How did you get into NCT?

I got into NCT in 2020 when COVID was at its peak. I was 11 back then, my sister had just gotten into KPOP the year before and I followed along.

I didn't stan many groups back then or hear any songs.

One day we were watching Youtube on TV and she randomly put on a video. Back then my sister knew a former member. I didn't know anyone.

We watched MAKE A WISH by NCT U and I loved that song so much we played it each and every day, like for 5 to 6 months.

During this I got very interested in NCT but my sister mentioned the group having 20+ members. That caught me off guard. The first group I stanned had only 7 members. It took me ages to remember their names.

I only listened to their songs like MAKE A WISH, BOSS etc and knew like a few members: MARK and TAEYONG. I didn't try learning their names back then, because maybe I was scared.

But that didn't mean I left listening to their songs. Mainly MAKE A WISH and BOOM by NCT DREAM had me coming back to back to stan this group.

And two years ago I found out that NCT was separated into units. I actually had no idea what U, 127, DREAM or WAYV meant.

When my sister mentioned NCT having 20+ members, my first genuine question was how each member gets equal screentime, or how do they fit everyone in a group dance.

That all got cleared out pretty fast. I tried stanning WAYV first but miserably failed (I don't know why). But the accomplishment I had was revising all their names. I started with DREAM then and its going great. Then I slowly caught up with 127 and WISH members.

I know almost all their songs, and one good thing about stanning them late was there was way too much content for me to watch, I barely run out of it.

My biases:

127: HAECHAN

DREAM: JISUNG

WAYV: KUN

WISH: SION