Rose to fame first as a member of the K-pop group SM Rookies and then, in 2016, as a member of the supergroup NCT and its award-winning subgroup NCT U.
After graduating from the Seoul School of Performing Arts, he became an apprentice at SM Entertainment in 2012.
In 2012, he made a cameo in the SBS drama To the Beautiful You.
The Seoul native has stated the hardest thing about being a K-pop singer is being apart from his family.
He is joined in NCT and NCT U by fellow Korean singer Doyoung.
