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Haechan

Lee Dong-hyuck, known professionally as Haechan (해찬), is a South Korean singer. He is a member of South Korean boy band NCT and its subunit NCT U alongside its fixed subunits NCT 127 and NCT Dream. On September 8, 2025, Haechan began his solo debut with the release of his first studio album Taste.

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Haechan
Haechan in October 2023
Born
Lee Dong-hyuck

(2000-06-06) June 6, 2000
Seoul, South Korea
OccupationSinger
Years active2014–present
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentsVocals
LabelSM
Member of
Formerly ofSM Rookies
Korean name
Hangul
이동혁
RRI Donghyeok
MRI Tonghyŏk
Stage name
Hangul
해찬
RRHaechan
MRHaech'an
Signature

Lee Dong-hyuck (Korean: 이동혁; born June 6, 2000), known professionally as Haechan (해찬), is a South Korean singer. He is a member of South Korean boy band NCT and its subunit NCT U alongside its fixed subunits NCT 127 and NCT Dream. On September 8, 2025, Haechan began his solo debut with the release of his first studio album Taste.

Early life

Haechan was born on June 6, 2000, in Seoul, South Korea, where he lived until age seven. He then moved to Jeju, South Korea for five years before returning to Seoul, where he attended the School of Performing Arts Seoul. He is the oldest of four siblings.1

Career

2013–2020: SM Rookies and debut with NCT

In 2013, Haechan joined SM Entertainment after passing the SM Saturday Open Auditions, where he sang "Baby" by Justin Bieber, "Hello" by Huh Gak and "Ugly Duckling" by Son Seung-yeon.2

On July 17, 2014, he was introduced as a member of SM Rookies, a pre-debut training team managed by SM Entertainment.3 That year, Haechan, alongside other SM Rookies members, appeared in Exo 90:2014, a reality television series in which labelmate Exo recreated music videos and performed popular K-pop songs from the 1990s and early 2000s.45 In 2015, Haechan starred in the Korean revival of The Mickey Mouse Club. The show aired on Disney Channel Korea from July 23 to December 17, 2015, and was hosted by Leeteuk of Super Junior.6

On July 2, 2016, SM Entertainment revealed that Haechan would debut as a member of NCT's second sub-unit, NCT 127. The group released their first single, "Fire Truck", on July 7.7 On August 19, SM Entertainment announced that Haechan would also join NCT's third sub-unit, NCT Dream,8 which debuted with the digital single "Chewing Gum" on August 25.9 On December 19, 2018, it was announced that Haechan had fractured his shin bone while preparing for the Neo City – The Origin tour (2019–2020) and would be taking a hiatus from group activities to recover.1011 During his recovery period, he participated in the January 26 and 27 concerts.12 He officially returned from his hiatus with an appearance at NCT 127's concert in Saitama several months later on March 29, 2019.13 On December 13, Haechan joined the rotational sub-unit NCT U with the release of the single "Coming Home" under the SM Station project.1415

2021–present: Solo debut with Taste

At the Neo City – The Link tour (2021–2022), Haechan and former member Taeil performed an unreleased R&B track titled "Love Sign", which they composed with producer Deez.16 In 2021, Haechan released a remake of the 2006 SM Town's song "Snow Dream" for SM Town's album 2021 Winter SM Town: SMCU Express.17 Haechan recorded a remake of the 2001 Toy song "Good Person" for the soundtrack of the Playlist Studio web drama Ply Friends: Seoyeon University Class of '22 for release on March 6, 2022.18 However, CJ ENM announced that the release of the song would be moved forward by one day to "repay fans" for their enthusiastic reactions.19 Haechan and Taeil released "N.Y.C.T." under NCT U on September 7, 2023. They had previously performed the song at the Neo City – The Link tour.20

Haechan released his debut studio album, Taste, on September 8, 2025, along its lead single "Crzy".21 The album sold over 400,000 copies and topped the Circle Album Chart,22 while "Crzy" reached number 11 on the Circle Digital Chart.23

Artistry

Haechan stated that his mother greatly influenced his music taste by introducing him to songs such as "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson, whom he has cited in multiple interviews as one of his role models and the reason he wanted to pursue a singing career.242511 Haechan also named labelmate Taemin of Shinee as a major influence, crediting his group's debut single "Replay" with inspiring him to become an idol and audition for SM Entertainment.126 The first album Haechan ever purchased was Shinee's Romeo (2009).27

Music critic Kim Young-dae described Haechan's voice as the MSG in NCT 127's discography as it "connects all the different flavors and has a powerful impact on the adlibs".28 Artists that have cited Haechan as an influence include Drippin's Changuk,29 NCT Wish's Ryo,30 Xikers' Junmin,31 Nowz's Yoon,32 and Whib's Wonjun.33

Philanthropy

In February 2023, Haechan donated ₩100 million to the Community Chest of Korea, thus joining its Honor Society, to help victims of the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake.34 In August 2023, he donated ₩50 million to the Korean Red Cross to support the victims and areas affected by the wildfires that broke out that month on the island of Maui, Hawaii.35

In March 2025, Haechan donated ₩50 million to the Community Chest of Korea for the wildfire victims in the Yeongnam region.36

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected details, chart positions, sales figures, and certifications
Title Details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
KOR
37 		JPN
38 		JPN
Hot
39
Taste 1 4 24
  • KOR: 434,61140
  • JPN: 22,65841

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, with year of release, selected chart positions, and associated album
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
KOR
23
"Crzy" 2025 11 Taste
List of singles as featured artist, with year of release, selected chart positions, and associated album
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
KOR
23
"+82 Pressin'"
(Mark featuring Haechan) 		2025 144 The Firstfruit

Promotional singles

List of promotional singles, with year of release, selected chart positions, and associated album
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
KOR
23
"Good Person (2022)" (좋은 사람) 2022 115 Non-album single
"A Thousand Reasons" (니가 좋은 이유) 2025 —a Second Shot at Love
"Bitter Sweet (Addiction)"
(with Taeyong) 		2026 —b Mad Concrete Dreams, Pt. 2
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other charted songs

List of other charted songs, with year of release, selected chart positions, and associated album
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
KOR Down.
45
"Snow Dream 2021"
(with Yeri, Chenle, Jisung, and Ningning) 		2021 83 2021 Winter SM Town: SMCU Express
"Camera Lights" 2025 45 Taste
"Adrenaline" 47
"Love Beyond" 53
"Roll With Me" 49
"Intermission" 65
"Talented" 59
"WYN?"
(with Haon) 		51
"Should Be" 52
"Grey Rain" 57
"Outro (Back in the Studio)" 80

Songwriting credits

Key
Indicates songs in which writers are credited specifically for the Korean lyrics.
List of songs by name, with credited artist(s), lyricist(s), composer(s), associated album, and year of release
Title Artist(s) Lyricist(s) Composer(s) Album Year Ref.
"Best of Me" NCT Dream Haechan Matthew Crawford
Aaron Theodore Berton
Taylor Ryan Dolletzki
Jacob Connor Plough 		Dreamscape 2024 46
"Flying Kiss" NCT Dream Haechan Ronny Svendsen
Adrian Thesen
Henrik Heaven
Louise Lindberg 		Dreamscape 2024 46
"Like We Just Met" NCT Dream Mark
Renjun
Jeno
Haechan
Jaemin
Chenle
Jisung 		Allegro
Dan Johnson
Robbie Jay
Mark
Jeno
Jaemin 		ISTJ 2023 47
"N.Y.C.T" NCT U Taeil
Haechan 		Deez
Yunsu
Taeil
Haechan 		Non-album single 2023 48
"Should Be" Haechan Deez
Vxion
Haechan 		Deez
Frzm 		Taste 2025 49

Videography

Music videos

List of music videos, with year of release, credited performer(s), director, and description
Title Year Other performer(s) credited Director Description Ref.
"+82 Pressin'" 2025 Mark Park Cheol-ho Influenced by the 2005 film Sin City, it adopts a graphic novel aesthetic to show Haechan and Mark reintroducing color to a gray version of Seoul. 5051
"Taste of Sun" N/a Littletempo It features snippets of tracks from Taste and shows Haechan navigating a series of strange, uncontrollable events, eventually discovering the existence of his "inner god", depicted as a solar deity, and ultimately merging with him. 4952
"Taste of Light" Park Cheol-ho It features snippets of five tracks from Taste and shows Haechan's journey from being a trainee guided by a stage light to becoming the light itself. 4953
"Crzy" Christian Haahs It shows Haechan's pursuit of a stranger after a chance encounter at an art museum, along with various dance sequences. 4954
Notes

Notes

  1. "A Thousand Reasons" did not enter the Circle Digital Chart but peaked at position 27 on the component Download Chart.43
  2. "Bitter Sweet (Addiction)" did not enter the Circle Digital Chart but peaked at position 81 on the component Download Chart.44
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