Without the scandal, could Taeyong have become an it boy?

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Are there even any it boys in Korea nowadays?

Jimin, V, Jungkook. Where have you been living? Under a rock?

NCT Taeyong rap voice is made like a bit box, he sound so fake no one but fans who find him good looking think he is good

nope. sure he has the visuals but past it boys sans gd, kang daniel and even jimin (if he is even considered one) aren't exactly visuals. cha eunwoo is the only exception but that's because literally he is the perfect korean visual combined with his personality.

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As long as you sound good vocals, don't matter but with rap you need to sound good, and damn SM acts don't have that

They do alright with NCT

did not know he is the face of nct. thought jaehyun was

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did not know he is the face of nct. thought jaehyun was

Taeyong was the most popular and arguably, when non-fans thought of nct he popped up. Buy that's a long time ago. Jaehyun seems to be the most popular now, no doubt.

He looks too much like Jaejoong though

yes he could. he was constantly compared to that jyj dude for his god like visuals and hyped to heavens

he also has decent charisma and some dancing and rapping skills, that's all you need. the scandal completely ruined his chance and it affected nct debut negatively too, it's a pity