Ten
텐- Name
- Chittaphon Leechaiyapornkul
- Born
- 27 February 1996
Co-founded the creative company ILLIMNT in 2026 and stayed a member of WayV and NCT.
Their story
Station singles
Ten's first songs under his own name came through SM Station, SM's series of digital singles: "Dream in a Dream" in 2017, "New Heroes" in 2018 and "Paint Me Naked" in 2021. All of it happened next to his work in NCT U, WayV and SuperM. A real solo record took until February 2024, when the mini album TEN came out with "Nightwalker" as its dark title track.
STUNNER
The second mini album, STUNNER, followed in March 2025 with seven songs and topped iTunes album charts in 13 countries. On 1 April its title track gave him his first music show win, on The Show, and a second followed on Music Bank. In April he held his first solo concert, two nights at Bluesquare SOL Travel Hall in Seoul.
Out of SM, still in the group
On 6 April 2026 SM announced that his contract would end on 8 April. Unusually, both sides said he would keep taking part in WayV and NCT. In a letter in Korean, English and Thai he wrote that, close to his tenth anniversary, he wanted new challenges. In July he co-founded ILLIMNT, a company for music, visual art, fashion and content in Korea, Thailand, China and the US.
Where he is now
He marked ten years with TEN:CORE0110, three sold-out nights in Bangkok, and on 27 July released "If You Don't Mean It", his first Thai-language solo single. In September came the double single "OUTWEST" and "IRL", both co-written by him. On 17 October 2026 he opened his first US showcase tour in Seattle, the first of 14 cities.