How NCT Mark’s Unexpected Cameo Led To Him Becoming BLACKPINK’s Honorary Fifth Member
NCT‘s Mark is part of many groups, from NCT 127 to NCT DREAM to NCT U to SuperM — so many, in fact, that he’s referred to as a pro-debuter! But there’s one group that you might not expect people to associate with Mark: BLACKPINK!
This tweet recently blew up on Twitter from an account honoring the “cutest K-Pop idols.” They listed all of Mark’s different groups — but also added BLACKPINK!
MARK LEE FROM NCT DREAM NCT 127 NCT U SUPERM AND BLACKPINK
— CUTEST KPOP IDOL ALIVE (@FACTUALN3WS) September 9, 2021
They stated in a reply that the person requested that they add in BLACKPINK, though the account owner wasn’t sure why.
someone requested me to put blackpink 😭
— CUTEST KPOP IDOL ALIVE (@FACTUALN3WS) September 9, 2021
It all comes back to BLACKPINK’s documentary, BLACKPINK: Light Up The Sky. The documentary came out in 2020 and details each of the members’ origin stories and their rise to fame.
In one scene of the documentary, members of SM Entertainment‘s pre-debut group SM Rookies made an appearance! As the narrator talked about the trainee life for idols, the documentary showed footage of Mark, Taeil, Hansol, and Ten rehearsing in a practice room.
Later that year, in a rehearsal video for NCT U’s “90s Love,” BLACKPINK’s collaboration with Selena Gomez, “Ice Cream,” could be heard playing in the background. Fans quickly deduced that Mark and Jeno were the ones listening to the song!
lmao mark and jeno probably the one who played it bc u can see it in the back that they're watching something on their phone then in 00: 18 mark said ‘ah, i want to be blackpink. i envy them.’ pls baby u r already in a lot of groups and now u want to be 5th member of bp 😭😭😭😭 https://t.co/vjkQlYcFzh pic.twitter.com/G5PHwxzW77
— hannah (@skysung_) December 25, 2020
Both BLINKS and NCTzens have been joking about his status as their “fifth member” and even posting some edits that are too funny!
blackpink 5th members wbk pic.twitter.com/YWD2s3vYWw
— mk •ᴗ• (@yedamsshi) September 9, 2021
Mark Lee in your area 💅
(It’s obvious that we’re kidding, right? And luckily nctzen and blink have a good relationship, don’t we?) pic.twitter.com/9A78LLutWD
— A bear who’s nice 💫 (@Lee_YeolSimp) September 9, 2021
can’t forget about this iconic photoshoot 😩💖 pic.twitter.com/H6ZoiqLwnA
— ঔ• yumi | VMC @ 2ND (@ZH0NGCHNL) September 9, 2021