Regular-Irregular

Regular-Irregular
Digital cover
Studio album by NCT 127
Released	October 12, 2018 (2018-10-12)
Recorded	2018
Studio	SM, Seoul, South Korea
Genre	hip hop R&B K-pop
Length	40:01
Language	Korean English
Label	SM iRIVER
Producer	Lee Soo-man (exec.) Yoo Young-jin LDN Noise Hitchhiker Andreas Öberg Simon Petrén The Stereotypes Mike Daley Mitchell Owens Vedo George Kranz Esna Deez Michael Jiminez Tay Jasper Double Dragon Francesco Yates Rory Andrew Jenna Andrews Dylan Pace-Rodriguez
NCT 127 chronology
Chain (2018) Regular-Irregular (2018) Awaken (2019)
NCT chronology
We Go Up (2018) Regular-Irregular (2018) The Vision (2018)

Regular-Irregular

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"City 127" (Korean : 지금 우리; RR : Jigeum Uri;lit. Now We)	JQ (Makeumine Works) Moon Hee-yeon (Makeumine Works) Taeyong Mark	The Stereotypes Micah Powell Clarence Coffee Jr. Taeyong	The Stereotypes	3:19
2.	"Regular"	Coogie (ATM Seoul) Tommy $trate Taeyong Mark	Mike Daley Mitchell Owens Wilbart "Vedo" McCoy III George Kranz Yoo Young-jin	Mike Daley Mitchell Owens	3:37
3.	"Replay (PM 01:27)" (sung by Taeil, Johnny, Yuta, Doyoung, Jaehyun, Winwin, Jungwoo, and Haechan)	Bang Hye-hyun	LDN Noise Varren Wade	LDN Noise	3:39
4.	"Knock On"	Zaya (Joombas) Kim Min-ji	Gene Noble MZMC	MZMC	3:25
5.	"No Longer" (Korean : 나의 모든 순간; RR : Naui Modeun Sungan;lit. All My Moments) (sung by Taeil, Doyoung, Jaehyun, Jungwoo, and Haechan)	Hyun Hwang (MonoTree)	Andreas Öberg Simon Petrén Gustav Karlström  [ sv ] Onestar (MonoTree) eSNa	Simon Petrén	4:57
6.	"Interlude: Regular to Irregular" (Narrated by Johnny, Yuta, Winwin, and Jungwoo)		Kim Kyung-min Hitchhiker	Hitchhiker Yi Nile	3:10
7.	"My Van" (Korean : 내 Van; RR : Nae Van) (sung by Taeyong, Yuta, Jaehyun, Jungwoo, and Mark)	Kim Dong-hyun  [ ko ] Taeyong Mark	Kim Dong-hyun  [ ko ] 250	250	3:26
8.	"Come Back" (Korean : 악몽; RR : Akmong;lit. Nightmare)	Bong Eun-young Ryu Da-som Taeyong Mark	Mike Daley Mitchell Owens Deez  [ ko ] Michael Jiminez Jeremy "Tay" Jasper MZMC	Mike Daley Mitchell Owens	3:25
9.	"Fly Away with Me" (Korean : 신기루; RR : Sin-gilu;lit. Mirage)	Kang Eun-jung Hwang Yoo-bin	Rory Wynne Andrew Francesco Yates Jenna Andrews Dillon Pace	Dillon Pace	3:32
10.	"Regular" (English version)	Wilbart "Vedo" McCoy III Taeyong Mark	Mike Daley Mitchell Owens Wilbart "Vedo" McCoy III George Kranz Yoo Young-jin	Mike Daley Mitchell Owens	3:39
11.	"Run Back 2 U" (Bonus track)	Kim Min-seok Double Dragon	Donald "haZEL" Sales Double Dragon	Double Dragon	3:39
Total length:					40:02

Regulate repackage ^[27]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Arrangement	Length
1.	"City 127" (Korean : 지금 우리; RR : Jigeum Uri;lit. Now we)	JQ (Makeumine Works) Moon Hee-yeon (Makeumine Works) Taeyong Mark	The Stereotypes Micah Powell Clarence Coffee Jr. Taeyong	The Stereotypes	3:19
2.	"Regular"	Coogie (ATM Seoul) Tommy $trate Taeyong Mark	Mike Daley Mitchell Owens Wilbart "Vedo" McCoy III George Kranz Yoo Young-jin	Mike Daley Mitchell Owens	3:37
3.	"Replay (PM 01:27)" (sung by Taeil, Johnny, Yuta, Doyoung, Jaehyun, Winwin, Jungwoo, and Haechan)	Bang Hye-hyun	LDN Noise Varren Wade	LDN Noise	3:39
4.	"Welcome to My Playground"	Seo Ji-eum Ra.D BrotherSu Taeyong Mark	Johan Gustafsson (Trinity Music) Ra.D BrotherSu	Johan Gustafsson (Trinity Music)	3:59
5.	"Knock On"	Zaya (Joombas) Kim Min-ji	Gene Noble MZMC	MZMC	3:25
6.	"No Longer" (Korean : 나의 모든 순간; RR : Naui Modeun Sungan;lit. All My Moments) (sung by Taeil, Doyoung, Jaehyun, Jungwoo, and Haechan)	Hyun Hwang (MonoTree)	Andreas Öberg Simon Petrén Gustav Karlström  [ sv ] Onestar (MonoTree) eSNa	Simon Petrén	4:57
7.	"My Van" (Korean : 내 Van; RR : Nae Van) (sung by Taeyong, Yuta, Jaehyun, Jungwoo, and Mark)	Kim Dong-hyun  [ ko ] Taeyong Mark	Kim Dong-hyun  [ ko ] 250	250	3:26
8.	"Interlude: Regular to Irregular" (Narrated by Johnny, Yuta, Winwin, and Jungwoo)		Kim Kyung-min Hitchhiker	Hitchhiker Yi Nile	3:10
9.	"Simon Says"	JQ (Makeumine Works) DADA (Makeumine Works) Tommy $trate	Anne Judith Wik Ronny Svendsen Jin Suk Choi Bobii Lewis Yoo Young-jin	Dsign Music Yoo Young-jin	3:19
10.	"Come Back" (Korean : 악몽; RR : Akmong;lit. Nightmare)	Bong Eun-young Ryu Da-som Taeyong Mark	Mike Daley Mitchell Owens Deez  [ ko ] Michael Jiminez Jeremy "Tay" Jasper MZMC	Mike Daley Mitchell Owens	3:25
11.	"Fly Away with Me" (Korean : 신기루; RR : Sin-giru;lit. Mirage)	Kang Eun-jung Hwang Yoo-bin	Rory Wynne Andrew Francesco Yates Jenna Andrews Dillon Pace	Dillon Pace	3:32
12.	"Chain" (Korean version)	JQ (Makeumine Works) On Gyeol Sohlhee	250 Albin Nordqvist	250	3:43
13.	"Regular" (English version)	Wilbart "Vedo" McCoy III Taeyong Mark	Mike Daley Mitchell Owens Wilbart "Vedo" McCoy III George Kranz Yoo Young-jin	Mike Daley Mitchell Owens	3:39
14.	"Run Back 2 U" (Bonus track)	Kim Min-seok Double Dragon	Donald "haZEL" Sales Double Dragon	Double Dragon	3:39
Total length:					51:00

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Xiami. ^[28]

• Seo Mi-rae (Butterfly) –vocal directing (track 1,3-5,11), background vocals (track 3), digital editing (track 1,3-4,11)
• GDLO (MonoTree) –vocal directing (track 2,9,12-14), digital editing (track 2,9,12-13)
• Chu Dae-kwan (MonoTree) –vocal directing (track 6,14)
• DEEZ –vocal directing (track 10)
• Andrew Choi –vocal directing (track 13), background vocals (track 1,10)
• Double Dragon (Hot Sauce Music Group) –vocal directing (track 14), digital editing (track 14)
• Kim Dong-hyun –rap directing (track 7)
• 250 –rap directing (track 7), digital editing (track 7)
• NCT 127  –vocals, background vocals
  • Taeil –vocals, background vocals (track 7,12)
  • Johnny –vocals, background vocals (track 8,12)
  • Taeyong  –vocals, background vocals (track 7,12)
  • Yuta –vocals, background vocals (track 7-8,12)
  • Doyoung  –vocals, background vocals (track 4-5,7,12)
  • Jaehyun  –vocals, background vocals (track 7,12)
  • Winwin  –vocals, background vocals (track 8,12)
  • Jungwoo –vocals, background vocals (track 7-8,12)
  • Mark  –vocals, background vocals (track 7,12)
  • Haechan  –vocals, background vocals (track 12)
• Micah Powell –background vocals (track 1)
• DAWN –background vocals (track 2)
• Wilbart "Vedo" McCoy III –background vocals (track 2,13)
• Varren Wade –background vocals (track 3)
• Ra.D –background vocals (track 4)
• BrotherSu –background vocals (track 4)
• J. Roston –background vocals (track 5)
• OneStar (MonoTree) –background vocals (track 6)
• Bobii Lewis –background vocals (track 9), all instruments (track 9)
• Yoo Young-jin  –background vocals (track 9), mixing engineer (track 6)
• Hwang Seong-je (Butterfly) –background vocals (track 11)
• Megan Bowen –background vocals (track 14)
• Kim Gyeong-min –piano (track 8)
• Hitchhicker –guitar (track 8), digital editing (track 8)
• ON the string –string (track 8)
• Choi Jin-seok –all instruments (track 9)
• Jeong Ho-jin –recording (track 1,8,11)
• Choi Jin-yeong –assistant recording (track 1,8,11)
• Kang Jae-gu –recording (track 1,4,11)
• Hong Su-yeon –assistant recording (track 1,4,11)
• Kwak Jeong-sin –recording (track 2,5-6,9,12-13)
• Jeong Mo-yeon –recording (track 2,5-6)
• Kwon Yoo-jin –recording (track 3)
• Hong Seong-jun –recording (track 4,7), digital editing (track 5-6)
• Chu Dae-kwan –recording (track 6)
• Sin Dae-seop –recording (track 8)
• Jeong Gi-hong –recording (track 8)
• Choi Da-in –recording (track 8)
• Lee Chan-mi –assistant recording (track 8)
• On Seong-yoon –recording (track 8,10)
• Lee Ji-hong –recording (track 10), digital editing (track 9-10,14), mixing engineer (track 2,5,7,9-10,12-14)
• An Chang-gyu –recording (track 10)
• Lee Min-gyu –recording (track 13-14), mixing engineer (track 1,3-4,11), mixing (track 1)
• Juan "Jay P" Mendez –digital editing (track 2,13)
• Min Seong-soo –digital editing (track 2)
• Jang Woo-yeong –digital editing (track 4,9,12)
• Jung Eui-seok –digital editing (track 8), mixing (track 2,8,13)
• Kim Cheol-sun –mixing (track 3,5,12,14)
• Nam Gung-jin –mixing (track 4,6,11)
• Kim Han-gu –mixing (track 7)
• Goo Jong-pil (BeatBurger) –mixing (track 9-10)

Locations

Recording sound POOL studios GaeNaRi Sound The Vibe Studio doobdoob Studio MonoTree Studio YIREH STUDIO Seoul Studio SM Big Shot Studio Editing doobdoob Studio GaeNaRi Sound SM LVYIN Studio

Mixing SM Big Shot Studio SM LVYIN Studio SM Blue Cup Studio SM Blue Ocean Studio SM Concert Hall Studio SM BOOMINSYSTEM SM Yellow Tail Studio sound POOL studios

Charts

Album

Weekly chart performance for Regular-Irregular and Regulate

Chart (2018)	Peak position
	Regular- Irregular	Regulate
Australian Digital Albums (ARIA) [29]	19	—
French Download Albums (SNEP) [30]	43	—
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [31]	6	—
Japanese Hot Albums ( Billboard Japan ) [32]	24	—
South Korean Albums (Gaon) [33] [34]	1	2
UK Download Albums (OCC) [35]	42	—
US Billboard 200 [36]	86	—
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [37]	5	46
US World Albums (Billboard) [38]	2	9
US Top Album Sales ( Billboard ) [39]	23	—

Year-end charts for Regular-Irregular and Regulate

Chart (2018)	Position
	Regular- Irregular	Regulate
South Korean Albums (Gaon) [40]	17	29
US World Albums (Billboard) [41]	14	—

Single

"Regular" weekly charts

Chart (2018)	Peak position
Singapore (RIAS Regional) [42]	6
South Korea (Gaon) [43]	92
South Korea (Kpop Hot 100) [44]	16
US World Digital Songs ( Billboard ) [45]	2

"Simon Says" weekly charts

Chart (2018)	Peak position
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [46]	37
South Korea (Kpop Hot 100) [47]	39
US World Digital Songs ( Billboard ) [48]	1

Sales

Sales of Regular-Irregular

Region	Sales
Japan (Oricon)	28,435 [49]
South Korea (Gaon)	370,616 [50]
United States ( Billboard )	8,000 [51]

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
South Korea (KMCA) [52] Regular-Irregular	Platinum	250,000^
South Korea (KMCA) [53] Regulate	Platinum	250,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Accolades

Music program awards

Song	Program	Date
"Regular"	The Show	October 16, 2018
		October 23, 2018
	M Countdown	October 25, 2018
	Music Bank	October 26, 2018

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
South Korea	October 12, 2018	CD digital download streaming	SM Entertainment iRIVER
United States
Various		Digital download streaming

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