Keeping with the theme of getting excited about the NCT Golden Age release, today, we are going to be talking about their first fully Japanese album Awaken. Keep reading to find out what comes with the album, my thoughts, and where you can pick up a copy.
Taeyong Version – Front 
Taeyong Version – Back 
Taeyong Version – Photocard -Front 
Taeyong Version – Photocard – Back 
Taeyong Version – Album – Front 
Taeyong Version – CD 
Taeyong Version – Inside Cover 
Taeyong Version – Photobook – Sample Pages 
Taeyong Version – Photobook – Sample Pages 
Taeyong Version – Photobook – Sample Pages 
Taeyong Version – Photobook – Sample Pages 
Taeyong Version – Photobook – Sample Pages
Things to know about the NCT 127 Awaken the First Full Japanese Album:
Released on April 17th, 2019, NCT 127’s first full-length Japanese album Awaken debuted at number 4 on the Oricon Album Charts. The album sold over 53,000 copies in the first week of its release. The album also made it onto the charts in France! The album features 12 songs, including Japanese versions of some of their earlier songs. The album’s single “Wakey-Wakey”, currently has over 34 million views on YouTube.
- There are 14 versions of this album:
- Johnny
- Taeyong
- Taeil
- Doyoung
- Jungwoo
- Jaehyun
- Mark
- Haechan
- Yuta
- Regular CD
- limited CD & DVD combo
- CD & Blu-Ray combo
- regular CD & DVD combo
- Things that come with the album:
- CD
- Photobook (about 30 pages)
- Photocard (1 of 9)
- This album has the following songs on it:
- Lips
- Wakey-Wakey
- Chain
- Regular (English Version)
- Touch (Japanese Version)
- Blow My Mind
- Limitless (Japanese Version)
- Long Slow Distance
- Kitchen Beat
- Cherry Bomb (Korean Version)
- Fire Truck (Korean Version)
- End to Start
K-Points: 571/5
Although this album is smaller, just like the rest of the Japanese releases, I really like how the album includes all of the singles from the previous Japanese releases, as well as some new songs, as well as rerecordings in other languages. Most of all, I like how they include member versions so that if you are a fan of a particular member, you can get that one.
If you want to watch me fangirl, I do also post reactions on my YouTube Channel. I have posted one for NCT 127 “Gimme Gimme”, which you can watch below:
Where Can I Buy It?
You can get a copy of this at the following places:
- Music Plaza (I purchased mine here)
- Ebay (Can get Cashback with Rakuten)
- Amazon
- SubK Shop
If you want to see where I get almost all of the products I buy, you can see that here.
What is Rakuten?
Rakuten is a cashback site that gives you money for purchases you may have already made. They even have an extension for multiple browsers so when you go to a website that uses Rakuten, it will automatically pop up the cashback button to make sure you are saving money. I use this all the time, and I got over $80 back from them for purchases I was going to make anyway. That’s about 3 more albums I can buy!
If you’ve never used Rakuten before, you can use this link to get $10 when making a qualified purchase of $25 when using Rakuten. You will also get whatever percent cashback is being offered from the site you are purchasing from. Sephora, typically has 4% cashback, through here. Ulta typically has 3%. These are just some of the companies on the website, but there are other major retailers on there as well!
Rakuten also has a Google Chrome extension that will tell you as soon as you log onto a site that has cashback with a little pop-up in the corner so that you can ensure you are saving money!
What NCT 127 member version would you buy, K-Nuggets? Let me know in the comments below!
사랑합니다!
–Rachel
