Final fall, NCT 127 teased the potential of a deluxe repackaging of their 2 Baddies album by telling Billboard to “look ahead to being shocked by one thing surprising.” 4 months after the LP earned the Ok-pop boy band their second high 3 entry on the Billboard 200, the group unveils their Ay-Yo – The 4th Album Repackage album with three new songs, together with the smooth title observe single.
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Whereas NCT 127’s earlier title observe “2 Baddies” seized listeners’ consideration with its unrelenting chant refrain, the group’s newest takes a way more refined method with looping beats, delicate piano accents, and a surging, synthesizer-led refrain. Like they teased final yr, the blokes themselves additionally convey out surprising musical moments in “Ay-Yo,” like when the silky-voiced vocalist Jaehyun kicks off the second verse with a rap part.
The accompanying music video is a mash of shock delights too. Members like Doyoung and Jaehyun serve their finest James Bonds with slick black outfits amongst a backdrop paying homage to inside a pistol barrel as made well-known within the 007 films.
In the meantime, chief Taeyong pulls off what might be one in every of 2023’s most stunning hairstyles with punky, pointy spikes that followers have discovered paying homage to NCT label mates and Ok-pop pioneers TVXQ! and Super Junior.
In between the discharge of 2 Baddies and Ay-Yo, NCT 127 launched a music video for his or her b-side “1, 2, 7 (Time Stops)” and held concert events in North America, Asia and Latin America as a part of their Neo Metropolis – The Hyperlink world tour. The blokes solely wrapped their final present on Jan. 28 at Mexico Metropolis’s Palacio de los Deportes enviornment earlier than dropping this new LP that features its title observe, the beforehand teased “DJ” plus hip-hop/pop hybrid “Skyscraper.”
Watch Taeyong, Doyoung, Jaehyun, Taeil, Mark, Yuta, Johnny, Jungwoo and Haechan in “Ay-Yo” beneath.
