"The 7th Sense" () is the debut single by South Korean boy group NCT U, the first sub-unit of NCT. It was released digitally on April 9, 2016, through SM Entertainment. Musically, "The 7th Sense" was described as a future bass genre based on hip-hop grooves, with heavy bass sounds and dreamy vocals and rap.
Background and release
On January 28, 2016, SM Entertainment founder Lee Soo-man delivered a presentation at the SM Coex Artium, titled "SMTOWN: New Culture Technology 2016." The label's plan was to debut a new boy group with an "unlimited" number of members with their "culture contents" strategy. They released a video called "SM_NCT#2 Synchronization of your dreams" where Taeyong, Hansol, Ten, Mark, and Jaehyun performed a dance, there was a song teaser vocal by Taeyong, Doyoung, Jaehyun, Mark, & Haechan. The music video for "The 7th Sense" was released on April 8, 2016, released on SMTOWN's official YouTube Channel.
Composition In an interview, the composer said he was curious about the new idol group's debut with the song and that a foreign reaction would be good. On the last day of the SM songwriting camp, a composer put out a beat, which came out very well, and eight or nine composers made it. Taeyong and Mark participated in rap making. The lyrics introduce the NCT score keyword, "Seventh Sense," which means a sense of feeling and understanding each other's dreams through music. It contains NCT's desire and aspiration to communicate powerfully with the public in the future.
Accolades +"The 7th Sense" on critic listsCritic/PublicationListRank BillboardThe 100 Greatest K-Pop Songs of the 2010s: Staff List83 Dazed The 20 best K-Pop tracks of the year 13 Insider13 Best K-pop Debut Songs of All TimeIncludedMedium25 Best K-Pop Songs of the 2010s (Ciarra Gaffney)25MelonTop 100 K-pop Songs of All Time50SBS PopAsia SBS PopAsia's Top 100 songs of 2016 41
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2016)Peak positionSouth Korea (Gaon)111US World Digital Songs (Billboard)2
Year-end charts Chart (2016)PositionUS World Digital Songs (Billboard)25
Credits and personnel Credits adapted from album's liner notes.
Studio SM Blue Cup Studio – recording, mixing Ingrid Studio – recording, additional vocal editing SM Booming System – digital editing Sterling Sound – mastering
Personnel
SM Entertainment – executive producer Lee Soo-man – producer NCT U – vocals Taeyong – rap Mark – rap Doyoung – vocals, background vocals Jaehyun – vocals Ten – vocals – lyrics Cho Jin-joo – lyrics January 8th – lyrics Ju Chan-yang – vocal directing Timothy "BOS" Bullock – producer, composition, arrangement Jeremy "Tay" Jasper – producer, composition, arrangement Michael Jiminez – composition MZMC – composition Sara Forsberg – composition Leven Kali – composition Jung Eui-seok – recording, mixing Jung Eun-kyung – recording, additional vocal editing Yoo Young-jin – digital editing, music and sound supervisor Randy Merrill – mastering
Release history RegionDateFormatLabelSouth KoreaApril 9, 2016SM EntertainmentVarious
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