"Boss" (stylized in all caps) is a song recorded by South Korean boy group NCT U, the first unit of

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under the management of

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, serving as the

lead single A lead single (also known as a debut single) is the first single to be released from a studio album by an artist or a band, usually before the album itself is released and also occasionally on the same day of the album's release date. Release ...

of NCT's debut studio album ''

NCT 2018 Empathy ''NCT 2018 Empathy'' (stylized in uppercase) is the debut studio album by South Korean Boy band NCT, an unlimited group project under the management of SM Entertainment. Containing a total of fourteen tracks with twelve of which were released as s ...

''. Musically, "Boss" was described as a dynamic, electro-hip-hop track with 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

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, Ukraine directed by South Korean

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Oui Kim, the other being the coupling NCT U single "

Baby Don't Stop "Baby Don't Stop" 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 second single of NCT's debut studio album ''NCT 2018 Empathy''. The song is a duet sung by NCT memb ...

". The filming locations were the Ukrainian house, the abandoned bus park Number 7, the National Library of Ukraine named after Vernadsky.

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