SM Is “Guilty” For Putting NCT’s Whole Album On Another Idol’s CD

With the ever-changing K-pop world, it is no shock that physical albums are just becoming a part of the K-pop display aesthetic.

While the older generation used physical albums to listen to music on CD players and in car stereos, the current generation is more familiar with streaming songs through their phones.

Many fans who purchase albums for album sale records and fan sign events are left with an overwhelming amount of untouched albums. Many even admit that they’ve never opened the album to listen to the CD inside.

Most recently, a video posted on X garnered much attention for a fan’s unexpected reaction while playing SHINee Taemin‘s fourth mini album, Guilty.

The video reveals the fan inserting Taemin’s album into the stereo, only to have NCT’s “Favorite” start playing!

MY FUCKING GUILTY CD HAS FUCKING NCT127 FAVORITE ON IT IM NOT FUCKING JOKING pic.twitter.com/CpbrlzK9Gn

— president of jongtae land (@bvmkii) July 1, 2024

Fans couldn’t believe something like this could happen.

While some thought that it could have just been an error for one song, turns out the whole album was NCT’s repackage album.

Coincidence or not, both Taemin and NCT’s albums had 14 tracks!

Fans joked that SM could put anything on the albums and they still wouldn’t notice.

this is what people mean by kpop fans will not notice if the cd is broken 😭 man i think sm did something funny like this more than once but we’re just oblivious about it 😭 https://t.co/17uFwbWorO

— ✨ (@yoggurtshake) July 1, 2024

i can't tell if this is fr or just a joke but i realized i've never played my cds to check the quality uhhh https://t.co/RkbNuk21e5

— nae cosmic ๋࣭ ⭑⚝ (@doromibear) July 3, 2024

i remember years ago someone said that SM probably fucked up a lot of CDs but we dont even check bc owning cd player is not common anymore 😭😭😭😭 https://t.co/QSFlUItL0A

— 李YA (@salmonset) July 1, 2024

These companies are getting away with so much bs because they know 99% of these cds are never going to touch a cd player ever lmao https://t.co/B194vSeVv5

— ˗ ˏˋgaby ˎˊ ⁷ (@demonswilldrown) July 1, 2024

Lmaooo😭 I should check my CD as well https://t.co/xfyVtYAyYz

— Zhan (@ZhannBal) July 1, 2024

On another note, fans couldn’t help but laugh at the fact that it was always NCT caught up in these situations.

Nct rlly is everywhere im crying https://t.co/sCGhOyWM5I

— neo (@nctweaker) July 1, 2024

Nct127 that one group who takes "always being on crime scene" very seriously https://t.co/iCXpWnMeYE

— Nins_ 🌼(ᓀ‸ᓂ) (@doiesNini) July 1, 2024

Nctzen should check their cd as well, they might has guilty on it https://t.co/kDDqaAMGMq

— Veromon (@saerotaemins) July 1, 2024

Ain't no way…Favorite suits Taemin too though lol https://t.co/ZeFFKPsCTr

— ¹²⁷₂₉ℕ𝕖𝕠 ℂ𝕠𝕦𝕡𝕤 𝕋𝕖𝕔𝕙𝕟𝕠𝕝𝕠𝕘𝕪₈₈¹⁷ (@catboijohnny) July 1, 2024

What are your thoughts on this?