On the day NCT 127 held a press conference for their comeback, a major accident was reported.
On the 16th, in an online community, an article saying that Doyoung was missing from the cover photo of the back of NCT 127’s 4th regular album ‘2 Baddies’ (Taeil, Johnny, Taeyong, Yuta, Doyoung, Jaehyun, Mark, Haechan, Jungwoo) became a hot topic. became In fact, on the back cover of the album that was released together, there were only photos of the eight members excluding Doyoung. 
As if this article was confirmed to the agency late, SM Entertainment posted a message on the 16th at around 6 pm on the official Twitter, saying, “We have confirmed the omission of member Doyoung’s image.” In this article, “I sincerely apologize to the fans and NCT127 members, including member Doyoung, who were heartbroken due to a mistake that occurred because they failed to meticulously inspect the album’s jacket design process. I tried to find a replacement method, but it was confirmed that it is difficult to retrieve it because it has already been shipped to each seller and buyer. Details will be announced separately as soon as they are sorted out.”
Many netizens said, “Does it make sense that such mistakes are made in a huge amount of idol albums?” “It’s surprising that no one has properly inspected Lee Ji-kyung” “Does it make sense that I didn’t count the number of members? They are responding to SM Entertainment’s mistake.
Meanwhile, all songs of NCT 127’s ‘Fast’ were released on various music sites at 1 pm today, and at 8 pm today, a large-scale comeback show with 10,000 people will be held to commemorate the release of the 4th regular album.
As the criticism grew stronger, SM Entertainment confirmed the omission of the image of member Doyoung in the Digipack version of the ‘4th regular album ‘Sprint’ on NCT 127’s official Twitter on the same day. First of all, we sincerely apologize to the fans and the NCT 127 members, including Doyoung, who were heartbroken by the mistake that occurred because they failed to thoroughly inspect the album jacket design process.”
After confirming the omission of the image, we tried to find a way to replace the image of the album released on that day, but it is difficult to retrieve it because it has already been delivered to each seller and buyer. We plan to re-create and send the booklet to buyers who have received the missing version as soon as possible.”
The agency apologized once more, saying, “Once once more, we apologize for causing concern to the fans,” and said, “We will announce the details as soon as they are sorted out.”
NCT 127 released their 4th regular album ‘2 Baddies’ at 1 pm on the same day and started their comeback activities.
Kyunghee Kim / Photo courtesy of SM Entertainment, Community