Boss (NCT U song)

"Boss" is a song recorded by South Korean boy group NCT U, the first unit of NCT under the management of SM Entertainment, serving as the lead single of NCT's debut studio album NCT 2018 Empathy. Musically, "Boss" was described as a dynamic, electro-hip-hop track with a paunchy, chanting chorus of the bass-heavy dance that ends with a heavy synth.

Music video

The music video for "Boss" was the first of the two music videos that was filmed in Kyiv, Ukraine directed by South Korean director Oui Kim, the other being the coupling NCT U single "Baby Don't Stop". The filming locations were the Ukrainian house, the abandoned bus park Number 7, and the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine.

Accolades

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from album's liner notes.

Studio

• SM Booming System – recording
• SM Blue Cup Studio – recording, mixing
• Doobdoob Studio – recording
• SM LVYIN Studio – digital editing
• Sterling Sound – mastering

Personnel

• SM Entertainment – executive producer
• Lee Soo-man – producer
• NCT U – vocals
• Taeyong – lyrics, background vocals
• Mark – lyrics
• Yoo Young-jin – producer, lyrics, composition, arrangement, vocal directing, background vocals, recording, music and sound supervisor
• Mike Daley – producer, composition, arrangement
• Mitchell Owens – composition
• Patrick "J. Que" Smith – composition
• Tiffany Fred – composition
• Wutan – lyrics, vocal directing
• Lee Joo-hyung – vocal directing, Pro Tools operating
• Byun Jang-moon – background vocals
• Jung Eui-seok – recording, mixing
• Ahn Chang-gyu – recording
• Lee Ji-hong – digital editing
• Randy Merrill – mastering

Charts

References