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[Album Review] The Firstfruit (1st Studio Album) – MARK Earlier last month, news broke that MARK had not renewed his contract with SM Entertainment and would also depart from NCT (including NCT U, NCT 127 and NCT DREAM). As a fan of MARK, I was shocked upon reading the headlines, and I ended up postponing my review of his first studio album, The Firstfruit, to process the news. After a few weeks, I think it is now time to review the year-old album, which was led by the title track… http://kpopreviewed.com/2026/05/02/album-the-firstfruit-mark/