NCT Dream to hold online concert to celebrate new album

Boy band NCT Dream [SM ENTERTAINMENT]

Boy band NCT Dream will hold an online concert tonight to celebrate the release of its most recent album "Glitch Mode."

"Dream Stage: Glitch Mode" will be streamed on Beyond LIVE from 9 p.m. It will last 40 minutes, according to the streaming platform. The admission fee is $15.

The concert will showcase never-before-seen performances of the sub-tracks on the album "Glitch Mode" such as "Never Goodbye," in addition to a performance of the album's title track "Glitch Mode." The band's agency SM Entertainment also said that the concert will include a special performance for "My First and Last," the lead track of the EP "The First" (2017). All the performances have been pre-recorded.

The band's second full-length album “Glitch Mode" was released on March 28.

The album sold over 2.1 million copies within one week of its drop, marking NCT Dream’s highest album sales ever.

“Glitch Mode" includes 11 tracks: the title track, “Fire Alarm,” “Arcade,” “It’s Yours,” “Teddy Bear,” “Replay,” “Saturday Drip,” “Better Than Gold,” “Drive,” “Never Goodbye” and “Rewind.”

NCT Dream debuted in 2016 as a subunit of boy band NCT with its song "Chewing Gum." The group consists of seven members: Mark, Renjun, Jeno, Haechan, Chenle, Jaemin and Jisung. Mark is Korean-Canadian, Renjun and Chenle are Chinese, and the rest of the members are Korean. The band is best known for hit tracks including "My First and Last" (2017), "Boom" (2019), "Hot Sauce" (2021) and "Hello Future" (2021).

BY LEE JIAN [lee.jian@joongang.co.kr]