TAEYONG stands on a busy corner in Gwanghwamun Square, his icy hair slicked back, looking like an extraterrestrial being that was precipitously beamed down on the streets of Seoul.
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In reality, the idiosyncratic NCT rapper’s return wasn’t out of the blue, as these teaser photos for his debut LP WYLD would seem to suggest — of course, it’s the product of meticulous planning. Yet they do wonders to illustrate how the homecoming feels. Say goodbye to monotonous and pedestrian concepts; one of K-pop’s genuine eccentrics is back.
It’s been a long time in the making. Rather than enforcing a strict two-year break from his primary job, serving in the military band gave TAEYONG even more time to think about music; during leaves, he squirreled himself away to write song lyrics. Upon discharging last December, the now-30-year-old immediately set out to show that the effort paid off, that he had leveled up from previous EPs SHALALA and TAP.
