NCT’s Sungchan And Shotaro Only Found Out They Were Debuting In NCT At The Last Minute

The behind-the-scenes videos of NCT‘s 2021 album shoot gave fans a pretty good look at how the newer NCT members, Shotaro and Sungchan, are getting along with the other NCT members these days.

In them, Shotaro revealed that, surprisingly, he and Sungchan only met the other members of NCT on the day of their big group photoshoot last year.

shotaro confirmed that he met the rest of nct for the first time during the album cover photoshoot! pic.twitter.com/ukys5xAbRW

— saf universe era 🌐🦦 (@taromarklee) December 28, 2021

But perhaps more interestingly, it seems like Shotaro and Sungchan didn’t even know they were debuting with NCT until the day before the photoshoot!

sm really went "hey, you're going to debut in nct, oh, and the photoshoot's tomorrow" to shotaro and sungchan 😭😭😭😭😭

— saf universe era 🌐🦦 (@taromarklee) December 28, 2021

Both the fans and the members were really supportive of Shotaro and Sungchan from the beginning, but no doubt their debut must have been a very stressful time for them. It makes sense that they felt uncomfortable at the time as it is already stressful enough having to debut, let alone having to debut with a huge group who all already know each other. Additionally, they had almost no time to prepare.

Now that these details about Sungchan and Shotaro’s debut are being revealed, fans are really empathizing with what they had to go through, especially Shotaro, since he had to deal with a language barrier in addition to everything else.

Shotaro only must have known SC for at least 3 weeks then he get thrown in a photoshoot for his debut then had to meet the other 21 members who have known each other for YEARS and he barely spoke the language at that time. Fking insane. If it was me… I WOULD BE A MESS https://t.co/a1KfENje1q

— Aly ⚾ (@jentaroxiao) December 28, 2021

But on the bright side, a year after their debut, both members seem to be fitting in really well. So much so, that they’ve even been ‘adopted’ by other members!

Fans have pointed out that even Johnny appears to have a soft spot for Shotaro…

osaki shotaro, the only person johnny allows to copy him 🥺pic.twitter.com/JYz10p66Zk

— ĸj²⁹ ✨ (@music_remedy33) December 25, 2021

…though Shotaro seems to be charming practically everyone!

Shotaro & Doyoung are so cute 😭 Doyoung said he was really cold & Shotaro started wrapping Doyoung with the blanket 🥺 pic.twitter.com/2S809lzf1S

— 링 (@nctdaoying) December 27, 2021

shotaro helping haechan off the steps 🥺 pic.twitter.com/p4JEOW7vy0

— 21 (@dailyhaechan) December 28, 2021

It’s been really nice to see the progression of Sungchan and Shotaro’s friendship with the other members. They are truly making a place for themselves in NCT, and it is well-deserved. Similarly, it’s been encouraging to see their increase in confidence, and fans can only hope there will be plenty more opportunities to continue seeing it.