From Pain To Dreams… The Story Of Youth Drawn By NCT DREAM

Boy group NCT DREAM has released the last part of its new album trailer, delivering a message of comfort and empathy to youth experiencing growing pains.

NCT DREAM has been releasing trailers ‘( )SCAPE Film’ sequentially through official SNS channels since the 11th, and contains stories of youth and 5 included songs in the new album ‘DREAM( )SCAPE’ (Dream Escape). The song’s message is tightly woven into a movie-like content that is garnering attention every day.

In the previously released trailer, the members were shown going through growing pains on themes such as dreams, identity, and competition in an oppressed reality, and the story was told in a scene where the door to the room they were locked in was opened along with the awakening to find the ‘dream’ they had kept. At the end, as the title of the video suggests, it raised questions about whether they would be able to escape.

The last episode, ‘( )SCAPE Film: Chapter 5’, which opened on the 15th, features the members coming out of the open door, a red thread connected to their hands, Ji-seong, who is the link of the thread, and even in a difficult situation of escaping the supervisor. Unlike the previous videos, the scenes of the seven members laughing together left a deep impression in their bright and hopeful mood, suggesting that they were escaping pain and heading toward their dreams.

Finally, the sight of Ji Sung waking up from a dream and the members sitting together in a warm living room having a happy time conveys the paradoxical message that the utopia we dream of is the everyday moments we all share together, and that NCT DREAM will move forward in solidarity despite difficulties. They showed their strong will, raising expectations for the music they will deliver in their new album.

In addition, the new song ‘Carat Cake’ inserted in this video is a song that expresses the various temptations and honest emotions encountered in an unfamiliar world. The song features a cheerful synth introduction, a groovy Jersey club beat, and NCT DREAM’s cheerful vocals and rap. This energizing pop genre song made the members’ will to run forward even more impressive.

NCT DREAM’s new album ‘DREAM( )SCAPE’ will be released on various music sites at 6 PM on the 25th, and consists of a total of 6 songs including the title song ‘Smoothie’.