Watch NCT U Revivify Monsoon Mornings in Their Latest Music Video, ‘Rain Day’

Press play on NCT U’s latest release “Rain Day”, which promises to be your new monsoon 2022 favorite. Featuring NCT/NCT 127’s Taeil and NCT/WayV’s Kun and YangYang, the smooth single is an addition to previous SM Station: NCT lab releases, “Child” by Mark and NCT U’s (Doyoung, Mark and Haechan) “Conextion”. 

Produced and co-written by WayV’s leader Kun alongside singer-songwriter Junny and Squar, “Rain Day” has a pleasant R&B composition, underlining Kun and Taeil’s euphonious vocals. The contrast between the track’s smooth, medium-tempo production and YangYang’s deep, chill, melodic rap rustles up a gorgeous listening experience. Through the inclusion of rain sounds, finger clicks, rhythmic percussion beats and refreshing bass synth, “Rain Day” weaves an easy-to-listen, tranquil soundscape – perfect to brush away your monsoon blues. 

Kun, the track’s chief producer, took to Weibo earlier today to share his thoughts on the release. According to the 26-year-old producer-songwriter, the single is a product of two years’ worth of work and draws inspiration from the singer’s feelings towards the rainy season. Through the post, Kun also expressed a fair share of excitement and nervousness stemming from seeing his name credited as a songwriter. Though Kun has proven his knack for production and composition through his unofficial releases such as the serene instrumental must-listen “Gu Ren Gui” or the a-cappella cover of WayV’s “Dream Launch,” “Rain Day” is the first official track where Kun has helmed a project to completion. 

Lyrically, “Rain Day” stirs in a dizzying sense of nostalgia and memories, taking you back to a time when everything around you was rosy. Warm, heartfelt and comforting – with lines like “Fallin’ down all night/ On my way to you ’cause/ I’m needing you right in my eyes, yeah, yeah (yeah, yeah)/ On a rainy day I got you, babe” and “I can feel the drip drop, we falling like a rain show/ Listen up, so I can be the one to/ Yeah, show you how to love” – the single will remind you of a fond relationship from your past. According to Kun’s Weibo post, the track “[talks] about the story of a protagonist driving a car on a rainy night, turning on the radio, and hearing a familiar melody from the past [that brings] back old stories of memories.” He concludes the post by hoping that fans will “take a time machine” to relive the memories they shared with the group. 

The music video sees the trio enjoy a summer day alongside two companions and an endearing Corgi enamored by Taeil’s presence. From lounging beside a lake, cycling and splashing water at each other, to Taeil’s adorable antics, the day concludes with a spell-binding fireworks display.

Acting as an extension to SM Station (a digital music project curated by SM Entertainment in 2016), NCT announced NCT Lab on January 28th, 2021, promising fans a deeper look into the group’s musicality. NCT Lab aims to release self-composed tracks either as solo or unit songs through SM Station. The tracks released under the project are ones you’d not find on a regular NCT album, giving the artists an alternative avenue to creatively challenge and express themselves. The first track released under this project was “Child” – a self-composed alt-rock single by rapper, songwriter and NCT Dream’s leader Mark. This was shortly followed by the NCT U release “Conextion” on March 20th.