NCT Life: Hot & Young Seoul Trip

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: Hot & Young Seoul Trip follows many of the foreign members of NCT as this visit the sights in Seoul. The name of the season is a reference to the NCT Dream song, "We Young," and its chorus of "We hot, we young." Johnny from NCT 127, who is American and has lived in the city the longest, serves as the group's guide around Seoul. Other members include 127's Yuta (Japan), 127 and Dream's Mark (Canada), as well as three Chinese members NCT U's Kun and Lucas and 127's Winwin. Members explore Seoul in a season sponsored by the Visit Seoul Tourism Board, including sunset kayaking, a night tour of Seoul and exploring award-winning restaurants.

NCT Life: Hot & Young Seoul Trip aired on VLive, as well as on the VisitSeoul and SMtown YouTube channels. It aired between July 23-August 17, 2018.

III. Episode List

All of this season of NCT Life is currently available on VLive to watch with subtitles, as well as the Visit Seoul and SMtown YouTube channels. Each episode is 15-25 minutes, which is shorter than most NCT Life series.

Episode	Description	Episode
1	Members tour the SM Entertainment Building on the public tour.	External Content youtu.be Content embedded from external sources will not be displayed without your consent. Through the activation of external content, you agree that personal data may be transferred to third party platforms. We have provided more information on this in our privacy policy.
2	Members visit restaurants, including Seongsu-Dong "Korea's Brooklyn", Seoul Forest	External Content youtu.be Content embedded from external sources will not be displayed without your consent. Through the activation of external content, you agree that personal data may be transferred to third party platforms. We have provided more information on this in our privacy policy.
3	Members enjoy water sports on the Han River.	External Content youtu.be Content embedded from external sources will not be displayed without your consent. Through the activation of external content, you agree that personal data may be transferred to third party platforms. We have provided more information on this in our privacy policy.
4	Members try delivery food overlooking the Hangang River.	External Content youtu.be Content embedded from external sources will not be displayed without your consent. Through the activation of external content, you agree that personal data may be transferred to third party platforms. We have provided more information on this in our privacy policy.
5	Members watch the night view of Seoul by the Hangang River, including sunset kayaking.	External Content youtu.be Content embedded from external sources will not be displayed without your consent. Through the activation of external content, you agree that personal data may be transferred to third party platforms. We have provided more information on this in our privacy policy.
6	Members explore Seoul by night, including rooftop clamping.	External Content youtu.be Content embedded from external sources will not be displayed without your consent. Through the activation of external content, you agree that personal data may be transferred to third party platforms. We have provided more information on this in our privacy policy.
7	Members compete at an indoor sports theme park.	External Content youtu.be Content embedded from external sources will not be displayed without your consent. Through the activation of external content, you agree that personal data may be transferred to third party platforms. We have provided more information on this in our privacy policy.
8	Members have a mukbang by tasting Korean food at multiple restaurants.	External Content youtu.be Content embedded from external sources will not be displayed without your consent. Through the activation of external content, you agree that personal data may be transferred to third party platforms. We have provided more information on this in our privacy policy.
9	Members star the N Seoul Tour.	External Content youtu.be Content embedded from external sources will not be displayed without your consent. Through the activation of external content, you agree that personal data may be transferred to third party platforms. We have provided more information on this in our privacy policy.
10	Members visit Namsan Mountain.	External Content youtu.be Content embedded from external sources will not be displayed without your consent. Through the activation of external content, you agree that personal data may be transferred to third party platforms. We have provided more information on this in our privacy policy.
11	Members visit Ikseon-dong and sample restaurants from around the world.	External Content youtu.be Content embedded from external sources will not be displayed without your consent. Through the activation of external content, you agree that personal data may be transferred to third party platforms. We have provided more information on this in our privacy policy.
12	Members take a night tour of Gyeongbokgung Palace.	External Content youtu.be Content embedded from external sources will not be displayed without your consent. Through the activation of external content, you agree that personal data may be transferred to third party platforms. We have provided more information on this in our privacy policy.

IV. NCT Trivia

Many familiar and popular memes or references within the fandom appear in the NCT Life series.

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- All of the members have debuted in NCT but Kun and Lucas do not have permanent units at the time of this season. Although they have debuted in NCT U, their permanent unit WayV will not be announced until later.

- Kun has also appeared in a previous season of NCT Life - the second season NCT Life in Seoul. At that time, he had only been in Seoul for 9 months and spoke limited Korean.

- There are additional foreign-born NCT members at the time who are not on this trip: Ten from NCT U, Renjun and Chenle from NCT Dream. The other foreign-born members are not yet part of NCT (Xiaojun, Hendery, Yangyang, Shotaro).

- Johnny is the oldest member here (23) and has been working on and off in Seoul for 10 years at this point. (He is the second oldest member of NCT). Yuta (22) and Mark (18) both have there for 6. Kun (22) and Winwin (20) for 3 years and Lucas (19).

Episode 1:

- Members are described as "Sweet Johnny Guide," "Emotional boy Yuta," "Multi Player Kun," "Wonderfully weird cutie Winwin," "Unpredictable Beagle Lucas" and "High Tension, Edit Fairy Mark."

- "Black on Black" is playing at the start of the episode, which each of these members participate in as part of the all-unit NCT 2018 Empathy event and album.

- There are no native Korean speakers in this group. Johnny and Mark are the most fluent.

- Unlike their first appearance two years ago in NCT Life in Seoul, Kun and Winwin are more fluent and do not need in-ear translators. Winwin debuted in NCT 127, while Kun continued to train with the future members of WayV and NCT (sungchan, Jungwoo).

- They are dancing to "Red Flavor" in the Red Velvet gallery. This is popular in NCT content, with Chenle, Johnny, Haechan and Jaehyun dancing to it in other competitions.

- NCT Dream gallery - Mark is actually a member of NCT Dream. His group mates Jeno and Jisung appear here.

- Johnny is reciting the lyrics to NCT Dream's "We Young" - "we just wanna have fun cause we hot and we young."

Episode 2:

- Editing something out is a running joke in NCT content, but Mark's snips run this whole season.

- The word chains game is one that appears often.

- Johnny says his Korean is the worst but he is usually the one translating for all of his Korean members during English interviews. (It's not the worst. He's trying to make them not feel self-conscious.

- Lucas' appetite is a long-running joke in content.

- Kun's magic tricks are a long running feature in content. This glasses trick shows up in compilation videos.

- Lucas is listed as the youngest but Mark is actually the youngest. They are both born the same year - 1999.

- Lucas as the "big baby" is a long-running joke in content.

Episode 5:

- Johnny is not in this episode because he is hosting his radio show NCT Night Night with his groupmate Jaehyun.

- Moon Taeil is a member of NCT 127, which is what they're joking about when they see the moon.

Episode 6:

- Yuta's punishment to eat a lemon and whistle (and his inability to whistle) is a joke that goes back to the second season, NCT Life in Seoul and shows up in other seasons.

- Lucas' aegyo is popular in compilations.

- Kun wishes he could see members more often. He is still with the trainees, while Yuta, Johnny, Mark and Winwin are out with NCT 127.

- Winwin wishes the next group success. That will be WayV, NCT's Chinese unit that he, Kun and Lucas will later join.

- Johnny wishes NCT was more popular - they would begin growing in popularity later this year after the release of their full album Regular-Irregular.

Episode 7:

- Kun is the first to say he's bad at sports, but his archery here is popular in compilations. A year later, he and Winwin would both medal in archery in the televised IQIYI Fan Carnival in China, which featured idols, similar to the Korean Idol Athletic Championships.

- Winwin's flexibility and past dance training are long-running themes in content.

- The editors keep joking about the relationship between the 99 line - these two would later go on to work together in SuperM.

Episode 8:

- Yuta's love of hiking is an ongoing theme in content.

Episode 9:

- Winwin's love of Iron Man is an ongoing theme.

- They are calling out other members of their groups in what they see from the observatory (Renjun and Chenle are in NCT Dream, Taeil is in NCT 127).

Episode 10:

- Mark and Johnny trying on hanboks and spoofing historical dramas is popular in compilations, especially Mark's awkward wink (which is also in the show intro).

Episode 12:

Ongoing themes and jokes: Lucas' facial expressions and over the top reactions, Lucas' big appetite, Mark's edits, Johnny being over the top, Johnny's dramatic introductions, Kun's appetite.

I. Introduction

II. Overview

III. Episode List

IV. NCT Trivia

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