so if you're out of the loop, nct 127 is having a comeback with their repackage album called ay-yo. now this album has been lackluster ever since the first set of concept pics dropped. however, when the second set dropped, the fans could evidently see the lack of direction/conception for the comeback. it looks like they put all the members in an empty warehouse and shot a few pictures and called it a day. apparently, taeyong also mentioned that he didn't know that they were shooting for the album jacket? abysmal. this album was pushed back due to smtown winter album and they still couldn't find the time to properly formulate a comeback for 127.
besides this, the design team is absolutely NOT working overtime to overcompensate for the underwhelming stuff they have out so far. it just pisses me off so much because i know what sm design teams are capable of (see: seulgi's 28 reasons, dream's candy, rv's birthday) and they won't even try for this 127 comeback. it's even worse when you consider every active group right now and how much their companies are bending over backwards to make their cb stand out from the rest and this is the best that 127 can do. if this happens to be taeil's last comeback before he goes off to the military, i'm going to be so mad.
i feel like sm's slowly giving up on 127 because they're not the primary breadwinner of the company anymore.
cc: https://www.reddit.com/r/kpopr…p_on_127_and_its_showing/