Doyoung
김동영- Name
- Kim Dong-young
- Born
- 1 February 1996
Wrote the lyrics for "Beginning" and "From Little Wave" on Youth.
Their story
A band behind him
Doyoung had sung drama soundtracks for years, but his first album of his own arrived only in April 2024. Youth holds ten songs, and for the title track he went to Cho Won-sang of the rock band Lucy. "Little Light" is a band song with strong guitar riffs about the courage a small light can give. He said he did not see himself as the member who best represents NCT's image, so he set out to show who he is. Nine days after release the song won him Show Champion.
His own words
Two songs on Youth carry his own lyrics. "Beginning" was the first song he wrote. "From Little Wave" came from a fan letter that opened with "Dear Doyoung, my sea" and said he had taught its writer to swim alone. He had wanted to turn that letter into a song for a long time. Taeyeon and Mark joined him on "Time Machine".
From Youth to Soar
The Dear Youth concerts started in Seoul in May 2024 and went on through Japan and Southeast Asia. In June 2025 came the second album, Soar, led by the rock song "Memory". Days later the Doors tour opened with three sold-out nights at Jamsil Indoor Stadium, with a live band and a string orchestra, and it closed with encore shows in Incheon in October.
Where he is now
Doyoung enlisted as an active-duty army soldier on 8 December 2025. The next day SM released Promise, his first single album, whose title track is a ballad to a loved one with lyrics he wrote himself. In July 2026 SM announced that all seven NCT 127 members, Doyoung included, had renewed their contracts. Because he was still serving, NCT 127 promoted their August album Blingy as five, without him and Jungwoo.