Final fall, NCT 127 teased the opportunity of a deluxe repackaging of their 2 Baddies album by telling Billboard to “stay up for being shocked by one thing surprising.” 4 months after the LP earned the Okay-pop boy band their second prime 3 entry on the Billboard 200, the group unveils their Ay-Yo – The 4th Album Repackage album with three new songs, together with the glossy title monitor single.
Whereas NCT 127’s earlier title monitor “2 Baddies” seized listeners’ consideration with its unrelenting chant refrain, the group’s newest takes a way more refined strategy with looping beats, delicate piano accents, and a surging, synthesizer-led refrain. Like they teased final 12 months, the blokes themselves additionally carry out surprising musical moments in “Ay-Yo,” like when the silky-voiced vocalist Jaehyun kicks off the second verse with a rap part.
The accompanying music video is a mash of shock delights too. Members like Doyoung and Jaehyun serve their finest James Bonds with slick black outfits amongst a backdrop paying homage to inside a pistol barrel as made well-known within the 007 motion pictures.
In the meantime, chief Taeyong pulls off what shall be one among 2023’s most stunning hairstyles with punky, pointy spikes that followers have discovered paying homage to NCT label mates and Okay-pop pioneers TVXQ! and Super Junior.
In between the discharge of 2 Baddies and Ay-Yo, NCT 127 launched a music video for his or her b-side “1, 2, 7 (Time Stops)” and held concert events in North America, Asia and Latin America as a part of their Neo Metropolis – The Hyperlink world tour. The fellows solely wrapped their final present on Jan. 28 at Mexico Metropolis’s Palacio de los Deportes enviornment earlier than dropping this new LP that features its title monitor, the beforehand teased “DJ” plus hip-hop/pop hybrid “Skyscraper.”
Watch Taeyong, Doyoung, Jaehyun, Taeil, Mark, Yuta, Johnny, Jungwoo and Haechan in “Ay-Yo” under.
