NCT‘s Lucas recently shared the first full photo of himself in years.
In 2022, Lucas was at the center of a gaslighting and cheating scandal that would result in him being placed on an indefinite hiatus. In late May 2023, after nearly two years of an extended hiatus due to gaslighting allegations, it was announced that Lucas would leave WAYV and NCT.
Since then, there have been surprise appearances from the idol, including at other SM Entertainment artists’ concerts.
Lucas was at Key’s concert today pic.twitter.com/VSMN1DOjRo
— Lucas on this day (@Xuxi_Today) January 28, 2024
With the opening of his personal Dear U. Bubble channel, it was apparent that SM Entertainment had plans for the idol, but there were no strong indications of his return to the spotlight.
2023년 06월 07일 (KST),
LUCAS의 bubble이 시작됩니다!
https://t.co/UEV2OMuQOb #bubble #버블 #Lysn #리슨#LUCAS #루카스 pic.twitter.com/uhhJJ92qpg
— Lysn (@lysn_official) June 5, 2023
In late February, eagle-eyed netizens discovered a hint at Lucas’ next moves in the form of an official SM-affiliated account appearing on X (formerly Twitter). Just days later, confirmation would come from the idol himself.
The discovered X account’s username changed to @lucas_official, and sported a a new photo of the idol, showing him with long hair.
| @lucas_official/X
The idol shared a full photo of himself on his Instagram account with a four-leaf clover as the caption. The image received over 2 million likes in less than ten hours as fans commented, welcoming the idol back.
Previously, Chris Lee shared now-deleted images of the idol on Instagram around a year ago, but this is the first update from the idol himself.
On Bubble, Lucas all but confirmed his upcoming activities, asking fans to support him in the future.
| Dear U. Bubble
Please show me a lot of support. I ask for your support in the future. I promise to do my best.
— Lucas
As of writing, no official announcements about his upcoming activities have been made.
