# The 7th Sense

"The 7th Sense" (Korean: 일곱 번째 감각; RR: Ilgop Beonjjae Gamgak) is the debut single by South Korean boy group NCT U, the first sub-unit of NCT. It was released digitally on April 9, 2016, through SM Entertainment. Musically, "The 7th Sense" was described as a future bass genre based on hip-hop grooves, with heavy bass sounds and dreamy vocals and rap.

## Background and release

On January 28, 2016, SM Entertainment founder Lee Soo-man delivered a presentation at the SM Coex Artium, titled "SMTOWN: New Culture Technology 2016." The label's plan was to debut a new boy group with an "unlimited" number of members with their "culture contents" strategy. They released a video called "SM_NCT#2 Synchronization of your dreams" where Taeyong, Hansol, Ten, Mark, and Jaehyun performed a dance, there was a song teaser vocal by Taeyong, Doyoung, Jaehyun, Mark, & Haechan. The music video for "The 7th Sense" was released on April 8, 2016, released on SMTOWN's official YouTube Channel.

## Composition

In an interview, the composer said he was curious about the new idol group's debut with the song and that a foreign reaction would be good. On the last day of the SM songwriting camp, a composer put out a beat, which came out very well, and eight or nine composers made it. Taeyong and Mark participated in rap making. The lyrics introduce the NCT score keyword, "Seventh Sense," which means a sense of feeling and understanding each other's dreams through music. It contains NCT's desire and aspiration to communicate powerfully with the public in the future.

## Accolades

"The 7th Sense" on critic lists :
| Critic/Publication | List | Rank |
| Billboard | The 100 Greatest K-Pop Songs of the 2010s: Staff List | 83 |
| Dazed | The 20 best K-Pop tracks of the year | 13 |
| Insider | 13 Best K-pop Debut Songs of All Time | Included |
| Medium | 25 Best K-Pop Songs of the 2010s (Ciarra Gaffney) | 25 |
| Melon | Top 100 K-pop Songs of All Time | 50 |
| SBS PopAsia | SBS PopAsia's Top 100 songs of 2016 | 41 |

## Charts
### Weekly charts

| Chart (2016) | Peak position |
| South Korea (Gaon) | 111 |
| US World Digital Songs (Billboard) | 2 |

### Year-end charts

| Chart (2016) | Position |
| US World Digital Songs (Billboard) | 25 |

## Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from album's liner notes.

### Studio

* SM Blue Cup Studio – recording, mixing
* Ingrid Studio – recording, additional vocal editing
* SM Booming System – digital editing
* Sterling Sound – mastering

### Personnel

* SM Entertainment – executive producer
* Lee Soo-man – producer
* NCT U – vocals
** Taeyong – lyrics
** Mark – lyrics
** Doyoung – background vocals
* Kim Dong-hyun [ko] – lyrics
* Cho Jin-joo – lyrics
* January 8th – lyrics
* Ju Chan-yang – vocal directing
* Timothy "BOS" Bullock – producer, composition, arrangement
* Jeremy "Tay" Jasper – producer, composition, arrangement
* Michael Jiminez – composition
* MZMC – composition
* Sara Forsberg – composition
* Leven Kali – composition
* Jung Eui-seok – recording, mixing
* Jung Eun-kyung – recording, additional vocal editing
* Yoo Young-jin – digital editing, music and sound supervisor
* Randy Merrill – mastering

## Release history

| Region | Date | Format | Label |
| South Korea | April 9, 2016 | Digital downloadstreamingPromotional CD | SM Entertainment |
| Various | April 9, 2016 | Digital downloadstreamingPromotional CD | SM Entertainment |