Ten of NCT will release solo single 'Birthday' on Oct. 26

A teaser image for Ten of NCT's ″Birthday″ [SM ENTERTAINMENT]

Ten of boy band NCT is releasing a solo single titled “Birthday” on Oct. 26, SM Entertainment said Friday.

The new song is an R&B dance number whose lyrics liken a birthday to a date with a significant other.

“Birthday” is the fifth track of the agency’s “SM Station: NCT Lab” project, which started in February and releases new songs by NCT members, either as solos, self-produced or in subunits.

Previous songs of the project are “Child” by Mark, “coNEXTion (Age of Light)” by Doyoung, Mark and Haechan, “Rain Day” by Taeil, Kun and Yangyang and “Forever Only” by Jaehyun.

Ten debuted as a member of NCT in 2016 and is part of its subunits NCT U and WayV. He is also in SM’s supergroup SuperM.

BY SHIN MIN-HEE [shin.minhee@joongang.co.kr]