Jisung's First Pitch Behind the Scenes

The Korean context

What happened

NCT DREAM’s Jisung practices the pitching form and stadium routine for his ceremonial first pitch at an LG Twins game, promising his mother that he will throw a strike.

More context

Why Koreans care

The number 14 on his uniform was not chosen for the baseball appearance: Jisung says he has used it since the SM Rookies Show.

In the Korean comments

One commenter identifying themselves as an LG fan says Jisung stayed until the end of the game and earnestly joined the crowd in hoping for a win. Another turns the title’s joke onto the production team, saying, in translation, “The DREAM editing team has caught the ‘their skill at uploading behind-the-scenes videos is on another level’ disease.”

What the words mean

차원이 달라병 걸림 (chawoni dalla-byeong geollim) literally means “caught the ‘on another level’ disease.” Here, a whole phrase is jokingly turned into the name of an imaginary illness: an exaggerated, affectionate way to say that Jisung’s first-pitch performance is exceptionally good.

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