{"id":377658,"date":"2026-04-06T09:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T09:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/377658\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T09:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T09:46:09","slug":"ncts-ten-to-leave-sm-entertainment-but-will-remain-in-nct-and-wayv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/377658\/","title":{"rendered":"NCT\u2019s Ten to leave SM Entertainment but will remain in NCT and WayV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">He wrote in English, \u201cAs I approach my 10th anniversary, I\u2019ve found myself wanting to take on new challenges, explore new possibilities, and discover new versions of myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He shared that the decision came \u201cafter a lot of thought and many heartfelt discussions with the members and the staff at SM\u201d.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">As he thanked the label, his fellow members and fans for their support on his journey, he affirmed that he \u201cwill continue [his] activities as Ten of NCT and WayV\u201d while he prepares to showcase \u201cnew sides of \u2018Ten\u2019 and to evolve in new ways as a solo artiste in this next chapter\u201d.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Ten, whose real name is Chittaphon Leechaiyapornkul, debuted in 2016 as a member of NCT U, a sub-unit of NCT, as the first Thai artiste to debut under the label. He is also a member of WayV, the China-based sub-unit of the K-pop group that debuted in 2019.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">On Apr 3, SM Entertainment announced that <a href=\"https:\/\/cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com\/entertainment\/nct-mark-leaving-group-sm-entertainment-agency-581061\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NCT&#8217;s Mark will leave both the K-pop group and the label<\/a>, sending shockwaves across the fandom and K-pop community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He wrote in English, \u201cAs I approach my 10th anniversary, I\u2019ve found myself wanting to take on new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377659,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[727,146,85,46,409,11471],"class_list":{"0":"post-377658","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-celebrity","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-music","13":"tag-south-korea"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}