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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| name = Hands Up
| name = Hands Up
| cover = NCT_Hands_Up.jpeg
| cover = NCT Hands Up.jpeg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = [[NCT New Team]]<!---single is credited to NCT New Team--->
| caption =
| type = single
| album = [[Wishful]]
| language = Japanese
| artist = [[NCT Wish|NCT New Team]]<!---single is credited to NCT New Team--->
| album =
| B-side = We Go!
| language = Japanese
| released = October 8, 2023
| B-side = We Go!
| genre = [[J-pop]]
| released = October 8, 2023
| length = 3:14
| recorded =
| label = [[Avex Trax]]
| studio =
| composer =
| genre = [[J-pop]]
| length = 3:15
| label = [[Avex Trax]]
| composer =
* [[Kenzie (songwriter)|Kenzie]]
* [[Kenzie (songwriter)|Kenzie]]
* Ludvig Evers
* Ludvig Evers
* Jonatan Gusmark
* Jonatan Gusmark
* Adrian McKinnon
* Adrian McKinnon
| lyricist =
| lyricist =
* Kenzie
* Kenzie
* H. Toyosaki
* H. Toyosaki{{efn-ua|name=Japanese|Japanese version only}}
| producer =
| producer =
| chronology = [[NCT Wish]]
| prev_title =
| next_title = [[Wish (NCT Wish song)|Wish]]
| prev_year =
| next_title = Wish
| next_year = 2024
| next_year = 2024
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = [[NCT (group)|NCT]]
| artist = [[NCT (band)|NCT]]
| type = single
| type = single
| prev_title = Fact Check
| prev_title = [[Fact Check (album)|Fact Check]]
| prev_year = 2023
| prev_year = 2023
| title = Hands Up
| title = Hands Up
| year = 2023
| year = 2023
| next_title = On My Youth
| next_title = [[On My Youth]]
| next_year = 2023
| next_year = 2023
}}
}}
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}}


"'''Hands Up'''" is a song recorded by Japanese boy group [[NCT Wish]], the Japanese-based unit of boy group [[NCT (group)|NCT]], who were then promoting as NCT New Team. It was released as the group's pre-debut single digitally on October 8, 2023, and will be released physically on December 20, 2023, to support the group's pre-debut showcase tour in late 2023 ahead of their debut in 2024. The single additionally contains the B-side track "We Go!". A music video for "Hands Up" was released on October 19.<ref name="koreatimes">{{Cite web|title=NCT NEW TEAM releases pre-debut single 'Hands Up'|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2024/02/398_360687.html|website=[[The Korea Times]]|last=Pyo|first=Kyung-min|date=October 8, 2023|access-date=February 13, 2024}}</ref>
"'''Hands Up'''" is a song recorded by Japanese boy group [[NCT Wish]], the Japanese-based unit of boy group [[NCT (group)|NCT]], who were then promoting as NCT New Team. It was released as the group's pre-debut single digitally on October 8, 2023, and was released physically on December 20, 2023, to support the group's pre-debut showcase tour in late 2023 ahead of their debut in 2024. The single additionally contains the B-side track "We Go!". A music video for "Hands Up" was released on October 19.<ref name="koreatimes">{{Cite web|title=NCT NEW TEAM releases pre-debut single 'Hands Up'|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2024/02/398_360687.html|website=[[The Korea Times]]|last=Pyo|first=Kyung-min|date=October 8, 2023|access-date=February 13, 2024}}</ref>


==Background and release==
==Background and release==
On February 3, 2023, SM Entertainment revealed plans to debut a Japanese unit for NCT, then dubbed NCT Tokyo, to debut later in the year.<ref name="NCT Tokyo">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/sm-entertainment-new-kpop-acts-debut-2023-nct-tokyo-3391746|first=Angela|last=Patricia Suacillo|title=SM Entertainment announces plans to debut four new K-pop acts in 2023|date=February 3, 2023|magazine=[[NME]]|access-date=October 9, 2023}}</ref> The official lineup, put together via the reality show ''NCT: Lastart'', was revealed on September 7, 2023, as NCT New Team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=202309070840400410|script-title=ko:SM 신인 NCT NEW TEAM 7인 확정, 프리 데뷔 멤버 얼굴 보니|website=Newsen|date=September 7, 2023|access-date=October 9, 2023}}</ref>
On February 3, 2023, SM Entertainment revealed plans to debut a Japanese unit for NCT, then dubbed NCT Tokyo, to debut later in the year.<ref name="NCT Tokyo">{{cite magazine|title=SM Entertainment announces plans to debut four new K-pop acts in 2023|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/sm-entertainment-new-kpop-acts-debut-2023-nct-tokyo-3391746|magazine=[[NME]]|last=Suacillo|first=Angela Patricia|date=February 3, 2023|access-date=October 9, 2023|archive-date=February 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203071443/https://www.nme.com/news/music/sm-entertainment-new-kpop-acts-debut-2023-nct-tokyo-3391746|url-status=live}}</ref> The official lineup, put together via the reality show ''NCT: Lastart'', was revealed on September 7, 2023, as NCT New Team.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hwang|first=Hye-jin|date=September 7, 2023|script-title=ko:SM 신인 NCT NEW TEAM 7인 확정, 프리 데뷔 멤버 얼굴 보니 |trans-title=SM's new group NCT New Team 7 members confirmed, pre-debut members' faces revealed|url=https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/609/0000768704|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241214025013/https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/609/0000768704|archive-date=December 14, 2024|access-date=October 9, 2023|publisher=Newsen|language=ko|via=[[Naver]]}}</ref>


The group held their first performance on September 9 and 10 as the opening act for NCT at NCT Nation: To the World, where they debuted the song "Hands Up."<ref name="Tokyo Lineup">{{cite web|url=https://newsis.com/view/?id=NISX20230907_0002441011&cID=10601&pID=10600|script-title=ko:NCT 마지막 유닛, 프리데뷔 멤버 확정…뉴 팀 다섯 명 선발|website=Newsis|date=September 7, 2023|language=ko|access-date=October 9, 2023}}</ref> In October 2023, it was announced that the group would be releasing a pre-debut single on October 8, consisting of the songs "Hands Up" and "We Go."<ref name="koreatimes" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://newsis.com/view/?id=NISX20231007_0002474999&cID=10601&pID=10600|script-title=ko:NCT 뉴 팀, 日 프리데뷔 싱글 발매…'핸즈 업'|website=Newsis|date=October 7, 2023|access-date=October 9, 2023}}</ref>
The group held their first performance on September 9 and 10 as the opening act for NCT at NCT Nation: To the World, where they debuted the song "Hands Up."<ref name="Tokyo Lineup">{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Jae-hoon|date=September 7, 2023|script-title=ko:NCT 마지막 유닛, 프리데뷔 멤버 확정…뉴 팀 다섯 명 선발|trans-title=NCT's last unit, pre-debut members confirmed… five new team members selected|url=https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/003/0012074755|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241214025358/https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/003/0012074755|archive-date=December 14, 2024|access-date=October 9, 2023|publisher=[[Newsis]]|language=ko|via=[[Naver]]}}</ref> In October 2023, it was announced that the group would be releasing a pre-debut single on October 8, consisting of the songs "Hands Up" and "We Go".<ref name="koreatimes" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Lee|first=Jae-hoon|date=October 7, 2023|script-title=ko:NCT 뉴 팀, 日 프리데뷔 싱글 발매…'핸즈 업'|trans-title=NCT's New Team releases Japanese pre-debut single… "Hands Up"|url=https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/003/0012133469|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240813055436/https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/003/0012133469|archive-date=August 13, 2024|access-date=October 9, 2023|publisher=[[Newsis]]|language=ko|via=[[Naver]]}}</ref>

A Korean version of the song was later included as the seventh track of the group's first EP ''[[Steady (EP)|Steady]]'', released on September 24, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Seon|first=Mi-kyung|date=September 2, 2024|title=NCT WISH, 24일 첫 미니앨범 'Steady' 발매..역대급 컴백 온다|trans-title=NCT Wish, first mini album 'Steady' to be released on the 24th.. Greatest comeback ever|url=https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/109/0005148395|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240924130120/https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/109/0005148395|archive-date=September 24, 2024|access-date=September 24, 2024|publisher={{ill|Osen (newspaper)|ko|OSEN|lt=Osen}}|language=ko|via=[[Naver]]}}</ref>


==Promotion==
==Promotion==
On the day of the album's release, the group began embarking on a pre-debut tour, which will consist of 28 performances across 10 cities in Japan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mksports.co.kr/view/2023/766521|title=NCT NEW TEAM, 日 프리 데뷔 싱글 'Hands Up' 발매|website=MK Sports|date=October 7, 2023|access-date=October 9, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.jtbc.co.kr/article/article.aspx?news_id=NB12143065|script-title=ko:NCT 뉴 팀, 프리 데뷔 7인 멤버 확정… 10월 日 투어 개최|website=JTBC News|date=September 6, 2023|access-date=October 9, 2023}}</ref>
On the day of the album's release, the group began a pre-debut tour, which consisted of 28 performances across 10 cities in Japan.<ref>{{cite web|last=Son|first=Jin-ah|date=October 7, 2023|script-title=ko:NCT NEW TEAM, 日 프리 데뷔 싱글 ‘Hands Up’ 발매|trans-title=NCT's New Team releases Japanese pre-debut single "Hands Up"|url=https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/410/0000961978|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241214030120/https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/410/0000961978|archive-date=December 14, 2024|access-date=October 9, 2023|publisher=MK Sports|language=ko|via=[[Naver]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Park|first=Sang-hoo|date=September 6, 2023|script-title=ko:NCT 뉴 팀, 프리 데뷔 7인 멤버 확정... 10월 日 투어 개최|trans-title=NCT's New Team, pre-debut 7 members confirmed... Japanese tour to be held in October|url=https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/437/0000358578|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241214030331/https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/437/0000358578|archive-date=December 14, 2024|access-date=October 9, 2023|publisher=[[JTBC]]|language=ko|via=[[Naver]]}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = "Hands Up" track listing
| headline = "Hands Up" track listing
| extra_column = Arrangement
| extra_column = Arrangement

| title1 = Hands Up
| title1 = Hands Up
| lyrics1 = {{hlist|[[Kenzie (songwriter)|Kenzie]]|H. Toyosaki}}
| music1 = {{hlist|Kenzie|Ludvig Evers (Moonshine)|Jonatan Gusmark (Moonshine)|Adrian McKinnon}}
| lyrics1 = {{hlist|[[Kenzie (songwriter)|Kenzie]]|H. Toyosaki{{efn-ua|name=Japanese}}}}
| music1 = {{hlist|Kenzie|Ludvig Evers (Moonshine)|Jonatan Gusmark (Moonshine)|Adrian McKinnon}}
| extra1 = Moonshine
| extra1 = Moonshine
| length1 = 3:15
| title2 = We Go!
| length1 = 3:14

| lyrics2 = MEG.ME
| title2 = We Go!
| music2 = {{hlist|Simon Janlöv|Daniel Caesar}}
| extra2 = Janlöv
| lyrics2 = MEG.ME
| music2 = {{hlist|Simon Janlöv|Daniel Caesar}}
| length2 = 3:02
| total_length = 6:17
| extra2 = Janlöv
| length2 = 3:02

| total_length = 6:16
}}
}}


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{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for "Hands Up"
|+ Chart performance for "Hands Up"
! scope="col"| Chart (2023)
! scope="col" | Chart (2023)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
! scope="col" | Peak<br />position
|-
|-
! scope="row"| Japan Heatseekers (''[[Billboard Japan]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=heat_seekers&year=2023&month=11&day=13|title=Billboard Japan Heatseekers Songs – Week of November 8, 2023|website=[[Billboard Japan]]|language=ja|access-date=November 8, 2023}}</ref>
! scope="row" | Japan Heatseekers (''[[Billboard Japan]]'')<ref>{{cite web|title=Billboard Japan Heatseekers Songs – Week of November 8, 2023|url=https://billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=heat_seekers&year=2023&month=11&day=13|website=[[Billboard Japan]]|language=ja|access-date=November 8, 2023|archive-date=November 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108092804/https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=heat_seekers&year=2023&month=11&day=13|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 8
| 8
|}
|}

==Release history==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ Release history for "Hands Up"
! scope="col" | Region
! scope="col" | Date
! scope="col" | Format
! scope="col" | Version
! scope="col" | Label
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | Various
| October 8, 2023
| rowspan="2" | {{hlist|[[Music download|Digital download]]|[[Streaming media|streaming]]}}
| Japanese
| [[Avex Trax|Avex]]
|-
| September 24, 2024
| Korean
| [[SM Entertainment|SM]]
|}

==Notes==
{{notelist-ua}}


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


{{NCT Wish}}
{{NCT (band)}}
{{NCT (band)}}


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[[Category:NCT (band) songs]]
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[[Category:NCT Wish songs]]

Latest revision as of 05:33, 14 December 2024

"Hands Up"
Single by NCT New Team
from the album Wishful
LanguageJapanese
B-side"We Go!"
ReleasedOctober 8, 2023
GenreJ-pop
Length3:14
LabelAvex Trax
Composer(s)
  • Kenzie
  • Ludvig Evers
  • Jonatan Gusmark
  • Adrian McKinnon
Lyricist(s)
  • Kenzie
  • H. Toyosaki[A]
NCT Wish singles chronology
"Hands Up"
(2023)
"Wish"
(2024)
NCT singles chronology
"Fact Check"
(2023)
"Hands Up"
(2023)
"On My Youth"
(2023)
Music video
"Hands Up" on YouTube

"Hands Up" is a song recorded by Japanese boy group NCT Wish, the Japanese-based unit of boy group NCT, who were then promoting as NCT New Team. It was released as the group's pre-debut single digitally on October 8, 2023, and was released physically on December 20, 2023, to support the group's pre-debut showcase tour in late 2023 ahead of their debut in 2024. The single additionally contains the B-side track "We Go!". A music video for "Hands Up" was released on October 19.[1]

Background and release

[edit]

On February 3, 2023, SM Entertainment revealed plans to debut a Japanese unit for NCT, then dubbed NCT Tokyo, to debut later in the year.[2] The official lineup, put together via the reality show NCT: Lastart, was revealed on September 7, 2023, as NCT New Team.[3]

The group held their first performance on September 9 and 10 as the opening act for NCT at NCT Nation: To the World, where they debuted the song "Hands Up."[4] In October 2023, it was announced that the group would be releasing a pre-debut single on October 8, consisting of the songs "Hands Up" and "We Go".[1][5]

A Korean version of the song was later included as the seventh track of the group's first EP Steady, released on September 24, 2024.[6]

Promotion

[edit]

On the day of the album's release, the group began a pre-debut tour, which consisted of 28 performances across 10 cities in Japan.[7][8]

Track listing

[edit]
"Hands Up" track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicArrangementLength
1."Hands Up"
  • Kenzie
  • Ludvig Evers (Moonshine)
  • Jonatan Gusmark (Moonshine)
  • Adrian McKinnon
Moonshine3:14
2."We Go!"MEG.ME
  • Simon Janlöv
  • Daniel Caesar
Janlöv3:02
Total length:6:16

Charts

[edit]
Chart performance for "Hands Up"
Chart (2023) Peak
position
Japan Heatseekers (Billboard Japan)[9] 8

Release history

[edit]
Release history for "Hands Up"
Region Date Format Version Label
Various October 8, 2023 Japanese Avex
September 24, 2024 Korean SM

Notes

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Japanese version only

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Pyo, Kyung-min (October 8, 2023). "NCT NEW TEAM releases pre-debut single 'Hands Up'". The Korea Times. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
  2. ^ Suacillo, Angela Patricia (February 3, 2023). "SM Entertainment announces plans to debut four new K-pop acts in 2023". NME. Archived from the original on February 3, 2023. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  3. ^ Hwang, Hye-jin (September 7, 2023). SM 신인 NCT NEW TEAM 7인 확정, 프리 데뷔 멤버 얼굴 보니 [SM's new group NCT New Team 7 members confirmed, pre-debut members' faces revealed] (in Korean). Newsen. Archived from the original on December 14, 2024. Retrieved October 9, 2023 – via Naver.
  4. ^ Lee, Jae-hoon (September 7, 2023). NCT 마지막 유닛, 프리데뷔 멤버 확정…뉴 팀 다섯 명 선발 [NCT's last unit, pre-debut members confirmed… five new team members selected] (in Korean). Newsis. Archived from the original on December 14, 2024. Retrieved October 9, 2023 – via Naver.
  5. ^ Lee, Jae-hoon (October 7, 2023). NCT 뉴 팀, 日 프리데뷔 싱글 발매…'핸즈 업' [NCT's New Team releases Japanese pre-debut single… "Hands Up"] (in Korean). Newsis. Archived from the original on August 13, 2024. Retrieved October 9, 2023 – via Naver.
  6. ^ Seon, Mi-kyung (September 2, 2024). "NCT WISH, 24일 첫 미니앨범 'Steady' 발매..역대급 컴백 온다" [NCT Wish, first mini album 'Steady' to be released on the 24th.. Greatest comeback ever] (in Korean). Osen [ko]. Archived from the original on September 24, 2024. Retrieved September 24, 2024 – via Naver.
  7. ^ Son, Jin-ah (October 7, 2023). NCT NEW TEAM, 日 프리 데뷔 싱글 ‘Hands Up’ 발매 [NCT's New Team releases Japanese pre-debut single "Hands Up"] (in Korean). MK Sports. Archived from the original on December 14, 2024. Retrieved October 9, 2023 – via Naver.
  8. ^ Park, Sang-hoo (September 6, 2023). NCT 뉴 팀, 프리 데뷔 7인 멤버 확정... 10월 日 투어 개최 [NCT's New Team, pre-debut 7 members confirmed... Japanese tour to be held in October] (in Korean). JTBC. Archived from the original on December 14, 2024. Retrieved October 9, 2023 – via Naver.
  9. ^ "Billboard Japan Heatseekers Songs – Week of November 8, 2023". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Archived from the original on November 8, 2023. Retrieved November 8, 2023.