- doyoung told all his classmates that he was leaving school to go study abroad after he was accepted into SM. years later he shocked them all when he made his official TV broadcast debut as an SM Rookie.
- similarly, mark left canada to join SM without telling any of his friends, so he just disappeared from their lives one day and they had no idea what happened to him until he debuted.
- haechan and jungwoo are currently the only known members of nct to be accepted into SM through the company's "legendary" saturday open auditions (these open auditions are notorious for their strict, high-talent oriented nature).
- jaemin was scouted while doing volunteer work (he is a Good Boy).
- lucas said that he simply did three model poses for his SM audition and got accepted. visual king...
- taeyong, lucas, hendery, and yangyang (among others) have talked about how when they began as trainees at SM, they were practically blank slates, and the talents they now display are all a result of their immense hard work and dedication!
- jeno was a child model/actor before joining SM, and has been in a number of CFs.
- jeno and jaemin entered SM on the same day and have been together ever since (best friends/soulmate culture).
- johnny sang the hymn "hosanna" for his SM audition, and before starting, he "coolly" asked the judges if he could keep his headphones on while singing.
- renjun said he performed bigbang songs for his SM audition... renjun closet yg stan? just furthering my renjun blink agenda, thank you <3
- chenle accomplished so many amazing things during his solo child star career in china, prior to joining SM. the list of his achievements is long and full of surprises, so i suggest everyone just read his mind-boggling wikipedia page.
- chenle, as far as we know, is also the member with the shortest trainee period before debut. he joined SM in 2016, and debuted only a short 2 months later in NCT DREAM. such is the amazing talent of the venerable zhong chenle!
- everything about predebut ten was fantastic!!! TNT, always in our hearts.
- before kun auditioned for sm, he was a participant in a taiwanese boy band competition. he even released a self-composed track (along with a self-directed music video), which created quite a buzz on social media.
- xiaojun was a part of a survival show called x-fire before he debuted. when he was eventually eliminated, he wrote a song for all his fellow contestants and sang it for them on his last day on the show TT.
- before hendery joined sm, he was studying acting and wanted to become a comedian/entertainer because he wished to do something that brings joy to others ♡
- jisung and chenle once met as kids, years before either of them joined SM and became group mates. they performed on the same stage for the 2013 international children's concert in china.
- winwin was accepted into several prestigious schools of performing arts in china, before leaving to korea to train at SM. his applications were so impressive, he ranked 1st at the beijing dance academy, 7th at the communication university of china, 10th at the central academy of drama, and 12th at the shanghai school of visual arts. he is currently enrolled at the Central Academy of Drama in beijing, the most prestigious drama school in the country, with a >1% acceptance rate!!!
- taeil was accepted into the prestigious applied music program at Hanyang University (which has an admission rate of 407:1). he was allegedly also the only male student accepted that year. around the same time he'd been accepted into this program, he also received word back from SM about his successful audition. he ultimately decided to sacrifice his studies to pursue a career in music with SM.
- xiaojun is currently enrolled at the Shanghai Theatre Academy, one of the top 3 most prestigious drama schools/schools of performing arts in china.
- when xiaojun was 17, he was cast as joe in the Wuhan University production of Fame. most of the cast were graduate students, as this was the Performance Major's big graduation production.
- predebut shotaro was a tiktok star! (he was also a part of a famous dance school/studio in japan, and at one point was a backup dancer for GACKT!)
- yangyang and ten are the most proficient at languages in wayv and nct, both being able to speak 5 languages! both are fluent in mandarin, korean, and english, while ten is also fluent in thai, and yangyang can speak some german. side note: yangyang and winwin are unofficial members of canto-line, both having picked up a considerate amount of cantonese just from being around xiaohencas all the time!
- mark lived in queens, new york for 5 years before moving back to west coast canada (explains that accent!!!).
- taeyong flew on a plane for the first time en route to bangkok for the SM rookies showcase. johnny and co. played a prank on him by telling him that he needed to take his shoes off before boarding the plane. the poor boy really believed it...
- the same prank was repeated on jungwoo when he flew on a plane for the first time after debuting with nct (this was when he flew to ukraine to shoot the 'boss' mv).
- despite being allergic to cats, jeno still has 3 of them (seol, nal and bongsik)! seol and nal were adopted, and bongsik is a rescue from the streets.
- wayv have 2 cats (louis and leon) and one dog (bella)!!! ten is the resident cat dad — others have said that the cats only ever listen to/come to ten and hendery — and xiaojun and lucas are bella's mom and dad respectively, as said by xiaojun.
- haechan is a huge fan of michael jackson.
- haechan's favourite girl group is supposedly destiny's child.
- jaehyun's favourite album is blond by frank ocean.
- chenle's favourite basketball player is stephen curry, who has now acknowledged him a number of times! chenle successful fan!
- yangyang's idol that he really looks up to is taemin! since they're in the same company now, i think it's safe to say yangyang successful fan!
- kun's all-time favourite artist and idol is jay chou, who now follows him back on IG and regularly interacts with him online! kun successful fan!
- haechan got to perform in front of one of his all-time favourite sports idols — argentinian football legend, maradona — at the 2017 u17 fifa world cup drawing ceremony. nct dream performed "trigger the fever" (the official song for the 2017 u17 fifa world cup) for the first time at that event.
- renjun has expressed interest in modern dance and ballet.
- jaehyun said that if time travel was possible, he would go back in time to when he was a little kid so that he could take up ballet lessons.
- when asked what major he would have picked in university, jaehyun cited something to do with "design". he feels that way because of his interest in (art) exhibitions, architecture, furniture, and other artwork in general. he is drawn to the idea of (physically) making what he sees.
- yuta, haechan, jungwoo and sungchan are nct's football representatives.
- jaemin used to speed skate!
- doyoung is kind of the odd one out in his family of athletes. that being said, he's still repeatedly managed to display his athletic prowess on numerous variety shows. king of lying down but still being OK at sports bc of his competitive personality!
- mark and haechan describe their relationship as being neither good nor bad, "a whole new genre" (there was a time when mark told haechan that he hated him so much, it almost made him leave the company sldkjfpajif).
- when doyoung was in middle school, his foot got trampled over by a car while he was out to get ice cream. he said he made it all the way to the emergency room still clutching on to his (by then completely melted) ice cream. he cites this anecdote as an example of his determined character.
- when xiaojun was in school, he wrote and composed a song for his crush of 3 years, but was ultimately rejected... but through this experience, he was able to discover his one true love for music! xiao dejun a hopeless romantic through and through...
- jeno's thoughts on being called "노잼" and building a tolerance for it: "i think i'm like 'tom' in 'tom and jerry'. i always get teased like a 'pabo' but in reality, jerry (who's a mouse) cannot beat tom who's a cat".
- jungwoo had a phrase he coined in high school called "evakings tumblade". still not sure what it means....
- johnny: *peace sign emoji* #poetry
- jaemin, renjun, jaehyun, kun, and johnny are only childs! c:
- haechan (our baby donghyuckie ) is the eldest child in his family of six (he has two younger brothers, and one younger sister). jaehyun once said it was really interesting to see him as the "hyung" amongst his siblings because he's used to seeing him as the baby maknae in 127.
- jaehyun has mentioned that he is very close to his parents. he said that his family is the type to converse a lot with each other, and their family group chat is always active.
- hendery is the baby boy of his family, having three older sisters who absolutely adore him!!!!
- renjun believes in aliens. he's said that he and jisung spend a lot of time talking about the possibility of extraterrestrial life because jisung is the only other member of dream who's on the same page as him (buzzfeed unsolved rensung edition)
- jaemin doesn't believe in ghosts. renjun, on the other hand, seems to be quite the believer (renmin is officially unsolved couple)
- doyoung and taeyong have matching cartier friendship rings T_T taeyong said that they had talked about getting friendship rings, and one day doyoung just bought them as a surprise!!! doyoung flexing his wallet... but most importantly, doyoung flexing his best friendship with taeyong T___T <3
- nct dream have matching friendship rings!!! also cartier... the flex istg... having friendship rings was renjun's idea, and all 7 members happily agreed and bought them :)
- on the topic of cartier rings, just want to include that lucas still regularly wears the cartier trinity ring he got from winwin as a secret santa gift T_T luwin roomies, best friends and soulmates
- wayv have a lot of random matching things that they're seen wearing sporadically, like the rainbow v shirts that xiaojun religiously wears (even though it's technically merch lol), the nian nian (the liu family dog) shirts from yangyang's mom, the bracelets from ten's mom, etc. !!!
- xiaojun's childhood bedroom walls are covered in dvds and movie posters, xiaojun is wayv and nct's resident film buff me thinks! drop the letterboxd account king!!! (i'm half joking but i'm also not) ++ one of his walls is also covered in pictures of all his favourite idols... all male idols + kristen stewart :")
- truthfully winwin is wayv/nct's resident film buff, kore ada and christopher nolan are among his favourite directors!
- renjun's favourite movie is AVATAR (2009)
- jaehyun's favourite movie is before sunrise, he loves the before trilogy as a whole!
- xiaojun LOVES twilight... my god... that's big brain behaviour
- IT SEEMS TAEYONG WATCHES RICK AND MORTY... he even bought a pickle rick board game when he was in LA!!!
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