin-Infused Single 'Regular'

NCT 127's latest single is anything yet regular. The Latin-infused bop is the Korean group's first predominently English-language song, and it's bursting with NCT's signature bass-heavy beats and confident swagger. (Do we think these guys ever slow down?)


usual gives each person in the 10-member categorize room to flex — even newest recruit Jungwoo gets some shine — however it's a real showcase for dynamic rappers Taeyong and Mark, who have been front and center in the NCT fold since the collective's trap-inspired debut in 2016.


And with lyrics like "I am also prosperous to compete, so don't compare to me" and "we are not the same, only one of me," NCT 127 are clearly attempting to distinguish themselves from their K-pop peers. And the accompanying visual is as fashionable and visually sumptuous as we've come to expect from NCT, because the Seoul-based unit lean into a swaggy sci-fi, street-hustler concept. Not to say, Mark gets to walk an actual tiger, which is pretty cool.


As Apple Music's newest "Up Next" artists, the K-pop boy musical group debuted normal on Apple Music's Beats 1 Radio on Monday (October 8). Canadian-born Mark told host Zane Lowe that releasing a English version of the song is all piece of NCT's global approach to music. "We've realized that we wanted give attention to spreading our music to the world," he mentioned. "So we required a English language version of the song, and we wanted our international fans to listen to it as well."


The Korean version of common will drop later this week with the release of the group's forthcoming full-length album, Regular-Irregular, on October 12.