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NCT leader Taeyong covers Ben&Ben's 'Pagtingin'

By Jansen Ramos

Even South Korean boyband NCT's leader Taeyong was mesmerized by the music of Ben&Ben as he made his own version of the Filipino band's hit song "Pagtingin."

In their Facebook page, Ben&Ben posted a video of Taeyong singing the folk-pop ballad which has amassed millions of streams on digital platforms.

The caption reads: "woah! thanks for jamming to our song “pagtingin”, Taeyong of NCT 127!"

As of writing, the said video has garnered more than 22,000 reactions and 1,500 comments on Facebook.

"Filozens," a portmanteau of the words 'Filipino' and 'NCTzens (NCT's fandom),' were amazed with how Taeyong adorably pronounced the lyrics of "Pagtingin."

In return, Filozens teased Ben&Ben to do a cover of NCT's songs like "From Home," "Highway To Heaven," "Make A Wish," "My Everything," "No Longer," and "Because of You."

You can watch Taeyong's entire VLive broadcast in the video below:

Composed of 23 members, NCT is divided into five sub-units namely NCT U, NCT 127, NCT Dream, NCT 2018, and WayV (NCT China).

Taeyong debuted his music career in April 2016 in NCT's first sub-unit NCT U. Three months after, he was introduced as a member and leader of NCT 127.

In July 2019, the Korean pop star dropped his first solo single titled "Long Flight" which he wrote and composed himself.

The same year, Taeyong was revealed as a member of SM Entertainment's supergroup SuperM where he takes the title of center in the group because he “gives his shine in the center.”

Get to know SuperM in this gallery: