I. Introduction
NCT 24 Hour Relay Cam was a YouTube variety web series that followed members of the boy group NCT throughout their daily lives, during assigned times over the course of 24 hours. Members can do what they choose in their assigned segment, whether it's participating in activities, showing the audience around their dorms, working or just relaxing during their assigned hour.
II. Overview
The group structure of NCT is unique among K-Pop groups due to the fact that the concept of NCT is an ever expanding group with "unlimited" members and it is comprised of several individual subunits. Currently there are 23 members in NCT, making up four individual subunits. The sub-units combine to create an all-unit project in select years that features all NCT members, debuts new ones, releases albums, appears on TV shows, web and social content.
As part of the NCT 2020 Resonance event, NCT's YouTube channels posted daily content, including limited time shows and special episodes of ongoing shows. NCT had previously aired a NCT 127 24 Hour Relay Cam that followed members through their daily lives over 24 hours, and brought this concept back for the NCT 2020 event.
Members drew their time slots, then had the ability to compete and swap times, with one member required to double their time. Ten had to complete two hours. The relay started at 10 a.m. on January 4 and each member could do as they liked during their time, from eating and relaxing to recording and drawing. Some members also included other members into their hour-long sessions. Eight members had participated in the last 24 Hour Relay Cam, which is referenced during the show: Taeil, Johnny, Taeyong, Yuta, Doyoung, Jaehyun, Mark and Haechan. Several members' scheduled times were moved, notably Jaehyun, who was filming a TV show, and Taeyong, who was recovering from an injury and on temporary medical hiatus from the group for a few months. Because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, members could not enjoy outdoor activities as they had in the previous relay cam, which several reference in their segments.
All 23 members at the time appear in the show.
The series ran from January 16 to February 28, 2021 on the NCT YouTube channel.
III. Episode List
All episodes are available on NCT's YouTube channel. Episodes were uploaded at 8 p.m. KST according to a posted schedule approximately every other day. Each episode is 10-20 minutes long. Ten's double-length segment is 24 minutes.
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Jan. 14, 2021 |
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Jan. 16, 2021 |
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Jan. 18, 2021 |
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Jan. 19, 2021 |
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Jan. 21, 2021 |
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Jan. 23, 2021 |
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Jan. 25, 2021 |
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Jan. 27, 2021 |
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Jan. 29, 2021 |
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Jan. 31, 2021 |
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Feb. 2, 2021 |
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Feb. 4, 2021 |
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Feb. 6, 2021 |
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Feb. 8, 2021 |
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Feb. 10, 2021 |
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Feb. 12, 2021 |
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Feb. 14, 2021 |
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Feb. 16, 2021 |
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Feb. 18, 2021 |
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Feb. 20, 2021 |
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Feb. 22, 2021 |
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Feb. 24, 2021 |
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Feb. 26, 2021 |
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Feb. 28, 2021 |
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IV. Trivia
Many familiar and popular memes or references within the fandom appear in the NCT 24 Hour Relay Cam series. Members also address popular fandom questions or topics discussed in social channels. Some topics covered in the series also spawned their own spin-off series. These notes may include spoilers about what's happening in each episode.
- Members specifically address questions or comments that the fandom has been asking, such as the layout of rooms or member habits. Other topics within the show inspired their own new web shows, like Xiaojun's The Lonely Master Chef Xiao series.
- ASMR was popular at the time and several members had hosted ASMR segments, so it appears often in the episodes.
- The editors are funny here, especially on the slower segments.
- Many of the members are concerned that their segment won't be interesting enough.
- The members' emojis appear during editors' comments.
Drawing Times:
- Ten's flexibility is a long-running joke across NCT and WayV content.
- Word games are popular with the Neos and appears across all content.
- Lucas is known for his strength, which is why members chant that Doyoung should have to compete with him physically.
- Members love to tease Doyoung.
- The high note battle appears frequently in NCT content and interviews. Two of the three members competing in it are main vocalists.
- Winwin, a trained Chinese dancer, and his flexibility are a long-running theme in NCT content.
- During Renjun's battle, the members sing "From Home" with a cracking voice to tease Renjun about his voice crack in the song on a recent music show performance. Renjun riffs on himself when he sits down.
- Members riff on the It's Awkward, But It's Okay (Awsaz) web show where members who don't know each other well interact and play games when Doyoung and Renjun go to compete. The two appeared on the show together.
- What He Does: orders coffee, listens to music, watches videos and does photo editing.
- Jaemin is watching Jaehyun's 24 Hour Relay Cam segment from the last time and commenting.
- "Sexy" is Jaemin's catchphrase.
- Unlike NCT 127 or WayV, the NCT Dream dorm and its bedrooms were not normally shown on camera, so fans were very interested to see the members' rooms.
- Jaemin is working on pictures of his group mate Jeno.
- His NCT emoji is a rabbit face.
Mark (12-1 pm):
- What He Does: visits with Jungwoo, eats lunch, plays video games
- Jungwoo and Mark stay in each other's segments.
- All of the NCT dorms have "aunties," who are housekeepers that cook meals, prep food (like pre-cut fruit) and clean. Members also talk about their aunties in interviews, saying they encourage them, too.
- Harry Potter is an ongoing theme in NCT content.
- His NCT emoji is a lion cub face.
Jungwoo (1-2 pm):
- What He Does: plays video games with Mark, gives tour of his room
- Jungwoo is the only 127 member not to participate in the last 24 hour relay cam, as he was on medical hiatus at the time.
- Mark appears in his segment.
- Jungwoo shares a bedroom with Jaehyun. Fans were often trying to figure out how the room could hold two beds after seeing Jaehyun's previous relay cam, when he lived alone in the room. Both of them intentionally show the setup in their segments.
- His NCT emoji is a puppy face.
Ten (2-4 pm):
- What He Does: eats lunch, plays with WayV's pets
- The WayV pets (Bella the dog, Louis and Leon the cats) appear in a lot of content and even received their own merchandise line in June 2021.
- Ten is singing to Kai's solo release "Mmmh" and doing the dance. Kai is his group mate in SuperM.
- His NCT emoji is a cat face.
Lucas (4-5 pm):
- What He Does: orders and eats lunch at the recording studio, visits the rooftop
- His WayV group mates Winwin and Yangyang appear briefly in Lucas' video.
- His NCT emoji is a lion face.
Jisung (5-6 pm):
- What He Does: shows off his room and his knee rehab program, makes a meal
- Jisung was recovering from a knee injury and unable to participate in many of the Resonance activities, including dance performances at the year-end award shows.
- Jisung is the maknae of NCT - he is the youngest member of all the groups.
- Jeno and Renjun, his group mates in NCT Dream, briefly appear.
- His NCT emoji is a hamster face.
Kun (6-7 pm):
- What He Does: works in the recording studio creating and mixing a song, chair dances, orders dinner
- Kun is a producer and songwriter and often posts videos where he is working on music.
- He also has his own Soundcloud.
- NCT Dream's Chenle also appears - the two are very close, like a mischievous younger brother and responsible older one.
- He references his web travel vlog Kun's Cloud.
- His WayV group mate Lucas appears.
- His NCT emoji is a bear face.
Yuta (7-8 pm):
- What He Does: draws Spider-Man
- He references his radio show.
- He also references his language challenges, switching between Korean, Japanese and English.
- His NCT emoji is an octopus.
Jaehyun (8-9 pm):
- What He Does: sits on couch and watches Netflix while snacking
- His NCT 127 group mate Jungwoo briefly appears off-camera.
- He references the last relay cam and says he won't stay in his bedroom again.
- He watches Money Heist (a show in Spanish) and talks about a documentary about Michael Jordan.
- He's snacking on sweet potatoes, which are a running theme in NCT content.
- The Neos in Jaehyun's dorm joke on a separate Vlive that he just turned the camera on and let it film.
- At the time Jaehyun was filming a TV series, hosting on Inkigayo and rehearsing for year-end concerts and shows with veery little downtime and rest
- Jaehyun specifically takes the camera into the bedroom to show off the new layout, which NCTzens have been wondering about.
- His NCT emoji is a peach.
Chenle (9-10 pm):
- What He Does: hosts his radio show Akdong Seoul
- His NCT emoji is a dolphin.
Sungchan (10-11 pm):
- What He Does: makes custom shoes in the SM practice room
- Fellow new member Shotaro appears at the end of his segment as they order dinner.
- His NCT emoji is a deer.
Shotaro (11 pm - 12 am):
- What He Does: practices dancing in the SM practice room, eats dinner
- He shows off a dance he choreographed to NCT Dream's "119" and "Stronger."
- Sungchan reappears to teach him the "90s Love" choreo, which is one of Sungchan's songs on NCT 2020 Resonance.
- Both members eat and talk about their recent debuts.
- His NCT emoji is an otter.
Hendery (12-1 am):
- What He Does: plays video games with WayV group mate Winwin
- Group mate Lucas also appears in his segment.
- His NCT emoji is a unicorn.
Renjun (1-2 am):
- What He Does: shows off his room, shows how to make tea, paints with Jeno and Jisung
- NCT Dream group mates Jeno and Jisung appear during his segment.
- Renjun is singing SuperM's "Tiger Inside."
- His NCT emoji is a fox face.
Haechan (2-3 am):
- What He Does: calls other members, gives tour of his room, tells stories, listens to music, recommends songs and sings, talks to NCTzens on bubble
- Haechan Cam with 37.5% viewer rating is an ongoing joke across NCT content. Haechan's 37.5% viewer rating is a long-running joke. There is a question in the fandom about it - it's either a joke about a really high TV rating and it's also the latitude of Seoul. (NCT 127's name comes from the longitude of Seoul.)
- Haechan tells the story of how he passed SM's famously difficult Saturday audition - he is one of the few idols who did.
- His NCT emoji is a bear.
Jeno (3-4 am):
- What He Does: gives tour of his room, talks about the group's Beyond Live, tells stories, listens to music, plays video games
- Jeno was popular as a child actor his eye smile and it's still popular in the fandom and referenced by the editors here.
- His NCT emoji is a puppy face.
Xiaojun (4-5 am):
- What He Does: changes the pets' boxes, makes Oreo cake, sings
- His WayV group mate Ten appears in this segment.
- This much-discussed Oreo cake would be the springboard to its own web series The Lonely Master Chef Xiao.
- Xiaojun is singing NCT U's "My Everything" - his group leader and roommate Kun would often ask him to sing it in their lives.
- His NCT emoji is a dinosaur.
Winwin (5-6 am):
- What He Does; shaves, has a breakfast mukbang, builds legos, watches zombie show on Netflix, listens to music
- His roommate and WayV group mate Lucas is sleeping.
- His group mate Xiaojun is brushing his teeth while he is shaving.
- His NCT emoji is a chick.
YangYang(6-7 am):
- What He Does: goes to the store, makes breakfast
- His NCT emoji is a sheep.
Taeil (7-8 am):
- What He Does: talks, plays video games with Jungwoo
- His 127 group mate Jungwoo appears in this video.
- His NCT emoji is a moon.
Doyoung (8-9 am)
- What He Does: eats an apple, goes back to sleep
- His NCT emoji is a rabbit face.
Johnny (9-10 am)
- What He Does: goes to the salon, gets his hair done and picks out a new color
- His NCT emoji is a cat face.
Taeyong (10-11 am)
- What He Does: hits the snooze button, goes to get coffee, goes to set to shoot and gets makeup and hair done
- Iced Americanos are a running theme in NCT content.
- As noted, dried sweet potatoes are back here.
- His NCT emoji is a rose.