I. Introduction
NCT Life is an ongoing Korean reality/variety series that follows the members of the boy group, NCT, as they travel, play and perform. 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.
Members of all of the sub-units have featured in seasons, although not every member has been featured. Shotaro, Sungchan and WayV's Xiaojun, Hendery and Yangyang have never appeared on NCT Life.
Each season follows a specific theme with recurring or new members, dependent on the theme, such as travel, behind-the-scenes preparations for performances, competitions and games. Some seasons are produced in conjunction with national or local tourism boards and have aired on both conventional and streaming platforms. In early seasons of the show, some featured members may not have yet debuted with NCT or in a permanent sub-unit.
The series currently has 11 seasons.
II. Overview
NCT Life in Gapyeong, also known as NCT Life in Gapyeong: Battle Vacation is the 11th season of NCT Life and follows the members of NCT 127 as they compete in various "battle" games at a luxury villa in Gapyeong, a popular vacation spot. This is the first season where the current lineup of the entire group appears with all 9 members present and competing: Taeil, Johnny, Taeyong, Yuta, Doyoung, Jaehyun, Jungwoo, Mark and Haechan.
The "competition vacation" divides members in various competitions, including against each other in teams and against the staff.
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III. Episode List
Episodes will air every Monday and Tuesday on the Seezn app.
Episode | Date | Link |
1 | August 30, 2021 |
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2 | August 31, 2021 |
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3 | Sept. 6, 2021 |
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4 | Sept. 7, 2021 |
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5 | Sept. 13, 2021 |
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6 | Sept. 14, 2021 |
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7 | Sept. 20, 2021 |
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8 | Sept. 21, 2021 |
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9 | Sept. 27, 2021 |
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10 | Sept. 28, 2021 |
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11 | Oct. 4, 2021 |
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12 | Oct. 5, 2021 |
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IV. NCT Trivia
Many familiar and popular memes or references within the fandom appear in the NCT Life series. There are many references to past seasons in this season; however, some is explained in the show.
Episode 1:
- Jaehyun jokes about it being kwangya, which is a fictional area in the SMCU (SM's connected universe), that means wilderness.
- This is Jungwoo's first appearance in the series, which members reference. Several of the earlier seasons happened before he joined the group and he was on hiatus during the last 127 season of NCT Life, NCT Life in Chuncheon & Hongcheon.
- Haechan is usually chatty - that's the joke about him being unusually silent.
- Doyoung's Vroom Vroom talk show is a long-running but beloved joke in the series (he's very excited about it every time he's in a NCT Life season and it's usually not very good, so the members tease him about it).
- Past seasons with Vroom Vroom: NCT Life in Bangkok, NCT Life inSeoul, NCT Life in Chiang Mai, NCT Life in Chuncheon & Hongcheon. It also makes a brief appearance in NCT Life: Korean Food King Challenge.
- The post-it note game also shows up in NCT Life content.
- As noted in the video, Doyoung did a cover of Harry Styles' Falling on the NCT YouTube channel and a special Vlive he hosted.
- The episode references Episode 9 of NCT Life in Chuncheon & Hongcheon where Yuta jumps in the pool because he lost the game.
Episode 2:
- Culturally speaking, the oldest person usually buys. Taeil is the oldest member of the group, Haechan is the youngest. Age order: Taeil, Johnny, Taeyong, Yuta, Doyoung, Jaehyun, Jungwoo, Mark, Haechan.
- They are humming/singing songs from other SM groups.
- Members have competed before in past seasons to keep dishes in play for a meal.
- The musical cue about tiger is "Tiger Inside" from SuperM (which is the joke). Taeyong and Mark are both in SuperM.
- Agent H is a popular YouTuber who is a former Korean Navy underwater specalist in a special unit equivalent to a U.S. Navy SEAL.