On March 30, 2023, SM Entertainment announced their upcoming “STATION: NCTLAB” release to be done by Mark titled, “Golden Hour.” The single is set to be released on April 7, 2023 at 6 P.M. KST. “Golden Hour” is Mark’s second single, following “Child” which was also released under the “NCTLAB” project in February 2022.
Prior to this announcement, Mark had given a hint to the fans on his Bubble messages on the night before, telling them to “hold their phones all day” and that he’ll be reading the articles too. NCT DREAM member Jaemin had also “teased” a little of Mark’s project on his personal Instagram account.
On March 29, NCT member Jaemin visited Mark's MV shoot to cheer him on, drops surprise spoiler image of Mark's solo song 'Golden Hour' on his personal instagram account, raising curiosity of the fans pic.twitter.com/atpPP4gWI6
— 소듕이 (@jaemvely) March 30, 2023
On March 31, 2023, SM Entertainment released images for Mark’s upcoming release.
[STATION : NCT LAB] MARK 마크 〖Golden Hour〗
➫ 2023.04.07 6PM KST#MARK #마크#MARK_GoldenHour #GoldenHour #NCTLAB#NCT #NCT127 #NCTDREAM pic.twitter.com/OkedVT6ri9— NCT (@NCTsmtown) March 31, 2023
[STATION : NCT LAB] MARK 마크 〖Golden Hour〗
➫ 2023.04.07 6PM KST#MARK #마크#MARK_GoldenHour #GoldenHour #NCTLAB#NCT #NCT127 #NCTDREAM pic.twitter.com/UAWFheFxPV— NCT (@NCTsmtown) March 31, 2023
[STATION : NCT LAB] MARK 마크 〖Golden Hour〗
➫ 2023.04.07 6PM KST#MARK #마크#MARK_GoldenHour #GoldenHour #NCTLAB#NCT #NCT127 #NCTDREAM pic.twitter.com/wccc47DVUG
— NCT (@NCTsmtown) March 31, 2023
NCTzens and Markfs (Mark’s friends/his solo fandom) were thrilled to hear of Mark’s newest solo release and are highly anticipating its release. Other NCT members, such as leader Taeyong also posted in support of Mark and “Golden Hour”.
The 'Golden hour' title is so Mark, him and the sky he loves so much 🥹🩵 pic.twitter.com/PnNaiR8VLQ
— ᴄᴀʀᴏʟɪɴᴇ 🍳 | 4 days until GH (@anythingforlmk) March 30, 2023
mark's child and golden hour 😭 pic.twitter.com/zzdERf4NZs
— ㅎ (@Ieemarkees) March 30, 2023
230331 #MARK💭
hahahahahah
but honestly originallyyyyy
i was planning on getting black hair for the golden hour music video
but for several reasons, i didn’t end up doing it in the end
but the golden hour music video came out well so look forward to it🫨
— َ (@mark_bbl) March 31, 2023
appreciation twt for mark lee's sunny side up eggs for the birth of 'golden hour' 🍳 pic.twitter.com/m6Z9vOLtF7
— 🍳 (@norenbbl) March 31, 2023
MARK’S SECOND SOLO SONG GOLDEN HOUR RELEASED ON APRIL 7TH pic.twitter.com/UVhv4zmTzt
— 🍳 (@802hyuck) March 30, 2023
the way he chose a golden hour to be a title that could relate to eggs and the sky at the same time omg THAT IS SO MARK LEE!!! pic.twitter.com/om6QSKAly2
— 리나 ( ͡•. •͡. ) 🍳🩵 (@_ritme) March 30, 2023
taeoxo_nct instagram update ft. onyourm__ark!
“It was my golden hour #goldenhour #mark” pic.twitter.com/7SfA2hAbtc
— ◡̈ 🍳 (@LMKLOOK) March 30, 2023
Golden Hour – Mark lee pic.twitter.com/PVckcxLOjj
— กาเบม (@poo9932) March 31, 2023
only mark lee would take a fandom joke about his original inability to cook eggs and remake it into such a fun and cool concept… the heat detector.. the egg as icon.. the styling?? his mind is sooooo big and sexy 😩🤌 pic.twitter.com/JPeBFLotUu
— Ann 🍳 GoldenHour (@ZVAIGZNES02) March 31, 2023
golden hour can be referred to as the short period of time after sunrise, the sun rises in the morning, what’s the most popular breakfast to have in the morning? eggs, specifically fried eggs, so mark is going to be talking abt how imp it is to start your day off with protein pic.twitter.com/HaucfolnOi
— 📹 (@IeehoIic) March 31, 2023
WHAT JUST HAPPENED IN 1 DAY??!!
1. GOLDEN HOUR NEWS CAME OUT
2. TDS2 IN KL DETAILS RELEASED
3. MARK BLACK HAIR REVEALED pic.twitter.com/rzwFOppEh0— 🍳 puput (@88TYML) March 30, 2023
golden hour being mark’s second solo song title.. it perfectly describes him 🌅 pic.twitter.com/9NqLeRbANQ
— ㄴㅈㅁ (@nctleos) March 30, 2023
taeyong posting this with “it was my golden hour #goldenhour #mark” 🥹 he is so sweet and always so supportive of mark🤍 pic.twitter.com/ICLLfDLBXY
— 02🍳 (@MARKClTY) March 30, 2023
“Golden Hour” really has that “Mark Lee” imprint—with him and his long-standing relationships with sunny-side up eggs. We all can’t wait to hear “Child”’s sister!
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