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Lee Tae-yong
이태용
Taeyong perfoming at the Lotte Duty Free Family Festival in 2017
Born (1995-07-01) July 1, 1995 (age 29)
Seoul, South Korea
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • Songwriter
  • Singer
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals
Years active2013–present
Labels
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationI Tae-yong
McCune–ReischauerI T'aeyong

Lee Tae-yong (Korean: 이태용; born July 1, 1995), better known by the mononym Taeyong, is a South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter and dancer. He is best known for being a member of the boygroup NCT and its sub-units NCT U and NCT 127. He debuted with NCT U on April 9, 2016 with their first single "The 7th Sense".[1] He then went on to become the leader of NCT 127,[2] which debuted on July 7, 2016 with the mini-album NCT #127.[3][4]

As a songwriter, he participated in writing over 30 songs released in 4 languages by NCT's various sub-units.[5]

His first solo track, "Long Flight", was released together with an accompanying music video on July 18, 2019 through the SM Station project. The song was written and co-composed by Lee.[6]

On August 8, 2019, it was announced Taeyong would become a member of SuperM, a K-pop supergroup produced by SM Entertainment in collaboration with Capitol Records.[7][8]

Career

2012–16: Career beginnings

Main article: NCT (band)

Lee Taeyong was born on July 1, 1994 in Seoul, South Korea. He graduated from the School of Performing Arts Seoul.[9] At the age of 18, he was scouted on the street by an SM Entertainment recruiter and joined the company after successfully passing the audition by singing the national anthem.[10] He was introduced as a member of SM Rookies, a pre-debut training group, in December 2013.[11] Upon debut, he was assigned the roles of main rapper and main dancer,[2] despite having no background in dance prior to his training.[12]

In 2014, a video of Taeyong perfoming a fragment of his song "Open the Door" was published on SMTown's YouTube channel.[13] Later that year, Taeyong featured on Red Velvet's song "Be Natural". He was credited in both releases as "SR14B Taeyong".[14]

2016-18: Debut, NCT

In April 2016, Taeyong debuted as a member of NCT U with the song "The 7th Sense", which was also the first release of NCT overall.[1] In July of that year, he debuted as a member and leader of NCT 127 with their first EP NCT #127, for which he co-wrote 2 songs, including the main single "Fire Truck".[3][4]

In January 2017, NCT 127 returned with the EP Limitless.[15] Taeyong participated in writing four songs for the album, with the song "Baby Don't Like It" marking the first time he was credited as a composer.[5] In June, the group released their third EP, Cherry Bomb. All of the songs on the album, save one, were co-written by Taeyong.[16][5] The title track, "Cherry Bomb", was later named as one of the best K-pop songs of the year by Billboard and Idolator.[17][18]

In 2017, Taeyong participated in two collaborations with fellow SM Entertainment artists. "Around", an experimental song produced by Hitchhiker, was released with an accompanying music video in May, through the SM Station project.[19] Lee also worked with singer and producer Yoo Young-jin on the rock ballad "Cure", which was released in August 2017, also through SM Station.[20]

Together with NCT 127's vocalists Taeil and Doyoung, Taeyong appeared on the OST for the drama "School 2017", featuring as rapper and songwriter for the R&B ballad "Stay in My Life".[21]

In March 2018, NCT released their first full album as part of a large-scale project uniting all of its subgroups - NCT 2018 Empathy. Taeyong appeared in five of the units featured on the album (NCT 127, NCT 2018, and three units of NCT U). He participated in writing five songs for Empathy.[22][23][5] He made his debut in Japan with NCT 127's EP Chain in May 2018. The album peaked at number two of the Oricon Weekly Albums chart.[24]

That same month, Taeyong joined the cast of Food Diary, a variety show following a group of celebrities exploring farming and the process of food production, together with labelmate BoA.[25][26]

Taeyong co-wrote four songs for NCT 127's first full length album, Regular-Irregular, including the promotional single "Regular". The song was initially released in two languages: English and Korean,[27][28] but later also served as the debut single of the Chinese sub-unit, WayV.[29]

2019: Solo work, SuperM

In April, NCT 127 released their first full-length Japanese album, Awaken, for which Taeyong co-wrote the song "Lips".[5][30]

In July 2019, Taeyong released his first solo song, "Long Flight", which he had written and co-composed, with an accompanying music video. The track served as the finale of Season 3 of the SM Station project.[6][31]

On August 8, 2019, it was announced that Taeyong would be joining Taemin of SHINee, Baekhyun and Kai of EXO, Mark of NCT 127, and Lucas and Ten of WayV in SuperM, a "K-pop supergroup" created by SM Entertainment in collaboration with Capitol Records. The group's promotions are scheduled to begin in October and are supposed to be aimed at the American market.[7][8]

That same month, Taeyong and Punch collaborated on an OST song for Hotel del Luna, a television series starring IU and Yeo Jin-goo. The release, titled "Love Del Luna", is the soundtrack's thirteenth (and final) part.[32][33]

Discography

See also: NCT discography
Title Year Charting Sales Album
KOR US
World
As principal artist
"Around"
(with Hitchhiker) 		2017 — — — No album
"Cure" (함께)
(with Yoo Young-jin) 		— —
"Long Flight" 2019 To be determined
As featuring artist
"Be Natural"
(Red Velvet featuring Taeyong) 		2014 33 6 No album
"Time"[35]
(Hitchhiker featuring Sunny, Hyoyeon and Taeyong) 		2018 — — —
Promotional singles
"Open the Door" 2014 — — — No album
Collaborations
"City Lights" (夜話)
(U-Know featuring Taeyong) 		2018 — — — New Chapter #2: The Truth of Love[36]
OST
"Stay in my Life"
(with Taeil and Doyoung of NCT) 		2017 — — — School 2017 OST Part 4[37]
"Love Del Luna"
(with Punch) 		2019 TBA — Hotel del Luna OST Part 13[32]
"—" indicates that the song did not chart or was not released in that region.

Songwriting credits

Information sourced from the artist's profile on the Korea Music Copyright Association website.[5]

Year Album Artist Title Notes
2014 — Taeyong "Open the Door"
2016 Empathy NCT U "The 7th Sense"
NCT #127 NCT 127 "Fire Truck (소방차)"
"Mad City"
2017 Limitless NCT 127 "Angel"
"Baby Don't Like It

(나쁜 짓)"

Also credited as composer.
"Back 2 U (AM 01:27)"
"Good Thing"
— Hitchhiker and Taeyong Around
Cherry Bomb NCT 127 "0 Mile"
"Cherry Bomb"
"Cherry Bomb" (Performance Ver.)
"Running 2 U"
"Summer 127"
"Whiplash"
— Taeyong and Yoo Young-jin "Cure"
School 2017 OST Taeil, Taeyong and Doyoung "Stay in my Life"
2018 Empathy NCT U "Baby Don't Stop"
NCT 2018 "Black on Black"
NCT U "Boss"
"Yestoday"
"Yestoday"

(Extended Ver.)

Regular-Irregular NCT 127 "City 127 (지금 우리)" Also credited as composer.
"Come Back (악몽)"
"My Van (내 Van)"
"Regular" (English Ver.)
"Regular" (Korean Ver.)
Regulate NCT 127 "Welcome To My Playground"
New Chapter No. 2: The Truth of Love TVXQ (U-Know feat. Taeyong) "City Lights (夜話)"
2019 The Vision WayV "Regular" Chinese release.
Awaken NCT 127 "Lips" Japanese release.
— (SM Station Season 3) Taeyong "Long Flight" Also credited as composer.

Filmography

See also: NCT videography

Television appearances

Year Title Network Notes
2014 EXO 90:2014 Mnet Recurring role[38]
2018 Food Diary tvN Regular cast[25][26]

See also

List of awards and nominations received by NCT

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