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MarkHyuck

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Haechan

About MarkHyuck

MarkHyuck is the fan-shipped friendship pairing between NCT's Mark Lee (Mark) and Lee Donghyuck (Haechan), two members who share a long history stretching back to their SM Entertainment trainee days. They first met in 2013 while both attending the School of Performing Arts Seoul (SOPA), making them one of the few K-pop idol pairings with a pre-debut friendship extending over a decade. Their dynamic is widely described by NCTzens (NCT fans) as a 'Tom and Jerry' friendship — full of teasing, banter, and playful antagonism that coexists with genuine closeness. Mark once admitted that Haechan was the person who taught him how to feel angry, and that he had nearly left SM Entertainment partly because of their early friction. Years later, that tension has evolved into one of NCT's most beloved on-screen relationships. A notable early milestone in their documented history is performing a duet of Billionaire (Travie McCoy ft. Bruno Mars) for their first SM showcase, a performance they reprised years later at the NCT Dream Show in 2018 as a throwback. They share membership in both NCT Dream (the youth sub-unit) and NCT 127, and were both part of the SuperM project, giving fans consistent content across multiple group configurations.

MarkHyuck is widely considered NCT's most popular intra-group ship, with one of the largest dedicated fan communities in the broader K-pop shipping fandom. NCTzens celebrate both the friction-to-friendship arc and the consistent on-screen energy across more than ten years of content.

Fun facts

✦ Mark and Haechan first met in 2013 at the School of Performing Arts Seoul (SOPA), giving them a pre-debut friendship of over a decade.
✦ Mark once said Haechan was the person who taught him how to be angry, and that he had almost left SM Entertainment partly because of tensions with Haechan.
✦ They performed a duet of Billionaire at their first SM showcase, and reprised it years later at NCT Dream Show 2018 as a nostalgic throwback.
✦ Both share membership in NCT Dream, NCT 127, and have been part of SuperM — giving fans content across multiple group formats.
✦ MarkHyuck is described by NCTzens as NCT's most popular intra-group ship, ahead even of the closely followed NoMin (Jeno/Jaemin) pairing.

Moments

2018-09

NCT Dream Show Billionaire Reprise

During the NCT Dream Show concert series (which ran September-December 2018), Mark and Haechan reprised their Billionaire duet as a throwback performance, which became one of the most emotionally received MarkHyuck moments at a live event.
2016

Pre-debut SM Showcase Duet

As SM Rookies trainees, Mark and Haechan performed a duet of Billionaire (Travie McCoy ft. Bruno Mars) at an early SM showcase event — a moment they would later revisit as a nostalgic callback at the NCT Dream Show in 2018.
2013-01

First Meeting at SOPA

Mark and Haechan met as fellow SM trainees at the School of Performing Arts Seoul, beginning a friendship (with early friction) that would develop over years before either of them debuted.