On December 14th at 6 p.m. KST, supergroup NCT unveiled their third full album in its entirety as well as a music video of its second title track, “Beautiful.”
Written by members Johnny, Taeyong, Mark, Hendery, and Jeno alongside SM mainstay producer Yoo Young Jin, its lyrics contain a warm reassurance that being yourself is enough and that you don’t have to aspire to be someone else since you shine best in your own colors. Yoo Han Jin and Yoo Youngjin worked together to compose the song.
NCT’s Universe, which comes in a photobook version and 21 different jewel cases for each participating member, contains a total of 13 songs which includes the lead single, “Universe (Let’s Play Ball). Track videos were also pre-released for “Dreaming,” “Miracle,” and “Earthquake.”
NCT 2021 is NCT’s third large-scale project as a team. During these year-based projects, all of the existing sub-units (NCT U, NCT 127, NCT Dream, and WayV) come together for fresh member combinations and to showcase their full strengths as a whole. This comeback, however, members Winwin and Lucas are unable to participate due to the former being busy with solo projects in China and the latter being on hiatus since August this year.
Watch the music video here!
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