NCT DREAM, a sub-unit of NCT, is a South Korean-Chinese boy group signed under SM Entertainment. The group debuted in 2016 with the digital single “Chewing Gum” and consists of 7 members—MARK, JISUNG, RENJUN, CHENLE, JAEMIN, JENO, and HAECHAN.

NCT DREAM originally had an age-based graduation system, however, in April 2020, it was announced that following the release of their EP Reload by the end of the same month, they’d release music as a rotational NCT DREAM unit with any given combination of the original 7 members.

The original graduation system saw members graduate once they turn 20 in Korean age (19 in international age), which is an adult by Korean reckoning. Mark became the first member and only member to officially “graduate” after turning 20 years old and didn’t promote with the unit starting from January 1, 2019.

However, since the rotational transition and his return to the line-up, DREAM’s subsequent future unit promotions started with releasing “무대로 (Déjà Vu; 舞代路)”, a b-side landed on NCT 2020’s RESONANCE Pt. 1 and their highly-anticipated debut studio album, Hot Sauce, in May 2021, which became one of the best selling LPs in South Korea so far and sold over 2 million copies only two weeks later, while the title track of the same name gave them 8 wins on various Korean music shows—the most in their career.

On February 28, 2022, it was announced that DREAM would release their sophomore studio album, titled Glitch Mode one month later, featuring works from multiple composers and producers, such as minGtion, XISO, jesse saint john, Hwang Yoo Bin and Dem Jointz, amongst others. The project was undoubtedly a commercial success, surpassing 2 million pre-orders and reaching the top 50 of the Billboard 200 chart. The group is set to drop a repackage of the project, Beatbox in late May.