{"id":833945,"date":"2026-09-02T08:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T08:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/833945\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T08:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T08:34:10","slug":"mark-to-drop-1st-solo-project-after-leaving-nct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/833945\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark to drop 1st solo project after leaving NCT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/aaadc988-d65b-4e8f-9161-478b83af9a3d.jpg\" style=\"height: auto; aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720; width: 100%\" alt=\"A scene from the music video of Mark's upcoming solo single 'My Friend' \/ Courtesy of Upper Room\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A scene from the music video of Mark&#8217;s upcoming solo single &#8220;My Friend&#8221; \/ Courtesy of Upper Room<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">Mark, the rapper and singer who rose to fame as a member of K-pop boy group NCT, will release his first solo single since leaving the band, his new agency Upper Room said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">The track, &#8220;My Friend,&#8221; will come out on Sept. 10 at 1 p.m. (Korean time), marking the artist&#8217;s first new release in 17 months and his first public appearance as a solo act since departing NCT 127 and NCT Dream in April.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">Mark debuted in 2016 as part of SM Entertainment&#8217;s rotational supergroup NCT, quickly becoming one of the act&#8217;s most prominent members through his appearances in multiple subunits, including NCT 127 and NCT Dream.<\/p>\n<p class=\"editor-p\">After nearly a decade with the company, he chose not to renew his exclusive contract and instead founded Upper Room, a one-person agency he describes as a &#8220;creative company&#8221; built with long-time collaborators he trusts. He currently serves as a co-chief executive of the company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A scene from the music video of Mark&#8217;s upcoming solo single &#8220;My Friend&#8221; \/ Courtesy of Upper Room&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":833946,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,216],"class_list":["post-833945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=833945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/833946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=833945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=833945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=833945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}