SM released teasers for NCT 2018 project and it is so BEAUTIFUL.

However, here's my problem with NCT. I really want to like them, I do. I was following some of them during the very early SM Rookie days, when they were just babies. Back then I was rooting hard and I couldn't wait for their debut. I was sure SM is going to deliver and create the next IT boy group. I always think Taeyong is beautiful both in still pictures and in movement, Yuta is my adorable bubbly Kansai kid, the boys are great dancers, and they all are just gorgeous international babies. And I love international!

SM is no joke when it comes to comeback/debut concepts. I've always loved their styling, concept photos, how they release the teasers (pics and vids), the artistic direction, etc. Superb. Over the top. Beautiful. Expensive. I enjoy art very much and thank you. This is K-Pop, it needs to be over the top, with crazy colors, shapes, AVANT GARDE! Look at this NCT yearbook concept, it's so breathtakingly beautiful! This is like high-fashun magazine production without even the need to collaborate with any of the magazines. This is ART on its own.

Now the things I don't like about them, one is their freaking NAME. Neo Culture Technology? Fuck off. Why. It's not even easy or nice to pronounce. TRCNG is much worse of course, but still. I don't like the name!

Also, what is it with that member rotation concept, it's too complicated for my stupid, simple mind. I'm a traditional fan, when I like a group, I would like that group to have fixed members, please. There are already so many people, so many names, so many sub-units, so confusing. How the hell do I keep up? How do I support them all?

I can get over the above though if only I like their songs.

AND I JUST CANNOT WITH NCT'S MUSIC OMG. I literally cannot. I tried. I hate Cherry Bomb. And this song right here as well. They're the same shit. What genre is this even? You can't even sing to it. Am I just too old and my taste no longer match the tunes that young people like today? I tried listening to them and it's instant hate, no room for negotiation. It's not something that I can casually listen to everyday to let it grow on me, no. I FREAKING HATE THEM WITH PASSION. I know they have other sub-units which actually sings and have songs with real tune and melody, but how do I get into them if I can't like the main group's genre?

The artistic concepts are still pretty to look at, though.