Lucas

## Lucas黄旭熙

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**Lucas** (Korean: 루카스), born Yukhei Wong and also known by his Mandarin name Xùxī Huáng (Traditional Chinese: 黄旭熙, Simplified Chinese: 黄旭熙), is a Hong Kong rapper, singer, and model of Thai and Chinese descent. He is the lead rapper, sub vocalist, and visual of the Chinese male idol group WayV. He is one of the members of the South Korea-based male idol group NCT and its sub-unit NCT U, introduced during the NCT 2018 project. In 2019, he signed with Capitol Records as one of the members of the male idol group SuperM. He is also part of WayV's third sub-unit WayV-LUCAS&HENDERY.

He has been on hiatus from July 2021 due to unresolved scandals and controversies surrounding his personal life.

## Early life

He was born and raised in Sha Tin District, New Territories, Hong Kong. He studied at Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Yow Kam Yuen College. He was active in sports as a student and was also a javelin thrower in their district.

In 2015, he participated in SM Entertainment's Global Audition. He was selected into the company's modeling department by the staff on the spot with three poses, and later turned into a singer trainee with his outstanding singing and dancing ability.

## Career

### Pre-debut

On April 6, 2017, he was introduced as a member of SMROOKIES SR17B under the stage name Lucas. Along with Kun and Jungwoo, the three of them were known as the "Lucky 3 people."

The next day, April 7, he appeared in the music video of NCT member Ten's song for SM STATION, "夢中夢 (몽중몽; Dream In A Dream)".

### NCT

*For specific activities by NCT, please visit the main article.*

On January 31, 2018, SM Entertainment released the trailer for "NCT 2018 Yearbook #1", marking his entry into the group. On February 22, with the sub-group NCT U, he appeared in the Mnet music program *M Countdown* and officially debuted in South Korea with the song "BOSS". He participated in the subsequent album *NCT 2018 EMPATHY*.

### WayV

*For specific activities by WayV, please visit the main article.*

The formation of WayV was announced through the group's official Weibo account on December 31, 2018, though the group's existence had been alluded to during the NCT 2018 promotions.

He debuted with WayV as the group's lead rapper and sub vocalist on January 17, 2019, with the digital release *The Vision*.

For WayV's Rainbow V project, he created a dance performance with Hendery and Yangyang. The concept was fashion and freestyle dance, and the music they used was Post Malone's "Wow."

On August 25, 2021, with Hendery, Lucas was set to debut as a member of the sub-unit WayV-LUCAS&HENDERY, with the digital release *Jalapeño*. However, due to controversies surrounding his private life, the release and all related content were cancelled on the same day.
### SuperM

*For specific activities by SuperM, please visit the main article.*

On August 8, 2019, it was announced that Lucas was to be a member of SuperM, a "K-pop supergroup" created by SM Entertainment in collaboration with Capitol Records. The group's promotions began in October of the same year, and are primarily aimed at the American market.

## Other activities

### Song collaborations

*For a complete list of song collaborations, please visit Lucas/Discography.*

Lucas featured on Taeyeon's 3rd EP album *Something New* which was released on June 18, 2018, with the track "저녁의 이유 (All Night Long).

On November 20 of the same year, SM Entertainment announced he would be collaborating with Jonah Nilsson of the Swedish band Dirty Loops on a new SM STATION track, titled "Coffee Break". The song was released on November 29, 2018.### Variety shows

*This page only shows programs wherein the member is a permanent cast member. For a complete list of variety show appearances, please visit Lucas/Filmography.*

On July 25 2018, he joined the SBS field challenge reality show *정글의 법칙 (Law of the Jungle)* in the Indian Ocean chapter, and went to a small island near the Maldives for filming in August. In November of the same year, he participated in MBC's *진짜 사나이 (Real Man)*.

On February 11, 2019, he joined Zhejiang Satellite TV's *奔跑吧 (Keep Running)* and became a fixed cast member of the third season of the show. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic which started in early 2020, he was unable to return to China to film the show's fourth season, but was still considered as part of the main cast. He appeared in the fourth season's first episode through a video call. Lucas returned to China in early 2021 for undisclosed personal schedules. It was later revealed that Lucas would be part of the fifth season's lineup. The show's broadcast started on April 2021.### Radio shows

Lucas is yet to appear in any radio program or podcast.### Magazines

### Endorsements

On October 19 2018, he participated in the 2019 S/S HERA Seoul Fashion Week held in Dongdaemun Design Plaza as a model, and walked the show for designer brand KYE.

## Personal life

His father is from Hong Kong and his mother is from Thailand. He has one younger brother. Their family owns a Thai restaurant in Hong Kong. He also would often visit Thailand at least once a year to rest and visit his mother's family.

His maternal grandmother, who lived with him prior to moving to Korea, is Teochew.

## Profile pictures

For a more complete list of photos, please go to *Lucas/Gallery*.

## Trivia

* Assorted
* Preferences
* Promotions
* WayV YouTube channel
* NCT 2020 ENQUETE
* WOW 大牌 TMI

* He can speak five languages: Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean, English, and a little Thai.
	+ He only learned Mandarin when he started living in Korea.
	+ Upon being asked what language he thinks in, he responds by admitting he doesn't really know: sometimes in Mandarin, sometimes in Korean. He only thinks in Cantonese when he's angry.
	+ He also admits to speaking Cantonese when he's angry.
	+ He writes in Traditional Chinese, and is particularly good at it.
	+ He uses the Wubizixing input method for his keyboard.
* In the new dormitory, he shares a room with WinWin. Their room is the biggest in the unit they share with Xiaojun and Hendery.
* In the old dormitory, he shared a room with WinWin. Their room is the smallest in the WayV dormitory.
* During his trainee days, he shared a dormitory with Kun, Hendery, and YangYang.
* The Korean Wave marketing support project posted around December 2016 for NCT LIFE Thai and Gyeongju lineup included Lucas's name, along with NCT members Ten and Doyoung, but was deleted from the revised version posted the next day.
* Since both Thailand and Hong Kong allow dual citizenship, it was speculated that he was a dual citizen, but he only owns a Hong Kong passport.
* He originally trained to be a vocalist, but became a rapper when he debuted.
* He is a fan of the actress Kim Sohyun, and went to her fanmeeting before he debuted.
* He was already popular before debut, as pictures of him walking around Konkuk University circulated. He was nicknamed the "Raglan guy" at the time.
* He is similar in appearance with SHINee's Minho, who is also an artist from SM Entertainment.
* He initially assumed that he might be placed into NCT Dream because of his age, and practiced "Chewing Gum" cutely in front of Ten. He wasn't added to the lineup. When he looked back at it, he thought the idea of putting him, "a tree in the midst of small flowers", would be a funny concept for a boy group.
* He learned to cook from his parents, who own a Thai restaurant.
* If he wasn't an idol, he would've become a firefighter as he thought it was a very meaningful job, plus his physique would be put to good use.
* He said the part of his face that he is most confident of is his eyes, which look like his mother's.
* He is the mood maker and positive energy of NCT as a whole.
* Though his persona seems like he's always bright and peppy, he is actually quiet and has a lot on his mind.
* He is very athletic and can do 60 push-ups within 46 seconds. In school, he used to do javelin throw.

- His favorite ice cream flavor is strawberry. His least favorite is mint chocolate.

- Jungwoo says that Lucas's favorite movie is *Titanic*.

- His favorite Marvel hero is Black Panther.

- He likes exercising, and has been doing it since he was twelve or thirteen.

- From SuperM Midterm Exam
	* His hobby is singing.
	* His favorite food is Thai food, and he dislikes sweets.
	* His favorite color is black.
	* His role model is himself.
	* He is afraid of frogs.
	* The first thing he does upon waking up is to look at his face.

- His member color in WayV is black.

- His animal motif is a lion. He has a tattoo of a lion on his lower torso.

- His jersey number was 20 during the 2019 WayV FANMEETING TOUR 'Section 1 We Are Your Vision' and NCT World 2.0.

- His number in 超时空 回 (Turn Back Time) was 10100.

- His member code for NCT 2020 promotions was K20, with K signifying that he's the 11th member of NCT according to age order (excluding Sungchan and Shotaro).

- He has been part of 5 NCT U releases: "BOSS", "YESTODAY", "Make A Wish (Birthday Song)", "Volcano", and "피아노 (Faded In My Last Song)".

- He wrote his signature as "Lucas Wong" for the *NCT 2020 RESONANCE Pt. 2* ID and access cards.

- From [WayV-ariety] ✌This or That✌:
	* **Shirt** or Hoodie: Because it looks cool.
	* Sneakers or **Slippers**: Because it's comfortable.
	* Nose or **Eyes**: Because... "you know why."
	* Hair tied up or **Hair tied down**
	* **Earrings** or Necklace
	* Cooking or **Delivering food**: He doesn't feel confident about his cooking.
	* **White soup** or Red soup: He doesn't like spicy soup.
	* Day or **Night**: Because it feels mysterious.
	* **Coffee** or Tea: It's already become one of his daily activities.
	* **Starving for three days** or Staying up all night for 3 days: He doesn't think it would be that hard.
	* Ballad songs or **Dance songs**
	* **Piano accompaniment** or Guitar accompaniment
	* Composing a melody vs **Writing lyrics**
	* Mountain or **Ocean**: He believes that he's like an ocean.
	* **Summer** or Winter: Summer feels like it's full of enthusiasm.
	* **Puppies** or Kittens: He has a dog at home.
	* **Calling** or Texting: Calling is more direct.
	* **Bed** or Sofa: Beds are big and comfortable.
	* **Movies** or Games
	* Muscle training or **Cardio workouts**: It makes one healthy.
	* Writing or **Drawing**

- From WINformation:
	* Lucas dressed up as Elsa from *Frozen*.

* Translation by Hanippun

* Translation by Hanippun
## References

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgF7JdwGGjg?t=437
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPxL1xKKlHo
3. ↑  https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/8469964/k-pop-label-sm-entertainment-to-launch-china-oriented-nct-group
4. ↑ https://weibo.com/6903448926/Kv5KdeVc5
5. ↑ https://www.koreastardaily.com/sc/news/107721
6. ↑ https://k.sina.com.cn/article\_6896791707\_19b14b09b00100h1cv.html
7. ↑ https://www.koreastardaily.com/sc/news/110428
8. ↑ https://www.teenvogue.com/story/wayv-profile-chinese-pop-group-fanboying-shrek-future-interview
9. ↑ https://www.teenvogue.com/story/wayv-profile-chinese-pop-group-fanboying-shrek-future-interview
10. ↑ Weibo live by Hendery on March 18, 2021.
11. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C-KJcX6qmY