The parents are a big part since DREAM has no idea what's going on. Literal kids, different from Renjun who begged his parents because he likes singing and dancing.

Its the mom power for me

Mark, Haechan and Renjun, the aces that you are😭🌟

you know they saw MAJOR POTENTIAL in jeno if they went out of their way to reach out AGAIN

Lee Haechan is already a legend when he passed SM's infamous and legendary "Saturday Open Auditions" singing Justin Bieber's "Baby". Only 6 idols including him (alongside with Heechul, Yoona, Taemin, Seulgi, and Jungwoo) passed it after it first began in the late 1990's until now. ACE!

Chenle did not need SM. SM NEEDED CHENLE. He was so nice while telling this version of the casting story but SM literally called mama zhong a lot of times and got rejected before papa zhong agreed for lele to try. 🤭

Okay guys as long as u sing 'Baby' by Justin Bieber, you're in.

Renjun the only child of his family, in such young age already tried his best to chase his dream and live apart from his parents 😭😭😭

you can really tell how SM strategizes by looking at how they sought for the current members of nct dream. markrenhyuck were the gems among the thousands who auditioned with them, people who audition are known to work hard and dream big, their work ethic really shines even today, years after they’ve debuted, it’s no argument that they are 3 of the many aces or allrounders in nct. among dream, these 3 feel like they have the strongest desire to stay on top of their game, constantly wanting to improve performance quality. at that young age, both chenle and jisung already had extensive experience with singing and dancing, so if SM had them as trainees, they would’ve already secured a main vocal and main dancer to debut in their “fresh and youthful” new idol group. they kind of placed their bets on jeno and jaemin, who were street casted which meant they presumably had no familiarity with singing nor dancing, although i’m sure they weren’t the only potential trainees who were street-casted, they were lucky nomin were already good enough to have passed the audition after they were casted; and had the attitude and adaptability (and athleticism) to develop their skills as performers quickly, to match the rest of the lineup who also had the innate talent and interest in becoming a celebrity. we all know SM has a sh*t ton of hidden trainees in the basement so it wouldn’t be a surprise if other kids around the same age group, those who didn’t make the final cut, trained with the 7 boys. (heck it wouldn’t be a surprise if hendery was once considered to debut in dream, considering he was a trainee even before chenle officially joined the agency) when they were rookies, nct dream (or to be more specific, mickey mouse club lineup) were once called 아기신기. this name was a parody of the famous SM idol group/kpop pioneers 동방신기 (TVXQ) who had the reputation of being the “gods of kpop”. I’m only assuming this, but this may have implied that, among the average seasonal number of 60 male trainees in SM (minus NCT U and 127 members because they debuted before), during the time nct dream were trainees, *they* were the aces, *they might have made a new milestone for trainees who were at their age* not only did they get to post dance covers and appear in variety shows (MMC and NCT life), but they also got to *perform in concerts* (as the literal small children they were) and participate in SMrookies, ultimately securing their positions in the new nct unit. this is written entirely out of speculation (so please don’t attack me)... SM failing to implement the initial system of dream (graduation + adding new members every season) might have been due to the company not capable of finding trainees as skilled as mark, renjun, jeno, haechan, jaemin, chenle and jisung, who, *at that young age, polished themselves to meet the overwhelmingly high standards of the company in such an impressive and speedy manner* (they had to learn how to dance on hoverboards for god’s sake). Even after they debuted, audiences are able to notice their rate of improvement, impressed at the growth they display *in every comeback*. Take one look at 16-17 year old dream choreo and you can tell these aren’t just kids. They’re trained and talented professionals. Superstar material. Maybe… just maybe SM couldn’t add new members into dream anymore because the trainees they had couldn’t match the level nct dream had built. *TLDR: nct dream are kpop gods/kpop’s future* edit: jeno wasn’t street casted, SM was monitoring his acting activities and was in contact with his parents (thanks for correcting me i wasn’t trying to downplay his skills or achievements and i sincerely apologize if i’ve caused any misunderstanding)

I can’t imagine a little 12 year old super studious mark lee, he seems a lil too chaotic for that ahahha

Yo mark rly went thru fate in 2012 . Like how did an audition happen right when school was out for no reason???? God rly said he was meant for that

Jeno, Jaemin, Chenle, and Jisung are from a different bred

Imagine how proud their parents seeing them perform under the same company with the artist they stan as well!

0:51 so haechan's audition was ten's iconic predebut song

what i find most fascinating about SM is that they’re somehow able to find kids who would be visual kings (and queens) as they grow older hahaha

Lee Haechan, the legend you were, are and will be

Aww Jaemin's way of getting into Sm is soo heartwarming

Haechan’s voice was really cute, it’s very natural kids voice.

Mother knows best..Many NCT DREAM there always said about a audition but there mother always by there side

it's crazy because if you look at each of dreamies individually, they are already talented enough to be the lead/main of a group if they were to debut somewhere else and that says a lot. i hope that they will continue to get the support and opportunities to further flourish and put them out there to a wider audience. and as a kpop fan of 10 years, i can see shinee in them (like i am not comparing them in terms of skills or popularity, but the success and vibe), like i can see the immense potentials in them to continue to grow and put out good performances even years into their career like shinee does

All NCT’s members stories on how they got into SM just sounds like they were really meant to be idols. For example, when Mark was thinking of auditioning there was no school, then Chenle and Jisung got into SM and debuting together not knowing that when they were younger, they already met, then there’s Taeyoung who joined SM for bread

they kinda remind me of shinee sometimes....debuting at such young age and being fully capable as an idol, they're definitely not ordinary kids, they are the future 🥺💚

imagine chenle's dad didn't know abt sm 😟 we won't having him on the dream right now

1:57 Jeno looking at Renjun feels like he wants to say "I'm glad you came" 💕

So in conclusion, it was destiny, their hard work. And thank you dreamies mom and dad too lol

Nct dream "that" future of kpop they are

Haechan is one of the 6 idols who passed the legendary Saturday open auditions and here we find people saying "haechan should learn how to sing live " like what?

How cute NANA is 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 just imagine when he ran to his mom 😭😭😭🤧🤧🤧

For everyone who don't know: Mark passed audition for his vocal and became one of NCT best rapper. Renjun passed audition in dance position and became one of NCT Dream main vocal. Jisung got casting cause his dance ability, yeah he is in top 3 of NCT best dancer, and we get deep cause his deep voice. Jaemin and Jeno didn't know anything when joined SM, and look at how amazing they are right now. Chenle trained only 2-3 months, he had zero knowledge about dance, and he is always doing great at everything. Haechan is the ACE from the start. He passed the SM Extreme Saturday audition, the most difficult SM audition which only debuted a few artists (Heechul, Yoona, Taemin, Seulgi, Haechan, Jungwoo) over years. We don't deserve them.

I can just imagine Jaemin running away from the lady yelling: ‘I DON’T HAVE ANY MONEY!!’

SM casting team is really talented when they can find so many gems for kpop. I wish Jeno will get acting offer soon

chenle and jisung already established their career with music industry chenle with singing and jisung with dancing and acting he also do cf, at the young age perform into different countries so sm is really lucky to have them also with jaemin and jeno which is street cast especially jeno cause he have so many cf

Are we not gonna talk about how sweet it is that Jaemin got casted while doing volunteer work🥺 and he continued to do it even after debuting

JENOS MOM SAID NO THE FIRST TIME 😭 SHE ALMOST SCREWED EVERYTHING UP

lol i was just started theory inside my head that chenle's father knows one of sm's ceo since they don't know kpop but they know sm😂

Jaemin being casted while doing volunteer work is very seggsy

yeah renjun, you did great🥺

damn they really wanted jeno & jaemin. they got approached TWICE

chaotic members really loved Baby back in the day huh. ten and haechan are destined to be in one group.

Ngl sm is good at finding and developing street casted members for nct and wayv

They are indeed destined to be together in NCT Dream!! These guys deserve it, they worked so hard to prove that they are worth it and SM has a really good eye for talent!! I am so happy that we have NCT Dream!!

it's haechan passing the weekly sm audition for me 😭😭

Renjun cutieee

i swear Haechan is a real legend.

I love how they were formed. I love NCT Dream so much!

i really respect all of their parents for letting them chase their dreams especially mark,chenle and renjun like it must have been so difficult for them to send their kids away to a completely different country at such a young age all alone

Who knew singing justin bieber could get you being famous

Lol Jeno seems tiny bit upset about mom rejecting without asking him 😂 but it's all about timing 😊

Not to be weird, but young jisung looks like sykkuno

Wow half of the dreamies were all street casted. Imagine if they rejected the offers we wouldn’t meet these talented boys, say it with me. Thank you dreamies mommy. And of course our talented markrenhyuck for passing the audition in just one try 💚

Jaemin is angel S2

I will always be grateful that I stan a man who was casted from doing such good deeds like a volunteer work. I couldn't be any prouder! It really is true that giving or doing something good to others without expecting any returns will pay back big to you.

The way jeno's mom reject it and didn't even tell jeno at first 😂 and there is jaemin,jisung and chenle who almost reject the offer😂 jaemin is the funniest..i remember he said no when SM staff only say "excuse me" To him😂🤣

This makes me wanna try to be part of SM's A&R team. It must feel extremely nice to cast someone and see them grow in the industry as the artists they should be. Kudos to those who suggested they pass and cast these kids. You made the best decision.

I just realized that I stan the aces of future kpop 😍❤️ they're totally not ordinary kids, they're extremely talented and genius idols. I'm gonna cry 😭

nct dream world domination

Chenle’s always down-to-earth everytime he teases him as “rich” or “well-lived”. Even in interviews where he’s supposed to be bragging, instead, he had answered them humbly. That’s Chenle. 😁

Damnnn I wish I was as talented as 7dream,, it's amazing how they were able to accomplish this much at such a young age :>

CHENLES BUILT DIFFERENT

This noona loves these kids. They always makes me smile whenever i see them. Aigoo theyre like my younger brothers

Hello what show is that when Jaemin, Jeno, Chenle, Renjun and Jisung talked about their audition and casting story

Thank you for making this video. I always wonder how they got into SM especially for Chenle, Jisung & Jeno since they already in industry since they are young... I hope you can make thjs kind of video for other NCT member too...

HAECHAN MAMAS BOYYYY😭😭😭😭😭😭💃💃💃🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♀️

i can really see why haechan was casted. he's got the voice that SM institutes on their idols.

damn only mark, haechan & renjun were auditioned... being audition with thousands of people yet they're the chosen one. the other 4 is just got lucky. and they happen to be very talented as well. but jaemin has no entertainment bg whatsoever, it's amazing that he can catch up

The gems that they are

I’m so proud of Mark, Haechan and Renjun !! Obvi the rest too but there’s a difference in getting into one of the TOP Kpop companies thru auditions or thru casting. Nonetheless, everyone had to work hard in order to debut in acc NCT DREAM !! 💚

thanks to make this videoooo

Such kings

muchas gracias mamá de haechan por haberlo animado a hacer la audición, yo estoy eternamente agradecida ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ♡♡♡♡♡

I will be a parent like their parents,I will support their dream no matter what...look how happy they are with each other look at them doing what they dreamed of..I want to be this parent I will do anything if I had kids

they're really destined together and I'm destined to be nctzen TT I mean if you don't believe of fate what's this??????? ALSO Knowing that Chenle and Jisung performed together at the same event, that time they aren't sm trainee yet. Lastly thanks for dream parents who had a BIG PART of this.

NO BUT CHENLE AND HIS FAMILY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT KPOP BUT NOW HE IS BIGGEST KPOP BOY BAND MEMBER AND VERY FAMOUS THAT'S HOW TABLE TURNS 🤸‍♀️😭

I dunno how but SM sure knows how to pick them.

im just crying rn

As great as it is to see young people achieve their goals at a young age, I've never liked that they debuted so young. It's one thing to start training early, but debut? Because SM's main goal is to make money. And it ain't ever sat right with me to put young kids into the professional spotlight to make money, no matter how capable and prepared they are.

Sayang bgt sama anak dream 😭💚💚💚

Why are we getting recommendation?

That's the power of President Chenle 🥰

Woow without those moms what will happen to me..... I don't want to image that Thank u moms

Can we have same video for nct 127 & wayv 🤗🤗

So its the parents who play the main role!!

💚

Lol Ten and Haechan used to sing Baby -Justin Beiber in their Pre debut era.

i just know that destiny and fate are real

Abis nonton relay cam haechan, dia cerita gimana bisa masuk SM..tbtb nongol ini yodahh lanjutt

this is what we called destiny hahaha

Yeah, so if i cant get to auditions in my youth. If my child is interested in this thing I would support my child no matter what

am i first? sm cast me 2 .joke

Ugh only if there were some kind of audition in the south east

Wait what I couldn't understand chenle hahaha right before he sleep his destiny changed me waiting since my birth to some miracle happen to me but 🤡🤡

Where or in what video is 1:17

1:13 where can I find this?

TERNYATA LAGU BABY-NYA TEN ADA KAWAN GAISSSSSSS

Someone knows the name of the show where Renjun shared his story?

Tanya dong menit 1.08 sampai seterusnya nya tuh nama konten nya apa pengen nonton full nya

owo

Someone please tell me where the original vid??

1:10 where i can find this video??

mau nanya dong pas renjun cerita itu episode nct yg mana? pengen nonton full vid nyaa